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To the question "how are you ? ", Amerian aswer by "I'm good".
Is it an American thing to say I'm good or other English speaking use it too ?
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is "how do you do ?" for "how are you?"correct english?
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i remember a belgian cartoon with an english character in it who greeted everyone
with "How do you do ? to the loo" i think it was a crow or something .
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I heard that "how do you do ?" is used when we meet with someone for the first time.
The answer to it is "how do you do ?" as well.
It seems to me that how do you do ? is a little bit posh.
Let's see what the English speakers think.
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When do you use "somebody" and when "someone". It's sometimes confusing for the learners.
Thanks for your help.
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I have a problem with 'to lend' and 'borrow'. sometimes, I confuse them. Do we lend
something to someone ? and
Do we borrow something from someone ?
Many thanks.
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Could you please tell me the difference between "savage" and "wild" ?
I heard on the BBC today : ...savage bombing...
When do you use "savage" and when "wild" for an animal ?
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If you're describing undomesticated animals or uncivilized people you can use "wild"
and "savage" interchangeably (although in this day and age it wouldn't be politically
correct to refer to a group of people this way).
If you're describing some heinous act, like bombing a busload of children, then "savage"
would be the better word choice. "Wild" has taken on a weaker connotation in English
vernacular: "I had a wild night" or "That girl I met at the bar was pretty wild!"
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When do you use "somebody" and when "someone". It's sometimes confusing for the learners.
Thanks for your help.
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if you're just talking, it doesn't really matter which one you use.
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When you are at the board (or black board) and you remove what you have written on
the board, do yo use to "remove" or to "raise" ?
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You erase the blackboard.
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thanks mjd
I was looking for "erase".
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