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Does the noun 'garbage' go with 'it' or 'them'?
I'm typing out some work for some students and I wanted to make sure I'm 100% grammatically accurate. Should I say: 'I picked up the garbage and threw *it* into the rubbish bin.' or 'I picked up the garbage and threw *them* into the rubbish bin.'? Thanks for the help!
What do you call these?
I sometimes have to talk to foreigners at work and I stumble when I try to explain these to them. I get by just fine and can make myself be understood but I'd prefer if I had a script to follow. First image: would we call it a turn? Turn number? Your number??? Second: Cubicle?? It's where you go to see a representative (?) that will help you with your personal procedure (????) Third: USB??? Flashdrive???? For context, most foreigners I see are american seniors. And also I need proof of their address. So should I say "can you show me a home bill? Utility bil? Proof of address???"
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?
Do native speakers hear the difference between -ing and -in'?
I have no idea what the difference is.
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?
aforementioned pronunciation
sounding like "uh-fore-men-tioned" with emphasis on the "fore" part; think of it as "before-mentioned" to help with pronunciation. BUT my wife and others say AFF-fore-mentioned. How do ya'll say it?
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Rereading the passage multiple times has only made me more certain in correctness of my answer. Am I going crazy? [TOEFL Reading]
I mean, the second sentence states that obsidian was available in many other places in the region, meaning it couldn’t have been *the* deciding factor in giving Teotihuacan the edge, right? This is the only answer I’ve supposedly got wrong, which makes this situation all the more irksome.
Little question regarding an article. Is it correct to call it incident when it was an “attack”? I’m not a native speaker but I don’t know if in English you call this “incident”. In Italian “incident” is something happened with no intention
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Why do you guys indentify ships and boats as women?
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Do you native English speakers use the word feed to refer to breastfeeding' in everyday speech?
For instance would a mom say "I'm feeding the baby" in place of "I'm breastfeeding" in everyday speech? I know the dictionary meaning of the word 'feed', but I was wondering whether it was used by native English speakers to refer to breastfeeding as well in everyday conversation. Your responses are very much appreciated. Thank you!