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What is the logic behind this?
I often watch YouTube videos in English, and I've noticed phrases like these very often. For example, if the video is about a dog eating, a comment might say: "Not the dog eating faster than Olympic runners 😭" Or "Not the owner giving the dog a whole family menu to eat" Why do they deny what’s happening? I think it’s a way of highlighting something funny or amusing, but I’m not sure about that. I’ve also seen them adding -ING to words that are NOT verbs. For example, if in the video someone tries to follow a hair tutorial and fails, someone might comment: "Her hair isn't hairing" "The brush wasn't brushing!"
Is it true that "how do you do?" means how are you in Canada?
I've only known this phrase as a formal greeting comparable to "nice to meet you" but I was told it means "how are you doing?" in Canada, is that correct?
What is the difference between "Have you eaten?" and "Did you eat?"?
For me, both phrases mean the same thing, I'm not sure if I'm right or not. And what about "I have made a cake for you" and "I made a cake for you"? Are they interchangeable? Knowing whether I should use perfect present or past simple is quite tricky for me.
Does “social butterfly” have negative connotation?
My friend just told me that this phrase usually conveys disapproval. Is this true? I’ve got mixed results when consulting Google
Does "amount of drinks" sound stupid in English?
Hi all, I recently submitted a video assignment for my masters. It was a counseling session with a fake client presenting with an alcohol use problem. Before submitting, I noticed that I kept repeating " reduce the amount of drinks". I included this quote in my essay, and Word highlighted it as a mistake, suggesting a "number of drinks" instead. Is it considered to be a really stupid mistake in English?
Do such tasks make sense to natives? (the task is in the body text)
"Read the questions and answers a-e and choose which of the words (1 or 2) is stressed in the answers" There are keys below the task
Lyrics - Should we own this mistake? How bad is it?
Hi everyone. I have a band and none of us are native speakers. We recorded this song which we really like and just 1 week ahead of its release we realised we've made an english mistake. We mixed two phrases: "Going to end" and "coming to an end" and the result was: "It seems like this is going to an end. Going to an end. Going to an end." Again, for us, no native English speakers it sounded correct but of course we failed since we did not double check. Lesson learned! Unfortunately we can not re-record this part or the song with the singer anymore for multiple reasons. We need to release it as it is. The only thing I could do is to write "coming to an end" in the lyrics regardless what he says in the record. But I don't think this will convince people (the part is scream vocals tho so it could work...) But tell me. How bad is it for a native speaker? Thank you!! Edit: typos
Shouldn't the outlined text be written in Past Perfect?
I.e. "They didn't see another person until they HAD reached..." Source/Book shown in the screenshot: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
Water off a ducks back and fall on deaf ears? Interchangeable or no?
I've been working really hard to get better at using idioms. But I often come across idioms that are very similar and that's when I get confused. The title being an example. Another would be "slip of the tongue and let the cat out of the bag". Really curious to know how natives use idioms so naturally.
How learning english?
Hi i AM brazilian, my english is bad and not can write english perfect but when i read can understand everything,why does this happen? Obs: I wrote with help of google