Help with English

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Saint, Aug 24, 2011.

  1. fieldsofrapture Registered Member

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    The sky is dark. It might rain.
     
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  3. rcscwc Registered Senior Member

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    OK white.

    How do you expect people of different cultures are to know what is racist or not in your usage?
     
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  5. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    I will bank in the money directly into your account instead of issuing a cheque to you.

    correct?
     
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  7. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I will transfer/deposit/put the money directly into your account instead of issuing a cheque to you.

    Usually you "bank" money which is given to you.
    If you put/deposit a cheque into your own account, that is banking it.

    I will bank the money you gave me instead of spending it.
     
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  8. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    That is something you have to learn.
    There are no rules.
     
  9. rcscwc Registered Senior Member

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  10. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I am amusing you?
    Remember what happened in Goodfellas.
     
  11. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    When I slept, fully asleep, I can talk and shout, sometimes I am aware of this because my shouting woke me up, but I continued to sleep.
    Talking in sleeping, what do you call this type of behaviour? Is it a disease?
     
  12. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    No, it's quite normal. Many people talk in their sleep. I do. In most cases it doesn't make sense (as in my case), but some people are more lucid.
     
  13. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    Talking in sleep might be normal, but not shouting.
    People who are under depression always have this problem.
     
  14. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Always?
     
  15. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    1. I want to go overseas and study my degree.
    2. I want to study overseas for my degree.


    Which is better?
     
  16. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    The second one. It means that you go overseas because you want to study there.
    The first sentence means that you want to do those two things, but they are not necessarily related.
     
  17. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    The second one.
    But better is:
    I want to study my degree overseas.
    or, better still,
    I want to study for my degree overseas.

    The form of sentence you use for 2. is usually used for:
    "I want to study English/French/Physics for my degree",
    and while there is no chance of someone thinking that the subject of your degree is "overseas"
    it sounds slightly odd.
     
  18. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Talking in your sleep might be normal, but not shouting.
    People who are suffering from depression sometimes have this problem.
     
  19. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    Defence or defense?
     
  20. Landau Roof Registered Senior Member

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    UK or US?
     
  21. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I'm sitting on de fence.
     
  22. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    American spelling is "defense." The British spell it "defence."
     
  23. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    dish on = mean what? To gossip about? Why dish? Dish = a container used for holding or serving food
     

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