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12.00am means midnight?

I've seen this several times and it's starting to piss me off. I'm from Spain and we don't generally use am/pm, but when we do, we refer to midnight as 00.00 and midday as 12.00, and both count as "am". The "pm" starts at 13.00, when we start counting from 1 again (1pm). I just saw a train ticket that said 12.01am - 2.15am and was confused for a second. 12am to me is midday!! Because pm begins at 13!! Does this happen in every English-speaking country?

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Can someone tell me what's the name of this object in english?

Can someone tell me what's the name of this object in english?

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•Last comment 13 days ago
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I request you people to please dissect what the underlined sentence mean word-for-word.

I request you people to please dissect what the underlined sentence mean word-for-word.

The sentence sounds somewhat ungrammatical to me. It's a screenshot from some periodical discussing why Trump purposefully chose different date than 1st April for imposing reciprocal tariffs on other countries. I understand that *that's what that's not* means his serious enforcement of tariffs shouldn't lose an effect due to it sharing the day with April Fool's Day. Furthermore, is it correct to put *was* in the underlined sentence to indicate a day that will come in future. Will the natives please shed some light why the underlined sentence is correct? Also, the following is a doubt that only political news buff can help solve. How would've the US lost money just by rolling out the tariffs on the April Fool's Day which the unclear marked part suggests if I'm not wrong? Thanks as always!

•Last comment 27 days ago
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Does “going” mean “available” here? Is this a common expression?

Does “going” mean “available” here? Is this a common expression?

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How to lower using pronoun "I" in speech?

It seems to me that in speech I very often use pronoun "I". If I want to say something about myself, I always use it, because if I try to love put it, sentences is starting to look not so good. For example "I like this music" looks better than "like this music". If I try to express my opinion "I think.." looks better for me than "think..." and I can't see any alternative expect "In my opinion...", but it looks so oficial. In the result in dialog if not in each, then through the sentence I use "I". May be I stress out overly much? Have any construction to lower use of this pronoun? Can make example in this text? ( used this pronoun seven times without citation in nine sentences including this)

•Last comment about 1 month ago
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Being a non-native speaker, I can confirm this

Being a non-native speaker, I can confirm this

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•Last comment about 1 month ago
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Is "to haze someone" cruel or friendly?

If you haze someone, is it for fun of both of you, or is it cruel and just to make fun of them?

•Last comment about 1 month ago
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Pausing is crucial

Pausing is crucial

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•Last comment about 2 months ago
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What does it mean to “raw dog”?

What does it mean to “raw dog”?

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•Last comment 2 months ago
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This feels like an odd sentence structure to me, is it correct?

This feels like an odd sentence structure to me, is it correct?

I'd think it should be 'But the more time went by, the less response he became', or 'But as more time went by, he became less responsive'. Something like that.

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