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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!

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What do you call these?

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???"

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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?

•Last comment 22 days ago
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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?

•Last comment about 1 month ago
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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?

•Last comment about 1 month ago
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What is "FREAK"

what is freak? And aside from being synonymous with the word "weird" I guess there are more def. For this

•Last comment about 2 months ago
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“Professor of what?” Is this natural sounding?

Or “Professor of what course?”? Or “what course’s professor?”? Provided someone mentioned a professor. I didn’t hear that clearly, so I want to ask for clarity.

•Last comment about 2 months ago
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"What next?" Why don't people use "is" here?

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i5cent/what_next_why_dont_people_use_is_here/

•Last comment 2 months ago
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"Do" is difficult for me.

I sometimes get confused when I study English. In the example sentence "You can speak English"If you are asked to make this sentence a question,It will be"Can you speak English?" This is easy to understand because you can see "can". But if you use "You speak English" as a question, "Do you speak English?" right?I don't know because there is no "do" in "You speak English". " Are "You do speak English" and "do" really in the sentence? Does that mean it's abbreviated? Learning a language is very interesting.

•Last comment 3 months ago
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What’s the joke here? Why would an electrician strip?

What’s the joke here? Why would an electrician strip?

https://i.redd.it/3vhrlvo796be1.jpeg

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