Language Overflow

Nihilist_Frost

6:47 AM

funny that the possessive suffix in English is homophonous to the plural suffix.

8:53 AM

LOL -- Thanks! @tchrist

Now I wonder, for most Scottish people, is English a second language?

(I just recalled that Auld Lang Syne is in Scottish.)

Witness for the Prosecution NHS

9:32 AM

(a nice episode with some Scottish accent (0: )

Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (Beethoven)

10:32 AM

Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (or in full Twenty-five Scottish songs: for voice, mixed chorus, violin, violoncello and piano) (Opus 108) was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The work was published in London and Edinburgh in 1818, and in Berlin in 1822. It is the only set among Beethoven's folksong arrangements to be assigned an opus number; the rest are only given WoO numbers. The names of the Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (Op. 108) are: "Music, Love and Wine"; "O let me music hear, night and day!" 1817, words by William Smyth, folk song setting "Sunset"; "The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill;" 1818, words...

I never knew he wrote this.

Beethoven: "Cease your funning" (12 Scottish Songs) op.156#5

tchrist

11:11 AM

@DamkerngT. No, it's their first language!! They just have the most wicked accent.

Notice how his r is no longer an approximant.

He’s from Glasgow.

A: rekindling the American right’s love -- what does that mean?

1:58 PM

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That is, until a few months ago, when the Russian president deployed forces to Syria, rekindling the American right’s love. By his actions in Syria Putin revived the feeling of affection towards him among the right-wing politicians of the USA. "American right" means American parties, movem...

Sometimes I'm surprised by this OP. Sometimes I thought his English was very good, but some of his questions wouldn't make sense if it really is.

I guess we're all like an incomplete jigsaw, one way or another.

2:19 PM

His English is brilliant, but there will always be lacunae of incomplete knowledge.

Good evening, Damkerng!

"Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision."

Why would a fishing vessel attempt to collide with a warship? Sounds fishy.

2:45 PM

Good evening!

Hello!

Hi!

@CopperKettle Maybe it's fishy because it's a fishing vessel. :P

Let's hope so. (0:

Maybe it's just me, whenever somebody says "fishing vessel", I always think of a dinghy :P

If only people lived in harmony...

2:47 PM

I've just discovered that the verb table means diametrically different things in the US and Britain

Dinghy

A dinghy (or dingey) is a type of small boat, often carried or towed for use as a ship's boat by a larger vessel. The term is a loanword from the Bengali ḍiṅgi, Urdu ḍīngī & Hindi ḍieṁgī. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor, but while some are rigged for sailing, they are not to be confused with sailing dinghies which are designed first and foremost for this purpose. == Types == Dinghies usually range in length from about 2 to 6 m (6 to 20 ft). Larger auxiliary vessels are generally called tenders, pinnaces or lifeboats. Folding and take-down multi-piece (nesti...

Nice!

yeah

shlyupka in Russian.

It's kind of like a survivor's boat, but also used for fishing in the backwaters

Backwater (river)

A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It refers either to a branch of a main river which lies alongside it and then rejoins it or to a body of water in a main river which is backed up by an obstruction such as the tide or a dam. == Alternative channel == If a river has developed one or more alternative courses in its evolution, then one channel is usually designated the main course and secondary channels may be termed backwaters. The main river course will usually have the fastest stream and will likely be the main navigation route, whereas backwaters may be...

@CopperKettle do you have to search Wikipedia for every word? :P

2:50 PM

I just was unsure what "backwater" meant.

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I'm trying to think of the word for it in my first language. Perhaps we don't have one for it.

No ripple stirs the placid pool,
When my adventurous line is cast,
A truce to sport, while clear and cool,
The mirrored clouds slide softly past.

"mirrored clouds"?

@S.R.I reflected in the river/lake. It's poetic language.

The image of clouds on the surface of the water, I suppose.

Yes, a kind of reflection.

We have a word for "still water", but "backwater" is supposed to be a little different, I think.

2:52 PM

@CopperKettle Oh, I was thinking too far up in the sky. How utterly uncreative is that?

@S.R.I This is curable. (0: You just need to read more poetry. (0: Get a prescription at a local doc. (0:

I think I gave up with Robert Frost and NIssim Ezekiel

@DamkerngT. Yes, I found no Thai interwiki for this term. There is a Russian interwiki for 't

@S.R.I There are other poets. (0:

Nissim Ezekiel

Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor and art-critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian writing in English. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for his Poetry collection, "Latter-Day Psalms", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Ezekiel is universally recognized and appreciated as being one of the most notable and accomplished Indian English language poets of the 20th century, applauded for his subtle, restrained and well crafted diction...

Haven't heard of him..

Now you have. :D

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I'm a-googling for samples. (0:

2:56 PM

@CopperKettle have fun. You might even enjoy his poetry

> 6. Tomorrow, I'll do the washing up as soon as I have finished my tea (which I'm not eating yet)
http://ell.stackexchange.com/a/75799/3281

@S.R.I I'll try. (0: The first I chanced upon has no rhyme though..

@DamkerngT. Eating "tea"?

LOL -- I think I sometimes use the word for "eat" with tea in my first language too, when I'm not very careful.

@DamkerngT. perhaps it's some practice about "eating" tea leaves? :P

Actually, it sounds more casual when I say "eat some tea" when I'm at home.

2:58 PM

Maybe this has been written by a man from Chelyabinsk, and his tea has frozen, so he eats it frozen.

Maybe it's the same in English. "Drink/have tea" when you're outside, "eat tea" when you're with friends or family.

But the point about the tense is quite subtle!

(in his example)

Or it might even be "eat some tea" as a cure, not for recreation

Russians have a lot of jokey one-liners and photoshopped images starting with "Chelyabinsk men are so rough that..."

Oh, and it's more homey if someone asked for "water to eat" in Thai. :D

@CopperKettle LOL

@DamkerngT. YEs, it's like american jokes about Chuck Norris. (0:

You can google images for "челябинск суровы"

(Scuba diving in Chelyabinsk)

3:03 PM

Ugh!

Swimming in snow!

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@DamkerngT. if you're offended by this, look to Norwegian and Danish folks ;-)

@DamkerngT. People love to jump in snow after being heated up in banya (Russian kind of sauna)

@S.R.I I know only one Danish guy. :-)

@CopperKettle Hmm... that reminds me of a dish... what's that dish? Hmm...

(Chess playing in Chelyabinsk)

3:06 PM

Nuts & bolts of Chess!

Oh, yes! It's how we cook asparagus.

Chelyabinsk has been one of the centers of heavy industry from 1941.

Did it get Detroit'd somewhere?

@CopperKettle Them folks sure love recycling!

@S.R.I Do you mean "Does it have empty areas?"

3:08 PM

I still can't figure out why the Queens are larger than the Kings in chess.

@CopperKettle Sort of, like abandoned with the last of the manufacturing boom

@S.R.I No, it has not been abandoned.

@DamkerngT. Kings have a lot of strategizing to do, you know? They just can't keep moving around. That's why they keep driving their Queens :P

Haha!

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3:11 PM

That would make Chelyabinsk folks' chess board make perfect sense. The Kings drive their Queens nuts!

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@DamkerngT. not just that board. In chess, on a graded point scale, Queens carry a lot more power points than every other piece.

Pawns - 1
Bishops & Knights - 3
Rooks - 5
Queen - 9
King - never mind, the game itself is lost!

Oh, I've heard of such a thing, but I don't really know it.

Basically, we don't have to count the Kings? :D

What's the point in counting Kings? There's only one and you lose the game with the King

If you lose your Queen,you can at least get it back by pawn promotion

In Thai Chess, the piece that is equivalent to Queen is not so powerful.

3:17 PM

Makruk

Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; rtgs: Mak Ruk; [màːk rúk]), or Thai chess, is a board game descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and therefore related to chess. It is regarded as the most similar living game to this common ancestor of all chess variants. There are around two million Thais who can play makruk, while 5000 can play chess. According to former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, "Makruk Thai is more strategic than international chess. You have to plan your operations with total care since Makruk Thai can be compared to an anticipated endgame...

Wow. I never knew Thailand had its own kind of chess.

We do! I used to play it very often. :D

Nice!

We have this:

I usually played a guerrilla strategy against a royal strategy (which is more popular and considered very effective).

Chapayev (game)

Chapayev (Russian: игра в Чапаева, igra v Chapayeva) was a game played on a checkerboard, a unique hybrid of checkers and billiards which is played throughout the territory of the former USSR. The aim is to knock the opponent's pieces off the board. The game is named after the Russian Civil War hero, Vasily Chapayev. Chapayev was popular among children everywhere in the former USSR. == Equipment == A wooden checkerboard and checkers, eight pieces of each colour. Pieces should be of small size (and should be smaller than a board square, otherwise the game can be too easy and less captivating). ...

Ah! I was hoping to see a picture!

3:20 PM

@DamkerngT. Nothing special. You just physically drive the opponent's figures out by propelling yours by fillips. (0:

Hah!

@CopperKettle like Othello?

It's a little kids' game. (0:

@CopperKettle (kind of like Go)

@S.R.I Othello? Is it a game?

3:21 PM

@CopperKettle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi

Ah.. I see. (0:

@DamkerngT. "A pawn that reaches the sixth rank is always promoted to a queen" - this is cool.

"When neither side has any pawns, the game must be completed within a certain number of moves or it is declared a draw. "

Yes, but a queen is not very powerful. A queen piece can move in any diagonal direction, but only to the next step.

@CopperKettle Oh, we have to practice a lot for the end-game!

Ah.

If we feel that we have no chance to win, we may sacrifice (by forcing the other to capture, i.e., eat) all our important pieces, and the counting will begin.

nods

3:27 PM

The count of the moves for the end-game will depend on what the other player have left.

It we planned it right, we could get a draw easily.

Effectively putting the stronger side under time pressure. Nice!

Yes!

If they still have two rooks, they will have to win us in only 8 moves. If they can't, it will be a draw.

If they have one rook, it will be 16 moves, and so on.

and all the weaker side has to do is keep wiggling around and staying alive

Yep! And the pawns will be a very big help.

(The pawns of the upper-hand player. The counting will begin when one side has only the King left.)

> When neither side has any pawns left, mate must be achieved in 64 moves. The disadvantaged player does the counting, and may at any time choose to stop counting. If the disadvantaged side checkmates the advantage side and did not stop counting, the game is declared a draw.

3:31 PM

So the secret is to keep at least one pawn alive.

This checkmate rule makes no sense

@CopperKettle Yep.

yeah, if you kill off all the pawns - the counting must start again

Actually, the rule up there is a little inaccurate. It's neither side has any normal pawns left.

We have another kind of pawn, i.e., one that has been promoted to a queen.

(We don't technically call the queen piece, a queen, but to keep things easy, I think calling this piece a queen is appropriate here.)

"Navalny said his team first uncovered the Chaika story when they were doing their regular monitoring of property purchases in territories where Russian officials like to stash their money – Greece, Cyprus, Spain and London. " --- I wonder why there's no backshifting here. Lekon Chekon infected me with this interest to backshifting.

3:38 PM

The real charm of Thai chess is the sound of smacking the piece when we take (eat) a piece of our opponent. It was actually what made me wanna to know how to play the game. :D

หมากรุกไทย ลีลาการกิน

Nice!

@CopperKettle I think backshifting is optional in most cases.

nods

"Very often, the use of a backshifted preterite is optional. " (CGEL p 155)

(BTW, the sound of smacking chess pieces was so loud in a market near my school. Lots of people came to play chess together in an area that looked like a tiny park. And the sound was so loud!)

Nice! We had a small market near the school, but there were no chess players there..

3:44 PM

International chess isn't loud anyway. :D

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The horse piece (in Thai chess) is perfect for smacking, if you notice. :D

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In Russian, the idiom "to make a horse move" means "to take an unorthodox\creative\unpredictable decision"

Oh, nice! What's the reason behind this?

Because the horse moves in a kind of a twisty move in chess.

3:46 PM

A-ha! That makes sense!

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Horses are very important in the guerrilla strategy I like to use.

Basically, I'll try my best to flush off the rooks and the bishops of both sides. If I succeed, I usually win. :-)

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Horses are fun. :D

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Mark the attributive use of adjective phrases:

"Some people are not having manners,
this I am always observing,
For example other day I find
I am needing soap
For ordinary washing myself purposes.
So I'm going to one small shop
nearby in my lane and I'm asking
for well-known brand soap."

(Nissim Ezekiel)

3:52 PM

Ahh... it's his.

This is so like India, I thiink. The style of speech.

I even hear the pronunciation in my head as Indian when I'm reading this poem

nods -- It's curious right from the first verse: are not having

Annoying, right? Yep

No, it's charming. (0:

Oh, good then. You'll definitely enjoy his poems.

3:55 PM

He seems to have been a nice person.

nods

Winning Sahitya Akademi (kind of like an Indian Nobel in literature) is a big deal here in India

Sahitya Akademi is not only about literature, but it's awarded to anyone distinguished in fine arts and other creative forms.

Sahitya Akademi

The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government and situated at Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi. The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 (approx. USD 1,500 (as in year 2013)) in each...

Nice! Of all Indian writers, I have only read Salman Rushdi.

The poem "soap" is great.

Yeah, I haven't read a lot of his works. (Salman Rushdie)

@S.R.I I only read The Satanic Verses, and several dozen pages of Midnight's Children.

4:09 PM

Now, that I read The night of the Scorpion, I now realise why I hated his poems. It has no rhyme and metaphors are all over the place

As for what completely turned me away from his poetry, it's "For Kalpana"

I just did not finish "The night of the Scorpion". Read a few lines and stopped. I don't like poems without rhyme, but "soap" has humor.

It's a strange thing that rhymeless poems have been considered somehow "better" since about 1920.

For the same reason why people love Haiku

I love rhyme. (0:

Maybe Haiku is beautiful when you know Japanese.

But if a poem has humor, that's some bonus. (0:

"A raven sat upon a tree,
And not a word he spoke, for
His beak contained a piece of Brie.
Or, maybe it was Roquefort.
We’ll make it any kind you please –
At all events it was a cheese. "

ababaa - nice!

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"But gravitation’s law, of course,
As Isaac Newton showed it,
Exerted on the cheese its force,
And elsewhere soon bestowed it.
In fact, there is no need to tell
What happened when to earth it fell. "

4:18 PM

:-)

Nice poem!

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That was a very nice poet, who died very young.

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet. == Biography == Carryl was born in New York City, the first-born of author Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore. He had his first article published in The New York Times when he was 20 years old. In 1895, at the age of 22, Carryl graduated from Columbia University. During his college years he had written plays for amateur performances, including the very first Varsity Show. One of his professors was Harry Thurston Peck, who was scandalized by Carryl’s famous quote “It takes two bodies to make one seduction...

(I wandered off to read some chess stuff for my nostalgia. :-)

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Nice, the poem is from Fables for the frivolous

It's here if you want to read it in a digital copy - first edition

Q: How can I learn the english sounds that don't exist in my mother tongue?

4:25 PM

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How can I learn the english sounds that don't exist in my mother tongue? I have troubles with distingushing between the long and short sounds, but also it's very hard for me to get the difference between rug and rag and bold and bald and so on. I know I should practice. And I do - I watch movies...

It's on Project Gutenberg too. I printed some poems out a long, long ago.

Hmm... I don't think it's as easy as people may think it is.

Good evening, Muhammad!

@S.R.I Wow, it's fundraising season over there. :P

@DamkerngT. not only on I.Archive, it's everywhere in the U.S - take Wikipedia, for instance :-)

Q: How can I learn the english sounds that don't exist in my mother tongue?

5:10 PM

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How can I learn the English sounds that don't exist in my mother tongue? I have troubles with distingushing between the long and short sounds, but also it's very hard for me to get the difference between rug and rag and bold and bald and so on. I know I should practice. And I do - I watch movies...

pronunciation vowels symbols

We need to answer this if we claim to be a site for ELLers.

It's a difficult question.

Yes.

Some non-native speakers never achieve that their whole lives.

I also wonder if we really can answer the question objectively.

(objectively and accurately)

As for the vowels, Japanese and Spanish speakers will probably have most problems.

5:26 PM

Hello, Damkerng. Could you please tell me something more about your program?

Hi! Welcome to the room!

:o

@Dam's conspiracy thingy?

I informally call my technique "big listening". :-)

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Nah! No conspiracy. :D

@DamkerngT. ಠ_ಠ tinfoil-hat

The basic idea is that you already have the tool, but don't know how to use it, or don't use it right.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Well, if you're young, it'd be relatively much easier to listen to sounds in another language. It'll be much more difficult when you get older.

5:28 PM

@DamkerngT. Wait what are we talking about here? Am I missing something?

@user2738748 So, in the program, you'll have to train your ears, like a lot, and try to catch the sounds the way they really are as much as possible.

What program? Is this a discussion on some answer?

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. user2738748 is the OP of the question you said we have to answer if we claim to be a site for ELLers. ;-)

I posted a comment.

I have an experimental training program which I believe can enhance your listening in another language, especially when that "another language" is very different from your native tongue, but it takes a lot of patience. If you're interested in it, contact me in one of our chat rooms. (It's okay if you decide not to, btw. :-) You may be interested in a similar, but more well-known technique called shadowing. — Damkerng T. 35 mins ago

Sounds very good. But how can I do it? And will it help me pronounce words correctly? This is my main aim.

@DamkerngT. Hydroxyl.

5:32 PM

@user2738748 Pronunciation and listening are closely related.

I agree.

But if your goal is pronunciation, you can try accent redux coaching.

What about hydroxyl?

What does it have to do with our conversation?

Don't worry about it too much; that's just the way our MAR usually talks. :D

OK:)

5:34 PM

If you're interested, be prepared to spend at least one hour every day on this activity, for about three months, to see the effect.

(Some may notice the effect sooner, some later)

OK. I could try that.

Also, you may have to be specific about the accent you want to achieve, and find a well-known person (like a singer or an actor) who you want to sound like. Make sure that his or her voice is compatible with yours.

Accent reduction–oxidation couching. Sounds cool enough for me not to check what it means.

I may use it when I attempt to learn Thai though.

Hehe!

Q: Usage of "because of" in question

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Which one is more grammatical than other sentences? Which one sounds better than others? Because of what do you do it? Of what do you do it because? What do you do it because of?

grammar

Another alternative, since we're doing jigsaws anyway: What because you do of it?

5:38 PM

@user2738748 Be warned that it takes a lot of patience, and it takes time.

@DamkerngT. How are you/

You may also want to take a benchmark test of your listening precision today.

I'm good, thanks! How are you?

Oh hey @user62015! Long time no ~~questions~~ chat!

@DamkerngT. Yes, I was busy due to exams.

@DamkerngT. How is going your life?

OK, Thanks:)

5:41 PM

@user62015 "How is your life going?"

I don't think robots have a flowing life tho'.

@DamkerngT. I am good.

It must be repetitious.

Have this boring MAR nag about stuff everyday.

Feed a lazy cat.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. That's what we do! :D

Upvote stuff.

@user2738748 Give me a few minutes. I'm looking for a good audio clip.

5:42 PM

@DamkerngT. I want to ask you one question. What is the difference between these two questions? 1-> What does make you happy? Vs what makes you happy? My point is simple when we use the helping verb "does" to ask questions and when we don't?

No, it's not that simple. I'm sure MAR can answer this.

@user62015 I wish it was a simple question.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Hi!

@DamkerngT. Thanks.

Oh no I'm noticed.

Okay, @user2738748. Still with me?

5:49 PM

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I am waiting.

Waiting for what?

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. For the answer?

To what?

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Could you help me with my question?

I want to ask you one question. What is the difference between these two questions? 1-> What does make you happy? Vs what makes you happy? My point is simple when we use the helping verb "does" to ask questions and when we don't?

Aha.

@user62015 Well, rule #1: Don't use auxiliary when you don't have to.

5:52 PM

Okay.

So then we should define when we need to use them.

We use them in imperatives: Don't forget to be on-time!

(When used with the negative marker "not")

Oh hey @Stoney

Okay.

Now take a look at 'what'.

Hmm, lemme put it this way for the sake of simplicity: What will replace 'what'?

Sure.

A subject of a sentence, or an object?

5:55 PM

A subject?

> What makes life good?
> Patience (makes life good).

Is 'patience' the agent, or the patient?

@user62015 ^

IOW, is 'patience' the subject, or the object of that sentence?

Patience is the subject who makes life good.

Bingo. 'Patience' is the agent.

Hence there is no need for an auxiliary verb.

If it was an object or actually patient though, it would've required an auxiliary verb.

Okay.

> What do you practice to remain calm?
> (I practice) patience.

Uh, I hope I didn't oversimplify it too much. Whaddya think @Stoney?

6:05 PM

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I am sorry. I went through your answer three to four times but not able to understand the point.

@user62015 OK OK. Lemme explain again.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Thanks.

First, some background:

Sure.

@user62015 what is the subject in this sentence?

> I ate some fish the other day.

6:06 PM

?

I is the subject.

Good.

What is the object in this sentence?

> I'm doing some exercises.

Fish

No I mean in the second one.

Exercises.

More precisely, "some exercises".

OK.

So, you defined "subject" as 'the doer of the action', right?

6:09 PM

Yes. Please go ahead I am watching your movements.

Yes.

My point is, from now on, let's call the doer "agent" (not subject) and the thing that's being done "patient" (not object), OK?

Okay.

I am with you.

OK, @user I'm gonna ask you two questions. Answer them any way you wish.

Sure.

Who told you to study English?

And what did you try to eat for lunch today?

6:13 PM

1->Myself. 2->As usual Indian food.

So, let's form a complete sentence as the answer to the question:

1. I told myself to study English.

2. I tried to eat Indian food, as usual.

What is "I" in the first sentence?

Agent.

What is "Indian food" in the second one?

Patient.

IOW, we can say that "I" replaced "who" and "Indian food" replaced "what".

6:16 PM

Yes.

So when the interrogative pronouns (who, what, when etc.) are replaced by patients, we need an auxiliary.

And when the interrogative pronouns are replaced by agents, we don't need an auxiliary.

Please wait. Let me understand these last two lines.

OK.

Feel free to ping me if you had questions.

Sure.

Please wait.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I think maybe it's better to use just subjects and objects instead of patients and agents in the explanation.

6:22 PM

@DamkerngT. I'm not sure. Let's go with an example where subject ≠ agent.

Yes. Subject is more about syntax, while Agent is more about semantics.

Hmm.

I am so sorry. I think I am not able to understand it. Could you do one thing? Just try to explain without being more grammatically and just think I am a native-English speaker and try to explain in simple words. I mean to say just tell me what different thinking I may have when I am asking these two different questions? What does make you happy? Vs what makes you happy?

@user62015 Simply put, is the answer to the question the subject of the sentence of the answer or the object? If it's the subject, we don't need an auxiliary.

Thinking about it now @Dam, I think it is better to go with S and O rather than agent and patient.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Thanks. Let me think some examples in my mind. Please wait.

6:25 PM

Honestly, @user you should be more blunt about what confuses you, if anything does.

I agree.

> "What confuses you?" "The question confuses me."
> "What do you want?" "I want the answer."

See the difference?

Yes.

Checking.

I understood the point.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. @DamkerngT. Thank you so much guys!!

Yay!

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Special thanks for your patience.

6:28 PM

Glad I could help.

33 mins ago, by Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

> What makes life good?
> Patience (makes life good).

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Yes. You had also done the same thing.

But maybe I was not paying complete attention.

I am sorry.

Don't be.

Thanks. Leaving now. See you soon. Have a great time.

\o

6:42 PM

BTW that's comma not coma. O_O — Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. 20 mins ago

That's a dangerous typo. :P

StoneyB

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Nice work there!

@StoneyB Thanks!

"A cow magnet is a veterinary medical device for the treatment or prevention of hardware disease in cattle." O_O

What?!

Hardware disease

Hardware disease is a common term for bovine traumatic reticuloperitonitis. It is usually caused by the ingestion of a sharp, metallic object. These pieces of metal settle in the reticulum, and can irritate or penetrate the lining. It is most common in dairy cattle, but is occasionally seen in beef cattle. It is very rarely reported in any other ruminants. It can be difficult to conclusively diagnose and it can be prevented by the oral administration of a magnet before the animal reaches the age of one. == Causes == Cattle commonly swallow foreign objects, because they do not use their lips to...

6:54 PM

Oh!

8:09 PM

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