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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
04:15
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Q: We only feel bad when our hands are numb. We only feel badly when our hands are numb

user124234Which one is correct and why? Can you help me in these sentences?

sentence-construction passage-correction
Interesting!
I think both are fine.
Though I might phrase it a bit differently.
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
Good morning @DamkerngT.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Good morning!
 
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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
06:21
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Q: "We only feel bad when our hands are numb." vs. "We only feel badly when our hands are numb."

user124234 We only feel bad when our hands are numb. We only feel badly when our hands are numb. Which one is correct and why? Can you help me in these sentences?

sentence-construction passage-correction
Oh, no! Our answerers seem to not know that in this tricky sentence, we can use both feel bad and feel badly, though they mean different things!
Freddy
Freddy
07:13
@dam it's your turn to write answer.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Hehe! I'm still a bit busy at the moment.
Good afternoon!
Freddy
Freddy
Afternoon
There are some sites who are using Stack exchange stuff without even mentioning about it.
I have noticed that for at least for Chemistry.
trello.info/question/view/en/…
25
Q: Why is fresh ice sticky?

TechnotoesFresh ice cubes are almost instantly sticky and easily cling on to fabric and other similarly rough surfaces. A few minutes later, however, the effect almost completely disappears. What is the cause of this adhesion? Why does the effect vanish after some time?

physical-chemistry water solvents
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I'm not sure about the copyright aspects of SE, but I think the contents are public but it needs attribution.
nods
Sometimes when I searched for our ELL answers on Google, I found a lot of these sites.
Freddy
Freddy
I just flagged that for mods attention.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Good!
They should know what SE should do, if SE should do anything.
Freddy
Freddy
07:21
nods
Freddy
Freddy
07:34
Need to go. Lunch time
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
07:47
Have a nice lunch!
Justyna Nogala
Justyna Nogala
08:11
Hi
Can somebody tell me why in this sentence there is not past perfect ? if one past event refers to something what was before the other? "The villagers there were saying they heard gunshots near Giełczyn on the way to Zambrów." shouldn't it be "had heard" ?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
08:25
@JustynaNogala The past perfect there is optional.
Justyna Nogala
Justyna Nogala
Why not essential ?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
It could make the sequence of events a bit clearer, but it's not mandatory. See: ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13255/…
Justyna Nogala
Justyna Nogala
Thank you
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
The basic idea is that if it's easy or obvious to see the sequence of events, you don't really need the past perfect.
You're welcome!
But using the past perfect there is fine too.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
09:04
Hullo world!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:29
@M.A.Ramezani Hello!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Hullo!
How's ya today @Dam?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
A bit busy in my real life. :-)
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Making tea?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Well, tea too. :-)
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
It's some job job?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:32
Yup yup.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Where do you work again? Scratching head
Are you a white collar guy?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@M.A.Ramezani At my home office.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Oooh BTW I just took the math(s) test today morning.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
At your school?
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Yep.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:35
Was it going well?
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Well, I'm pretty sure I'll get the 100/20/50/full mark in it.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
That sounds great!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Yeah, but this early summer heat kills my joy.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Hehe! It will pass.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Have slept for 2'16'' last night/this morning.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:37
I kinda like summer, unless it's too damn hot.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
So I'm feeling like spinning.
Or the world's spinning.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh! You should get some more sleep!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Or both.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I know that kind of feeling.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
@DamkerngT. If I go to bed, I'll look like an owl.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:38
:D
You can try to go to bed early tonight instead.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Early+Sleep+Before midnight+MAR. Are you kidding me?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
:D
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
10:16
I think we are conflating tags like slang, spoken-english, pronunciation, speech, etc.
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Q: The meaning of Idiom like "Killed something"

DaeHwan KimHere's my question. When we say "He really killed the fried chicken", Does it mean... 1) He really loves fried chicken and scarf down, while having it. or 2) He's really good at making the dish Does the meaning depend on the situation/context? Thanks in advance. :)

slang
This kill doesn't sound like a slang word to me. Or is it one?
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Slang.
Nah.
 
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Anonymous
11:18
I don't really know what "He really killed the fried chicken" means out of context
Anonymous
It could probably have at least three meanings...
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Yes. Hullo @snail!
Anonymous
Hello!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
How's everything today?
Anonymous
11:36
Look, I'm a programming language! crystal-lang.org
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Oh, you're one year old. Yay!
Anonymous
Happy birthday to meeee〜♪
Anonymous
Actually that post is a year and a half old.
Anonymous
So I guess I'm going on three.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
For a 3-yo, you can type pretty well!
Anonymous
11:39
Thanks! :-)
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@snailboat Woo-hoo!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
OK so now we know that @snail is a boat, is a crystal, and a programming language.
What else do we know about her?
We also suspect she's not cooperating with Jim on his evil schemes.
Because unlike other boats, she eats Fatijas.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
She can summon linguistic information at will.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Sorcery or science? That's the question.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
She takes care Pliny and other pet snails very well.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
11:50
@DamkerngT. She doesn't summon anything.
She's English itself, in its purest form.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh! Hehe!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
The Spirit of English = @Snailboat = Crystal
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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Above all she's our snailboat. :-)
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Oh, math exam is over already.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Eh, I thought it was already over this morning.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
11:52
@DamkerngT. That's the conclusion. We're in the middle of detective thinking. Hush!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Sorry, I forgot to wear my Holmes hat!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
So, this leaves Detective MAR Holmes and @Dam Watson with one or two questions:
> Is this a conspiracy?
> Who murdered Jim?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
"Could be. Could be," said Dam Watson. :-)
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Suddenly, Holmes realizes that the evidence isn't enough to ensure Jim's death.
What if he's crying somewhere?
Watson, my good man, I love a good puzzle.
 
1 hour later…
Anonymous
13:05
@M.A.Ramezani I'm just a snailboat :-) Don't take me too seriously!
Anonymous
I'm a native speaker and know a little about linguistics, but I'm also easily confused
Freddy
Freddy
@snail You can't beat @M.A.Ramezani. He is very good in proving stuff.
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Oh if you wanted for me to come in and say hullo, @Freddy, you succeeded. Hullo!
Freddy
Freddy
hola :-)
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
@Fred I'm gonna use the chatroom theme of SE to prove who's the killer.
But not yet.
I'm waiting for effect.
Also, this information is confidential.
Freddy
Freddy
13:14
confidential level ---> Can be discussed in E.L.L. chatroom
codeskulptor.org/#demos-musicplayer.py
click on play button to run program
Top left corner
 
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M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
17:22
Weird. How is it possible? I ain't here.
Oh, I'm here.
 
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Otnas
Otnas
18:46
Hello people!!
M.A.Ramezani
M.A.Ramezani
Hullo!
Anonymous
19:31
@Otnas Hello! Welcome to ELL chat! :-)

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