I'm having slight difficulties with a particular kind of sentences. I'd like you to check on my interpretation of differences occuring in the following sentences:
1a. They're just a bunch of guys having too much free time
2a. They're just a bunch of guys who are having too much free time...
As far as I can tell, I think the OP treats all verbs the same way (i.e. in their mind, they can substitute a verb with any verb. The habituality is derived from its constructions.
@MARamezani I still think it has a good use.
The main site can shunt all those resource request questions and stuff like, "How can I improve my reading skill?" "How can I improve my accent?" and such, to this new room.
"What book should I read?" "Come here, we'll tell you!"
Basically, it should be about more advanced learners (and native speakers or teachers who want to help these learners) who are on their own quest of mastering their English.
So, I expect it to be pretty much like this room, but focused more on the process, rather than instant answers.
@MARamezani I don't know if it will really be better. Only time will tell. However, it think it's often enough that people come here to get a short-term answer. (Basically, how can I write this? Is this correct? Please correct me. Please help me, what is the word or phrase for such and such.) But we've also seen that some users on ELL are trying to striving on their own toward more longer goals. (Basically, how can I improve my skill? What should I read? What should I listen to?)
So I think it's basically about short-term vs. long-term things.
Put it another way, it's about "usage" vs. "learning".
The majority of questions on ELL are basically about "usage" (i.e. specific point in a specific usage of English).
But we have questions about "learning" (also those transcriptions and video clip questions) every once in a while.
Maybe my chat here turned to be more about "usage" than it once was, but when I first joined ELL, my main focus was always about "learning".
So I think, the other room is a place to continue my quest on "learning". It's for me and for everyone like me.
It could still be related to "usage", more or less, because that's part of "learning".
It's been decided to create another chatroom for ELL.
A place for advanced learners, non-native speakers (along with native speakers and teachers who want to help these people) who are on their own quest of mastering their English.
What does that mean?
We want to help users who ...
I'm guessing maybe it's more like BrE's revise, which means "to review for a test". To go over, to review, and to revise are overlapping in meaning, in my opinion. — Damkerng T.1 min ago
I think I'm gonna delete that. It sorta repeats the other comments!
Anonymous
9:30 PM
In Japanese, you can study something afterwards (review or revise), but there's also the study you do ahead of time, like before class
Anonymous
It might translate to preview or previse if we had a single word for it in English :-)
Anonymous
Of course, we have prepare
Anonymous
@Man_From_India The biggest problem, I think, is that "can often" is pulled out of both predicates
Anonymous
Humph, it's hard to comment on stuff from ten "load older messages"es ago on my phone :-)
Anonymous
I can't even see the sentence anymore
Anonymous
9:36 PM
@DamkerngT. SE's software has no concept of a main room
Anonymous
If people don't talk in the old room for 14 days but they do talk in the new room, the old room will be automatically deleted
Anonymous
Only one room is preserved forever per site, and that's whichever was used most recently
Anonymous
So to support two rooms on an ongoing basis you have to have people talking in both rooms
I'm having slight difficulties with a particular kind of sentences. I'd like you to check on my interpretation of differences occuring in the following sentences:
1a. They're just a bunch of guys having too much free time
2a. They're just a bunch of guys who are having too much free time...
It's been decided to create another chatroom for ELL.
A place for advanced learners, non-native speakers (along with native speakers and teachers who want to help these people) who are on their own quest of mastering their English.
What does that mean?
We want to help users who ...
