Learn English Language (Bored of Advice and advise)

[halsey02]

Gen. Douglas McArthur _ "I shall return"

Quote:Little trival...
I'll be back...was actually first made famous by darth vader in star wars.
Arnold brought it to greater heights. Unquote by Narong W

Ha! ha! ha! too much Star wars, and too little history, might as well says "I shall be back ( return) by Terminator"??

 

[halsey02]

Nein, it's only native with gals from Venus:p

How about from nano-nano? nyet!?

 

[erection2015]

ja ja mein herr. Sieg Heil :o

Nein, it's only native with gals from Venus:p

 

[yinyang]

So what went wrong along the way?

got A1 for my GP and distinction for my S-paper Lit back then.....good enough for law school

Pity, did you live life ala Lady Chatterley's Lover instead? More fun than law of contracts, consideration and damages stuff :p

 

[streetsmart73]

What's the difference between a penis & a pianist ?..

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. sounds alike hoh.
3. try this: the former is to be sucked!
4. the latter: the one that sucks!

 

[Townair]

This is curious English. Fat chance means very low chance and slim chance also means very low chance.

 

[AhGuan]

One more:

I could care less versus I couldn't care less. Which should be the correct one ?

 

[yinyang]

I could care less versus I couldn't care less. Which should be the correct one ?

You wouldn't be wrong with the latter (can't be bothered). Former is some american bastardisation, and there is more than a shade of difference (be bothered less)

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g09.html

Which is correct: I could care less or I couldn't care less?

The expression I could not care less originally meant 'it would be impossible for me to care less than I do because I do not care at all'. It was originally a British saying and came to the US in the 1950s. It is senseless to transform it into the now-common I could care less. If you could care less, that means you care at least a little. The original is quite sarcastic and the other form is clearly nonsense. The inverted form I could care less was coined in the US and is found only here, recorded in print by 1966. The question is, something caused the negative to vanish even while the original form of the expression was still very much in vogue and available for comparison - so what was it? There are other American English expressions that have a similar sarcastic inversion of an apparent sense, such as Tell me about it!, which usually means 'Don't tell me about it, because I know all about it already'. The Yiddish I should be so lucky!, in which the real sense is often 'I have no hope of being so lucky', has a similar stress pattern with the same sarcastic inversion of meaning as does I could care less.

Try careless (totally different)

Fat chance means very low chance and slim chance also means very low chance

The former is an idiom, close to a slang. Like fat hope (little or no hope). Sarcasm, if you like. Latter is a more direct meaning.

Endless.. many other varied (and confusing) examples

 

[chonburifc]

Another variation,

.....don't give/care a hoot.

 

[jw5]

One more:

I could care less versus I couldn't care less. Which should be the correct one ?

Just say "I don't care."

Or as some Taiwanese would say "Wo bu care."

 

[AhGuan]

Just say "I don't care."

Or as some Taiwanese would say "Wo bu care."

I usually will say "Kanina, I don't give a fuck !" ........

 

[Cruxx]

I usually will say "Kanina, I don't give a fuck !" ........

Is it kanina or kinana?

 

[chonburifc]

'possibly' and 'probably' and 'likely' can be use interchangeably?

 

[chonburifc]

Pronunciation of 'either',

1. 'I-ther' or
2. 'E-ther'

Google translate is 2. Right?

 

[Fishypie]

'possibly' and 'probably' and 'likely' can be use interchangeably?

That probabLy depends on the structure of the fuLL sentence, which is LikeLy possibLe.

 

[AhGuan]

'possibly' and 'probably' and 'likely' can be use interchangeably?

Possibly - the availability of the different outcomes.

Probably and likely - the chances of the outcomes materialising.

Thus, probably and likely are interchangeable, but not with possibly.

Tio bo ?

 

[chonburifc]

I usually will say "Kanina, I don't give a fuck !" ........

Another version is "i don't give a damn!"

 

[Boliao]

I shall, We shall.
You will, he will, she will.
Can use I will or we will to emphasize their will.

'Shall' implies probability while 'Will' implies absolute. When you say 'you shall', it means you are likely to but may not. When you say 'you will', it means you are definitely going to.


I shall fuck you.. I change mind but I will kick your ass.

 

[chonburifc]

'Shall' implies probability while 'Will' implies absolute. When you say 'you shall', it means you are likely to but may not. When you say 'you will', it means you are definitely going to.


I shall fuck you.. I change mind but I will kick your ass.

Ummm. A little confuse. Can use 'shall' with 'you'?

 

[Townair]

'possibly' and 'probably' and 'likely' can be use interchangeably?

In school I was taught to use "unlikely" for between 1 to 33% chance, "possibily" for 34 to 65% and "probably" for 66 to 99%.

"Certainly" is of course 100%.