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Alicia the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them
maybe first question this week comes from nerd on Emma net again nerd on nerd
on says hi Alicia what is the difference between cost and price are they being
used as nouns are they being used as verbs they have some different
grammatical functions that's one generally speaking
both words can be used to refer to the value of something the car's price is
$15,000 the agent priced the car at $15,000 the car costs $15,000 the cost
of the car is $15,000 so all of these example sentences show the value of an
item in this case a car so when you're shopping for something cost and price
will mean something like this usually referring to the value of an item
however if you're talking about something like running a business or
maybe even like in sports or something competitive cost as a noun or as a verb
refers to the time or money or other resources required in order to do
something else some examples the project cost us $5,000 his mistake
cost us three days so these sentences mean that $5,000 was required to do the
project in the second example sentence a mistake required three days to fix so
this use of cost can refer to effort or resources required in order to do
something when you yourself are buying something price and cost generally mean
the same thing we tend to use price more in terms of a noun or we'll use cost
more when we're using it as a verb like this bag costs $10 or the price is $10
to make it even simpler what we tend to say the most is just it's $10 or it's 10
bucks I hope that helps you thanks for the question next question comes from
Tom our van Gogh high tomorrow Mr says hi Alicia thanks for the videos I have
question about the sentence it's a rap when can I use this sentence it's a rap
is used when you conclude something when you finish something this is an
expression that's usually used in movies and in TV when the event or when the job
has finished the person in charge might say it's a rap it's a rap tells everyone
else in the organization or everyone else in the event the job is finished
everything is done you can go home now so you'll use this at the end of an
event or at the end of a job typically hope that helps you thanks for
the question next question comes from mohammed al daily heigen Mohammed
Mohammed says hi Alicia I want to ask about the difference between training
and exercise and can we use them in one sentence together yeah both words can be
used to talk about sports or going to the gym that kind of physical body
related practice training tends to be used when we have a specific goal in
mind there's something we are hoping to achieve examples he's training for a
marathon she started strength training last month
exercise is more general it's like a habit or a hobby maybe we don't have a
specific goal in mind but we do it in order to keep our body in good shape
some examples I try to exercise 3 times a week
he likes to exercise in the morning so to put them together in one sentence for
example I wasn't getting enough exercise so I registered for a 5k run and started
training hope that helps you thanks for the question next question comes from ro
hula hula hula hula says what's the difference between trip and travel yeah
common question very common mistake when you're talking about going to another
place the word trip should be used only as a noun so let's look at some examples
I took a trip to Europe last year I might take an international trip this
autumn travel is generally used as a verb though it can be used as a noun it
refers to going to another place it sounds a little bit more formal than go
examples I traveled to Europe last year I might travel somewhere outside the
country this autumn the trip has a verb form but the word
trip as a verb means to make a mistake while walking so it's like you're
walking along and there's a rock or something here and you make a mistake
like you misstep and maybe fall down that's to trip so when you say for
example I tripped to another city it means this kind of walking was used to
travel to that city it's grammatically correct but totally wrong the meaning is
totally wrong so please use I took a trip or I've traveled to to prevent this
completely if this is confusing for you most native speakers will not use travel
we will actually just use went in the past tense past tense of go I went to
another city I went to this country so if you ever have like doubts about which
word you should use just use went hope that helps you thanks for the question
the next question comes from Yuka hi Yuka Yuka says what is the difference
between that and it for example that's awesome and it's awesome a distance from
the speaker that's awesome tends to be used for something the speaker here's
examples good news from a friend that's awesome an exciting item on a restaurant
menu that's awesome an amazing moment in a sporting match on TV that's awesome
it's awesome tends to be used for something the speaker is familiar with
the speaker knows about that thing and the speaker wants to express his or her
opinion about that examples my job is going well it's awesome
I have a nice new place to live it's awesome I'm visiting a new city and
telling my friends about it it's awesome that tends to be for things outside us
or distant from us it is sort of our expression of our own opinion this is
not a perfect rule but it's a general guideline so I hope that that helps you
thanks very much for the question next question comes from Mohammed hi Mohammed
Mohammed says hi Alicia been watching your videos for a long time thank you
I'm wondering about the difference between sound and seemed like when
someone comes up with a good idea suggestion we say it sounds good or that
seems good when you seem and sound yes I talked about
this in a previous ask Alicia video you can check that video for a few more
examples we use sound for information we get with our ears so something that we
hear from someone else or information general information that we collect with
our ears we use sound or it sounds to talk about that examples an invitation
for dinner sounds good your coworker has a bad cough he doesn't
sound good a vacation to the mountains sounds good we use seams for things that
we cannot quickly confirm or we cannot quickly verify like we use it for
something that has like a nice appearance or maybe there's something
that gives us the impression it is good or bad or whatever adjective but we need
some more information to confirm that we use seams in these cases examples an
interesting job offer hmm seems good you find a low price on an airplane ticket
that seems good you find an error in a document mmm this doesn't seem right
this is just a general guide it's not a perfect rule but I hope that this is
something that can help you make better decisions when it comes time to choose
one of these words so I hope that that helps you thanks very much for the
question alright that's everything that I have for this week thank you as always
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