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Help me with this question
All the alternatives seems right to me
Does ‘quite’ just mean very?
People seem to use ‘quite’ to mean very or pretty, whereas I personally think it has more of a sarcastic or slightly judgmental tone.
Why have the english never needed an official body to regulate their language?
If the english language doesn't have an official body that regulates the unique meaning of words like the Royal Spanish Academy, then how can english speakers understand the same meaning of a word when they speak to each other? How do you resolve the problem in official and formal language when two english speakers have different definitions for the same word? Why did the English never need to create an official body to legally regulate the meaning of the words they use, while the spanish did need to create one (the RAE)? Why are there peoples who need to create an organization that defines fixed definitions for the words in their language (the spanish people) and peoples who do not (the anglosaxon people)?
Was having a debate with my mom earlier tonight and came here to settle the score
So say you’re going to a movie at 8PM on Friday. And you are going to get home at 12AM, 4 hours later. Which you would call midnight My question is: would you call that “Friday at midnight” or “Saturday at midnight”?
As a native English speaker, seeing something like this in the wild (from a YouTube Channel about learning English) is a bit concerning.
I don't know what else to say but I have one of those posts where something is absolutely being taught incorrectly. And it bothers me enough to post about.
What do you call this thing?
https://i.redd.it/3r5na8usmtqe1.jpeg
In the sentence 'We waters his lawn every so often,' why is 'waters' used instead of 'water'?
https://i.redd.it/sbq5skrm7ioe1.png
What's the difference between "he dropped the ball" and "he shit the bed"?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1j09o0p/whats_the_difference_between_he_dropped_the_ball/
"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!
What’s the phrase with the opposite meaning of “speak up, please”?
I thought it was “speak down”, at the first time. But this phrase seems to mean that speaking politely, as long as I looked it up on my phone. I’m confused about it. Can you help me understand this?