📚｜english-questions

[timber folio]

most writers do what i do

ex.

She sat down and placed her feet on the table, then stared at me for a good five seconds before speaking. "So, why am I here today?"

[brisk pecan]

i remember it saying that it makes it like think the characters verbally saying it

[timber folio]

yeah they are

oh wait

[timber folio]

SO LIKE

that text

is first person thinking

[brisk pecan]

yes

if you want the updated draft* i can send it here

[timber folio]

sure

if it's first person narrating & not speaking, no quotation marks are needed

[brisk pecan]

He just doesn't understand. He knows nothing. I stormed into the dim room, storming past through all my belongings while they proceeded to stir into an unrecognizable mess as I jumped onto the bed, summoning a loud thud! Everything flew into me, as I fell into a deep thought regarding my father and family. I began asking myself if I was doing something right. I wondered how my dad raised me as a single father. Losing my mother when I was young has affected me severely, but it must've affected him tremendously more than me. Yet he still keeps up with my bullshit. Ugh! I yelled in disgust at myself, as I stuck my head inside my pillow wanting to forget. But I can’t forget all the things I've done. I'm a horrible child, I really am. As my school complaints stacked in the letterbox. Suspension papers, class complaints, you name it, and it's there. Seeing my buddy Nate do something horrendous by offering smoke to random girls on crummy streets filled with litter as my group proceeds to corrupt it every day. But today he did something horrendous, some girl didn’t agree, and he was extremely violent today. -He proceeds to grab her by the hips forcefully. "Stop it Nate" I exclaimed.He let go, and he turned his head towards me, emitting an intense fierce glare. He lunged at me grabbing me by the collar.“Listen here you dipshit, I make the rules here.” Nate proceeds to throw me across the ground. My other friends, whom I considered to be my friends, had decided to gang up and lunge at me. I let out an invigorating savage scream, as I struggled and grabbed their leg to attempt to twist it or pull him down

im still tryna make a catalyst for the mc to change.

cuz its a coming of age

uh i lost all my spacing and syntax due to putting it through grammar checking websites.

[timber folio]

yeah it's fine, the grammar is right

grammar checking websites are ass ->-

use a real human, bro

[brisk pecan]

I mean just speeds it up kinad

[timber folio]

yeah true

well, it looks fine

[brisk pecan]

i have mine due tommorow lol

[timber folio]

-He proceeds
but ur transitions kinda weird like this

[brisk pecan]

Im not even up to the climax

[brisk pecan]

oh oops that was a test

[timber folio]

I stormed into the dim room, storming past through all my belongings while they proceeded to stir into an unrecognizable mess as I jumped onto the bed, summoning a loud thud!

try removing

the storming

[brisk pecan]

alright

[timber folio]

no need to say storm twice

[brisk pecan]

if you want the first paragraph its here As I knead dough, perfecting it through every swift, smooth motion. I forget about my problems. This run-down bakery and house. Gloomy and dark. It feels uninvited though it's my own home. As I attempt to light a shine in this home of mine. My son Jake creates this hostile ambience as he returns home, wrecked up in an unnatural manner. I can smell a wisp of smoke on his dirty worn down shirt, every single time he enters that door. I can tell he's been somewhere, probably with them kids again. He tends to give me a thoughtful glare. “You’ve been hanging out with them haven’t ya” I yelled. As he flinches away, and grunts with an angry expression. He quickly runs upstairs and slams the door shut in a thunderous manner. As the dough’s perfection dulled, it turned into a heavy mess, making it unable to be kneaded anymore with its flawed scar-like appearance. I decided to refine it to something else; bagels, everybody loves bagels. This dough exhibited how something can manifest into something new and change into something different.

Im tryna attempt different povs

and it just changes characters.

here and there.

Dw i labeled it fine

just attempting to assimilate the idea from a book called simple gift. Which we studied on class. Which changed povs between characters.

[timber folio]

As I knead dough, perfecting it through every swift, smooth motion, I forget about my problems. This run-down, gloomy and dark bakery and house feels uninvited even though it's my own home. As I attempt to light a shine in this home of mine. (wtf is going on) My son Jake creates this hostile ambience as he returns home, wrecked up in an unnatural manner. I can smell a wisp of smoke on his dirty worn down shirt, every single time he enters that door. I can tell he's been somewhere, probably with them kids again. He tends to give me a thoughtful glare. “You’ve been hanging out with them haven’t ya,” I yelled. As he flinches away, and grunts with an angry expression, he quickly runs upstairs and slams the door shut in a thunderous manner. As the dough’s perfection dulled, it turned into a heavy mess, making it unable to be kneaded anymore with its flawed scar-like appearance. I decided to refine it to something else; bagels, everybody loves bagels. This dough exhibited how something can manifest into something new and change into something different.

ok but why ur sentences

all seperated

is it on purpose

[brisk pecan]

i have no clue

I just went with the flow and just said ill edit it later.

[timber folio]

wow

okay

[brisk pecan]

but there is no later.

but it is pretty hard to think of descriptive words on the spot.

[timber folio]

i'm currently beta reading and editing quite a few pieces, with one of them containing absolutely no grammar and no structuring so i don't think that i can help you tonight
plus i have to go through a few hundred documents ;-;

[brisk pecan]

its fine you already did enough

[timber folio]

ok cya

[brisk pecan]

[brisk pecan]

hmm at least I didn't get the no on grammar and structuring, I think anyways.

[cyan forge]

what's bill?

[vocal pollen]

bill means the same as beak

so this must be talking about some bird creature or whatever

[cyan forge]

no it's plautapys bear

[vocal pollen]

yea that works too

they got a beak

[cyan forge]

oh okay thanks

in russian they translated wrong tho

btw what are saps?

[vocal pollen]

in what context

i know sap can be used to refer to the liquid that comes out of tree branches if you cut them

sap can also be a verb

meaning something similar to "drain"

it also has a bunch of archaic definitions

[cyan forge]

i don't believe these saps

[vocal pollen]

probably either of these https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sap

[brisk pecan]

urban dictionary lmfao

[near fable]

What's wrong with it?

[supple holly]

||everything||

[vocal pollen]

It's not good for anything except for slang

[near fable]

[brisk pecan]

Have you seen what urban dictionary posts. its just mostly made up user responses or some kind of idiom or slang.

its just a hit or miss

[supple holly]

@outer swift is this allowed?

[outer swift]

@supple holly this?

[supple holly]

Yup

[outer swift]

i dont know what is it but looks not

[bronze tundra]

Sorry I couldn't read your reply.do you mean what I have done isn't permitted??????

[outer swift]

Where exactly is the place you sent to and would like to be invited to? a group other than here?

[bronze tundra]

Oh I am Sorry for the circumstances.

[near fable]

Is not

So don't do that

[bronze tundra]

I apologise 😔 for what I have done .I am sorry

[near fable]

All good

[near horizon]

“Let’s see if/whether I still got/get it correctly”

[celest heart]

sb help me,pls

[timber folio]

absolutely everything

[stone magnet]

Mostly everything

[minor galleon]

Sorry, is "poiny" the correct word here?

[celest heart]

oh that's a mistake

[cyan forge]

what are fae/faer pronouns?

[spring dirge]

He has performed acceptably without "having had to think"

I understand this sentence but how does it(having had to think) work?

[cyan forge]

what means kike?

[supple holly]

ohh Vietnamese

[supple holly]

You have gerunds which are V-ing. Typically you will use them when the action is happening at the same time as another action:
"Walking back home, he saw a cat." => This means he saw a cat while he was walking back home. Two actions happened at the same time

Then you have the 'past' version of a gerund, which is "having V-ed/V3". It works the same way as past perfect, which is to talk about an action that happened before another one in the past:
"Having walked back home, he saw a cat." => This means he saw a cat when he had already arrived at this home. He walked back home first, then he saw the cat.

So, in your case with "having had to think", the next phrase will be some action that the person decides to do after they've had time to think and made up their mind

[cyan forge]

'Don't you wrong or right me'
It means like don't judge me?

[supple holly]

something like that yes. It's more like "I don't want to hear your opinion about what I did/said"

[chrome steeple]

Hi

[late spoke]

Which is correct and why?
"Do you often (discuss/argue)with people in your office? About what?"

[cyan forge]

what do we need use 'them' in the beggning ?

instead of they're

[flat rune]

Can someone help me to solve a task for my class test its about the future progressive. Dm me pls

[hollow star]

"sorry", "apologies", "I apologize" - what's the tone difference?

[vocal pollen]

goes from less formal to more formal from left to right

IMO at least

[cyan forge]

what it means

bow out

[vocal pollen]

means to withdraw

from something

[cyan forge]

what is GORP

[cyan forge]

what's that mean

[vocal pollen]

means to hit

all of this can be googled in 1 second dude why bother asking here and waiting for an answer

[cyan forge]

.-.

it's literally not

it says differ stuff

[stone magnet]

:|

[cyan forge]

but

it just confuses me in series

like

i can't connect it

[sweet portal]

Give us an example with context

[pliant compass]

Hey guys, why do we use being in I'm not being stupid?

[vocal pollen]

Why not

"i am not stupid" and "i am not being stupid" aren't the same, its a different meaning entirely

[pliant compass]

so I want to know what's the difference, zelassin?

[vocal pollen]

i'm not stupid means stupid in general, means you're not a dumb person

i'm not BEING stupid means stupid in this one particular instance

for example you could use the same construction with "funny"

i'm not funny means you're just not a funny person in general, but "i'm not being funny" means that in this particular moment you are not trying to make a joke

[supple holly]

So.... Smart..,.x..

[frosty charm]

"I was the closest with her yet not so close" how else should this be said-

I suck at prepositions

help

[stone magnet]

wait what

what do you wish to communicate :|

[frosty charm]

pls 😭 I meant like even though we weren't so close but still I was the closest to her since I didn't talk to anybody else even just that much

[grave shadow]

hello

i wanna ask something

[stone magnet]

vas-y mon ami

[grave shadow]

is comprehendable a word?

[stone magnet]

so dont you mean she's the closest to you :|

[stone magnet]

yep

[grave shadow]

shouldn't it be comprehendible?

[grave shadow]

what

so

comprehendible or comprehendable

[stone magnet]

actually its comprehensible

[grave shadow]

breeh

[stone magnet]

comprehensible

[grave shadow]

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/comprehendible-comprehensible.24828/

[stone magnet]

comprehensible is more used

idk

[grave shadow]

oh

so

[stone magnet]

go with it

[grave shadow]

comprehendable is not a word right

[stone magnet]

i see no problem lol

[grave shadow]

it's misspelled

[stone magnet]

issnot

[grave shadow]

isn't it?

[stone magnet]

yea its not

:|

[grave shadow]

okay

[grave shadow]

thank you buddy

[stone magnet]

:D

[grave shadow]

hehe

[grave shadow]

also

may i ask more questions?

[stone magnet]

continue

[grave shadow]

what's a contigency plan?

[stone magnet]

as commission, gimme a synonym for uhh ability

my brain is dead

[frosty charm]

what are you not getting ✋

[grave shadow]

how is it dead

[stone magnet]

violà ig

[grave shadow]

do you know how to use it in a sentence?

[stone magnet]

. . its a technical term

[grave shadow]

[stone magnet]

its usage would be technical

[grave shadow]

yea technical

[stone magnet]

like very situation based

ig you have one risk your plan doesnt cover

so you create another plan

:|

viola?

[grave shadow]

oh

[stone magnet]

like i said my brain is dead

[grave shadow]

how is it dead

[stone magnet]

it doesnt work

[grave shadow]

oh like

[stone magnet]

i stayed up till 3 doing maths

[grave shadow]

give me some time to arrange a sentence

with

contingency plan

[grave shadow]

breeeh

are you a mathematician?

[stone magnet]

am a student

:D homework

[grave shadow]

businesses do need to have contingency plans to deal with unexpected events

is it correct?

[stone magnet]

consider your time alloted

[stone magnet]

sounds alright

[grave shadow]

hmm

[grave shadow]

what's alloted

[stone magnet]

...

you should check google

[grave shadow]

why shud i

[stone magnet]

i used to be in a server with this command-

wait lemme copy

[grave shadow]

okay thanks

[stone magnet]

!

[grave shadow]

[stone magnet]

:D

[grave shadow]

are you like busy rn?

[stone magnet]

Am trying to finish homework :')

but i can talk ig

[grave shadow]

finish it then

[grave shadow]

oh okay

[stone magnet]

mm-

[grave shadow]

oh

like

alloted time

[stone magnet]

oui.

[grave shadow]

baguette

[stone magnet]

:D

[grave shadow]

i've spoken 2 minutes beyond the alloted time

[stone magnet]

its fine ig

[grave shadow]

percy

[stone magnet]

zin

[grave shadow]

yea that's my name

[stone magnet]

#💭｜general

/dms

unless we wanna get banned

[grave shadow]

all right

just wanted to say that

[grave shadow]

ok

what

percy

my messages got deleted by themselves

[grave shadow]

what's it mean to be on the same page with someone

like what

give me an example

[stone magnet]

like uhhh

[grave shadow]

like uhhh?

okay

waiting

[stone magnet]

Its to be of the same opinion

[]google

[grave shadow]

oh like

hmm

[grave shadow]

to be thinking the same way?

to have the same understanding of something?

breh

[stone magnet]

breh indeed

also, indeed

[grave shadow]

ok breh

pogs

[stone magnet]

breh breh

[grave shadow]

still have a lot of questions to ask

what's a core competency

a bit lazy to comprehend what google has to offer

[stone magnet]

[]google

[grave shadow]

i did

[grave shadow]

this

better you summarize it

and

make it

simple

to understand

[calm carbon]

being organized

[grave shadow]

wdym

[stone magnet]

👀

[grave shadow]

breh why eyes

[grave shadow]

i was expecting u to answer my question

[stone magnet]

ah later

k?

[grave shadow]

k?

[grave shadow]

are you gonna sleep?

ok no answer

i guess

you fell asleep

[flat rune]

To start to ...
To start ...ing

What's the difference?

[stone magnet]

example sentences?

@flat rune

[flat rune]

Don't have them

[stone magnet]

ah

Ig they are kinda same?

idk

if theres a difference its deep

[grave shadow]

https://www-englishforums-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDifferenceBetweenStartInfinitive-Start/nzjzq/amp.htm?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From %251%24s&aoh=16565958064171&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishforums.com%2FEnglish%2FWhatDifferenceBetweenStartInfinitive-Start%2Fnzjzq%2Fpost.htm

[grave shadow]

Breeh

U ain't sleeping

[stone magnet]

yea

am working

[grave shadow]

When would u answer my question

[stone magnet]

basically nobody sees any difference

[grave shadow]

Yes

[stone magnet]

sigh

[]google

[grave shadow]

My google didn't show that

So

It's like

[stone magnet]

most important strength.

[grave shadow]

Yes

[stone magnet]

*sigh* shakespeare

Doth thou live-th in China?

[grave shadow]

Breeeh

No

Why would u think that

[flat rune]

They do you just have to read it

[cyan forge]

knocked up meaning fired?

[supple holly]

Got pregnant

It's a slang

[stone magnet]

preg

lol

slangs

[flat rune]

What does it mean when someone says "No you!" in response to, for example, something insulting?

[stone magnet]

:|

Why do you guys ever ask this stuff

@flat rune

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-cooper-bbt-sleep-i-dont-need-sleep-gif-5115394

Oh lord

[flat rune]

🤣🤣

[flat rune]

Is it surprising that people ask English related questions in #📚｜english-questions ?

^^

[vocal pollen]

the surprising part is not that you ask questions, its where you ask them

a simple definition question is answered way faster on google

it doesn't make sense to ask here and wait for an answer, sometimes for hours, when google will give it to you within a second

and sometimes google is wrong, or maybe you don't understand what they say on google, then you can come here and talk to real people

[flat rune]

talking to people is definitely better in my opinion

[vocal pollen]

it's a bad habit

if you get a job and start asking everyone simple questions instead of looking them up you'll just get fired or yelled at

[supple holly]

I agree, most of the questions here can be easily answered with a google search. I don't think some even tried to look it up by themselves before asking

so usually I don't answer that kinda question

[flat rune]

typing.....

[vocal pollen]

imo when your question looks like something that belongs in a google search bar, then it really should be asked there

[flat rune]

so anything and everything basically

[supple holly]

not really

[vocal pollen]

people come here just asking "What is the definition of X"

no context, no effort

that's a google question

[flat rune]

I think so, you can search up literally anything on the Internet and in some form you WILL get the answer you seek

[vocal pollen]

most of the time that's true

and i believe most questions shouldn't go past google

[flat rune]

maybe these guys just want to speak with someone

[vocal pollen]

well we do have a very active general chat room i guess

[supple holly]

rationalizing bad learning habits is not productive and encourages people to continue doing it

don't

[vocal pollen]

i will admit that i come from a computer science background where asking simple questions instead of using google or documentation is heavily discouraged

i guess i've been conditioned to look for answers on my own first before resorting to asking people directly

[flat rune]

this isn't a bad thing at all

right?

@vocal pollen

[vocal pollen]

well it promotes an environment where people learn on their own and only bother their seniors for important questions rather than everything they don't instantly understand

but is it a "good thing" or a "bad thing" depends only on your own perspective

ultimately it means that the senior workers spend more time on their direct assignments and the companies don't have to pay as much for tutoring

but it may also lead to people new to the job feeling frustrated

which eventually leads to only those who are willing to abide these rules remaining in the field

sounds like it's a lot more beneficial to the corporations than to the workers

[cunning gale]

Why is it A?

[vocal pollen]

consider this

"i went for a walk yesterday"

you wouldn't say "went you" in response

this is basically a trick question because "had you" can indeed be used, but only in the past perfect tense

they wanted to trick you into using "had you" because you know it sounds right since it exists, but in this case it's "did you" because the sentence is in past simple

there's a second part to this though, the "auxiliary verb vs main verb" thing

Basically, questions in english start with auxiliary verbs that correspond to the previous statements/the situation

and while "have" can be an auxiliary verb, in your case it's the main verb, and the auxiliary verb would be "did"

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune is it

“he does!!? He steals every day?”
Or
“He does!!? He steal everyday??”

[grave shadow]

The first one

[solar bay]

Does he steal everyday?

Question always use Verb 1

More examples

1. Does she work? yes she does
2. Does it cost? yes it costs

[grave shadow]

*Does he steal every day?

[grave shadow]

I thought you were trying to say like yeh he does!! He steals every day.. but as 7 said if it's a question then it shud be like does he steal every day? and the answer would be yes he does.. he steals every day blablabla

[flat rune]

"He steals? Every day?"
This option is preferred due to how it sounds like spoken English.

[languid zinc]

Hi

[tame eagle]

I have also mailed my file to [e-mail]

is it correct?

[cyan forge]

What's smh

[near fable]

Shaking my head

https://c.tenor.com/nLWeHUhYIXIAAAAM/obama-what.gif

This

[frosty charm]

"don't say that like you've been obsessed with someone" or "don't say that like you've been obsessed over someone"

@vocal pollen :3

[vocal pollen]

Either works

[stone magnet]

depends

sometimes only experience with the language can help

I mean sometimes author just do weird shit

[stone magnet]

:this:

I like maths, computer science, and physics and stuff

here the simple go-to form of doing stuff is: Painstakingly study, you idiot

[flat rune]

Very true!

[stone magnet]

I guess put questions that can be discussed over-?

Hell it could very productive and even fun

I guess I will just throw a google search result here in the answers whenever i feel that should've been the desirable approach

Either I'll get banned or people will understand

https://tenor.com/view/welcome-to-my-life-the-big-bang-theory-sheldon-cooper-jim-parsons-tbbt-gif-14250624

[flat rune]

What do you mean ? like can be discussed to a point of the moment when people are like "why are we even discussing this?"

[flat rune]

Yeah I tend to do that too 🤣🤣

[stone magnet]

Yea, and then proceed to attach this:

The power of google ✨

/j

Just anything to make this channel alive and interesting

Or at least questions that require a detailed explanation!

[stoic crystal]

Please specify either iv, iv+, iv-, level, level+, level-, number, number+, number-, pokedex, pokedex+ or pokedex-

[flat rune]

indeed THE power

[stone magnet]

......

https://tenor.com/view/we-bare-bears-cute-ref-turn-off-lights-ice-bear-gif-16725450

[stone magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/power-feel-the-power-emperors-new-groove-yzma-disney-gif-5266453

I get to use gifs after a long while and am HAPPY

[flat rune]

https://tenor.com/view/hell-yeah-snoop-dogg-dance-moves-gif-17527488

[stone magnet]

lol

[flat rune]

I have a question for any Native English speakers or anyone that studied English in College or University

When referring to the word "the" in a sentence and want to emphasise it, why do we say "Thee" like how we pronounce the word "see" ?

[flat rune]

Like this

where does it come from

I USED GOOGLE FOR IT

The question Is now moot

[ornate aspen]

I want to learn british accent but

1- I'm more prone to American accent
2- I'm more likely to use american accent
3- I tend to use american accent more

Which one am i supposed to say?

[near horizon]

What’s the difference between scrutinize and examine/inspect

[near horizon]

3. I tend to use American accent more
   I’m tend doesn’t work since it’s a verb in its base form

[ornate aspen]

Ohh yeye

[near horizon]

And tend needs a direct object (“use” in this case) since it’s a transitive type of verb

prone is used mostly for negative/unpleasant things

2nd one is not grammatically wrong (I think) but “tend”, I feel like, is more appropriate than “more likely”

So I think the 3rd one, “I tend to use American accent more” is the most appropriate compared to the other sentences

日本人ですか？僕はハーフです

[stone magnet]

3 ig

[stone magnet]

none of them are grammatically incorrect

ig prone to american accent is weird

prone to using american accent would've been better

but idk if its grammatically incorrect

[stone magnet]

3, everything else sounds WEIRD

[flat rune]

^

[near horizon]

Oh, was it the “I’m more likely” part? Would it be grammatically correct if it was “I would be more likely”?

[ornate aspen]

Well yeah, all of them may be wrong but you got what i meant, right? So what am i supposed to say in this situationnn?? (≧▽≦)

[near horizon]

“I tend to use the American accent more”

Please correct me if I’m wrong

[stone magnet]

3

[reef pecan]

Which one is correct? 1. She helped me do my homework. 2. She helped me to do my homework. 3. She helped me doing my homework.

[near horizon]

1

[reef pecan]

Does that mean that the two other choices are wrong??

[near horizon]

The 3rd one is wrong but I’m not really sure about the 2nd one

I think the 2nd one is not grammatically incorrect, but is unnecessary

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/he-helped-me-do-to-do.1764904/

[reef pecan]

Thanks

[lunar lily]

Hi! Everyone. I have a problem here and need some help from the English native speaker. I am writing a story and trying to create one noun word to describe "people who without totem". Is anti-totemist or non-totemist or non-totemier or something else? i am not sure. If you have any idea pls let me know! thx!

[near horizon]

(Disclaimer: I am not a native English speaker, so you can kinda take what I say with some grains of salt, so anyone, feel free to correct me, I would really appreciate it.) I guess out of the words that you’ve listed, “non-totemist” feels the most fitting one. “non-totemier” sounds like someone who doesn’t do “totem”.
“anti-totemist” is like someone who is against totems

Or you could write “non-totemist” in quotation marks in your writing if you’re not sure, or if you don’t think it’s an official term. I think it’s called the “scare quotes”

[supple holly]

Totemless is what I would use, but it lacks originality

What I would do is come up with a fictional name for the totem(s), then use that with -less to make it sound a bit cooler lol. That's what I'm doing in my own story as well

You can also go with the linguistic route and use the suffix a-, as in 'atotem', to refer to these people

For context, a- means 'no, none', as in asexual, atheist,...

[lunar lily]

ohhhhhh!!! that’s very helpful! thx. one more question is it a noun or adj?

[supple holly]

It can be both

[lunar lily]

Cool!!! thanks for your help!

[supple holly]

Let me read it sometime

[lunar lily]

And you!! thanks!!! seems i have some difference advices now. it help a lot.

[lunar lily]

Sure

[vocal pollen]

Could try to be super hipsterish and use sans-totem

[torn patio]

Single-family house and detached house is the same?

[flat rune]

scrutinize is like, a way of saying "inspecting/examining every little detail down to the last spec of dust"

or "really inspecting/examining"

[noble wasp]

hello! is this sentence correct?

"I wanna live my life at the maximum"

lemme know if there is a better expression to use here

[near fable]

at its best or to the fullest

🤔

[noble wasp]

ty

[vocal pollen]

"to the max" works too

[near horizon]

Ah okay thank you!

[spare warren]

what's the difference between "office" and "agency"?

[near horizon]

‘’’How often do people ask you to do something and you just reply, “Sure thing.” Three days later, you're overwhelmed by how much is on your to-do list. We become frustrated by our obligations even though we were the ones who said yes to them in the first place.

It's worth asking if things are necessary. Many of them are not, and a simple “no” will be more productive than whatever work the most efficient person can muster.’’’

How is “muster” used in that context?

[thorny kiln]

Do you guys frequently use this phrase ? "In the ascendant"

And also I can't distinguish between a firm and company. If you can help me that would be great

[flat rune]

An office is a room typically where business or work is done but like, mostly on paper and on a computer

an agency is an actual group, that does some sort of bureaucratic task

[flat rune]

muster here or in general typically means like, what can you bring together, or in this context, how much work can someone get done

[flat rune]

Nope

[flat rune]

hope this helps

tl;dr firms are typically smaller but more professional than companies

but a firm can also be a company lmao

[near horizon]

Learned something new today

[near horizon]

Ah, got it

[near horizon]

“He was here to get a feel for/of the place” are both prepositions (for and of) interchangeable in this case?

“Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place”
Is it incorrect to use the past tense “devoured” here because “Whenever possible” hints that it is talking about a reoccurring activity?

Found the last sentence in example sentences in Longman dictionary

[hollow night]

I have a grammar question. Do I say, "You have obtained a World Tree leaf!" or "You have obtained a World Tree's leaf!"?

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune is this correct

“It feels so good but hurt so bad”

Is it supposed to be “hurts so bad” or “ hurt so bad”

[olive dune]

is this email ok

Hello Mr. Black,

here is my blog entry I have attached.

Best wishes

[flat rune]

Colloquially, yes, it is fine.

[flat rune]

You should not use "devoured" in this sentence.

Devour is eating.

[flat rune]

"To the fullest" is correct.
"At the maximum" means you want to live your life only at the final year you die, which makes little sense.

[near horizon]

But can’t it be used figuratively too?

[flat rune]

Those "figurative" uses refer to something being torn apart utterly or annihilated.

Unless you are literally eating newspapers, it is best to not use it.

[gilded wedge]

How about this? Are these two okay? @flat rune

[flat rune]

"Hurt a lot" is better. "Hurts so bad" feels awkward to me.

[gilded wedge]

Well umm it’s actually a lyrics of a song and it’s like this

“Why does it feel so good but hurts so bad”

Im just not sure if it’s

“Hurts so bad” or “hurt so bad”

[near horizon]

“It feels so good but hurts so bad”
I think “hurts” would be the grammatically correct one since “it” is a singular pronoun

[flat rune]

Hence why I said "colloquially".

Songs in English do not normally mirror formal grammar.

[near horizon]

Ah okay, thanks. Is it okay to use verbs in past tense after “Whenever possible”?

[quartz sandal]

Is "bawl" a word used in UK mostly?

[flat rune]

No.

[flat rune]

Not really. It's used all over.

[quartz sandal]

Thanks!

[humble hemlock]

The first one would be correct.

The second one is correct, but only when the definite article is used and/or when the genitive case is being used(I think).

So it is the first option in this case.

[near horizon]

What about when it’s just “Whenever” like “Whenever I heard this music, I felt excited”

[flat rune]

That is well.

[near horizon]

Thankss

[late spoke]

During the war, three British fighter planes collided ------- Lea Valley
With/In/over/ into
Can anyone give me input on this fill in the blanks question?
My tutor insists on it being "with" but I can't make sense of his answer, I answered "over"

[flat rune]

I would say "over" too but "into" could also fit if it doesn't mention anything about another aircraft

[late spoke]

Thats all the context available it was an exam question

[flat rune]

nvm "three British fighter planes"

[late spoke]

Anyways tysm dude
All the love from Syria

[near horizon]

What is/are the difference(s) between “hazard” and “threat”?

“A potential hazard to the people”
“A potential threat to the people”

[marsh turret]

can someone tell me if this sentence is correct
"you would have met like a thousands of people"

[analog spear]

can you give me any advice to improve my "listening" level?

[flat rune]

could someone help me with this

@flat rune

[cyan forge]

"are you asking me to go steady"

what it means

[flat rune]

It usually means to go slow with something

or someone

[fluid current]

oh, you're right.
sorry

[cyan forge]

wear somebody down. what it means

[flat rune]

To keep saying or doing something that makes them physically or mentally weak

[near fable]

You can change the speed if possible to a video you're watching and then listen to it at the normal speed. You could probably try to listen to a video at normal speed and write down what you hear then listen to it slowly to see if you got it right

[flat rune]

Yes?

@flat rune

[unborn walrus]

[flat rune]

i nees to write poem

i dont know Similite aliteration using

Damn

can anyone help me write

a poem

Similie and alliteration are figures of speech

Write a poem? Sorry I'm not that creative

ork

[thorny kiln]

how do we use guys this word " shelling"

Shelling upon somewhere?

On somewhere

Over?

Also I'm struggling with over and upon

Can sb explain them please

In my native language we don't have that many prepositions so I barely understand and use them

[tough ether]

_My vacation has been started three days ago
_My vacation started three days ago
Which one is true ?

[stone magnet]

the second one

The first one has been making no grammatical sense

[tough ether]

Okay thanks

[stone magnet]

Indeed

[cyan forge]

what it means he got a woody

[mild cedar]

Excuse me everyone, I will test TOEIC for next year. What should I practice first for improving my skill??

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune is this correct “no actually, it makes me irritated”

Or irritate

Coz umm someone asked me if i like sitting in a bus with someone

But it jus irritates me whenever someone sits besides me

[plain crag]

I've never taken that test, but I can tell you what I do to improve my English
Read a lot
There are several grammatical books that are available for free
Try to obtain as much vocabulary as possible
And I think practicing TOEIC free online tests'd help

[mild cedar]

👍🏻

Thanks!

[gilded wedge]

I just dunno what should i use

“Irritated” or “irritate”

[mild cedar]

I think you can answer 'it irritates me/it irritated me'

[plain crag]

Your usage of the verb is correct from what I can tell
If you're not sure whether you're using it correctly, just look up the verb's conjugation

[gilded wedge]

@plain crag Oh so what’s the difference between “it makes me irritate” and “it makes me irritated”

[plain crag]

The first one is incorrect, and the second one is correct

[gilded wedge]

Ohh thankyou

[gilded wedge]

@plain crag is it “in your following” or “on your following” on insta

[plain crag]

Put it in a sentence, please

[gilded wedge]

All the people in/on my following are my friends

[plain crag]

Both are correct

[gilded wedge]

Ohh

Why doe

[plain crag]

I can't really explain it
In can be used for when you refer to a specific person That's somewhere in the middle of your following
On refers to all the people on the following
In is not always correct in some cases, so I recommend using on

[plain crag]

Nah, wait, only on is correct here

[gilded wedge]

Ohh okay okay thankyou!

[plain crag]

Here's an example that will show you how to use in
"He's the third in my following"
This sentence refers to something in between the list
But when you're referring to something at the end or the beginning, only on would be correct

[flat rune]

Yes.

[gilded wedge]

Oh got it tnx

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou!

@flat rune wait another one is it “cap (🧢) saves the night” or cap (🧢 ) save the night”

[flat rune]

??

[gilded wedge]

Oh it’s a Thankyou hehe

Oh wait why does it have always

Wait lemme change it

[stone magnet]

you dont ask me but issok

[short fossil]

Hello

[bleak wraith]

hey, I would like to know when we are using this word : whom
thank you

[vocal pollen]

whom is an objective form of who

you use whom when you want to use "who" but as the object of an action, not the subject of it

like "who apologised" vs "apologised to whom"

and the best example would probably be "for whom the bell tolls" by Metallica

[bleak wraith]

tysm for your explanation!

[teal summit]

Who and whom is confusing

[noble wasp]

helloo. are "to stack" and "to pile up" interchangeable?

[supple holly]

Indeed, if you are using the same meaning here

[torpid gull]

Hi all. I have a question about "always". "Always the years between us". What is this sentence means?

[gilded wedge]

@supple holly is it privates or private

“This guy private/s his videos so you can’t see anything on his profile”

[supple holly]

If you treat it as a verb, add -s since the subject is a singular noun

So privates

[gilded wedge]

Thankyou

[stone magnet]

Privates when verb

(even tho you didnt ask me)

[tawdry plover]

I'm confused if I should either use from or to

[cyan forge]

do americans say: sorry got to dash

or they don't

[tawdry plover]

How do you use eager?

Its same as “willing” right?

[gilded wedge]

Ohhh I’ll ask for ur help nextime hihi

[stone magnet]

not really

willing is like meh i can do that

Idk eager to me always seems enthusiastic

[stone magnet]

they do

[stone magnet]

in?

[toxic lotus]

Hey guys, is it hope for something from someone or of someone? Or are both options acceptable?

[thorny kiln]

Which is correct
1 prick holes in the balloon
2 prick holes on the balloon

[deft widget]

I have heard someone saying" that's an actual Aussie moment right there." In this context, it was talking about the reaction of an Aussie. So I think "moment" means reaction. But I searched it in the dictionary and found that it means a short time or occasion. This confuse me. Does "moment" means reaction? Or other meaning?

[flat rune]

@opaque spade

xd

[opaque spade]

Whoops

But i have done well?

Try this

Not sure tho

[flat rune]

nope xd

[opaque spade]

Uhhhhhhh

Had done?

I don't think so

[tawdry plover]

Probably because the “i” wasn't capital

[opaque spade]

Maybe

[flat rune]

it was that xd

thank you

[opaque spade]

AYEEEE

Perfect

Np

[stone magnet]

Ooof

[neat jungle]

Hello fellas 🌸

[stone magnet]

hi

[neat jungle]

Are you mention me or other? ^°

[stone magnet]

I doubt

[near fable]

Prick is more related to pain

Maybe use poke

Poke hole in the ballon

[near fable]

Moment means a very short period of time

For example:

Can you wait a moment?

He paused and thought for a moment.

[quartz sandal]

The word "lasagna" has always got me
Why is it lasagnA in American English and lasagnE in British English?
It is not even an English word!!!

[gilded wedge]

@stone magnet !! Is it think or thought

“I haven’t think/thought of a name yet”

[stone magnet]

Thought

past

[cyan forge]

how do I improve my listening especially when it comes to fast british english talking

in Sherlock

cuz I can't really follow them

without subtitles in eng

[near fable]

it Italian, ‘lasagne’ is the plural name given to flat, rectangular pieces of pasta. Whereas ‘lasagna’ is actually the singular form of ‘lasagne.’

Most pasta dishes in Italian is referred to by their 'plural' name

Why? Because it involves more than one ingredient

Just in America people spell it is lasagna

Outside everywhere else i believe it's lasagne

For example Take spaghetti. One piece of spaghetti is actually called spaghetto.

Whether you spell it with an A or an an E, pronounciation is same

in the United States we use the singular version because we do not say 'linguino' or 'spaghetto.

[near fable]

I believe this comes with listening practice 😄

Start with something easier

[cyan forge]

but I can't even imagine how theoritcally can i improve it

cuz

i will be always hearing the same non sense

should i rewind? i have. but I can't get it

can I say ' you forgot to light this off ' meaning to turn off lights

[quartz sandal]

Thanks for your detailed respond!

[vale mulch]

Hey guys what is mean "You're the bus"?

[dusk cliff]

I believe you mean "You're the boss?"

[vale mulch]

Oh i don't know there was writing like that (on subtitles)

[dusk cliff]

In that case, it was most likely wrongly transcribed.

[hollow night]

A question about sentence syntax. Can someone tell me if the following question is grammatically and syntactically correct?

Sentence: This spell allowed the user to transform into any race he had encountered before, even a drow!

[vale mulch]

Yeah "You're the boss" is matching with scene. So I think it's wrong transcribed.

[dusk cliff]

This spell allows the user to transform into any race he has encountered until now -- even into a Drow!
(If the spell has just been mentioned "This" is correct, otherwise use "The")

[hollow night]

thanks for the feedback! 🙂

[flat rune]

I can't pronounce "thrilling" correctly even after trying multiple times

Anyway feedback?

I can't pronounce it like fluent or native people would do.

Min optagelse 1.mp3

Here is the audio to make it easier

[broken ether]

what is someone's slag?

[calm carbon]

yes

[calm carbon]

You still have your accent but the pronunciation is perfect

Which is what matters at the end of the day, I wouldn't change it

[flat rune]

Okay I thought I was pronouncing it wrong and thx for the answer

[near fable]

Slag i believe is a insult word

More you can just look at dictionary

[broken ether]

now that you said it is a insult word a could find the meaning of it

Thank you

[native umbra]

Hi friends, pls help me with meaning of the phrase “ the philosophical makeup of the court” . Thx much

[supple holly]

I think I'll need a bit more context, like where you saw this phrase and what was the original place talking about

Loosely, I think it refers to the way a court is designed and how that might have some philosophical meaning/effect on the attenders

[native umbra]

Hi Byunn, the full context is “i'm pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling that historic moment in terry moran we were on the air earlier today when it happened terry while justice jackson brings a new perspective life experience and background the philosophical makeup of the court remains the same it does wait it's still a six to three conservative super majority “

[supple holly]

Ah I see now. So the phrase means something like 'the purpose and the reason why a (law) court exists'

Makeup here means 'what forms something; what constitutes something'. Basically the things that create a bigger thing

This Justice Jackson person can tell you about his various different experiences with a law court, but in the end, the law court remains the same - to handle cases and deliver justice

Something like that

[kind rapids]

I have very important exam tomorrow

Can anyone explain these

51

Sorry for the quality 🤧

[thorny kiln]

I read the definitions and example sentences about it but still I don't understand what "deed" means, can anyone help me please??

A menace (usually a person or animal) has earned the title by their past deeds.

[thorny kiln]

In this sentence for example

[supple holly]

Deed = action here

Past deeds = past actions

[supple holly]

Past perfect (had + Ved/V3) is used when you want to talk about something that happened BEFORE something else IN THE PAST

In this sentence, this person has to work first to feel tired later

Since the sentence is using past tense (was exhausted), and you want to talk about the action that happened even before that, you used past perfect (had worked)

[supple holly]

'company' here is an uncountable noun, meaning 'the presence of one/many other people), so you don't fill the blank space with anything

So the answer is D

[thorny kiln]

Thank you so much but why don't they use actions instead of deed then?

Is there a difference

[flat rune]

Where can I find this grammar past perfect and so on? I just randomly put had or have in past tense.

[supple holly]

I'm sure 'deed' has a certain amount of motivation/meaning behind it' while 'action' just means exactly what it is - a normal action

In your case, 'deed' has a negative meaning here, which then leads to the person earning the (also negative) title 'menace'

[supple holly]

I'm pretty sure you can find it on most English learning websites. Give me a moment

Try searching 'past perfect' in this server. You'll find similar questions and answers

[crimson torrent]

was inspired by credit scoring practices elsewhere in the world, such as FICO in the United States and Schufa in Germany

Why is there not a "the" preceding "Germany"? I feel it's unfair for Germany.

Is it ok to omit the "the" before “United States”？

[thorny kiln]

Also I'm confused about this verb "to inflict" . Could you help me please

[flat rune]

Thx

[supple holly]

Country name, but you already knew that

You need 'the' before 'United States' because it's not a country name. It's another way to call America, but America is the official name (I think so at least)

With 'United States', you're referring to the states that make up America, so you'll need 'the' here

[supple holly]

'Inflict' means 'to make something happen to someone/something; to make something happen'

So, for example, 'inflict pain' = 'to make pain happen' = 'to hurt'

It's mostly used to negative words that are related to danger, damage, pain, sickness,...

[stone magnet]

#JusticeForGermany

[kind rapids]

Why not had been working

[kind rapids]

And can you the explain the second sentence please

Thank you for you time ❤️

[thorny kiln]

Btw thank you for your precious time

[supple holly]

Oh I made a mistake. Both are grammatically correct but yeah, you should use 'had been working' here to fit with the 'all day long' after the blank space

You use 'had been working' to emphasize how long/continuous the action is (like with every other continuous tenses)

[supple holly]

The verb you already have in the sentence is "couldn't", which is the past form of "can"

So the first thing you will do is ignore all the present/future tense answers

Now you only have A and D left. Like I said in my previous answer, past perfect (had had) is only used when you want to talk about one action happening before another action in the past

In this sentence, the reason he couldn't join the meeting is because right at that moment he couldn't connect to the internet. Both actions are happening at the same time, so you use the normal past tense

So 'was having'

[kind rapids]

You are the best man ❤️

[supple holly]

You are the best for learning with effort

🎉

[cosmic hemlock]

Hi guys I have a question about the word "Not Service-oriented" I saw it on the movie that the waiter walked to the table and not smiling to the customers.So I just want to know the exact meaning of this word thanks in advanced 🙂

[supple holly]

it means the restaurant is not focused on service, like smiling to the customers, refilling the water, maybe even bring the food to the table. The waitress didn't smile because it wasn't part of her job

[cyan forge]

can i say: we're getting off the next station

the word order is correct?

[supple holly]

it is

[cosmic hemlock]

thanks a lot !

[flat rune]

I just want to add one point here which is, " ........ "

My question is; in the above sentence , should I add " which is " or should I directly state my point ?

[cyan forge]

what beat go off means

[supple holly]

both are equally correct, but "which is" makes it sound more formal. You might want to use it in an essay, but if you're only speaking with friends then without "which is" is perfectly fine

[supple holly]

music good

[flat rune]

Oh okay got it, I was writing a formal blog post so I had this doubt. Thanks for clearing it ❤️👍

[empty obsidian]

what is the author trying to say

[teal summit]

from what I can tell, it's a description of the physical environment

[flat rune]

"Society"

[cyan forge]

"If I'm idle which i rarely am but..."or "If I'm idle i rarely am but..."

[cerulean mesa]

first

[marble mortar]

The weather is awful. __________.
A. It's raining all day
B. It has been raining
C. A and B
What is the correct answer?

[near fable]

Has been raining

[mellow grove]

all day can't go with present continuous, right? so it can't be A or C

[steel kiln]

What does fundamentally and fundamental means?

[near fable]

d!def fundamental

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: fundamental

[1] serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
[2] serving as an original or generating source : primary
[3] of or relating to essential structure, function, or facts : radical; also : of or dealing with general principles rather than practical application

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Jul 6, 2022, 11:26 AM

[near fable]

d!def fundamentally

[flat rune]

Definition of the word: fundamentally

[1] with regard to what is basic, essential, or fundamental : at a fundamental level : in a basic or fundamental manner

Dictionary v1.2.1 · Jul 6, 2022, 11:26 AM

[near fable]

@steel kiln here

@mellow grove yes

[mortal trout]

Can someone help me out? I was wondering if you can say four-thirtythree pm just that way instead of anything else yk?

[near fable]

I don't think so

16:33

[mortal trout]

sorry sorry I meant 4:33

I was just lsot

lost

I just realised this XD

[near fable]

When you speak

Yes

[mortal trout]

alr

thanks

I was just lost at that moment when I wrote it XD

I guess it seemed pretty stupid XD

[near fable]

How about saying it's 27 to 5

:thinking:

[mortal trout]

and if its 5:27 would you say 27 after 5 or what?

[near fable]

Well no

27 past 5

If it's 5:15, you'll use quarter

Quarter past five

For 5:30

Half past five

Here

This can help

[mortal trout]

well thanks

but I could say 5:27 pm right?

[near fable]

Yes

[mortal trout]

okay that's good

[near fable]

[mortal trout]

otherwise I'd have done it wrong for nearly a year now XD

[near fable]

Xd

[mortal trout]

tysm

[teal summit]

spoke.

[noble wasp]

hi hi. is it right if i say "the meeting got/was called off"? 🤔

[supple holly]

It should be 'spoke' (simple past) or 'speaks' (simple present)

'Spoken' is a past participle, which is used in passive sentences or perfect tenses

[supple holly]

It is right

[near fable]

correct

[grave shadow]

Hrllo

I have a question

[near fable]

Sure ask

[grave shadow]

Those are verbs that need to be followed by a gerund

[grave shadow]

And this

[grave shadow]

But if i use these verbs (verbs that need to be followed by a gerund) and add nouns or pronouns after the verbs... should i use infinitives? @near fable

Like

She recommends me to buy this book or she recommends me buying this book

I recommend him to practice gerunds and infinitives or I recommend him practicing gerunds and infinitives

[grave shadow]

@flat rune

[flat rune]

"She recommends that I buy this book."

[flat rune]

"I recommended practicing gerunds to him."

[cyan forge]

what does it mean when a movie rated R

[supple holly]

Have you tried googling it? This isn't a question about English

[cyan forge]

oh i'm sorry

i mean it kinda is

[flat rune]

hey there

i had a question

Naguib Mahfouz is a pioneer in ..... Arabic literature.

in the space here it should be no article or the?

[supple holly]

No article, because literature (or any other subject, field of expertise, knowledge,...) isn't countable or needs to be defined with 'the'

[flat rune]

ure 1000% sure?

[supple holly]

I'm 1001% sure

[flat rune]

i trust you but allow me to double check haha

[flat rune]

@outer swift

[supple holly]

Smart man. Respect++++

[near fable]

I think so

I've read something about this before

[gilded wedge]

@supple holly @flat rune how do you pronounce “ion(i don’t)”

[flat rune]

You do not.

[gilded wedge]

Ohhh

[flat rune]

Most times, articles are unnecessary.

[gilded wedge]

But i heard someone say it

[flat rune]

In this case, "Arabic language" does not need one because there is no group of Arabic tongues. It is Arabic.

[flat rune]

You will hear natives slur speech often.

It does not need replication.

[gilded wedge]

I dunno if it’s “i-yon”

[flat rune]

You're likely hearing "Iunno", which is "I don't know".

[gilded wedge]

Ohhh

[flat rune]

Usually, though, one replies non-verbally or by humming "mMm."

[gilded wedge]

I heard someone said “ion have money”

[flat rune]

It's a bizarre slur of "I don't".

It isn't said for correctness, but for ease.

"y'aint doin' othin'" is of the same calibre.

It isn't grammatical nor proper but it is slurred for ease of expression and speed.

[gilded wedge]

Ohhhh

Okay okay

Thankyouuu

[flat rune]

It means that the movie has sex in it.

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune is it have or had

Why’d you have/had to become…

[flat rune]

"Why did you have"

[gilded wedge]

Wait wait it’s would btw

Why would you have or had to become

[flat rune]

"Why would you have"

[gilded wedge]

Thankyouu again

[swift pier]

I have question

So it's about the "s" in thre end of the words

For example, do we say "She Has girls friends"

Or "she has girl friends"

Or "she has girls friend"

[crimson vale]

guys please tell the phrase < Money Makers > what means

[weary bane]

"The only time he has stiff muscles is after he’s been down the gym for hours." What does "he's been down the gym for hours" mean in this sentence?

[empty obsidian]

"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.```

bro where is the joke. teacher said if you understand the joke, you understand commas

[safe flame]

Good day

[near fable]

It's pretty obvious ig

People who make good money

[median comet]

Shoots and leave ig

[thorny kiln]

Could you please distinguish between frigid and impassive?

[thorny kiln]

Also between verify and confirm

[swift sable]

there the same ex. theres a meme about a man saying "Im not asking to confirm, Im asking to verify" the meme: Im not dead, just not alive

Because verify and confirm is the same thing

they work the same way

[flat rune]

If "girl friend" refers to a female friend, then it is just girl friends. If the girl has a friend, then it is "the girl's friend", or "a girl's friend".

[flat rune]

They are the ones who make money. They're the breadwinners. The ones in the family who pay the bills.

[flat rune]

It probably means "down at the gym".

[vocal pollen]

they're very similar but there are still cases where you use one over the other, mostly due to tradition

like you'd always say "verify" when talking about file integrity

[flat rune]

It makes no sense if you keep the commas as they are.

I.e.: "Eats, shoots, and leaves."
It reads as "The panda eats, the panda shoots people, and the panda leaves."

[vocal pollen]

lmao yeah it does

nice

[flat rune]

Verify asks if something is correct.
Confirm just means to say something is one way or the other.

You verify claims, you do not confirm them.

[vocal pollen]

you could still say "confirm a claim" and it would be perfectly understandable, it's just not used that way because traditionally we use verify

i don't think it's a meaning difference, just usage difference

[shadow wadi]

Hello

[swift sable]

Its mostly for apps and applying

[near fable]

Hey there

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune difference between who and whom

[flat rune]

One could, but it sounds atrocious.

If you use it to reference the validity of a statement, then one would simply be wrong.

Confirmation means that something happened. Verify means that something is right.

Confirming anything is akin to saying "yes, this was said", verifying relates to whether or not the assertion holds weight.

It is like saying "I was beaten" when one was tapped on the head.

[flat rune]

Who is a pronoun that serves as the subject in a sentence.
Whom is a pronoun that serves as the object of the sentence.

[gilded wedge]

Servers as an object?

What do you mean?

[flat rune]

It is an object.

In the sentence.

[gilded wedge]

Can u give an example

[flat rune]

"Who are you?"
"Whom do you like?"

[gilded wedge]

Wait Whome is new to my ear huhu

Don’t get it why is it “whom do u like”

[median comet]

Never heard it before that who is pronoun

[gilded wedge]

@flat rune why is it whom and not who

Whom i used to adore

[thorny kiln]

??

[thorny kiln]

Btw thank you all for discussing my question and trying to find the best answer together, it shows your care towards our questions as learners. I'm literally grateful

[minor galleon]

They both mean the same thing, however frigid can be also used to describe an object or place (frigid can also mean very cold temperatures, especially)

[thorny kiln]

Also hinder,impede and hamper

And disrupt

[gilded wedge]

@minor galleon is this correct

“I just realized how cute it is when someone gives you a nickname”

[crisp crow]

Why sentence "Running is hard to me " is incorrect?

[crimson narwhal]

It should be for instead of to

[hollow night]

I have a question related to punctuation. Can someone look at the following sentence and let me know if all my commas are placed correctly? Should I place a comma before "guardian of the Thundering Plains" or should I use an em dash instead?

Sentence: The strongest boss in the game is not the Red Dragon, but the Storm Dragon, guardian of the Thundering Plains!

[crimson narwhal]

Both comma and dash would work fine

And I think it should be "the guardian" instead of just "guardian"

[hollow night]

thanks for your feedback!

[spare warren]

I'm trying to improve my English by free voluntary reading but get stuck in book selection. Any book recommendation for an 10000+ vocab English learner ?

[coarse fractal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/915431367611936808/994937975660085298/unknown.png

C or D?

[coarse fractal]

Visual Novel like ( Wonderful everyday, the song of saya)

choosing the book that you love is more important than finding a 10000+ vocab book

[supple holly]

Song of Saya

Don't recommend such things

[coarse fractal]

🦣

[supple holly]

Try Brian Sanderson's books. The Mistborne series could be a good start

Or the entire LotR series. Tolkien had a beautiful way with words

[spare warren]

Thx! I'll get one

[amber spear]

guys can you advise me a any book for intermediate level?

[supple holly]

See above

[noble wasp]

hello. when something is dismantled and i want to gather the pieces, should i use "to assemble" or to "set up" (saw it being used with tents)?

[spare warren]

How to improve active vocabulary?

[red hawk]

Someone knows unexpectedly synonyms suddenly?

[gilded wedge]

@supple holly @flat rune help now I’m having trouble pronouncing words how to you pronounce “fact” is it “fakt” or “fak” first one kinda off when u pronounce it ut with the t

[flat rune]

Frigid means cold. You use this for temperatures, but never people. Ordinarily, it serves as a description of one's heart or conceptual existence, but not a literal part of his person.

Impassive means unfeeling, like emotionless. You use this to refer to people.

[flat rune]

"Fakt."

[flat rune]

To be more accurate, "frigid" relies on the literal definition of "cold", as in the temperature, to provide meaning. Impassive, however, relies on the metaphorical definition of "cold".

[gilded wedge]

It always stop at the letter t when u pronounce it like “the fact. That”

It’s like “.”

[flat rune]

Normally it is something that I call a "rolling T". The "t" in "fact" is not as emphasised as the next "t" in "That".

[narrow falcon]

Hi everybody

[analog spear]

can someone give me some advice to improve my listening level? I understand some words but not all

[near fable]

Voice channels

[shy cradle]

hey

How would you say in a polite way "Im interested and will be following the subject"?

[gilded wedge]

I don’t get it sorry english isn’t really my first language

What’s emphasized?

[flat rune]

There is not as much power when pronouncing the first "t".

[gilded wedge]

So the way should i pronounce it is like “the fakt that you said…”

Like that

[reef pecan]

What is a jigsaw reading strategy? And how can one apply it in a classroom?

[sweet portal]

it depends on the accent you're learning

typically natives abruptly cut off stop consonants at the end of words, but it never happens in British RP

[gilded wedge]

Im learning English language

[sweet portal]

...

[near fable]

You'll get slapped

[sweet portal]

No, put off means to extinguish

Take off is to remove clothes

Oh, sorry, not extinguish, that would be put out

Put off is to postpone

[gilded wedge]

Very true 😭

[flat rune]

Can you give us an example of using " put off " in a sentence?

[minor galleon]

She was put off because the man had a dangerous look on his face.
Jack was not put off.

There's this webiste called https://ludwig.guru/s/put+off that if you enter a word, it gives you example sentences from news articles. Some of the sentences are too complicated and not important, so don't worry about them.

[flat rune]

Thanks for the resource and help 🙏

[flat rune]

One more question, which one is correct - " Where is it ? " or " Where it is ? "

[near fable]

Where is it?

[near fable]

Breaking longer texts into small texts

This can help in detail
https://youtu.be/euhtXUgBEts

[clear flint]

He is as wise as his brother
He is as wise as an owl
are these example of simile?

so here first rule is thing should be different?

and it must be true

[reef pecan]

Thanks a lot. Appreciated.

[tepid pawn]

"The subject interested me, so I will listen carefully".

[hollow bramble]

Let us in

Is “in” verb cuz it should be

[echo ermine]

cuz = because right?

[hollow bramble]

Yes

[hollow bramble]

Nobody knows ?

[plain crag]

What?

[hardy citrus]

What should i do with a word that i don't understand to understand it and at the same time to not forget it