Jan 9, 2024 · When you refer to something the listener has, which question is appropriate? What is it? What is that? (What's that?) In my mother tongue, Japanese, we use sore (literally …

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In Indonesian there are the terms: di sini — meaning "here", suggesting the object your are referring to is closer and visible. di sana — meaning "there", suggesting the object you are …

May 10, 2016 · Clearly not interchangeable! I see a very good difference in mentioning That is what and This is what. The passage clearly mentions two instances. In first paragraph it …

Jul 7, 2011 · I recently heard an American presenter using the phrase "discover what it is that is important to you." What is the linguistic difference between saying "what it is that is," rather …

Aug 21, 2020 · The semantic of what you consider to be the proper way to express this idea is actually awful, I have to say. The verb "to suppose" is used with subjects that can only be …

That "trick" of using a colon before camouflage is misleading. Generally speaking, in written forms, that refers to something previously mentioned. For example... "The zebra has stripes …

I've been listening this expression from movies and it seems that native speakers used to say "What's that mean" when they want to ask about the meaning of something. Is this expression …

That employee is often referred to as a subject-matter expert (SME), or generally, a pinpoint specialist or expert. They possess unique knowledge or experience in a given topic or task …

The thing is that it is not grounded. If you're asking about a sentence somebody just said, it may be too late to call attention to it because the addressee is still parsing to see whether you're …