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eye dialect - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I have seen the word "cause" in many music lyrics and usually is pronounced "kez" I curious what does this word mean? For example, here is a part of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood lyrics: Cause baby,
About the phrase You suck - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Th phrase makes no sense in the English language unless as a statement of fact Q "How do I drink this?" A "You suck the liquid through a straw" to suck is to ' draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lips and mouth to make a partial vacuum ' Only in the USA has this meaning been mangled to indicate that something is bad Interpreting it as a colloquialism, it is more generally
Do these sentences have the same meaning: I thought so. vs That is . . . The two sentences are not identical in all contexts For one example, "That's what I thought" can mean, "I've had that thought opinion", whereas "I thought so" cannot have this meaning But in contexts where the meaning is "that confirms what I believe", the two are interchangeable in all contexts I can think of I can't confidently say there are no contexts at all where they're different
I learned vs I have learned when it comes to past experiences that . . . I'd say that if these 10 lessons still impact your present life, use present perfect, because they are relevant now I prefer the present perfect, because they are "life lessons" If you are thinking of the period in the past when you learnt these lessons, use past simple
word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange For me: He has similar behavior with his friends = "similar" here is just an adjective and is not connected with the word "with" Just because I say "he has similar behaviour when he is with me", it doesn't mean there is a structure "similar when" "He has similar behavior to his friends = "similar to" is correct (his behaviour and his friends' behaviour are similar) He has similar behavior
word choice - For a second time or For the second time - English . . . My take on it (disregarding the actual meaning of the example sentences) is that for a second time just means 'again (after one previous occasion)' For the second time implies that the speaker knows from a future perspective how many times altogether the event happened, and that this was the second of them