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Hey! Can i ask what's 'the temperature drop' means...cause i got totally confused my friend said the temperature drop when it's totally warm outside. Thanks!

March 09, 2015

We say that the temperature dropped when the weather gets cooler. For example, if it had been 99° F (37° C) for a month but it suddenly became 65° F (18° C), you would say that the temperature dropped.

It's strange that your friend said it when it's really hot (unless it had been even hotter before).

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"he knows everything about me" or "he knows anything about me" ?

March 09, 2015

"He knows EVERYTHING about me" is right.

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The "opposite" of that idea can be expressed as

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- "He knows NOTHING about me."
- "He doesn't know ANYTHING about me."

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"The problem is that I care WAY too much about people who don't give a sh-t about me" what is the word 'way' for? I don't get it

March 09, 2015

In that sentence, it means "excessively" or "very much": The criminal is WAY too smart for the average detective; we need to call Sherlock Holmes.

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What does 'plot twist' mean?

March 09, 2015

A "plot twist" is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative.

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For example, let's say that you were watching a movie about "Cinderella," but toward the end of the movie, you find out that Cinderella was not a nice girl but was actually a crazy, drug-abusing girl who imagined that her stepmother and stepsisters were evil (when they were actually kind), and she ends up killing everybody.

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Each other and each others?

March 09, 2015

"Each others" is always wrong. That's because "each" is singular but "others" is plural.

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"Each other's" is right as the possessive form:

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- We ate EACH OTHER'S lunches.
- Henry and Nan corrected EACH OTHER'S articles.
- We finished EACH OTHER'S sentences.

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For "each other," look at the picture.

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what's " you not love me enough " means?

March 09, 2015

It should be "You don't love me enough," and it means exactly what it sounds like: You don't care about me as much as you should.

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i've always confused using the word "never". could you explain a bit of it, please? thank you!

March 09, 2015

These example sentences should make things a little bit clearer:

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Meaning "not ever":

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- I NEVER wake up early on Saturdays.
- I will NEVER hurt someone I care about.
- It NEVER snows in Los Angeles in June.
- The restaurant is NEVER open on Sunday.
- Peter will NEVER buy an iPhone.

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Meaning "not at all; not in any circumstances":

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- Raising children is NEVER easy.
- NEVER fear: Henry is here.

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neither they love nor hate this stupid song. correct? i don't think so.

March 09, 2015

"They NEITHER love NOR hate this stupid song."

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To maintain parallel structure, "They NEITHER (verb) NOR (verb) this stupid song" is right.

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"Tell me when your birthday is" or "tell me when is your birthday"

March 09, 2015

"Tell me when your birthday is" is right.

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"Tell me, when is your birthday?" is also right.

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"Can you tell me when your birthday is?" is also right.

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The best version is simply "When is your birthday?"

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there are things you do that i cant do. is this correct? :)

March 09, 2015

Yes (if you change "cant" to "can't").

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What is "base form (bare infinitive)" ?

March 09, 2015

Here are some verbs in their infinitive forms:

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- to eat
- to dance
- to sing

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Their bare infinitives are

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- eat
- dance
- sing

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In other words, the bare infinitive (base form) is the verb without "to."

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Imma is "i'm a" or "i'm going to"?

March 06, 2015

"I'm going to": Imma get me a cup of coffee. (It can also be written as "I'mma.")

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It is NOT formal English, so don't use it in essays.

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do you sometimes get angry or annoyed with very silly or stupid questions?

March 06, 2015

To be honest, it does get a little frustrating when we keep getting questions about "tho" and "ain't." After all, those words have no usefulness in formal writing.

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At the same time, we understand that it is difficult to scroll through hundreds of answers to find what you're looking for. We wish ask.fm had a search function or an archive feature so we could just copy and paste our answers instead of having to answer the same question over and over again. Oh well.

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Dear YUNiversity, have you sent the gift from the competition?

March 06, 2015

We haven't sent them out yet ... because we were waiting for some cool things to arrive that we wanted to include as gifts along with the books. The books will be going out this week! Look for an article about it on either our Tumblr or Medium page.

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Thanks for your patience. ^__^

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Noo. Im not farah but mine is like that too ^^

March 06, 2015

Did our answer for farah answer your question? ;-)

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If it didn't, can you ask it again? We probably won't be able to find it among the 1,337 questions we haven't answered yet. (*^_^*)

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When I ask - "Could you give me an interview? the answer is Yes I Could or Yes I can. - Which?

March 06, 2015

"Yes, I can."

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In question form, "Could" is more polite than "can." In answer form, "Yes, I could" sounds awkward.

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u guys are awesomeeee :'D

March 06, 2015

Thanks! (And so are you.) ^__^

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please tell me "yet" in practical usage

March 06, 2015

YET has numerous meanings, so consult a dictionary.

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- I haven't finished my essay YET.
- The latest episode has YET to be uploaded.
- He was a tough YET fair boss.
- It was their most impressive performance YET.
- We were lost, YET we managed to find our way home.

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my parents let us to wake up or my parents let us wake up?

March 06, 2015

"My parents let us WAKE UP ...."

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After LETS and LET, use the base form (bare infinitive) of the verb:

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- I'll LET you BUY me lunch.
-They LET us PLAY games all day.
- She LETS me SPEND time with my friends on weekends.

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can you tell me what you are talking about? or can you tell me what are you talking about?

March 06, 2015

"Can you tell me what YOU ARE talking about?" → ✔
"Can you show me where YOU ARE going?" → ✔

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"What ARE YOU talking about?" → ✔
"Where ARE YOU going?" → ✔

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Do you see the difference? (Make sure you do.) ^_^

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Do you have recommended speech ? Because my teacher give me a task to make a speech.

March 06, 2015

Try this excellent resource: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

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Pls reply my question about "good luck" T^T

March 06, 2015

Was this your question? http://ask.fm/The_YUNiversity/answer/125755186818

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Can you explain what this sentence mean 'He kicks over the microphone stand in a grand,asshole gesture' thanks in advance!

March 06, 2015

It means that he kicks the microphone stand and knocks it over while making sure that everyone sees him do it—because he thinks he's so cool (but he's not).

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which one is correct? "you make my heart beats faster" or "you make my heart beat faster." i saw this sentence on my twitter, and i got really confused because the correct one is "you make my heart beat". could you please explain it? thank youuu!!!! c:

March 06, 2015

"You make my heart BEAT faster" is right.

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After MAKE, MAKES, and MADE + verb, use the base form (bare infinitive) of the verb:

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- I MAKE her SMILE whenever I walk into the room.
- Peter MADE Chewie BARK by accidentally stepping on his tail.
- The teacher MAKES her students WRITE essays every Friday.
- Good writers MAKE you WANT to read more.

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Why we use "increase" instead of "gain" ?

NickNeelza

March 06, 2015

As nouns, they mean the same thing:

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- There was a GAIN of six points. = There was an INCREASE of six points.

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As verbs, they mean different things.

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INCREASE = become bigger or greater in amount; make bigger or more:

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- Her boss INCREASED her salary by 100%.
- The angry teacher INCREASED the students' reading and writing assignments.

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GAIN = obtain; win something by effort:

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- I GAINED a scholarship by winning the writing contest.
- What experience did you GAIN from spending six months in Europe?
- The artist GAINED new fans when a popular blog posted one of her drawings.

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