Questions tagged [colloquial-language]
for questions about colloquial language. Colloquial language, colloquial dialect, or informal language is a variety of language commonly employed in conversation or other communication in informal situations.
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"follow the tutorial" vs. "follow along the tutorial"
From a tutorial
Follow along the tutorial to build an automotive user interface and create a #UI like that of your very own embedded device!
Ngram Viewer shows writers only use "follow the tutorial" ...
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Using "some" in place of "sometimes"?
On TV, the presenter is asking a former couple a lot of quick questions to understand the current situation. Here is a small part of it:
Presenter to both guests: Are you two living together again?
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Live in a state/situation/circumstance
Do you think we can say someone is living in a situation/state/circumstance? If things are going bad in our life and we have bad life circumstances etc, can we say any of these sentences?
I live in a ...
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Which of the two sentences is grammatically correct on sounds natural?
I've been remembering this picture for as long I've been remembering
myself.
I've been remembering this picture since I've been remembering
myself.
Which sentence is right? I think they have the same ...
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"How are you doing?" Why do we answer "good" instead of "well"?
When someone asks me "How are you doing?"
Why do we answer "good" instead of "well" (adv. for doing) ?
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Grab or pick up?
Gaming on consoles is more convenient than computers. You can just pick up/grab your controller and start playing right away.
Can you grab/pick up some chips from the grocery store?
Do 'grab' and '...
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Which combination of words sounds natural?
I wonder which construction / combination is the most natural and colloquial (please mention your area when answering the question) and which is outright unnatural and wrong?
There is a store /shop ...
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"To be" is used as the infinitive: "He be like...", "Work be hard",
I often see, of course, in colloquial contects, that the word "be" is used like "is" or "are" and so on.
E.g.: "I be very happy then", "School be like...&...
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Are these all idiomatic phrases regarding turning to a certain age and do they mean the same?
I'll be 18 tomorrow.
I'm turning 18 tomorrow.
I'll turn 18 tomorrow.
I will be turning 18 tomorrow.
I'm going to turn 18 tomorrow.
Are these all idiomatic phrases regarding turning to a certain age ...
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Why do native speakers sometimes call some one 'name + boy'?
I've heard male native speakers call their male friends by their name + boy.
For example, a man's name is David, and a male friend of his once said to him 'Hey David boy...' And I've heard another ...
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Does "there are" pronounce /ðer/ in spoken American?
An American tutorial teaches reduced speaking, where "there are" sounds like /ðer/, am I hearing correctly? Do Americans speak that way in real life?
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Do native speakers say "you're way too late" in real life?
Google gives About 663,000 results for "you're way too late", some comes from lyrics, some are in a story. Do native speakers say it in real life?
Imagine that, it's 8 o'clock AM. My son is still ...
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"thought I'd/wanted to"
A man walks up to a woman at the bar in a bar and they fall into conversation. He squeezes into the conversation that he's a lawyer. The conversation goes on. At some point in the conversation he ...
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How frequently is the expression "when it comes to" used in spoken English?
If I want to tell my friend about some topics, such as what I do in my free time or my favorite movies, is it appropriate to use "when it comes to" at the beginning of the conversation?
For example, "...
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Colloquial structures meanings
I would like to know how many meanings have the colloquial structure "ain't" aparte from: am not, is not, are not and have not. Example, the song, ain't nobody by Felix Jaehn:
Ain't nobody
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Do the British use words like "batso" or "nutso"?
Today I encountered the word "batso" and I understood from context it meant "crazy". It interested me because it sounds like an Italian word "pazzo" which means "...
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“How do you not…”
How do you not doomscroll without turning a blind eye to the injustices happening around the world.
Is the “how do you not” construction awkward/unnatural in a colloquial context?
Also, does the ...
