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Does the word "collidee" exist?
Kinda Employer - employee Collider - colidee huh?
Does anyone say āpress the light onāor āpress the light offā to mean āpress the button to turn on/off the lightā?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jg3uhs/does_anyone_say_press_the_light_onor_press_the/
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.
Trots mean diarrhea?
In a series, one character said,ā She has trots,ā which was translated as āShe has diarrhoea.ā Is this the correct usage?
Little question regarding an article. Is it correct to call it incident when it was an āattackā? Iām not a native speaker but I donāt know if in English you call this āincidentā. In Italian āincidentā 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" 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.
Whatās the joke here? Why would an electrician strip?
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