There are many times when I've seen a photo of a girl which reminds me of somebody else, sometimes somebody I've met long ago, or perhaps a celebrity, or even a fictional character sharing the same general facial features or clothing style.
If I point it out, I get the feeling that they aren't ve...
When my direct superior is angry, he is nervous and not patient, so he explains me an information, but bad... I can't understand, he chews his words, should I insist over him to have the required information, or should I let him talk in the empty to risk to make an out-of-subject work ?
When I w...
The one that always irks me is 'explain me'. It's technically grammatical but doesn't mean what they think it means. "No one can explain you" - what you say to a weird person. "No one can explain to you" - what you say to a stupid person.
I don't know why it's so common in ESL people's dialects, either. I've heard it from Indians, Russians, Brazilians...
"Should I interrupt a conversation between Alice and Bob to correct Alice's English, given that Alice previously asked me to correct it?" - would that be a good fit for the site, or not because of 'what should I do'?
Just worry it could be awkward. "Hey, remember what you said 3 hours ago? You should have said it like ___ instead." Alice: "I don't remember but okay."
@Sarov Yeah, that's why I said to ask Alice first, if she wants to be corrected about everything all the time, or just about the things she says to you ;)
@Tinkeringbell Hi welcome to the Awkward Silence chat room, we don't often get to meet new people here, please make your... oh, oh, okay I see, nevermind.
