📚｜english-questions

[copper finch]

Maybe i'm misunderstanding the question again LMAO

or just talking to a wall

[frosty charm]

d!def approximately

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: approximately

[1] in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation

Dictionary v1.2.1 · May 10, 2022, 7:01 PM

[frosty charm]

d!def approximation

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: approximation

[1] the act or process of drawing together
[2] the quality or state of being close or near
[3] something that is approximate; especially : a mathematical quantity that is close in value to but not the same as a desired quantity

Dictionary v1.2.1 · May 10, 2022, 7:02 PM

[copper finch]

#897104221541916733

[frosty charm]

uh I can do this there?

[copper finch]

yeah i think so

[split geode]

Tbf it'd probably be better to do it anywhere else bc this place gets flooded with defs --> questions get missed. Just a little thing to think about.

Yea this is a good explanation

Well "explanation" its more just correct

The third could be slightly modified to be made correct but the second is unsavable since the first is already there

[frosty charm]

eee sorry about that 😭

[split geode]

To check the victim's body, it was transported to the hospital - and boom its correct. But it needs to have a second clause and stuff

[split geode]

No it's absolutely fine just for future reference

[jagged quarry]

How can I pass from Level B1 to Level B2?

[oblique stirrup]

Hi guys

[copper finch]

Movies, video games, tv shows , etc, and not completely focusing on rigid rules I would say

[copper finch]

"Autopsies can take place in a hospital morgue, in a funeral home, in a police station or coroner's office." huh i didn't know that i thought they always had their own place to do the procedure. Anyways before it is seen by a coroner, It would have to be declared deceased by a doctor.

[split geode]

True

I was more looking at the sense of the sentence

Like the syntactical sense

Grammar stuff

[frosty charm]

is "I gotta bad headache" wrong? cause gotta is got to so :3

[flat rune]

that is wrong, because gotta is indeed an informal contraction for "got to" however the correct term is "i got a headache"

I got a bad headache

[split geode]

I mean, technically sure but no one would bat an eyelash in everyday speech

[frosty charm]

yep yep thank you!

[flat rune]

yeah true what this guy said

[marble patrol]

Can someone rate this analytical essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEeD8GqlSqB4SfayAZ0VJ1POjgt33-Z8BMIKgZtQYmg/edit?usp=sharing ?

[copper finch]

its fine

[split geode]

Yea this is nothing short of ideal

But the title is placed sort of weirdly imo

I think it should be placed at the top

[marble patrol]

I just made it so the resume didn't confuse

[split geode]

The resume being?

[marble patrol]

The first paragraph loll

[split geode]

Usually the first paragraph just goes under the title as well

[marble patrol]

But I rewrote it a bit

[split geode]

And then its a short summary

With an analytical essay following

Short summaries are necessary for context

[marble patrol]

Yea but I'm training resume independently from the essay

[copper finch]

is this for school?

[marble patrol]

No

[split geode]

Odd, but if it does have to be formatted like that then everything else is great

[marble patrol]

Ok, thanks for it

[copper finch]

I'm guessing its to test their writing skills? I'm more familiar with scientific types of writing where we have an abstract which goes above the introduction

I haven't seen something like this or an analytical essay written like this @split geode. Usually it would be the thesis/outline and then introduction, or just introduction for something in highschool.

or the thesis is under the introduction or inside it, depending on what its for

[marble patrol]

Didn't I do that

Like the resume is independently

[copper finch]

this is usually how they look. for MLA format

[split geode]

This is something I'm unfamiliar with as I have not done much scientific writing myself

[split geode]

hold up lemme grab my binoculars

[marble patrol]

😂

I wish I was a native English speaker, having it as second language sucks

[copper finch]

Ive never seem "resume" used in that way. analtical essays for highschool and lower look like this

what it says is unimportant

just how it looks at a glance

I'm not a English major i'm a mollecular biology major

[split geode]

Neither have i

At first I was thinking like a resumé

But it made no sense in that context

So

Idrk what a resume is nor why we would want to put the title below it

[marble patrol]

Bruh it says resume not summary my bad loll

I meant summary and I didn’t include the summary with the title because I did The summary Independently from the essay

I made it as practice it’s wrong to look at it as a whole essay

[split geode]

I mean the real question is what exactly are you practicing

Summary composition is a part of any essay-based writing

So it serves no purpose to put it as a separate part since that doesn`t really specifically practice anything different

And you likely won't be writing like that either

[copper finch]

Its really only wrtten for school, but he says it isnt in school so idk

its to make sure you actually read the book and not just looked at sparknotes lol.

[noble wasp]

are "i hope" and "hopefully" the same?

[wise plover]

Active mean busy?

[flat rune]

Not really. Active means that one is doing something, but not occupied.

[flat rune]

Pretty much.

[wise plover]

I am curious

right now

[flat rune]

Synonyms means that they may be used in certain cases. It does not mean they hold the same meaning.

[wise plover]

Oh ok

[flat rune]

I.e. "Hit" and "Punch" are synonyms, but if someone kicks another person, one does not say "he punched me".

[wise plover]

Thanks

[flat rune]

It's all fine. If you have any further questions, I am a ping away.

[clever oak]

Busy means active?!?!?!?!!?!?
Senseless!

[copper finch]

You can be Active but not necessarily busy. And Busy people are Active in what ever thing they are busy doing at the moment

[split geode]

A lot of these are closer to “hard working” than busy

Anyway what lounostripes said is absolutely correct

Synonyms aren’t always truly 100% synonymous

Synonym ≠ same word meaning
Synonym ≈ Roughly same word meaning or word that carries a similar meaning; often with a slightly different connotation (as I see it)

Of course there are a lot of perfect synonyms but there’s many many ones like that with different connotations when used in speech

[midnight harbor]

I'm busy - I'm occupied, doing something.

I'm active - I workout

I'm actively doing something - I'm busy

[split geode]

That’s a good demonstration of active’s uses.

Also diligent is questionable as a synonym with busy

Imo

I don’t really see myself using diligent to mean busy

[midnight harbor]

id use it for quickly and reliably

I'm diligently working

[split geode]

I’d use it for like persistence or like “working hard” for lack of a better word

I’m diligent ≠ I’m busy

[midnight harbor]

^

[split geode]

Assiduous is also pretty synonymous with working hard but it implies some sort of adversity I think

Has to do with perseverance through working and stuff

More like meticulous

Anyway yea all in all big convoluted problem of synonyms being semi unreliable to just apply sometimes

I mean it’s not a bad idea to try tho I’d say you’ll see some success

Wordhippo has decent synonyms that match everyday vernacular but still take that with a grain of salt

[midnight harbor]

Id say look up complete definitions and examples instead of just seeing a "synonym" in a list and assuming it means the exact thing

[split geode]

^^^

Know the meaning yourself and then it’s not a problem :D

It’s a good note that it wouldn’t be the most useful to make a word that means the exact same thing as another word. Like from a common sense perspective.
Doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened though

100% sure there’s perfect synonyms with no variation in meaning. But I’d hope and pray they’re less common than other synonyms and stuff lmao

[bleak wraith]

Hey, "if" and "whether" are the same thing ? I always use "if", whats the most used pls ?

[torpid vapor]

which one is correct?
"currently simping over A"
"currently simping to A"
"currently simping for A"
and if you don't mind give me the explanation why

[flat rune]

"If" anthems a conditional sentence. "If X, then Y".
"Whether" is used to show there are two possibilities in a context. "I wonder whether or not I should do X."

"If" may find more use, but it depends on what you are trying to say.

[flat rune]

"Simping" seems to take the place of "crushing" in the phrasal verb "crush on"/"crushing over". It would be the first, particularly because it is a different way of stating a different phrasal verb. The individual meanings aren't too imperative; when combined, they create a new meaning.

[flat rune]

simping over and simping for are both correct

[midnight harbor]

a and c

[stone nest]

is it right that the plural of 'life' is 'lives' ?

And when you wanted to add s in live, it gonna be 'lives' right ?

so both words means the same ?

[flat rune]

Yes.
"Life" is singular.
"Lives" is plural.

[copper finch]

Dont bring internet language to the real word smh

[supple ridge]

it used to be that you couldn't use internet language at all in actual conversation but these days I find that it's ok in informal contexts. this is very culturally determined though so it's unlikely that this is true everywhere

also very much only young people will understand/be receptive. i doubt this is a phenomenon exclusive to english however

[copper finch]

if you say something like "lol" unironically in real life, super cringe

[copper finch]

just don't use internet language unironically in real life, just no

[supple ridge]

i would not bat an eye if a fellow college student said lmao out loud

but i absolutely am not claiming this is universal your characterization is overall likely more accurate than mine

i would not advise an english language learner to go into a mcdonalds and start saying lmao. just wanted to point out that it's sometimes acceptable

[copper finch]

Like just imagine a Beginner English learner coming up to a girl he likes and says im simping for you and find you poggers baka

[supple ridge]

ngl it is pretty funny when english learners talk like this i have no issue with it on a personal level

[mellow grove]

Can someone explain me for this question, please?
Q: Jack is never ill, is he? A: No, he hasn't been ill since I've known him.
Why they use "No" not "Yes" to confirm the question?

[copper finch]

the answer?

[mellow grove]

Q: Jack is never ill, is he?
A: No, he hasn't been ill since I've known him.

I want to know why they use "NO" not "yes"

[flat rune]

god

[copper finch]

because he does get ill?

[flat rune]

The question is asking if Jack has been ill.
If the person answered "yes", he would say that Jack is ill.
If the person answered "no", he would agree that Jack does not get ill.

Those last two words, "is he?", create a question.

[copper finch]

still phrased kinda weird. i think, Jack never gets ill, right? would sound better the "is he?" is sorta making seem like he is at the moment sick. instead of "right?", which would just be a question confirming.

[mellow grove]

Oh, so the questioner are doubting, i think i got vague idea of this kind of question

[flat rune]

Yes.

[copper finch]

yes

[mellow grove]

I also can answer like this: Yes, he has been ill since I've known him?

[copper finch]

if he had some disease the __whole time __you knew him

[flat rune]

No.
The question is: "Jack is never ill, is he?"
If you answer "Yes, he has been ill", you are affirming something that is not exactly asked.

To be more straightforward, you are answering a question that is not asked.

[copper finch]

"Yes, he had been ill before" if he got sick before but not necessarily sick right now

[mellow grove]

oh I see, has been = often get sick = contradict with the question

[copper finch]

"has been" would be more if he is currently sick, so no

[mellow grove]

AH! I got it

Thank you so much guys

[stone nest]

how about live ?

[flat rune]

Live is a verb.

[supple ridge]

live also has an alternate definition as an adjective roughly meaning "active" in some circumstances, which might be confusing if you come across it
examples:
the TV show I was excited for is now live
be careful, that bomb is live!
now that I've fixed the bugs, the website is live.

note: pronounced differently than live as in 'to live'. it's pronounced la-eev, like in 'lives'

[copper finch]

alive is if people are living.

living can be saying they're alive or saying they are living some where also

but you wouldn't say someone is live for alive

if someone is live they would be "on air" or "on stream", like on a TV network or Twitch

[glossy cove]

How to spot the difference when this preposition can act as exception and inclusion?

[bleak wraith]

is "so to speak" commun in english pls ?

[supple ridge]

varies from person to person. i say this phrase pretty frequently

[bleak wraith]

thks ! 😄

[supple ridge]

it hadn't occurred to me that this is something that might vary on a language by language basis, but yeah, this would would be unusual, although not offensive. you could always just go with "Hello," if you're unsure

[supple holly]

'Dear Support team' is prolly what I would use, though I'm currently using 'Dear Support' in my job

[flat rune]

Hello I have a questions

I want to know if ai have done any mistake

Thanks

I didn't know the 28 and 30

[supple holly]

25. I would use 'take his clothes off'. 'Clothes' should always be in plural when referring to the items you wear on your body

26. 'Responsible for (ringing...)', remember this combination

27. You mispelled 'enjoyable', there should be an 'a' before 'ble'

28. "Helen finally succeeded in coming up with a solution..."
    There are two things you need to remember here:

• succeed in V-ing
• come up with something = think of something

29. This is something that has happened and cannot be changed, so you will need to use Past Perfect
    "Helen wishes she hadn't bought a second-hand car."

30. This uses a somewhat uncommon phrase, which is 'on account of = because of'
    "I was late for work on account of missing my bus."

[flat rune]

Thanks :)!!!!!

"Victory shall yet be mine!"
Why do we have this "yet" here? What it does?

[supple ridge]

it roughly means "still" in this context. the speaker here is reiterating and reminding people that they will have victory

"i am still planning on attaining victory" kinda

[flat rune]

Thanks

[supple ridge]

but the meaning is subtly different actually

it can also kinda mean "indeed"

like suppose you're in a marathon and you fall behind. and you're like dang no victory for me. but then you pull ahead and then you go "victory shall yet be mine"

[near fable]

Damn you really solved all

[flat rune]

It is used for emphasis, but this is a poetic or older use of "yet".

[tranquil basin]

@novel moth u help me with this question , i got mixed answers , and can u explain your answer little bit 🙂 thx

[sly owl]

I think the answer is a

We are going on a trip with the Browns before Christmas

because:

trip is a noun we often add a/an

Christmas is a popular holiday we don't need to define it with "the"

I dont know what Browns means but i think that is why we are adding "the"

anyone correct me if I am wrong

[lofty holly]

“ Browns” here refers to members if a family. Brown is their surname.

[bleak wraith]

Hello, how can I reach someone again after he didnt answered me, like « hey im bumbing you » do you know what I mean? Thank you !

[sonic mantle]

Hey, just check in with you again

[sonic mantle]

^
I don't know if that satisfies your need but I think that is what you want, unsure though.

[bleak wraith]

Yes thank you dude !! 😁

[cyan forge]

Can anyone give examples with "draw" not in meaning draw a paint but in meaning "pull out"

[copper finch]

"Ready,,,,,,, Draw your weapons................ Shoot!" ( to unhoster and take out a gun)

He drew his weapon

[copper finch]

its a draw (means tie, not pull out, but wanted to point it out)

The war was drawn out (not pull out, but made longer, and was long)

He wanted to draw out the war ( not pull out, but make longer)

Withdraw funds

Draw funds out of the bank (less common)

How do you draw money out? (less common)

Ill let nothing draw me away from my love
Our love draws us together (closer together)

[cyan forge]

and when you're holding a gun, its drawn right?

[copper finch]

He had his gun drawn. yes

[cyan forge]

okay

and how about drawer

can you draw a drawer?

[copper finch]

For pull out, its mostly used for guns. but sometimes uncommonly used other than guns

[copper finch]

you wouldn't call them a drawer ,and you would want to try to prevent repeating the same or similar sounding word

[cyan forge]

really?

how about smell the smell?

im gonna run my run

[copper finch]

Phrases are different.

for phrases yeah some can have it

[copper finch]

if its not used in a phrase than you would say, smell the odor? or smell the scent?

[cyan forge]

oh okay, cuz i heard it in gta, he wasn't american tho

[cyan forge]

about smell

[copper finch]

but yeah you want to avoid doing that

[copper finch]

Instead of run my run, you can say run my mile, or go on my run

@cyan forge also some people do it purposely, for effect

"he outran, my run( as like a king, or somthing)", to emphasis the irony of it, and being betten

[cyan forge]

okay

oughta means must?

[copper finch]

oughta is informal compared to must but I guess you can say that. theirs also "you gotta". I would say their synonyms with eachother.

You oughta fit that. That oughta do it

[copper finch]

yeah

you got to fix that, you ought to fix it , you gotta fix it.

[copper finch]

When I think of it I think more like got to, but i guess you can say its similar to must.

[copper finch]

I wouldn't say they are completely exchangeable with must, as it gives off a different energy. I would say it means got to. oughta and gotta are basically the same.

[flat rune]

guys can you tell me when someone explain me why batman like to have darkness then can i say them "What about you say superman underwear?

@copper finch

[mellow grove]

A. Phylum is a main division in a taxonomic relating to animals.
B. Phylum is a main division in a taxonomy, relating to animals.
Which one is correct, guys? Or both are wrong?

[supple holly]

I feel like B is 'more right' because there has to be a noun after the determiner (a), which is 'taxonomy'

A is incorrect because 'taxonomic' is an adjective

However! If it was up to me, I would remove the comma in B, but I guess it's not incorrect for it to be there

[mellow grove]

@^ thank you

[lofty holly]

“Phylum is a major rank in animal taxonomy” makes the most sense.

[lime lava]

hello, can anyone tell me the easiest way to learn word meaning or to remember them?

[lofty holly]

Memorize songs. You never forget song lyrics. You will build a solid lexicon quickly.

[misty lion]

How do I learn English when I am very weak in it?

[white fern]

practice , practice , practice . it takes time ! keep it up :))

[near fable]

Start talking more in voice channesl

[lofty holly]

Write, and at first if you have to check almost every word in Google translate or a dictionary, check each word you do not know. Just do not let it translate everything for you with no effort on your part to rely on your memory. Soon you will rely less and less on the reference material . You will only need it for new words and to make sure your grammar is correct

But you must challenge your brain to produce the language. Otherwise you will passively read and hear it but will not remember the right thing to say when it’s your turn to talk

[next stone]

Hi, guys. I'm new here 😂 I was reading the talk and I would like to let a tip: when you come across with a new word, don't translate it to your native tongue to understand, instead, search in a dictionary in english and learn the new word by the context (here's a website I use a lot https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)

It helps a lot

[lofty holly]

That is a very good tip but not for absolute beginners

[next stone]

Yeah. Well, some beginners are able to understand a lot, just don't speak very well. Even if they don't understand the entire phrase, it's important too to have this kind of contact with the language to get use to it, you know?

Start to think in english and to stop to translate it 🙂

The app DUOLINGO is great too

[next stone]

(specially for absolute beginners)

[flat rune]

Duolingo is garbage once you know a few nouns and the present tense

[near fable]

Plus it sends you threats

[flat rune]

Sure that’s why it got me to B1

[fluid prairie]

Hello, could anyone please help me with this word?
What is the correct position of "already"?

1. Do you already feel like this?

2. Do you feel like this already?

[lofty holly]

Both are fine grammatically but it sounds like a strange question. What is the context?

[fluid prairie]

We were talking about mood and I asked her if she's feeling that way.

[lofty holly]

We usually specifically mention the mood and without “already.” Already would mean that you were surprised that she felt a certain way sooner than you expected. Example: she says she’s tired at 7pm and you say, “You’re tired already?”

[fluid prairie]

Oh yess, I understand.

Thank you so much for your help.

[normal kiln]

hi
Could you give me an advice ?

I CAN'T START speaking English. It's too difficult for me and I can't even say a thing. Nothing comes into my head BUT everyday I learn new words and improve my vocabulary, and it still doesn't help

[rocky pawn]

Not sure what you mean by start, like if you want to open a conversation with someone you can learn different greetings and think of what you want to talk about. Some common opening phrases are “What are you up to?” “How is it going?”, or more formally “How are you doing?”
Reading out loud whenever you look at blogs or articles might help.

[plain zenith]

Talk more and more, find some groups to do that, it helped me a lot

[tawdry vessel]

I used to play games, I practiced some lines I found interesting and tried imitate how the game chara pronounced them.

And what Traveller said

[noble wasp]

hello!
is to dial the same as to call? or is it just the act of "typing" the number to call?

[cloud canyon]

Yes it's typing numbers. Calling is different.

[cloud canyon]

Write and speak them repeatedly. Then use them in sentences. Find sentence samples to understand all usages of them.

[radiant whale]

Hey guys. Can anyone help me with the Conditional 1 exercise?

1. ??
2. ... don't stop ... would endanger ...
3. ... rises ... would rise ...
4. ... ?? ... would be ...
5. ... takes ... would use ...

Am I right? Not sure at all 😅

[scarlet plank]

will be destroyed if man keeps

don't stop , will endanger

rises , will rise

use , will be

takes , will use

[floral nymph]

What does " I am way too decisive" ?

[near fable]

d!def decisive

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: decisive

[1] having the power or quality of deciding
[2] resolute, determined
[3] unmistakable, unquestionable

Dictionary v1.2.1 · May 14, 2022, 6:10 PM

[flat rune]

Assume
Presume

What's the difference?

[sonic mantle]

They both mean the same thing but you use presume when you have more evidence about the matter

[flat rune]

"Too decisive" means "picky".

[mellow grove]

A: Are you okay?
B: I had a headache, but it's okay now.
I've had a headache, but it's okay now. I can use this sentence like a flattering banter, right? (because of you, my headache has gone away)

[rocky pawn]

I would use the first one, and yes that works

You can also use ‘better’ which is more common in the context of being cured from some illness

[mellow grove]

oh, thank you for informative answer ❤️

[mellow grove]

Sentence 1: My father died before I was born. I **never met **him.
Sentence 2: I don't know Karen's husband. I have never met him.
What makes two sentences different? Should I understand, in the sentence 1: because my father died, I don't have a chance to see him anymore, and in sentence 2: I still have a chance to know Karen's husband?

[supple ridge]

"I have never met him" implies that you still could. there's an implied 'before' at the end

[mellow grove]

What about sentence 1? Should I understand, it likes a memory someone wrote in the journal or same rule applies as sentence 2(I don't have a chance to see my father anymore)?

[supple ridge]

"I never met him" means you did not meet him in a period solely encompassing the past. "have never" covers a period of both the past and present

[mellow grove]

OH!

I understand it now, thank you so much!

[supple ridge]

neat! also, if you were to say "I had never met him" without context that would imply that you did meet him afterwards

[supple ridge]

because this would mean something like "it used to be that i had not met him." it could mean that you still haven't, but typically means that you now have

[flat rune]

Hi

Someone help me

[supple ridge]

whats up

[flat rune]

Can you write it "blabla" beside of the cake And is Surprise for free or it'll be Cost

İs itcorrect

I am making suprise for my friend

[supple ridge]

i am not sure, i'm not quite able to parse your question

[flat rune]

I mean

[dreamy obsidian]

I would like to start my presentation by quoting Aristotle. we use “by” right?

[crimson narwhal]

Can you provide the exact text you'd like to put in the presentation? It's quite hard to tell what are you trying to ask.

[dreamy obsidian]

It will be my introduction speech. I just want to say: “ I would like to start my presentation by quoting Aristotle and then I say aristotles words’

[crimson narwhal]

Yeah, it's correct then.

[tawdry owl]

are unintentionally and unwillingly the same

can both of them be used interchangeably

<@&909100555157262347>

@crimson narwhal if you are a helper, can you answer my question ?

pls sir

[crimson narwhal]

I would say that unintentionally means that you have done something not purposely, without an intention. Unwillingly means that you have done something that you don't enjoy, you might have been forced to do so, you do not like doing it.

Their similar but not the same according to my understanding.

[tawdry owl]

I looked at two of them on cambridge dictionary and it sounds me like the same of each other

but i wasn't able to be sure

about this

[crimson narwhal]

I just checked it on cambridge as well.

Seems we interpreted it differently.

But okay.

[broken meteor]

What does maestro's means or clash maestro's?

[tawdry owl]

I guess untentionally is used when someone else wants you to do something that you wouldn't rather to do, It doesn't matter if you want to do that or not. what matters is what someone else wants

[tawdry owl]

@flat rune i have a question i worry about

are you here

sir

[flat rune]

?

[tawdry owl]

how can i use the word "in order to"

[flat rune]

When discussing the reason something is done.

[tawdry owl]

can you post some example

[flat rune]

"I am punishing you. This is order to teach you how actions have consequences."

[tawdry owl]

hmm

for example

i am here in order to learn english

would this be correct

[flat rune]

Yes.

Normally we remove "in order" and simply say "to".

[tawdry owl]

I got it very well

[tawdry owl]

so does nobody warn me about this, right?

[flat rune]

It isn't a rule. It is for brevity's sake.

[tawdry owl]

I really got it very well

thank you a lot sir

[flat rune]

No problem.

Be well.

[frosty charm]

what does "I've been meaning to ask you that" mean like what does "meaning to" really mean here

this sounds funny and weird 💀 👍

[tawdry vessel]

It means he/she wanted to ask you that, but couldn't until he/she said that?

[crimson narwhal]

Can we say "To feel blue" instead of "To have the blues"?

[near fable]

Yes

[crimson narwhal]

Thank you

[near fable]

To feel blue means to feel sad.

Similar to have to blues

Which is sad, depressed

To feel blue is a common idiom actually

I've seen people using it often

[near fable]

[crimson narwhal]

I see. I've seen people using "feel blue" as well, but the phrase doesn't get recognized by Cambridge dictionary which I usually use.

Wanted to make sure

[near fable]

Oh

[lavish oriole]

Can someone help me to know if these answers are correct?

[crimson narwhal]

23. that who

the rest is correct.

[lavish oriole]

ok, thanks

[crimson narwhal]

technically 'that' should be accepted, however when referring to people, it's better to use 'who'

[lavish oriole]

I understand, thank you

[near fable]

This doesn't sound funny or weird btw

It's like you have a question that you want to ask

To someone from a while

But you haven't asked

So you use meaning to in those cases

[frosty charm]

OH HELP BUT YEAH THE WAY I HAD TO SAY IT THO

sounded funny to me 😭

[sonic mantle]

It can be funny if they bring it up before you can ask

[flat rune]

What is the difference between "show up" and" show off"?

[sonic mantle]

Show up is like being somewhere
Show off is like displaying something or bragging

[flat rune]

Thank you

For example: "i showed off my beautiful clothes to my friends"? And for show up:" i show up in new york"?

[sonic mantle]

"He showed up to the party"

makes its like a little bit unexpected or late

[flat rune]

Ok now i understand it thanks dude

[fast yarrow]

Hi, I know that this may not be the best place for such topics, but I don't know who to go to, and I really care about it. I am asking all English speakers for help. I am Polish and I am supposed to write to my teacher which problem I would like to discuss during the debate on social problems. I am to write why I believe that this problem needs to be addressed, and describe my preparations for the debate. Please, if, after reading, you find any mistakes in my work, write me about them, I care about this e-mail, because I am trying to get a good grade in the English language. Thanks for every attention.
Sorry for all mistakes, I'm just learning english.

Dear Madam, The topic I Would like to raise in my debate is global warming, which is leading to cli mate change. I believe that is an important point worth mentioning as it can lead to a lot of problems such as melting of glaciers for example, I can prepare for the debate by creating a presentation on global warming or invite an expert in the field. I must use at least 50 words for my e-mail

[gilded wedge]

@sonic mantle @crimson narwhal is “if i were to count” correct?

And why?

[round lake]

@fast yarrow Dear Madam, I would like to raise global warming as a topic in my debate as it is a driver of climate change. Additionally, I believe global warming is important to mention as it can lead to many more problems such as the melting of glaciers which are important to Earth's ecosystem. I can prepare for the debate by creating a presentation on global warming or invite an expert in the field. Please let me know if you have any comments.

[flat rune]

It means that the speaker had, for some time, wished to ask the person his question, but never actually asked.

[flat rune]

It is correct.
"If I were to count X or Y" is another way of saying "if I were to register X or Y". It means that the speaker is stating that he is not keeping track of specific iniquities or instances.

[gilded wedge]

Ohh so in this sentence it’s correct

“a lot of people keep on asking me this and if i were to count i would say…”

[flat rune]

If it had to do with the literal amount of people, yes.

[chilly lance]

hello someone in this chat have ever seen this expression in english . Behold and lo and behold. Sorry i didnt find quotation marks

[noble wasp]

is "enticing" used in a sexual way? or i can use it to express that something is interesting?

[supple ridge]

it can be used in either way; it doesn't necessarily imply a sexual connotation

in the regular sense, you would usually say 'enticing' to describe something that you feel drawn to, like an interesting painting on the other end of the room

even in times where you're referring to a person who is enticing you, there's not always a sexual connotation. if someone offers you a really good deal of some kind, you could respond with "that's very enticing"

[noble wasp]

i see. can "attractive", "alluring" and "seductive" be used in the same way?

[supple ridge]

yup, correct

seductive leans towards a sexual connotation more than the other words but even it is not always such

[noble wasp]

tysm 🙏

[mellow grove]

A. I began walking a long the road. I was walking for about 10 minutes when suddenly a car caused an accident. It means: I kept walking despite the car accident, right?
B. I began walking a long the road. I** had been walking** for about 10 minutes when suddenly a car caused an accident. It means: I stopped walking because of the car accident?

[supple ridge]

This is an interesting case, actually. As far as my reading goes, these sentences are fully interchangeable. Ordinarily, when you say "I was doing x while y happened" it means that x and y were happening at the same time, and overlapping, but it doesn't always mean this, such as in instances where it wouldn't make sense for two things to be happening at once, like in sentence A.

see a more extreme example:
"I was relaxing on my chair when the boiler room exploded."

from a strictly grammatical standpoint, it could be read that you continued to relax on your chair after the boiler room exploded, but the pragmatics of that being very unlikely overrule what the syntax implies.

sentence is a little more ambiguous, because it is somewhat plausible that you ignored the car accident and kept walking, but the speaker would assume that you stopped.

sorry for the wordy answer, but this is a pretty advanced question, and I couldn't think of a better way to phrase it

to make things even more technical, "had been" refers to a time period strictly before the car accident, whereas "was" refers to the time before and at the exact moment of the car accident, it does not necessarily cover time after the car accident, that's left open to interpretation

[mellow grove]

I don't mind your wordy explanation at all, in fact I'm very appreciated your clarification. I need more details about how native use grammar to “imply” their meaning.

[supple ridge]

to make an analogy to math, its like less (<) vs less than or equal to (≤)

[supple ridge]

awesome, i was a bit worried there was too much detail lol

also a note: were the sentence to say "I walked when the car caused an accident" that would be the equivalent of "greater than or equal to," meaning that you were walking afterwards, but maybe also before. this would be an odd sentence considering the context, though

[mellow grove]

Yes, I understand it. Thank you for your clear answer.

[fast yarrow]

Thanks😁

[worldly siren]

Hey, Etellex explained it perfectly - just one thing however, it is "along", rather than "a long".

"Along the way, I met my friend"
"This is a long road"

I would also say "I began walking down the road", as it sounds more natural to me :))

[cyan forge]

what's more rude? ||lass|| or ||wench||

[sleek bane]

i guess wench is more rude

[frosty charm]

is invigilator a British word? I speak the American dialect so um I need help

[sonic mantle]

We use that in England yeah

Like during the big official exams, we have invigilators supervising us

[mighty aurora]

how would I cite this short story?

[frosty charm]

is it okay for me to use it though I'm speaking the American dialect?

[sonic mantle]

use whatever words you like

[frosty charm]

uh okay 😭 👍

[sonic mantle]

If you do speak with an american though, you may have to explain

[frosty charm]

ohhh okay!

[tawdry owl]

with what meaning was the word "as" used there

pls help me about this

it confused me a lot

"while/when"

or something

[sonic mantle]

while would be a good explanation

[crimson narwhal]

It may be used as when/while, but it may also suggest that the first clause is in kind of connection with the second one.

But 'while' would be the simpliest.

[tawdry owl]

well, would "while" be able to be used instead of the word "as"

I check it from google translate when it confused me

google translate also translated it as "as"

[crimson narwhal]

You can use while instead and then the context would stay around the same. For me 'as' shows us that it tells us, that two actions were happening at the same time, but also one could be a result or a factor of other one.

[tawdry owl]

thx a lot

[crimson narwhal]

Welcome.

[noble wasp]

are "seeking" and "looking for" interchangeable?

[mighty aurora]

this is what i have for my citation, is it correct?

[compact grove]

you can use spell checker website, it's very helpful for that type of questions

[flat rune]

What s "ya" means?

[lavish oriole]

Can someone help me to know if these answers are correct?

thank you

[misty terrace]

Yea looks good

[tawdry owl]

that answer is correct

[tawdry owl]

this is correct too

[tawdry owl]

this is correct too

all of your answers are correct

[topaz coral]

@noble wasp Yes they are interchangeable.

[bright thunder]

Anyone could help me with some English sentences in the voice room?

sentences in political science

"According to fact and experience a minority may in an appeal to force, be an overmatch for the majority."

[craggy sinew]

Hey guys, I need to write down this "speech" so I can present it in class on wednesday, but I have zero idea what word the guy is saying here

https://youtu.be/EKD0KbJi9Lo?t=36

right after "natural"

it sounds like incident and the closed captions say so too, but that can't be right, can it?

or is it instinct?

[topaz coral]

He is saying instinct there

the natural instinct

[craggy sinew]

oh yeah, that makes most sense

thanks

[topaz coral]

no problem and it should be more sense not most sense

most means the highest amount, more means a higher amount then before.

[craggy sinew]

the most sense is correct though

[topaz coral]

Actually it is correct if you meant to say the most sense

so you are right

[craggy sinew]

either way, thanks for the help 🙂

[topaz coral]

Do you have anything else you need help with? I'm bored

[craggy sinew]

I would like to record myself reading his whole speech before my Wednesday class, but I think I will have to do it tomorrow, it's already getting late here

are you good at judging accents?

[topaz coral]

I never tried before

[craggy sinew]

cause it says you are an american speaker, but I am learning british pronounciation

[topaz coral]

To be honest I dont know too much about british english

[craggy sinew]

:/ my teacher says I keep inserting american features in my speech so I need someone to keep me in check

I also have problems with long a (ɑ:) and with nasalisation, with long a being typical of brit.eng.

[snow bane]

@bright thunder

Here?

[flat rune]

Wench is used as an insult.
"Lass" merely means girl.

[flat rune]

It depends on the context. Generally, in phrases such as "ya know", it is "you" is spelled as "ya" because it sounds more like the latter. Other times, it may replace "your". Additionally, it may replace "yes", or "yeah".

[inland crescent]

Hello everyone.. so I'm very curious about this one.

Can someone tell me about this line

"That's what she said"

My friend used this while we were talking but i didn't understand

He said that it was in the "The office" but i didn't watched it and i don't have the time for watching

Please help me with this sentence

[flat rune]

means that you said something that could be interpreted as sexual lmao

[inland crescent]

Wait whattt 😳

Thanks 🤯

[flat rune]

yeah

like as an example if I was to call something "wet and sticky" someone could look at me and go "ha that's what she said"

granted you will be shunned if you use that joke in a group

[tawdry vessel]

ah

I seen it being used for when people say some cliche lines, other person will go "that's what she said."

it's kind of a bad joke at times so be careful at how and where you use it.

The common usage for it is though what thebigsad said.

[rose pelican]

what english level certificate can introduced

[near fable]

Wdym by introduced

Where?

[lament tulip]

She tells lies
or
She tells lie
or
She tells a lie

which one is correct??
mention me while answering

[rose pelican]

i guess the second sentence is right

[rose pelican]

how can i prove my english

does some certificate？

[near fable]

IELTS

[rapid star]

Hello, I wanna ask, what's difference between can and may?

[flat rune]

It is effectively a way of making any situation refer to a sexual meaning.

[flat rune]

A1

[weary kettle]

How does one differentiate between "exploit" and "take advantage of"?

[boreal hinge]

They communicate the same idea but exploit is mostly used to describe something large scale

[weary kettle]

I see, thanks.

[boreal hinge]

Whilst “to take advantage of”

It’s for everyday stuff

[flat rune]

"Can" is generally a manner of asking if someone or thing may go along and do something.

"May" is a formal manner of requesting something to happen, but it generally asserts that the possibility is not as strong as with "can".

[boreal hinge]

The company exploited the workers

[weary kettle]

Oh, I get it now.

[boreal hinge]

Yep

[flat rune]

Exploit is formal.

More specifically, it holds a much, much stronger meaning. Exploitation normally entails the idea of slavery or outright illegal domination over another.

[weary kettle]

So, exploitation means using a person for one's own good?

[flat rune]

"take advantage of" is a lighter way of referencing the same general idea, but in a way of saying "You are using that boy's kindness against him".

[boreal hinge]

Yes

But you can also exploit the resources

This doesn’t have a bad undertone

You see

[flat rune]

Both mean that one is using a person as a tool. Exploitation simply means the person taken advantage of is not so much on the same level as the exploiter.

[boreal hinge]

Yep this one

[inland crescent]

I thought that he was talking about another woman hahah so that's what he meant lol.

Thank youuy

[weary kettle]

So, exploitation means taking advantage of something but more emphatically?

[flat rune]

Every domain of the term is more powerful than "taking advantage of". To an extent, the actors are as well. Exploiters are often higher in social standing than the exploited, whereas "taking advantage of someone" infers the two are in the same social standing.

[weary kettle]

I see. Thank you very much for explaining this to me.

[flat rune]

Good morning, I am interesting in teaching English as a
foreign language.

I have no experience in teaching and my working background experience is working in the care industry something I don't wish to work in for the rest of my life and I'm looking at other options hence this message.

I've done some of my own research regarding teaching and I know that I could pay to get a TEFL qualification as well as not doing this and teaching English without the qualification but I'm not sure which would be the best thing to do as I don't really want to spend money doing a course and then finding out that I don't like teaching. My worry is that I am an introvert and that I may not be suitable to teach anyway.

However, I do have a small amount of experience teaching asylum seekers English when they came to my country in a job that I worked in, in the past which I did enjoy particularly seeing their progression with the English language and seeing how there speech was improving.

Does any of this make sense? I'm not really sure what i'm asking here to be honest

[cloud canyon]

Before decide what to do, prepare as much as you can. Improve your vocabulary, grammar, pronouncing etc. And create documents, drawings, charts etc. to use while teaching. In that process you will spend a lot of time with English and if you got bored so much you can say this job is not for me, if you don't get bored so much you can say I will try. Of course It won't be joyful but you will see if you hate or not. Also you will be ready to teach. And you don't have to go to a course etc. There are billions of apps, websites etc.

You have to be way more higher level then the person you teach to be able to teach properly. And you need a lot of tables, lists, examples, informations about logic of the language, tips and tricks, etymological knowledge etc.

And most of the people doesn't like to study. So many of your students won't study properly and they will blame you. You have to teach so efficiently. And you should not teach them how to learn in that process or they won't need you anymore 😄

And when you study, you have to think like a person who doesn't know anything about English. You are native, so you do a lot of things without know how to do. You are just doing. You don't know much about the process because you didn't have to focus on them. For example for the pronouncing focus on what your tongue does when sounding the voice you will teach, what you do with your breath. etc.

For another example you should think about when you will read the letter c like k and when read like s.

[rocky pawn]

You can try doing the two side to side. There is a discord server for teaching languages and you might be able to get some experience teaching there whilst you study for the course. If there is a book for the course then I recommend becoming familiar with the content before paying for the course.

[cloud canyon]

And try to teach some simple but completed things in the first lessons. Students should see they can talk about things in English, they learn so quick with you. After couple of lessons if they still can't do proper stuff they will think you can't teach. Give something to them to think they can learn with you.

And give the documents one by one. Don't give all of them at once. They should need to come to you to get more.

You can also start to learn a new langue to be able to make empathy with your students, to be able to understand what they need.

[flat rune]

Thanks for the advice both @cloud canyon @rocky pawn , are there any websites you would recommend to get free teaching resources/worksheets/home work ?

[cloud canyon]

If you prepare your own documents, it would be much better because of the copyrights. Most of the free contents are limited by the personal usage. You can use Excel, Word or similar programs to create your owns. And also I don't know any website etc. Didn't study English for a long time.

You just have to learn some cell formatting and printing settings. It's so easy to learn. Create more colorful sheets with bigger font size for kids and more formal ones for adults. Use colors in both of them to add visual memory. Use a lot of charts, lists, shapes etc. Don't just write.

You can also prepare some sound recordings and videos. Especially for the pronunciation. To teach you have to have all kinds of materials.

But when you use color use them at frames, writings etc. , not backgrounds etc. to not spend a fortune to ink.

[frosty charm]

what does " a while ago" mean like could it mean both a long time ago or a short time ago? for example someone just woke up 10 mins ago would it be correct if I asked them "did you just wake up a while ago?"

[tawdry vessel]

short time here means hours, I think, but I'm not sure.

Btw, it's wrong to use fiancés when the subjects are a man and woman, right?

[misty terrace]

That would be correct

[misty terrace]

It’s a very vague period of time I would think it could be used both in the short and long term

[misty terrace]

Both men and women call their significant other they are marrying their fiancé

[tawdry vessel]

I'm going by this...

fiancé
The man who is engaged

fiancée
The woman who is engaged

[misty terrace]

Oh hmmm maybe they are spelled differently I didn’t realize there was a masculine and feminine form of the word.

I would be incorrect then

[tawdry vessel]

Spelling's different but pronunciation is the same, I believe.

[misty terrace]

That would be correct

[novel dirge]

i've got told that the word order for adverbs does not matter. does it really not matter?

e.g i only want to go home vs i want to only go home?

[cloud canyon]

"Only home" sounded weird to me. (I'm not native)
It's matter actually.
For example "Only you can go home." and "You can only go home." are different.

[novel dirge]

noted!

[frosty charm]

"I'll be done in an hour" "I'll be done within an hour" are these the same?

[nimble leaf]

Manchester is definitely a place that is worth... to visit or a visit? Or maybe to be visited? I think that the second option, a visit is correct, but i have no idea. Could someone help me?

[misty terrace]

I would say yes even though the wording is different if either was said to me I would expect the task to be done in an hour at most

[misty terrace]

I would say a visit is correct “Manchester is definitely a place that is worth a visit.” You could also say Manchester is worth visiting. Or Manchester is a place I would like to visit

[cloud canyon]

Visit is both noun and verb. You can use both.

[nimble leaf]

Ok, thank you very much for your help. I couldn't choose the right one so I asked you. Thanks for the explanation

[sweet portal]

Kind of. "Within an hour" just assumes that you will be done in a little less than an hour, unlike "in an hour", which means that you will done in about an hour. The meanings are similar

[topaz coral]

@frosty charm awhile ago means a semi long time ago or a very long time ago usually. The idea is that you think alot of time has passed when you say it. It usually isn't used for something that happened recently.

[frosty charm]

ohhh thank you very much!

[floral nymph]

When people need to use a word from another language, I believe people prefer to use words from their native language when these words don't have a clear meaning or a full translation that's recognizable from their own language.
This makes more sense to me @trim python

[rich trout]

hello guys, Tomorrow, I have a class test about participle (present participle snd past participle…). I just ended my tasks, so I would send that here in maybe someone can look for mistakes ?

[topaz coral]

go for it

[rich trout]

I'm sorry for my bad hand-writing :/

[topaz coral]

That seems pretty decent to me

[misty terrace]

Looks good

[rich trout]

okay thanks guys :3

[flat rune]

To me, it sounds that you wish to see if you are fit for teaching as a profession and career. Personally, it is best that you look into how TEFL is performed. Finding lesson plans and whatnot online is fine, but it is generally unnecessary. I say this because most schools will either demand to keep the utilized lesson plans or will provide you with lesson plans that you must follow. There are few institutions that will grant you leeway in this regard; most of them are tutoring positions, not teaching.

The best thing to do regarding TEFL is researching how teachers live and how teachers operate. TEFL is not much different in regards to teaching another subject, the only difference is that you are generally teaching the basics to students. The reason I suggest you either find a teaching position or go into TEFL anyway is because teaching is not something that can be understood by mere research; it is an experience, and a very unique one at that.

At the very least, most TEFL certificates are not expensive. It is nowhere near as challenging nor as demanding as the CELTA (a different certificate for a subfield in TEFL).

[flat rune]

Yes. You may refer to 10 minutes ago or six years ago, context will determine what is meant all the same.

[flat rune]

This is an archaic spelling and a loanword's grammar that does not fit English. There are no "masculine" or "feminine" nouns in English as in French.

[torn patio]

I´m going to take the TOEFL test on October approx. What tip or advice would you give me?

[sweet portal]

Review grammar, practice.

[tawdry vessel]

Oh, okay.

Thanks.

[flat rune]

I would like to ask for help, I have an English test now, there are 3 numbers, the test itself is easy, but I am bad at English.

A. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences.
Knowledgeable, event, responsible, admiration, whole, village

1. The election is an important political ____in any country.
2. Judy said she was ____for that silly mistake.
3. The young gentleman looked at that beautiful girl in _____.
4. The ____story was the result of his imagination.
5. The road led to a small ____on the bank of the river.
6. Jason knows so many different things. He is a ____boy.
   B. Choose the right word to complete the sentences.
7. Do you find it difficult ( to study/to learn) new words in a foreign language?
8. Rings made ( of/from) silver are quite expensive.
9. The children are looked (after/about) well when they are at school.
10. Let’s meet at the main (enter/ entrance) to the concert hall.
11. The house was built (with/by) a lot of tools.
12. Richard is a really (wealthy/wealth) person.
    C. Use the right preposition to complete the sentences:
    off, up (with), down, out,
13. Try not to put everything ____until the last moment.
14. As the telephone line was bad, Bob could hardly put ___Don’s address.
15. She doesn’t want to put ___with her daughter’s rude behaviour any longer.
16. At night the hunters had to put the fire ____.
    D. Use the derivatives to complete the sentences.
17. His words are full of (wise).
18. Charles Dixon is very (knowledge) about history.
19. We have been in (partner) for several years.
20. Mike (regular) visits his grandparents.
21. Alice lives I a quiet (neighbour) with good shops.
22. Moris looks sad and (happy) today.

II. Grammar.
Use the verbs in brackets in Present/Past/Future Simple Passive.

1. Cheese ( to make) from milk.
2. All the sweets ( not to eat) during afternoon tea yesterday.
3. John ( to invite) to the conference tomorrow?
4. The houses in this village always ( to decorate) at Christmas.
5. The list of organizers ( to rewrite) last week.
6. In my opinion, more cars ( to buy) next year than this year.
7. Water usually( to sell) at a fairly price.
8. All the papers ( not to sign) on next Thursday.

[wild dove]

This channel isnt meant for giving test answers.

[flat rune]

Thanks

But no longer necessary, I wrote everything

Print in black ink is all capital letters or type it on a pc

[flat rune]

Manchester is worth visiting for the culture for example you could put this

[flat rune]

1 correct 2 correct 3 correct 4 correct 5 correct in fact all correct

[flat rune]

Thank you

[supple ridge]

the second sentence is fine. but if you wanted to really level it up you could say:
"I am writing you with an update on (thing)"
for no particular reason that i can discern, other than convention, this reads better in formal letters
also you would want to say "I hope you are doing well." you can sometimes drop the first person pronoun in this case, but usually only in text messages, or other casual contexts. in an email it makes sense to keep it

sure

[weary kettle]

How does one start an essay?

[supple ridge]

disclaimer: im being lazy about grammar in this response, this is solely for essay advice lol

couple of ways, all with pros/cons:

anecdote/cold open: without formally introducing your essay topic, begin with discussing something small that pertains to your topic, to get your reader comfortable and also get them to implicitly pick up on the vibe of the essay. an example would be if were talking about the geopolitics of the syrian refugee crises, and you start with a story about a group of refugees negotiating to get on a boat to europe

destabilizing condition: format it something like "many people think this. but actually, that." this has the advantage of explicitly laying out what you want to talk about in your essay in a way that's intuitive. an example would be something like if you were talking about the environmental impact of motor vehicles and you started by saying how many people believe that electric cars will solve the ecological problems of cars, but actually there is this and that factor to do with lithium mining/electricity sourcing to consider

outline/abstract: you can simply summarize everything that you're going to say in your paper. this is a good choice if there's a particular reason that someone might not read your whole paper and just want either a summary or a reference point to specific parts of your essay, like if it's a 100 page technical piece or something. here, you just kind of go over everything you're going to discuss. an example would be if you were talking about bretton woods institutions and you said something like "i begin with discussing the context surrounding the world wars and.... then I take a look at how postcolonial africans states interact with the WTO.... then i talk about contemporary debt crises"

[weary kettle]

I see. Thanks.

[topaz coral]

Default can mean the most popular view too I think but i'm not sure. For instance you can say the default view of scientists is that global warming is real.

[flat rune]

Default refers to an inherent norm.

[wet harbor]

hey, I had a question, how can I say goodnight to the boys if i'm straight

[near fable]

Goodnight

[flat rune]

Goodnight bros

[tawdry vessel]

Goodnight Boyz
As Vivek said, lol
That's straight enough

[golden hawk]

We have preposition of time, place but what do we call if the sentence is like this
I need to concentrate "on" my work- on is used because it is a process but i want to know what is this specifically called so i can study it more i already mastered preposition of time, place, but i get confuse somtimes when sentences is like dependent in/on but it is on. It is not as simple as on the table(preposition of place) in 1996( time) in spring/winter (season)

Also what is this called? This is not preposition of place, time, so i cant apply it to this like " on the table, at the gym, on monday, in 1996

[real sentinel]

hi, can anyone help with the english test please?

[cyan forge]

how do you call that

[chilly wren]

is damn a curse word?

[cyan forge]

I don't think so

but native speaker better to answer that

[rose pelican]

How do you learn English

especially the speaking and listing

[worldly siren]

Not really, for me it's just a word I use normally.

[near fable]

Voice channels

[near fable]

No, actually say, goodnight sons

[near fable]

сельдь под шубой

[cyan forge]

yeah

i know

[near fable]

It's the dish name apparently

[cyan forge]

and in English

[near fable]

English is the same as you searched by

Looks similar to cake, kheva something

[near fable]

Yes, if you've solved the questions

[cloud canyon]

To speaking and listening you can join voice chats here.

[cyan forge]

its not a cake

it's a salad

[flat rune]

lmao

[flat rune]

its a salad yes, that is salads name as vivek told you. Also you can just say "салат Шуба" for russian name.

[keen vortex]

Is there any critical point from my view if I say „The kook does not mention that depression is and actual illness Hannah Bakers suffers from and does not give any advice how to deal with it which is a major problem if people who may sympathise with Hannah do not know how to overcome depression and may as well causes the Werther effect“?

[cloud canyon]

Can't you write any longer 😄

[flat rune]

Orientation does not influence speech.

"Goodnight" suffices.

[flat rune]

"On" and "in" for time are prepositions of time. This is a process you will learn simply by speaking.

"In" is generally used for parts of days, months, years, and things of the sort. Specific intervals in time.
"On" is generally used for the whole day or to reference dates.

The rarest instance when you will not hear "in" or "on" is when the day does not end in "day", i.e. "Easter", but that will still depend on the speaker.

im sorry can i ask if a sentence sounds right

[flat rune]

Yes.
Damn is a short way of saying "May God condemn you" or "condemnation".

[flat rune]

Of course.

thank you

"all this stuffs really killed the motivation for doing anything else"

its

like its not a big deal iv just been overthinking this out of proportion

does that sound right?

[flat rune]

"May as well cause".

[flat rune]

"There are a lot of reasons why my motivation for English died."

The general message is correct, but the specific words do not mesh well together.

oooh

alright

thank you!

No problem. Be well.

[cyan forge]

"what if in oceonarium a glass would suddenly broke" is this sentence correct?

[crimson narwhal]

It's incorrect.

[cyan forge]

can you correct tho

[crimson narwhal]

After if, you can not put will/wound. This is what we call condictionals. In this case, there are two possibilities, depending on the context:

1. What if a glass suddenly broke (We are speculating what would happen if it started to break now)
2. What if a glass had suddenly broken (We are speculating what would happen if it started to break in the past, as we've been to the oceanarium)
   I'd also move the phrase in oceanarium to the of the sentence, so it sounds more naturally.

[cyan forge]

wow

thank you so much for so detailed answer

[crimson narwhal]

You're welcome.

[flat rune]

"a" and "an" do not work with specific structures in which there is only one. The glass is an entire entity, thus "the" is used.

"What if the oceanarium's glass broke?" is the correct way to phrase the sentence.

[cyan forge]

what does that mean

[remote cedar]

An extra means a role in a movie that has a very small part, e.g. a person in the crowd

[tawdry vessel]

a side character?

[cloud canyon]

Side character without quote or with little amount of quote.

[torn patio]

A bo'oh'o'wa'er

[near fable]

Bottle of water

[near fable]

This is confusing

@flat rune isn't brassiere means bra?

[flat rune]

It is not an English word. It refers to a restaurant.

[flat rune]

Brasserie is a restaurant.
Brassiere is a bra.

[near fable]

Ohh

[flat rune]

It is an incorrect sentence, anyway.

[near fable]

O.o thanks

[flat rune]

"There are a lot of places to eat to organic homemade burgers."

It should read, "There are a lot of places, from brasseries to street-food vendors, to eat organic, homemade burgers."

It is a nonsensical sentence

[sonic mantle]

just remove the second comma and maybe change the first one to a dash or semicolon

and add from just before it

[flat rune]

I am not emulating speech in my writing.

[torn patio]

Does anyone know the format of the CEPT (Cambridge English Placement Test)?

[urban yew]

hello there! I have a question. What is the difference between "I have been studying" and "I am studying"?

[torn patio]

"I have been studying" is an action (studying) that you have started in the past and that you still doing in the present.

On the other hand, "I am studying" is an action you are doing right now

[midnight harbor]

Have been means you previously studied or are studying, just not at a present time. Like if you are learning about medicine, but you have the day off.

I am studying can mean you're currently studying, or the same meaning as the second half of the meaning that I put for have been

I am studying medicine
I have been studying medicine for the past year

Have been can also mean in the past

I am at the park
I have been at the park before

[cloud canyon]

I'm not 100% sure but:
Have been ...ing - Verb started in the past, continued until today. May continue after today too.
Had been ...ing - Verb started in the past, continued until a time in the past. No longer continue.
...ing - Normally means verb is happening right now but you can use this instead of other tenses. But it must be near past, these days or near future.

We have been playing football since our childhood. Do you want to play with us?
I had been playing football until college. Then I had to leave to focus on my studies.
I'm playing football as long as I can remember. My dad was a professional. (You can use this in daily talk. But to be correct you should choose others.)

[cyan forge]

'I won't being caught' Im assuming this is incorrect

[cloud canyon]

Was ...ing - Verb continue in the past while/when something other also happening or happened.
I was playing football when I saw her.
I was playing football while you were waiting.

Without continuous:
I have organized all of the books. Now we can study much more efficiently.
I had cleaned all of the house but kids had ruined it immediately after.

And there is simple past tense. It's simple. Just something happened. We don't focus it's effects or something. It happened.
I saw her.

[cloud canyon]

I'm not sure but these must be true I think. Please check before believe me 😄

[cyan forge]

'Why lights far away seem to be shaken' Is this correct

[cloud canyon]

I'm not sure but I would say: Why do the far away lights seem like they are shaking?

[cyan forge]

oh okay, can i use 'appear' instead of 'seem'?

[cloud canyon]

I'm not native. So I'm not sure but I wouldn't use. Seem seems better.

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune @sonic mantle “i mean stop spamming r u gonna die if i didn’t don’t open it”

Is it dont or didnt

[wheat hound]

What does "give a light "mean?

[supple ridge]

as a fluent speaker i'm uncertain about this, so it could be a regional thing. it might mean that someone is asking for a lighter for a cigarette, but i'm not sure

[zinc robin]

what mentioned there about the schools in the Tate Gallery

[flat rune]

The former means that you have been studying for quite some time. Without context, we are not privy to how long.

The latter means that you are currently studying, but have done so in the past and plan to in the future. It is a difference in tense - the first is "present perfect continuous", and the second is "present continuous".

[flat rune]

"I will not be caught."

[flat rune]

You can, though "appear" is more concrete than "seem".

[flat rune]

I'm not sure what this sentence is trying to say.

[flat rune]

It is a saying.
The speaker is asking for a lighter for his cigarette, or something like that.

[gilded wedge]

So there was this guy on snapchat that was spamming snaps and he wanted me to open his snaps and i opened it but the third time he said that i had enough bcs he sends 14 snaps every 30mins so i said

“wtf kid? U gonna die if i didn’t open ur snaps? And stop spamming”

But i just don’t know if it’s
if i didn’t open ur snaps u gonna die
Or
if i don’t open ur snaps u gonna die

[flat rune]

if i didn't implies in the past
if i don't implies in general or in the future

in this context i'd use "don't"

[flat rune]

"Are you going to die if I don't read your spam?"

[timber nexus]

What could be the greatest idea ever guys?

[solar bay]

Time travel

[timber nexus]

Yeah but something posible in a software as a program or app

[solar bay]

Okay

Make something that is not owned by modern applications today but is indispensable in the world

I created the idea to find a business opportunity

If you can find it you will be a great person, let's say you have 10 people with you, try to ask what they often need but are hard to get. Then you data and create an algorithm for the problem. Choose the right method and create a new path to solve it.

[timber nexus]

Bother that a good idea, thanks so much.

[solar bay]

Anytime

[urban yew]

Thanks for the answers, you are amazing ❤️

[cloud canyon]

Today I've heard that you can read faster when the first three letters of the word are highlighted and rest are pale. It says three letters is enough for our brain to notice which word we read. So you can make an app that turns texts in that format.

It would be easy for a developer I think.

And people might like it. They can read faster.

[timber nexus]

Sound nice

[cloud canyon]

sounds nice

Today I've heard that you can read faster when the first three letters of the word are highlighted and rest are pale.

You can try with just first two letters too. Or you can add an option that let users to choose how many letters they want.

And I think if the highlighted parts of the words stay on vertical lines, it would be even easier to read,

[timber nexus]

Wheel yeah actually It's feels like works perhaps it's easy to do it.

[cloud canyon]

And add an option to choose highlight and pale levels.

Add color filters to block blue light to use the app easier at night.

Are you a developer or just asked?

[timber nexus]

I'm leaning pragraming and a I need ideas to do it as a proyect

[cloud canyon]

You can summarize lessons for students. For example you can summarize geometrical formulas and their proofs.

Or you can make an app for freelance teachers to prepare their geometry questions easily.

[timber nexus]

A little hard, fist I need to understand geometry

[cloud canyon]

You just need resources. These formulas don't have copyrights.

You won't teach, you will just summarize.

1. Formula+proof
2. Formula+proof
   ...

Or you can make an app that contains calculators for everyday situations. You can search about this online.

[timber nexus]

[weary kettle]

Do I pronounce "constitutionally" like "konstitoosheneli"?

[timber nexus]

Are good ideas I'll discuss with my teammates.

[cloud canyon]

I want %10

Just joking 😄

[cyan forge]

meaning butt?

What's push-up ?

[cloud canyon]

Just write on google. You will find the answer easily.

[cyan forge]

oh ofc

sorry

[cyan forge]

what's the one word that describes searching for food? I know there's one but i cannot find it

[cloud canyon]

Crave?

[flat rune]

can anyone help me with this question?

[near fable]

Crave as distortion said

Like craving for food

[midnight harbor]

minus the for

[sinful dock]

Hey, just wanted to double-check if I understood this sentence correctly: "In short you can be called-up for conscript service in one year notice". So this means that the notice period should be at least one year (like after the notice is given, at least one year should pass before the conscript service starts)?

[flat rune]

anyone can help me?

[flat rune]

It means you'll be called up a year after notice

[cloud canyon]

I tried but couldn't understand

[tawdry vessel]

Using ellipsis before comma, is that correct? Like this: “A bunch of me, …that sounds scary.”

Feels like it's this: “A bunch of me…that sounds scary.”
But I don't know.

[ionic comet]

I would probably write "A bunch of me... that sounds scary", but "A bunch of me- ...that sounds scary" is also acceptable I think. In a formal text you put one space on either side of the ellipsis: "A bunch of me ... That sounds scary", but that's falling out of use in modern times.

but that's just my intuition, I don't actually know the strict rules

[glad snow]

How to say peculer?

Peciuler

Pecuiler

[midnight harbor]

peculiar
peh kyu lee err

[flat rune]

"One-Year Notice" means that the military conscripting you will send a notice; one year after this notice, you will be conscripted into the military.

[flat rune]

No. The purpose of ellipses in dialogue is to present the speaker's pause. It would be written thusly: "A bunch of me... That sounds scary."

[tawdry vessel]

I see. Thank you.

[near horizon]

I am confused, why is “I love the library” a noun clause

It says that sometimes noun clauses don’t have markers that introduces them. How would I know if it’s a noun clause or an independent clause?

[cloud canyon]

Only nouns can be the subject or the object of the sentence.

You can't say "I love run". You have to turn it into a noun. So you can say "I love running.".

And in that picture it says that you can use this kind of sentences without using an introduction word. And heard that newly too. I would use "that" before the object sentence.

[cloud canyon]

I love "running".
I know "how to run".
I miss "drinking in the summer house".
I saw "what you did".
I don't care about "how they talk."
You know "I want to go".
I feel "this project will be awesome."

[solar bay]

if i may say, "Eat"

Or Hungry could be

[midnight harbor]

there're tons of words for searching for food

[worldly siren]

hunt?

[cyan forge]

no

[midnight harbor]

Scavenging, foraging, searching, craving

[cloud canyon]

Starving

[sweet portal]

Not exactly, starving is nearly dying from hunger, but not searching for food

[lament canopy]

i need help

[sweet portal]

am I mistaken?

[lament canopy]

why am i wrong?

[cloud canyon]

I know. He doesn't like any of the words. So I tried all 😄

[sweet portal]

Try removing before at the end

I am not sure what's wrong there

or swap before and twice

[cloud canyon]

"Twice before" sounds weird. I would say "two times before".

[sweet portal]

nah, completely natural to me

[lament canopy]

still wrong

[cloud canyon]

To>at ?

[sweet portal]

Nah

The question has 'to', it probably means it's the right pronoun

[lament canopy]

right im confused rn

[sweet portal]

Have you tried swapping before and twice?

[lament canopy]

yup still wrong

[cloud canyon]

For twice?

[sweet portal]

Just twice?

[cloud canyon]

Just love

[lament canopy]

still wrong

[sweet portal]

No love no more huh?

[lament canopy]

it is what it is

[cloud canyon]

I have been there?

I have been there for twice before

[lament canopy]

nope

[cloud canyon]

For

Maybe it wants a specific answer and not all of the correct answers.

[sweet portal]

What's 'for' there for?

[cloud canyon]

I don't know. It just sounds better.

[sweet portal]

Nah, I am not even sure if it's gramatically right

lemme search it up

oh it is correct
edit: nvm, it's not, I got confused

[lament canopy]

with the for??

[sweet portal]

No

[lament canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/waiting-for-help-waiting-skeleton-gif-19317305

[sweet portal]

idk

[lament canopy]

aappreciate the help bro, but am in the wrong or should be a diff answer?

[cloud canyon]

If it's a website etc. can you share the link?

[cloud canyon]

Add yes at the beginning

[sweet portal]

There is already a yes

Yes, "answer"

[lament canopy]

hmm its a non public website so u cannot access it

[lament canopy]

yea theres already a yes, above the answer box

[cloud canyon]

I don't know the app. I thought it maybe just a guide.

[flat rune]

Your sentence is correct. This is merely a problem the website has.

The most that comes to mind is that the author may wish for you to omit "before", but I cannot discern his answer.

[flat rune]

What is the situation? Wanting to eat means that one hungers, but there are many contexts and terms that must be used in proper contexts.

[flat rune]

A "noun clause" means that there is a subject and a verb in a selected group within the sentence.

"I love the library" is a noun clause because there is a noun. That is all.

[cloud canyon]

Shouldn't be the word "that" before the noun clause?

"My mother knows that I love the library."

[flat rune]

It can. It will depend on the sentence.

Looking at the sentence again, it's using a colloquial structure. Formally, I have never seen such in writing.

"She knows I don't like that!" is very commonly heard, but writing will include "that" between "knows" and "I".

That exact sentence is not common, but the formation is.

"I believe he is guilty."
"She knows I don't like this."

"That" should be used between them formally, but is often is not.

[cloud canyon]

Thank you so much.

I can say that you are the best 😄

[topaz coral]

@cloud canyon shouldn't it be the word that makes more sense then shouldn't be the word that.

I don't know if you made a typo or not but the word it was suppose to be there just in case you didn't know.

[cloud canyon]

I don't know. "Shouldn't there" sounded weird so I wrote that.

My English is not so well

[sweet portal]

good*

[cloud canyon]

Nice

Thank you

[flat rune]

& @cloud canyon Either work colloquially. Formally, "My English is well" is correct.

[flat rune]

hi,guys

[flat rune]

[cloud canyon]

Thank you so much

[flat rune]

What am I looking at

did a chicken have a stroke on this paper

[sweet portal]

oh, it is?

Why? Is English not a noun there?

[lament canopy]

i got it guys its "I have ever been to Raja Ampat twice."
💀🤯

[sweet portal]

What-

[zenith ether]

Raja Ampat is a nice place

[lament canopy]

it is. i think

[zenith ether]

Maybe because you didn't type a period

[lament canopy]

right idk bro

[lament canopy]

nope add ever and delete the before

[sweet portal]

I mean, it's an option but it is so unnatural to me compared to other options to say that same thing

[zenith ether]

+1

it does sound unnatural

[lament canopy]

i ogree

[sweet portal]

agree*

[lament canopy]

HAHAHAH

awgree

[sweet portal]

alwight

[lament canopy]

awkay

[supple ridge]

I'm 99% sure that "my English is well" is incorrect. 'well' applies to verbs. you write well, you speak well, but your writing/speaking is good, and your English is good

[sweet portal]

+1

[lament canopy]

i appreciate averything u've done for me @sweet portal
i love you bro 😗

[sweet portal]

I was confused when that dude said 'well' is a correct option

[sweet portal]

Np, love ya

[lament canopy]

*everything

[supple ridge]

yeah the 1% is only because I'm thrown off by another fluent speaker contradicting my take, which makes me think that there might be some obscure dialect where it's allowed, but I've never heard of such a dialect

[sweet portal]

I reckon he mixed something up, @flat rune are you sure about that?

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-my-English-is-good-or-my-English-is-well
Yup, that's incorrect

[flat rune]

Good is an adjective.
The error happens with native speakers due to colloquial norms. "Good" is understood as an exact synonym for "well", thus it is used.

When I was under the TEFL program, this was discussed as an error native speakers make, but being understood is considered more imperative than being correct. The student shouldn't be corrected on the matters due to how it exists as a technicality, thus if he speaks as such, then all is well.

[sweet portal]

Wait, are you saying that good is an informality while well is the formally correct form? If so, explain to me concisely why is an adverb used to characterize a noun there

@flat rune

[supple ridge]

a native speaker would pretty much never say that they speak english good. this is a large enough error that while you would be understood, the listener would have to take a moment to internally process your error. i agree that you would not correct this error in real time if a learner made it, but you also generally wouldn't do that with any error unless asked.

There are very limited instances where the word 'good' is an adequate replacement for the word 'well', such as "I'm doing good", but it is not within the normal range of english to use them interchangeably in the general sense. I generally lean liberal on not correcting deviances from technically grammatical English, but this is unambiguously an error and does impair understanding

in fact, "i speak English good" is specifically a sentence I've heard people say to mock bad english

[stone plover]

Hi! Is there any way to say "-somewhere- low number of inhabitants" saying less words, or in a more formal way?

[cyan forge]

Thanks, the first word is what i was looking for

[flat rune]

"It is" + "Well"

[flat rune]

This may be a difference in experience. I've seen this sentence and similar mistakes both in training and conversation. Natives may make silly mistakes or have a different approach to sentence construction than a teacher or learner does.

Recall that a learner begins with formalities and ascend from there. They do no learn as children do, whereas children mimic what is said around them and retain it.

[flat rune]

"X has a small population."

[flat rune]

Calling them dialects is a little bizarre. This is not Ebonics. This is English used by one who was taught and read different material than another; one knows his tongue to work one way, another knows his another way. It is a very local language. If we hear people speak, write, or act differently, it may be because the 1.200.000.000 speakers do not keep the same rules or phrases as others.

[supple ridge]

a dialect is simply a subcategory of language pertaining to a more specific set of grammar rules. I am not aware of any community of fluent english speakers in the world for whom the phrase "i speak english good" is not a grammatical error. the extent that it impedes understanding can be debated, but I would definitely not tell a learner that this is an acceptable alternative form of the phrase "i speak english well" because that is not the case. i'm not saying that only one way of speaking is proper, i'm saying that when speaking to essentially any native or fluent english speaker, "i speak english good" constitutes an error that impairs understanding

[supple ridge]

i would say "sparsely populated"

depending on what you mean actually. sparse means low density, but if you're referring to a small but dense village, you would want to say something like 'has a small population' as suggested prior

[stone plover]

Nice, thank you

[cyan forge]

"i have a family" can you omit "a" here? if not in which cases you can omit articles

[frosty charm]

does this sound correct? "reached a point where calling him that feels disgusting"

[supple ridge]

sort of; you can omit the 'a', but the sentence will then mean something different. with 'a' you are referring to a singular thing, a family. you either do have a family, or you don't; it's binary. without the 'a' you are referring to family in the uncountable sense. if I say "i have family in england" then that means i have some amount of family members in england, or more accurately, some degree of familial ties.

usually, the pattern is that you can drop the 'a' when you are referring to an uncountable thing, and in cases where a thing can be either countable or uncountable you can use either, with different meanings. two examples:

a time vs time
"i have a time at which i have to go, so let's make this quick"
"nevermind, I just realized my appointment is tomorrow, i have time"

a space vs space
"now that i've purchased a house, i finally have a space for woodworking"
"wow, my garage is huge, I have so much space for woodworking"

[cyan forge]

aha

thanks

[supple ridge]

i assume this sentence can be paraphrased as "it has reached a point where calling him this feels disgusting" in which case your version is also correct. it's possible that you meant something different though, i'm not 100% sure without context

wait sorry brain fart (meant to write 'this')

[frosty charm]

huh 😭

ohhhh okayyy

thank youuuu so muchhhh

[supple ridge]

basically the answer to your question is that the sentence is correct lol. sorry i'm running on low sleep

[frosty charm]

pls it's okay I get it and get some sleeepppp

[flat rune]

What's your favorite country ? And why ? Give several arguments on your answer.

[supple ridge]

i assume you're asking for a correction? my bad if you're not
What's your favorite country**,** and why? Give several arguments for your answer.

[flat rune]

Nope

[supple ridge]

oh lol sorry

[flat rune]

Okay thanks

So you can reply me

It's just to know I like to get more knowledge about cultures and different minds over people

[supple ridge]

oh i see, that's cool. you will probably get better answers in #💭｜general though

[flat rune]

Okay but you can tell me your mind

[exotic stag]

What is the meaning of suburbs?

[storm rivet]

Hey guys, I am going to be writing a story soon and, I have a question. For thoughts (for example, I hate maths, Alex thought) do we use speech marks?

[supple holly]

you'll have to decide if you wanna write your story in first or third person point of view. Definitely read up on those so you don't have to go back and edit everything when you've written a bunch of pages

normally, only spoken sentences/dialogues are included in speech marks. In your case, since it's a character's inner thought, it shouldn't have speech marks

but I'm not sure if it should be "he hated maths, Alex thought" or "I hated maths, Alex thought" OR "I hate maths, Alex thought"

[storm rivet]

Its gonna be in the third person.

[storm rivet]

ah ok

[supple holly]

hmmm

personally I would use "he hated maths, Alex thought"

but I'm sure there aren't any concrete rules so long as it's consistent with your grammar choice and writing style up to that point

[flat rune]

Do not invent sentences for me to defend. "I speak English good" was not addressed nor referenced by me.

[flat rune]

One can generally omit the articles and be fine, though it will refer to an innumerable family than a specific one. Articles only exist to be specific.

For a though experiment, replace all instances of "a/an" with "one". It will aid in understanding when it may be necessary to have an article not for grammatical purposes, but for communication.

[cyan forge]

yeah i think i know what you talking about

i watched a video about this

[flat rune]

Suburbs are domains not too far from the cities, but not exactly rural. They are a blend of the two.

[cyan forge]

but i still can use 'one' even I didnt know it was an article

haha

[flat rune]

Yeah. It's the funny thing about language.

In my second tongue, there is no "a", only "one" and "the".

"The" is specific. There are no others like the item in existence or in reference.

[cyan forge]

but 'a' is also 'one' right

they even sound a bit similar

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give a vodka

give one vodka

[flat rune]

"a" is "one".

"A man walks into a bar."
"One man walks into one bar."

It is the same content, but it sounds different.

[flat rune]

It will depend on your personal writing style.

You may italicise, use quotation marks, et cetera. In all honesty, one never needs to approach the use of these, either. He may write Alex hated maths, and the content remains the same.

[flat rune]

Greece.
One needs not much of an income to live a good life and I worship in the church of the apostles.

This is not the case elsewhere, because I say so.

[flat rune]

I don't understand you're christian?

[flat rune]

k

i have die

[flat rune]

Yes, I am an Orthodox Christian.

Are you practicing

And where are you from

[cyan forge]

is "strange" more neutral than "weird"?

[exotic stag]

Thank you

[flat rune]

Yes. I am from an island under the USA's rule.

"Odd" is more neutral than those two.

"Strange" implies more of a surprise, whereas "weird" is more akin to someone saying "I can't see that happening."

[storm rivet]

In my own opinion I would use strange formally

But i think its more neutral yeah

[calm valve]

hello

anoyne here

plz

plz

[flat rune]

@sullen plinth this is the chat you need

[sullen plinth]

Thanks alot

[flat rune]

my pleasure

So what do you need assistance with?

[sullen plinth]

I want to pass ielts with perfect marks

[flat rune]

you will!

[sullen plinth]

By asking ?

[flat rune]

Yeah, if you don't ask you don't get

[sullen plinth]

Yes ,thank you🌷

[flat rune]

How long do you have? or is it up to you to decide when to take it

[sullen plinth]

Yeah it's up to me

[flat rune]

That's good then

[sullen plinth]

But i will put limit 6 months maximum

[flat rune]

Do you think that will be enough?

tbf it depends on how fast you learn

[sullen plinth]

To pressure myself

[sullen plinth]

I hope to be enough

If it will take more it's ok, but i wish six months

What do think almost would take

?

[flat rune]

it depends on your level of fluency now

[sullen plinth]

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