Freddies English Teaching Course

[dcdeb]

In this case amount is monetary value and quantity is number of items. So the form will list items such as 5 (quantity) boxes of paper x $ 3.00 (amount) = $15.00 (amount).

 

There are times when you can use them interchangably to mean "number of _____" though. In fact I will normally use "amount" in conversation rather than "quantity". eg You and I have the same amount of jelly beans.

 

Yes, I didn't fully understand, sorry.

[Elwendin]

In the last example (which sounds familiar to me! )

 

You have no idea about how much some random chats are improving my english.

I actually still need to go back on some of them, and take care of some new words.

 

Thanks girls for your explanations. This is very useful.

 

And I want everybody to know that yesterday I watched a show about weird diseases, switching to original language (aka AE), and I did understand most of it.

I'm feeling awesome ever since.

Mostly because I'm now aware that the blood of some strange kind of prehistoric crabs coagulates in a few secs when it touches unsterilized items

[silver]

You have no idea about how much some random chats are improving my english.

I actually still need to go back on some of them, and take care of some new words.

 

Thanks girls for your explanations. This is very useful.

 

And I want everybody to know that yesterday I watched a show about weird diseases, switching to original language (aka AE), and I did understand most of it.

I'm feeling awesome ever since.

Mostly because I'm now aware that the blood of some strange kind of prehistoric crabs coagulates in a few secs when it touches unsterilized items

 

You mean horseshoe crabs (which aren't actually crabs at all).

[Elwendin]

You mean horseshoe crabs (which aren't actually crabs at all).

 

 

 

 

Let's go Nat Geo

[Mousetrap]

Hello, it's me again

 

I don't understand the difference between 'historic' and 'historical'

 

I see no difference in use of these words here:

 

July 4th, 1776 was a historic day for America.

 

A large number of historical events have taken place in the Tower of London over the centuries.

 

We translate them into Russian with the same word

 

Please, help! Thanks!

[Christine]

Hello, it's me again

 

I don't understand the difference between 'historic' and 'historical'

 

I see no difference in use of these words here:

 

July 4th, 1776 was a historic day for America.

 

A large number of historical events have taken place in the Tower of London over the centuries.

 

We translate them into Russian with the same word

 

Please, help! Thanks!

 

Historic means it was a very important moment in history. July 4, 1776 was a historic day because America declared independence from England.

 

Historical is just an adjective to describe something pertaining to events in the past. So you could talk about a historical novel which would be a work of fiction about a certain period of history.

 

The Tower of London was actually the place for some historic moments in history such as the beheading of Anne Boleyn. But I think they are using "historical" here to just speak about the general history of the Tower. Events that occurred at the Tower are in the past because now the Tower just plays more of a ceremonial role and functions as a museum instead of a royal residence and prison.

[Mousetrap]

Historic means it was a very important moment in history. July 4, 1776 was a historic day because America declared independence from England.

 

Historical is just an adjective to describe something pertaining to events in the past. So you could talk about a historical novel which would be a work of fiction about a certain period of history.

 

The Tower of London was actually the place for some historic moments in history such as the beheading of Anne Boleyn. But I think they are using "historical" here to just speak about the general history of the Tower. Events that occurred at the Tower are in the past because now the Tower just plays more of a ceremonial role and functions as a museum instead of a royal residence and prison.

 

I got it at last! Thank you very much, Christine

[silver]

Just bumping this thread as it seems that people are getting a little confused by some English expressions

 

So if there is something you don't quite understand, ask here

[WeirdChild]

I am also quite well spoken and would not mind defining some English expressions to non-native speakers. I am attempting to learn French at the moment and I understand the struggle

English is very strange as we have multiple words with the same definition or very similar definitions which can be confusing but  I happy to help.

[ladyolivier]

I'll volunteer here as well, I'm happy to help with English grammar and expressions/idioms. English grammar is occasionally confusing even to a native speaker, I cannot imagine what learning it as a second language must be like.

[Kumazzz]

 

Could anyone  explain me please ?

 

"And I know that I could eat the stage on Broadway... I think it's about the right show. "

from

His Name is Michael Holbrook, but You Know Him as MIKA

 

thank you.

 

[Anna Ko Kolkowska]

9 minutes ago, Kumazzz said:

 

Could anyone  explain me please ?

 

"And I know that I could eat the stage on Broadway... I think it's about the right show. "

from

His Name is Michael Holbrook, but You Know Him as MIKA

 

thank you.

 

 

 

According to the Urban Dictionary

 

 

So generally Mika sais that he would do the Brodway if it is a right show.

[Poisonyoulove]

11 minutes ago, Kumazzz said:

 

Could anyone  explain me please ?

 

"And I know that I could eat the stage on Broadway... I think it's about the right show. "

from

His Name is Michael Holbrook, but You Know Him as MIKA

 

thank you.

 

 

I think he means "chew the scenery" which we use to mean overact really dramatically. 

[Kumazzz]

@Anna Ko Kolkowska @Poisonyoulove

Thanks for the explanations.

Maybe I think I am not fully understanding the feeling of native speaking.

[silver]

"Eat the stage" is a strange expression - I assume it is an Americanism   as I've never heard it in the UK.

 

I don't think it means overacting - it sounds to me more like "eat the dirt", which would mean falling over - so is he saying he could fail on Broadway unless he had the right show?

[sara09]

We use this expression in Italian, don't know if there's a similar one in French. It means having a lot of success when on stage, doing a performance very well. For example, if a concert has a big response from the public, we say that the artist "ate the stage", provoked a huge/positive reaction. So in this case, he would have a big success, if he found the right show to perform in. Could it be what he meant?

Edited September 7, 2019 by sara09

[giraffeandy]

39 minutes ago, sara09 said:

We use this expression in Italian, don't know if there's a similar one in French. It means having a lot of success when on stage, doing a performance very well. For example, if a concert has a big response from the public, we say that the artist "ate the stage", provoked a huge/positive reaction. So in this case, he would have a big success, if he found the right show to perform in. Could it be what he meant?

 

That's exactly how I get it!

 

(Even though I speak neither Italian nor French and I'm not even a native speaker of English so my opinion is probably irrelevant... )

[silver]

11 hours ago, sara09 said:

We use this expression in Italian, don't know if there's a similar one in French. It means having a lot of success when on stage, doing a performance very well. For example, if a concert has a big response from the public, we say that the artist "ate the stage", provoked a huge/positive reaction. So in this case, he would have a big success, if he found the right show to perform in. Could it be what he meant?

 

I think we'd probably say "owned the stage" in English.

[mellody]

On 9/8/2019 at 12:26 AM, sara09 said:

We use this expression in Italian, don't know if there's a similar one in French. It means having a lot of success when on stage, doing a performance very well. For example, if a concert has a big response from the public, we say that the artist "ate the stage", provoked a huge/positive reaction. So in this case, he would have a big success, if he found the right show to perform in. Could it be what he meant?

 

That's the way I understood it as well. I think it's not unusual if you speak several languages to mix up some expressions - or maybe it is an expression in American English, which would equal "own the stage" in British English. Languages mix up that way over time - for example also in German we have some expressions in everyday language, which is in fact a German version of something you'd only say in English - so it's not an "official" expression, but people use it, and people understand it - for example "that makes sense" ("Das macht Sinn"), meanwhile it's an official expression, but it only came over the last few years, it's an expression that came from the English one. Or "not really" ("nicht wirklich"), same for that.

[cat_loves_mika]

On 9/10/2019 at 6:48 AM, mellody said:

 

That's the way I understood it as well. I think it's not unusual if you speak several languages to mix up some expressions - or maybe it is an expression in American English, which would equal "own the stage" in British English. Languages mix up that way over time - for example also in German we have some expressions in everyday language, which is in fact a German version of something you'd only say in English - so it's not an "official" expression, but people use it, and people understand it - for example "that makes sense" ("Das macht Sinn"), meanwhile it's an official expression, but it only came over the last few years, it's an expression that came from the English one. Or "not really" ("nicht wirklich"), same for that.

 

"Eat the stage" is definitely not an expression in American English. Definitely a translation oddity/error, because we say "own the stage" too. 

[mellody]

Hi guys, I have a question to which I can't find an answer online. It's about different ways how to pronounce year dates. So let's take 2019, that could be

two thousand (and?) nineteen (is the "and" necessary?)

twenty nineteen

two nineteen???

 

Especially the last one I'm not sure of - I know it's not an 'official' way to say it, but is it used in everyday language? Is it understandable as a year date in the 2000's (in a context) or would an English speaker automatically think it means 219, even if that doesn't make sense in the context? It sounds correct to me, but that might be because we use it that way in German (also just in everyday language, not officially).

[silver]

We say twenty nineteen.  We might sometimes say two thousand and nineteen, but we'd never say two nineteen.

 

Next year will be twenty twenty