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What do you call this thing?
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Is there any english word that is also used as first name ?
to make u understand, i mean something like surname Reading but what about first name ? Is there any english word that is also used as first name ? because its common in my country to use name that based from a word. i am neither japanese nor chinese.
Teach said B was the correct answer. Was he right?
When I was doing my midterms yesterday, I came across this question where none of the answers seem right. After asking my teacher, he insisted that B was the correct answer. His reasoning was that the question was about the subject of past continuous tense. After he told me that, I told him that he should've either changed "game" to games or add an "a" before the word game. After that, he replied back saying that I should study more on the topic of articles (a, an, the). Was I wrong? Or was he the one mistaken?
In the sentence 'We waters his lawn every so often,' why is 'waters' used instead of 'water'?
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What's a yogurt girl?
I think I just got insulted
What's the difference between "he dropped the ball" and "he shit the bed"?
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What's the difference between finding out and realizing
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"Yay big" with or without the actual estimate of the size?
Hi! This is my first post in this sub. I work at a language school (not in English-native country, and of course I'm not a native speaker of English) and from time to time I have to explain various stuff of my country to international students. Just a part of my job. One time I talked about a specific kind of envelope used by the local government. I said to one of the students "... like yay big?" with my hand gestures trying to give him an idea of how big it would actually be. That student pointed out for me that one has to specify how big it'd be by stating with actual numbers of estimate, e.g. 6 inches or 3 feet or whatever it is, when saying "yay big". Btw he's from America. Some days have passed and I watched an American TV show and I saw the scene where a character talks about his dog and says "... yay big?" with his hand gesture showing how big his dog is, but didn't say any number like 4 feet or something. So which is common/correct, "yay big" with or without numbers? Or does it depend on what kind of situation it is? Give me any insight and I'd appreciate it!
I really don't know the answer
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Questions about the word “Both” in negative sentences
I came across this section in my cousin’s English textbook on how to use the word “both” in negative sentences. Here is the example from the textbook: “Both my brothers don't like birds” I thought the sentence meant “Neither of my brothers likes birds” But apparently it means “One of my brothers likes birds, but the other doesn't.” Some sites even suggest that “both” cannot be used in negative sentences, which makes it even more confusing for me. Which is correct?