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- Who is you – not are - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In modern English "You" is both singular and plural but it always takes a verb form that originally marked the word as plural This happens because of the way "to be" conjugates in modern English You are for singular; You are for plural; Examples: You are, you have, you weren't, and so on They may all mean a single object or multiple objects
- Should I use we will or will we with an if clause in speaking?
You can use either, but the meaning changes If you say "will we" you make a question You are asking another person to predict or give their opinion The other person could reply "Yes, because the subway is quick" or "No, the subway will take 30 minutes and we only have 10 minutes left " If you say "we will" you are stating your opinion
- Here you are Here you go - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
'Here you we go cannot be used in these circumstances Similarly, 'Here we go' 'Here I go', a slightly different phrase to 'Here you go', can be used before embarking on something important, nerve-wracking, or incredible, eg saying 'here we go' or 'here I go' before executing a difficult stunt on a skateboard
- What is the difference between “I worry about you” and “I am worried . . .
You were annoyed We use ing with adjectives to describe the reason of my feeling (What Who makes me to feel ) It was embarrassing This class is boring She was frightening (means she was that reason, she scared me ) The differences between I'm worried abou you I worry about you: I'm worried: Subject+to be verb+adjective I worry: subject+verb
- What is the difference between . . . when are you. . . and . . . when you . . .
We could use the above construction if we prefer the question form The statement Please let me know when you are available for a meeting can have 2 interpretations In oral form, the way we stress the when would determine whether we want the reply now or only when the date of meeting is decided In Please let me know when you are available
- if we are to VS if we were to - English Language Learners Stack . . .
If we were to meet the Paris climate goals, the use of fossil-based materials must be quickly reduced and replaced with renewable materials I have seen usage of both "if we are to" and "if we were to", and I am not sure which is correct Since it is a subjunctive mood, I thought past tense may be a better on Where am I wrong?
- Grammatically , when can we use you is instead of you are?
There is a time where using "you is" is correct That situation is when you are speaking about the actual word "you " For example, The definition of you is ‘a pronoun used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing ' Other than that, you is a pronoun which has no singular form
- word choice - Awaits for you or awaits you? - English Language . . .
Happiness awaits for you The verb await in the sentence is a transitive verb that is followed by a direct object; you don't use the preposition "for" So it's correct to say: Happiness awaits you Instead of the await, you can use the intransitive verb wait, usually as (be) -ing form, followed by the preposition "for" as follows:
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