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  1. suresh s

    future simple questions

    "I am finished" and "I have finished" have similar meanings, but they are not exactly the same. "I am finished" describes a current state or condition and It emphasizes the result or outcome of the action rather than the action itself. whereas "I have finished" describes a completed action in the past, It emphasizes the action that was completed rather than the result or outcome.
    3 points
  2. Minoo

    Differences Angry-Annoyed-Upset ?

    Hello Jesus, All three adjectives can be used, but I would use 'angry' because it's the strongest and matches the word 'demand' better. The other two are weaker: annoyed = slightly angry upset = unhappy, disappointed
    2 points
  3. Minoo

    How acted Irregular Plural in the sentence?

    Hello Jesus, Thank you for your question, which we covered in yesterday's LIVE Q&A session. To recap: When 'people' is the plural of 'person', you must use a plural verb: These people are .... When 'people' is a synonym for 'ethnic group', then it is a countable noun, and you can say 'a people' (+ singular verb) and 'peoples' (+ plural verb). This second meaning is not commonly used. So, consider 'people' to be plural 99% of the time.
    2 points
  4. Minoo

    Word order: Where to put 'again'?

    The ‘WHAT’ part includes verb + direct object + indirect object, and we must keep these three elements together. In this case, the direct object is the question and the indirect object is for you. That’s why ‘again’ (an adverb) has come after ‘for you’. Here’s another example from Collins Dictionary: I started to feel good about myself again. You may come across examples where the indirect object has been separated from the verb, but make sure you never separate the direct object from the verb.
    2 points
  5. JesusArgentina

    Type of words

    Hi everyone , That was my question on our last live session. What type of word is 'Neither' in this case? Would you like tea or coffee?’ ‘Neither, thanks. and here; Neither Oleg’s mother nor his father spoke English. see youuu
    1 point
  6. Nana85

    Tenses in Questions

    Hello Minioo and Community, I have learned the chapter 'be doing and going to do' from the upper elementry part. While filling in the exercise Part, I realised, that I'm very unsure which time to choose in the questions phrases. As I looked back to the learning part of this chapter, I found not much information to that, except, that one can use either 'to be+ing' or 'going to' for asking somebody about their personal plans and to avoid 'will' in these questions, except when followed by an if-clause. Is there another chapter where this is being explaint in depth? Her some examples of the exercise Part, where I didn't know why the chosen tense is the correct one. -1. When do your classes start next term? -2. What time is the taxi picking you Up? -10. What time does the show begin tonight? This following exercise ist not a question, but I still could not Figuren out why simple present is the correct tense in this phrase. -4. This programme doesn't end until November. Could you please give me an explanation why the chosen tenses are the correct ones in these cases and tell me in which chapter I can find more information about this? Thanks a lot in advance and best wishes. Nana
    1 point
  7. Nana85

    Tenses in Questions

    Hello Minioo, thank you so much for your very detailed information to my questions. It helpt me quiet a bit to clear things up for me. I will watch the two lessons you recommended to this topic as well and if I still have questions after that, I will ask you in comming up Video lessons. Thanks again and have a good rest of the week. With best regards Nana
    1 point
  8. Minoo

    Some

    Hello Nana, Sorry for the late reply. I was away for a few days. Both sentences are correct, and there's no difference in meaning. The person may go and but one or several pairs of new shoes.
    1 point
  9. Minoo

    Possible mistake in daily challenge

    Hello Dani, Thank you for your question. It's very common for native speakers to connect the sounds /t/ & /d/ to /u:/. The speaker is saying: wha /tu:/, which is very similar to wha /du:/. That's why you think he/she is saying 'what do you'.
    1 point
  10. Minoo

    Too and Two

    Hello Jesus, Thank you for your question. No, there isn't one single word that can replace 'two too'. But, because they're both pronounced in exactly the same way, and it's phonetically awkward to say 'two too', it's best to use a synonym of 'too' instead: I'd also like two. I'd like two as well.
    1 point
  11. Ann-Marie

    future simple questions

    Is it correct to say 'When I am finished tomorrow'? I know 'when I've finished tomorrow' is ok. Thanks in advance.
    1 point
  12. Minoo

    future simple questions

    Thank you, Anne-Marie for your question, and Suresh for your good answer. What I can add: 'I'm finished!' can also mean 'This is the end of me! I'm broke. / I'm going to be fired. / I'm going to lose everything. etc. To express the 'outcome' that Suresh mentions above, the expression 'I'm done.' is more common than 'I'm finished.' especially in British English.
    1 point
  13. Minoo

    Preposition 'on'

    Thank you for posting this question, Doina! For those of you who couldn't join us yesterday, here's the recording of my answer in our live Q&A session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14HZyo3RQ_FB8KKLnYsJ3Eu6Eam77V7n0/view?usp=share_link
    1 point
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