Jan 9, 2024 · When you refer to something the listener has, which question is appropriate? What is it? What is that? (What's that?) In my mother tongue, Japanese, we use sore (literally …

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In Indonesian there are the terms: di sini — meaning "here", suggesting the object your are referring to is closer and visible. di sana — meaning "there", suggesting the object you are …

Jul 7, 2011 · I recently heard an American presenter using the phrase "discover what it is that is important to you." What is the linguistic difference between saying "what it is that is," rather …

Aug 21, 2020 · The semantic of what you consider to be the proper way to express this idea is actually awful, I have to say. The verb "to suppose" is used with subjects that can only be …

You probably heard one of: Desire line: A path that pedestrians take informally, rather than taking a sidewalk or set route; e.g. a well-worn ribbon of dirt that one sees cutting across a patch of …

Aug 14, 2024 · What is a word/phrase that best describes a "blatant disregard or neglect" for something, but with the connotation of that they should have known?

That "trick" of using a colon before camouflage is misleading. Generally speaking, in written forms, that refers to something previously mentioned. For example... "The zebra has stripes …

Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?

The thing is that it is not grounded. If you're asking about a sentence somebody just said, it may be too late to call attention to it because the addressee is still parsing to see whether you're …