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Why do people say: "When I was little, I needed my soother to fall asleep." instead of: "When I was little, I needed my soother to have fallen asleep."? Isn't the second sentence the only correct one because of the sequence of tenses (consecutio temporum)?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jiytte/why_do_people_say_when_i_was_little_i_needed_my/
In front vs behind a car dilemma
Hi there, I just have had another heated argument about if something is in front or behind a car. Yes, sounds silly but: Think of typical parallel street parking: If cars are parked and I say I want to park behind the next car. Does that mean I will park after I surpassed the next car or do I park at the rear side of the next car. For me both makes sense and for whatever reason I always apply "my perspective", that smth is behind once I surpassed it. But a car has a frontside and a backside so it makes sense as well to identify "behind" as the rearside of the car. What is correct & is there a name for that dilemma?
Difference between then and than?
I think that I am good at English for the most part but I struggle with English slang and words that are pronounced the same but have different meaning. I learned bare and bear this week too. Still struggling with hair and hare?
What is "FREAK"
what is freak? And aside from being synonymous with the word "weird" I guess there are more def. For this
What does "Go Figure!" mean?
From what I understand that there are two different meanings. 1. Used sarcastically for something obvious. (Kind of like saying no sh\*t bruh). Example: Person A: The sky is blue. Person B: Go figure! 2. Something that's hard to understand. Example: Despite the dish not having any flavor, it still tasted good. Am I right or am I missing something? Which one is more used? TIA!
Son of a *beeeep*! Hey newbies, don't you tell me you knew this already, because I didn't :D Pardon for the language lol ! (found this at grammarly)
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How do I talk about my kids
I have 2 kids, both are adults but when i talk about them people assume I mean young people, even when i try and say kid/child pr even son and daughter they still think its a young one is there a specific word for it or is it nonexisting?
Shouldn't this be 'thought'?
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Can we omit “at” and just say “…minutes before…”?
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What sentence do you think is written correctly?
1. It is me who am wrong. 2. It is I who am wrong. 3. It is me who is wrong. 4. It is I who is wrong. In my opinion, I think 2, 3 and 4 are all correct, but 2 will be the most formal and archaic, 3 will be the most casual and 4 will be used in a formal context nowadays. It is just my speculation, how about you? Thank you very much!