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Something is wrong with that second sentence. That aside, here are the expressions you are trying to disambiguate: _________________ Habit, repeated action: I go to the movies. I don't go to the movies. (present) Note: -ING form after "used to". Never "use", always...

Hello meg2589 and all, I almost exclusively teach Spanish students, with the exception of some American students who are learning Spanish but this is a different story. I can tell you the most common mistakes and difficulties that we, Spanish people, find when studying English. The first problem...

Andrei, NO! Don't say "You hold sway over the company" to your boss! It suggests, hints, or intimates (to me, at least) that maybe he has too much power and influence, or that the company has weakly submitted to or has been intimidated by this influence! To me a typical use of "hold sway"...

"in a long time" and a few similar expressions, e.g., "in a long while", "in a dog's age", "in ages" are restricted to the idea of time in the past extending to the present moment. They are therefore restricted to use with the perfect tenses and used almost exclusively with the present perfect. ...

what's up? Slightly different context. What's the matter? What's the problem? Both assume something is not right. What's up? This is expression is indifferent. You could meet a friend and say, "What's up?" It might be positive or negative. What's new? would be an alternative...

David, I'd be glad if someone corrects my mistakes Except for my excellent colleagues at work, no one corrects me, and I'm eager to learn more. So, please, feel free to do it. You also gave a good definition of 'don't get me wrong'. But the way it's translated into Spanish seems more rude than...

That's pretty colourful jargon. "Hot-button" has been around for awhile. This term describes an issue that is known to make many people immediately give a strong negative reaction. If the GOP campaigns along the lines of "under the Democrats, what you are going to see is a lot of "GAY...

hi suzi I would like to add to your explanation. "yet" is usually used with negative expressions while "still" is used in possitive statement. Am i correct?

You can use Dare with TO. Dare can be used in two ways: 1. as an ordinary verb (followed by the infinitive with TO) In this case it is more common in negative sentences: I didn't dare to tell her what had really happened. My friends dared me to drink the entire glass all at once. 2. as a modal...

I believe that if you want to provoke students to creative thinking you should disrupt the comfortable balance in which their mind is. The art is how to do it without causing negative feelings towards the teacher. Somebody said:’ If you make people believe they think they’ll love you. If you put...