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 …

2021年8月29日 · @StianYttervik It seems you miss the nuanced meaning the phrase "it's nothing" holds for younger generations (at least in US) - it's meant as another compliment, or …

2016年2月23日 · "Keeping well" means "keeping healthy". So "I hope you're keeping well" is a slightly old fashioned greeting. It might be addressed to an older person (for whom being "well" …

"If you were here 10 minutes ago, "The use of "were" can get more complicated ,the sentences below use the "were to" clause to indicate an element of uncertainty to the actions and …

2015年2月27日 · Re infecta, ‘with the matter unfinished or unaccomplished’, has also been freq. employed in Eng. Thus, use of re as a preposition meaning about or regarding seems perfectly …

2016年11月30日 · Yep. In the sentence that you mentioned, you is used as a generic pronoun. In English grammar and in particular in casual English, generic you, impersonal you or indefinite …

2022年12月1日 · The source you quoted about the difference between the two forms is at least half right, in that "a part of" has a meaning similar to "a section of", where there's some kind of …

2019年7月5日 · All I can do is recommend you another way to describe a situation where all outcomes are considered equally bad: Either choice is bad any way you slice it. Here's how …

2022年2月7日 · "I am not welcomed" is the passive voice of this, indicating that someone, or people, are either in the exact moment of not welcoming you, or habitually don't welcome you. …

2014年4月9日 · Think Feudalism. Lords held lands and people tending their lands are under them. If you're taking care of the lord's land, then you have a lord. So you would say: My Lord. …