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Explain then Matt if someone on here say's INIT
some people here say INIT instead of IS'NT IT
When they explain something they say THATS REALLY GOOD INIT instead of THATS REALLY GOOD IS'NT IT
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2010-01-04 17:42 ]
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Posted: 2010-01-04 18:18:05
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txt spk mks u angry dunnit
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Posted: 2010-01-04 18:40:01
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Yes my girlfriend, she is not common but she does do the text speak on text messages. Sometimes I have to re-read the message. She says WEN instead of WHEN & things like SED instead of SAID
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Posted: 2010-01-04 18:44:55
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What is BUMP?
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Posted: 2010-01-05 18:34:32
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Bring
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It also means "I have no idea" apparently
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Posted: 2010-01-05 18:35:50
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Special for mrjulius
I will do AT and IN other days
because the range of use of them is huge
ON - quite a lot of ways it can be used so quite complicated
"On" can be used to describe where something is -
"That apple is on that table"
"Mrjulius put his cat on a big branch to take a photo of it"
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"On" can also be used in other ways, such as to suggest continuity (progress and moving forward)
basically with a sense of forward motion...
"March on" - moving forward to keep going
"Come on!" - moving forward to keep going
"I'm on the way" - moving forward to get to somewhere
"His spirit lives on" - Spirit lives and continues so has the sense of moving forward as it hasn't died and stopped
"Shall I read on?" - moving forward with the story
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"On" can also suggest when something is functional / opertional / working (function means something's purpose)
In this context:
on - working
off - not working*
* Maybe working is the wrong word, i would say Operational (whether something can be used) or Functional So this is probably better:
on - functional so fulfilling its purpose / operational can be used (put into operation)
off - still working as it hasn't broken but isn't fulfilling its purpose / not perational
"You left the oven on and burn the Christmas turkey!"
"No, I'm sure I remember turning it off"
"This switch has an on and off configuration!"
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You always use "on" when you say what happened on a date of the year and the day.
"On the 25th of December I got a toasty maker"
"On monday i went to the zoo"
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You can also use "on" when you talk about planned events
"The party is still on for tonight" - this means the party will still happen
"The meeting was called off due to bad weather" - meeting is canceled*
* You couldn't say "the flight was called on" that wouldn't be right.
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"On" can be used when travelling
"Im on the bus/tram/train/my bike"
But you don't say "I'm on my car" you say "I'm in my car"
There you go - you see how widely these words can be used so i understand its easy to confuse them
Do you when you should use the words "The" and "That" ?
[ This Message was edited by: mriley on 2010-01-05 21:16 ]
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Posted: 2010-01-05 19:01:34
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I have huge problems with 'the' and 'a'
I'm not sure when and which ('the' or 'a') I should use just before nouns
BTW. great topic
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Posted: 2010-01-05 21:33:27
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ill try explaining tomorrow for you, when you speak English as your first language you don't realize how complicated these little things are
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Posted: 2010-01-05 22:15:15
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@raider
Do you know when to use "an" instead of "a" in English? I can explain if you don't know.
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Posted: 2010-01-06 17:25:35
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"An" is used before vowels
"A" is used to describe a single article.
[ This Message was edited by: tranced on 2010-01-06 16:47 ]
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Posted: 2010-01-06 17:39:14
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