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a question for native English speakers.

two phrases

1."This word is usually used as a way of saying goodbye "

2."Here this word is used as a way of saying goodbye "

are both "used" the same?

the first one means that people usually use that word

the second one also means that people use it here as...?

or it means that it has been used in this sentence as...

describing a current result/state

Like in sentence the door is closed

ok it's a question about the present passive voice fpr native English speakers.

as I previously understood if I say "they usually use it" and "it's usually used" there is no difference between them(except the focus changes) , they both mean a process, not a current state.

what about some other phrases? for example

I'm not allowed to come here. is this a current state? or a process?

is there any difference if I say I'm not allowed to come here and they don't allow me to come here?

both means the process? or only when I say they dont allow it means a process? and if I say Im not allowed it's my current state not a process of someone not allowing me to come.

the same question for phrases like

it's called an orange

is it really the same as

they call it an orange???

or

he is not mentioned in the book

they don't mention him in the book

maybe it depends on the context whther it's a process or a state?

for instance

I'm told that he will arrive in five minutes

I'm usually told that I'm pretty

the first one is a current state of knowledge (somone told me so now I know)

the second is a repeated process

correct me if I'm wrong here

let's even go back to the verb "to use"

what if I say these to phrases

it's usually used as...

and

here it's used as...

maybe even here it changes just like withe the verb told?

the first one is a repeated process

the second one is the current state of using something

I can keep making new examples, the main question is how to understand when it's a state and when it's a process?

and those examples, what are they? processes or states?

hope u could help me

a question for native English speakers. how do you perceive got , have got and have? ehat is the difference between them? to make an example what's the difference between these phrases-

hey , look what I got

hey, look what I've got

hey, look what I have

is there any difference? maybe got implies that you have it cuz you took it somewhere? and have means just have ? nothing more?

or maybe got means obtained here?

what do you think?

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a question for native English speakers

what is the time of " you got yourself a deal" it's more like you obtained a deal or you have a deal?

The Present or the near past? You have an agreement or you know obtained/acquired an agreement or Like "we have agreed"

a question for native English speakers (just to understand your perception) what does in the first place actually mean?

dictionaries say that it means from/at the beginning,

so it just points at the start of something? if it so, can I say smth like this - " I didn't like it in the first place, but then I started liking it" ?

what is the difference between from the beginning and in the first place?

I didn't wanna go there in the first place

I didn't wanna go there from the beginning

Does "in the first place" just point to the main point? Or it points to the time when smth started? Or both at the same time? Or it changes depending on the context?

a question for native English speaker. what is the difference between That's cool and this is cool?

a question for native English speakers

in sentences like “Ideas are accepted only if they are wrapped in humor,” how do native speakers perceive the present passive (“are accepted”, “are wrapped”)? Does it feel like a current state/result like in the door is closed

or

like a habitual/general continuous actions. like dinner is prepared every day in this house

A question for native English speakers.

what is the difference between I picked it up from the floor and I picked it up off the floor?

is there a difference? is it subte? if there is the difference what is it?

a question for natives, so I could understand your perception of these words/phrases. what is the difference between these meditative phrases?

I like meditating

I like to meditate

I like meditation

and these

I hate meditating

I hate to meditate

I hate meditation

and

meditating is healthy

meditation is healthy

What is the meaning of each sentense? What is the difference between them?

I have a lot of questions about how English words are perceived. I’m looking for a native speaker who has spoken both English and Russian since birth — it’s important that neither language was learned later.

If that’s you and you can help, please let me know.

a question for English native speakers

"you are nothing but a liar"

how do you perceive "but" here? more as "except", "only" or " just"?

which one is the closest to that "but"?

which one feels the closest to the meaning and feeling of but? " except" " just" or "only"?

how do native English speakers perceive this?

If I say : it had to be done every day. It means there had to be a finished action every day or it just means that somone had to do it everyday like an ongoing action not a completed one

the same question for the phrase:

pizza is cooked every day (by the chef)

it's like a completed action that happens every day like : look! the pizza is cooked. Pizza is in its finished cooked state every day or it just a continues/ongoing action that is happening every day, not something completed

just like in the phrase : the chef cooks pizza every day

I have a question for native English speakers.

there is a moment in tv show called invincible, where a character (oliver) says the phrase " I wasn't there for my other mom, so I'm gonna say this mom"

what does there literally mean here?

Is that "there" existential? like in the sentence " there is an apple on the table" (first there doesn't point to anu location it just means - present /exists. only on the table tell us where it is present)

or that " there" literally means in that situation, in that location? like in the sentence "look over there"

that was the first question

the second question is " would the meaning of "there" change if I add a location"?

for example

my mom died in that city, I wasn't there for my mom, so I'm gonna save this mom.

if I mentioned the location where it happened, now "there" literally means that location/ city?

or it literally means present/exists anyway? just from the context we can tell where but it remains existential anyway.

so the question is whether the "there" in both sentences is existential or it mean that location

let's take these two sentences. "Everyone loves cookies " and "cookies are loved by everyone"

doea the sentence "cookies are loved by everyone" describe the state of the cookies? (they have love of everyone) or it describes the actions that cookies do, ( even if it sounds crazy).

I mean when I say everyone loves cookies it mean that everyone does action of loving the cookies , it's an active action of everyone, but when I say cookies are loved by everyone, it doesn't express

the action of the cookies now?? it describes the state of the cookies?

I mean it is so, then changing the sentence from active to passive voice or from passive voice to active not only changes the emphasis who does the action, but it changes from active action to a state

so

everyone loves cookies and cookies are loved by everyone

dont describe the same actions in the same time

the first one is the action in general present and the second is the current state , not the action from cookies right??

The same goes for the sentences "the chef cooks the pizza everyday" and " the pizza is cooked everyday by the chef"

The first one mean the action of the chef, the second one is the state of the pizza everyday (not the action that is done everyday through pizza)

The final questions to summarize.

1.Are the sentences "everyone loves cookies" and "cookies are lived by everyone" absolutely the same , only that changes is who does the action. Or it changes frok action to state

2. Does the sentence: cookies are loved by everyone, have a feeling of completion? Or it's more like an ongoing state? (Or action?)

Hope it makes sense

please correct me if it's not like that or tell me how do you perceive it if you are a native English speaker.

Ciao raga, la domanda solo per madrelingua italiani.

dove si trova la vostra lingua quando voi pronunciate queste lettere? s z ??

sopratutto dove voi mettete la vostra punta della lingua?

per esempi quando pronunciate "sì" dove si trova la punta della lingua? Sui denti o sugli alveoli (la gengiva appena sopra i denti superiori)?

o quando dicete "cosa" dove la vostra punta di lingua nella lettera s? che pronuncia come z

la stessa domanda per le lettere n t d l

le parole per esempio"

nuovo

te

duomo

lingua

Question mostly for native English speakers

what does which refer to in the phrase : " I read a book , which was very interesting.

does which refer to reading the book? the process of reading that specific book or it refers to the book itself , the book was interesting?

I read a book, which was interesting. What was interesting? The book itself? Or reading that specific book? What do you mean by which

And another question. Of I say: I read a book and I liked it. What does "it" refer to? The book itself? Or the process of reading that specific book? Or it's ambiguous, could be both