3b - doesn’t make any sense.
- The older one is at home and the younger one is at school.
How do you say if there are more than two children?. One of them is at club and the other is at playground.
Thanks Ma’am,
Q 1 Please, rewrite the phrase in plain language. (in simple English without using the verb ‘to tend’)
- The party atmosphere tends to hilarity.
Q 2 Sophie and Julie are from the UK and john is from Brazil. John and julie have a fight. Sophie says something in favour of Julie. Is it OK if John asks Sophie…
- John : Why are you showing favouritism to your home side?
Q 3 Which one(s) is (are) correct or sound(s) natural?
(a) What does your dog feed on each day?
(b) What does your dog feed on every day?
© What does your dog feed on daily?
(d) What does your dog feed on?
You cannot use '‘one’ and ‘the other’ with more than two.
Two (of the children) are at home but the third is at school.
One (of them) is at the club and the other two are in the playground.
One child is in the classroom and the others are outside.
… and all the others are outside.
… and the rest are outside.
Thanks Ma’am,
Q 1 Please, rewrite the phrase in plain language. (in simple English without using the verb ‘to tend’)
- The party atmosphere tends to hilarity.
Q 2 Sophie and Julie are from the UK and john is from Brazil. John and julie have a fight. Sophie says something in favour of Julie. Is it OK if John asks Sophie…
- John : Why are you showing favouritism to your home side?
Q 3 Do the following phrases make sense? Shouldn’t ‘will/would’ be used here?
(a) Even if you do everything his way, he is still dissatisfied. (will)
(b) Even if John studied very hard, he still failed his French tests. (would)
The party has an atmosphere which is generally one of hilarity.
No ‘home side’ is not right.
One more natural solution:
Why are you siding with Julie? Is it because she’s from the UK too?
- I don’t understand the question. (b) as written doesn’t make any sense.
Thanks again, Ma’am,
Q 1 Are ‘each one of’ and ‘every one of’ before determiner with a plural noun freely interchangeable? Like …
(a) I've read every one of them. And ...
(b) I've read each one of them.
(c) I buy each one of them as soon as it comes out. And....
(d) I buy every one of them as soon as it comes out.
Q 2 Is it possible to use present simple with both clauses in a sentense like this?
* I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it. --Albert Einstein.
Q 3 Can ‘Hope’ be used like this way?
- “Would you like to go with us?” " I hope se"
Q 4 By the way, what do you do here? commenting/posting? … Is it OK if I say …
* Thank you so much for the very precious help. Your comment/post was very polite and informative. It was really helpful for me.still waiting for reply
I was watching this video.
youtube.com/watch?v=rNnNtdMBNRs
Can anyone please explain why she(the trainer ‘Niharika’) uses ‘be’ in following sentences: “It happened much sooner than you expected it TO BE” (8:55), “They have met much before than you expected them TO BE” (9:25). Is it right to say ‘expected it to’, ‘expected them to’ (with ‘to’ and without ‘be’)?
‘much sooner than you expected’ would be the correct sentence, I suppose she is trying to emphasise what she means for the learners and indicating this:
‘much sooner than you expected (it to be fixed)’.
‘much before than you expected them to be’ is simply very poor English, probably caused by the fact that she is not a native English speaker and her task is difficult as she is not speaking from a script and she is trying to explain something without simply repeating the words she has already used. It would correctly be:
‘they have met much sooner than you expected them to meet’. (As in the precious example, you can leave out ‘them to meet’.)
Thanks Ma’am,
(1) Does the following phrase make sense?.
How long do you know him?.
(2) Please, make the following phrase sound natural.
But you could have said this at that time itself, immediately after the tests were conducted.
(3) I was watching this video on you tube, I didn’t get what commentator was saying. youtube.com/watch?v=EnxcgR1qxHY
From 3:14 to 3: 21, “Sp entertaining, It’s hard to believe all that dificulties make em(them) so easy”.
(1) How long have you known him?
would be the correct form.
(2) You could have told me that straight after the tests were conducted.
(3) It sounds as if this is what is said:
“So entertaining. It’s hard to believe all that difficulties - made them look so easy. Beautiful couple.”
However, the speaker was not using grammatically correct English, and should have said something like:
… It’s hard to believe they made all those difficult moves/steps look so easy…
Thanks again,
A : There is an university in India named Mumbai University. Is it OK to say?
(1) He is a Mumbai University graduate.
(2) He is a graduate of Mumbai University.
B : There is a math exam tomorrow. How do you ask this?
(1) What subject exam do you have tomorrow?
(2) What subject is your exam starting with?
(3) When (which day) will math exam happen?
(4) Is there any holiday (off) between exams?
A. Yes. (2) would be the most common. Note, ‘There is a university in…’
B.
- What exam do you have tomorrow?
- What’s your first exam?
- When is your maths exam?
- Do you have any time off between exams?
Thanks again,
A : Please correct and make the following sentences sound natural.
(1) I was born on the night of Diwali Eve. (Festiwal like christmas)
(2) I was born on Diwali day.
(3) I was born at Diwali night.
(4) I was born on Diwali Eve.
(5) I was born on a Sunday Night.
( 6) I was born on a Sunday.
(7) I was born at night.
(8) I was born on the night of Sunday 15 April, 1985.
(9) He was born in (during) the night. (Last night)
(10) I was born at 4:44 on the night of Sunday 15 April, 1985.
B : How do you say it? On the Facebook…
(1) “How long have you been here?” “Since 2012/ For last three years.”
(2) “HOw long have you been here?” “Since Morning/ For around 15 minutes/ I 've just come here.”
(1) I was born on the eve of Diwali.
(2) I was born on/at Diwali.
(3) I was born on the night of Diwali.
(4)see 1
(5) I was born on a Sunday Night.
( 6) I was born on a Sunday.
(7) I was born at night.
(8) I was born on the night of Sunday 15 April, 1985.
(9) He was born in the night. / He was born during the night. / He was born last night (the latter is the most natural).
(10) I was born at 4:44 on the night of Sunday 15 April, 1985.
B : How do you say it? On the Facebook…
(1) “How long have you been here?” “Since 2012/ For last three years.”
(2) “How long have you been here?” “Since Morning/ For around 15 minutes/ I’ve just come here.” / I’ve just started using Facebook.
Thanks ,
A : To avoid confusion, how do you ask this question?. Is the following phrase OK? …On Facebook…
John : How long have you been here?
Mary : I haven't been here long.
John : I mean, since when have you been here? Or for how long have you been here?
Mary : Oh i see, Since 2012. Or for last three years.
B : If yes, is it OK to reply like this?
(1) "Since when have you been here?." "For last three years."
(2) "For how long have you been here?." "Since 2012."
C : I am told that there’s a subtle difference in meaning between these two phrases. I dont see, though. Please, let me know if there is.
(x) I asked her about the kind of music that she liked.
(y) I asked the kind of music that she liked.I don’t think you could say that three years is ‘not long’.
Since when have you been here? Since 2012.
For how long have you been here? For three years.
Since when? requires a starting point.
For how long? requires a time span.
However, most of the time it is possible to reasonably answer a 'how long? question with a ‘since’ response, as this also indicates the time span:
How long have you been on/using Facebook?
Since 2012. / For the last three years.
You have been correctly informed.
about the kind - a more general question, not so much about the genres of music she likes but the styles.
the kind - specific types/genres of music.
What response should be to both questions?
That depends on the person responding! There is no single, set response.