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What about you? versus How about you? - English Language Usage . . . What about you? requests a statement about you in general, while How about you? requests a response about your manner, means, or condition This leaves room for lots of personal preferences, presumptuous proscriptions, and zombie rules, to say nothing of actual sociocultural variation
You are vs. youre — what is the difference between them? There is no difference You are is normally contracted to you're in speech, because English doesn't like two vowels without a consonant to separate them, and one of them gets deleted Either you're or you are can be used; speaker's choice The same thing applies to I'm, he's, she's, we're, and they're, among other contractions It's just colloquial English, that's all
How do you handle that that? The double that problem 74 Have you ever had a case where you felt compelled to include strange things like a double that in a sentence? If so, then what did you do to resolve this? For me, I never knew whether it was acceptable grammar However, what I did learn was that it was a logic distractor, could lead to confusion, and therefore should be reworded to avoid this
indefinite article - When to use as or as a - English Language . . . The answers so far ignore the way that "as" can be followed by a post or role without an article: as president, as secretary, as mediator, as champion, as referee, as recipient Teacher is usually seen as a profession, rather than a post or a role, so as a teacher is more likely But it could be a specific role: consider as head teacher, or as teacher to the Royal family
that the or that - English Language Learners Stack Exchange You are my constant reminder that promises are made to be broken This is correct Promises are made to be broken is a common axiom in English This sentence says the behavior of you constantly reminds the speaker of the truth of the maxim Presumably you frequently makes and breaks promises You are my constant reminder that the promises are made to be broken Adding the makes promises refer
verbs - Whats the difference between I look forward to and Im . . . If you mean both in the sense of anticipating something, both are equally valid However 'I look forward' is more formal; it's the kind of thing you would write in an official letter A typical example is the closing statement of a cover letter for a job application: I look forward to hearing from you soon 'I am looking forward' is less formal You would rarely say to a friend on the phone 'I
differences - Get hold of, get ahold of, get a hold of - English . . . The three variations of this expression exist and are acceptable The meaning actually depends on what follows of, so get hold ahold of someone means communicate with reach someone and get hold ahold of something means obtaining literally reaching out for something And I believe they convey the same meaning, with "get ahold of" being spoken English (apparently because it's easier to pronounce
Im well vs. Im good vs. Im doing well, etc The reason people give the responses you label as “wrong” is because well and good have more meanings than the ones you cite Merriam-Webster, for example, gives definitions that make sense of the three examples you label “wrong”: For “I’m well”, there is well (adjective) 1b: being in satisfactory condition or circumstances For “I’m good”, there is good (adjective) 2e: free