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hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia
the weekly series where you ask me
questions and I answer them maybe first
question comes from Ruben hi Reuben
Reuben says which one of these sentences
is correct
are you mad with me or are you mad at me
ah here we use at when we want to
express anger and we want to use the
word mad we use at the preposition at
like don't be mad at me or are you mad
at me when we use the word angry however
we use with instead we do not use at so
even though these two words express the
same emotion when we use mad we use at
and when we use angry we use with so for
example are you angry with me or don't
be angry with me so you can see that
there are these small differences the
meaning doesn't change but just the
words that we use those small in-between
words in this case the preposition at
and we use with with angry so I hope
that this helps you thanks very much for
the question let's move on to your next
question next question comes from achma
Mirza hai ACMA achma says hi Alicia what
is the difference between but and yet
explain please
well it depends on how the word is being
used in this sentence both but and yet
can have different grammatical functions
so to compare the two let's look at two
ways that these words are used with the
same grammatical function so let's first
look at using these words as a
conjunction remember a conjunction is a
word that's used to connect ideas so
we're putting phrases together with
conjunctions when we're using but and
yet in this way you can use them
interchangeably that means they have the
same meaning so as a conjunction they
function the same I would say that yet
tends to sound a little bit more formal
than but but they do have the same
meaning they mean however so you can use
them as you like if you find that you're
using
the word but too much in your writing
you can swap it out for it yet so some
examples you said you were going home
but you're still here working I tried to
get a loan but the bank rejected my
application our team was defeated in the
semi-finals
yet everyone kept a positive attitude so
as conjunctions they have the same
function let's move along though to
talking about these words used as
adverbs so when we use yet as an adverb
it means like up to now or up until the
present point in time so we use this a
lot in questions like have you finished
your homework yet or have you seen that
movie yet when we're making statements
we can use it as well we have not yet
reviewed the emails from our customers I
have yet to receive a phone call today
when we're using but as an adverb it
means only so this is a key difference
when we're using yet and when we're
using but as adverbs they have very
different meanings and we cannot use
them interchangeably so some examples of
but used as an adverb this is but the
first step in our exciting new project
this cut don't worry it's but a scratch
so this use a but is actually a little
bit formal and can sound a little bit
old-fashioned it's not used so much in
everyday speech we might instead say
something like it's just a scratch or
it's nothing big we might use something
else slightly different in place of but
here but please keep this in mind when
you're choosing between but and yet
so in summary but and yet can be used in
the same way if you're using the words
as conjunctions if you're using them as
adverbs keep in mind that they are very
different so this is a quick
introduction to two of the uses of these
words for more information and for more
example sentences you can take a look at
a dictionary this will give you some of
the more detailed uses especially of the
word but so check that out thanks very
much for the question I hope that this
helps you ok let's move along to your
next question next question this week
comes from Sanju hi Sanju Sanju says hi
Alicia I have a question about similar
or words which start the same for
example simultaneous simultaneously
simulation how do I understand these
kinds of words and how do I use them
nice question so I think that may be the
best way to answer this question is to
give some guidelines for how you can
recognize the different parts of speech
by that I mean like how do you know is
this a noun is it an adverb is it an
adjective is this a verb how do you
identify that also another thing to keep
in mind and the words you've chosen are
great examples is that even though words
sometimes begin with the same set of
letters they don't have the same meaning
so let's take the words that you've
provided and expand on them a little bit
and then let's look at how we can
identify the different parts of speech
as a noun
simulation as an adjective simultaneous
as an adverb simultaneously and as a
verb simulate so you can already hear
the pronunciations are different
especially with simulation and simulate
and simultaneous and simultaneously okay
so with that in mind let's first look at
how we can identify different parts of
speech based on a couple of hints first
there are a couple of spelling hints
that you can think about please keep in
mind this is not a rule this is just a
hint that you can use when you see a
word that ends in ly in this case we
have the word simultaneously it might be
a hint that that word is an adverb there
are many adverbs that end in ly so like
happily thoughtfully unfortunately
hopefully in this case simultaneously
ends in ly please keep in mind though
that not all words that end in ly are
actually adverbs so you need to also
think about the position of the word in
the sentence we can also think of words
that end in things like EE D or tion
similarly so words ending in Edie might
be regular past tense verbs words that
end in tion for example might be nouns
so once you recognize a few common
spelling
patterns that are associated with
certain parts of speech you can start to
identify clearly which words are adverbs
which are adjectives and so on so again
this is not a perfect rule but it can be
a helpful guide if you're not sure so
let's move along to looking at a full
sentence to understand the part of
speech let's begin by looking at our
noun here simulation in an example
sentence let's do a simulation okay so
if we saw this sentence and we wanted to
understand the word simulation how could
we do that there are some hints in the
sentence actually first simulation comes
after the indefinite article ah we know
that when we use an indefinite article
we follow the article with a noun so
that's one hint we also see that the
word simulation is not followed by any
other word so we can guess that it's
probably not an adjective that's
modifying another word we also notice
the positioning of a simulation comes
after the verb do so do what so we're
doing some activity in this case because
we know the verb is due we can guess
that the following word is some kind of
activity and is therefore a noun phrase
so in this case we have several hints
that can guide us to determining is this
a noun is this verb is an adjective so
with all of these hints together we can
see simulation is a noun to go back to
the spelling suggestion of the spelling
guide I mentioned before simulation ends
in that tion that's a common pattern for
it noun endings or it's one that many
nouns have so let's do the same thing
but let's focus on identifying an
adjective now our example sentence have
you ever done simultaneous
interpretation okay so here if we don't
know the word simultaneous and we want
to identify the part of speech how do we
do that
here we see simultaneous comes before
another word interpretation so
interpretation is a noun we see that
tion ending there so that's a great hint
that maybe this is a noun so it's
simultaneous could be an adjective this
is one hint that we can use we also see
that this
Russian simultaneous interpretation
comes after done have you ever done from
grammar practice we know have you ever
done is followed by some activity we
need some activity to follow that phrase
have you ever done this thing before so
that's another pretty good indicator
that there's some noun phrase there but
we know that interpretation is the noun
so maybe simultaneous is modifying that
noun so these are a couple of hints we
can use to determine is this an
adjective is this a noun in this case
it's an adjective so it's modifying
interpretation simultaneous
interpretation it's giving us extra
information about the noun word their
interpretation so this is how we might
identify an adjective let's move on then
to the word simultaneously how might we
identify an adverb in a sentence adverbs
can be a little bit tricky depending on
the adverb because sometimes we can
place adverbs are like the beginning or
the middle or the end of a sentence
let's look at an example sentence with
simultaneously many people in the crowd
were laughing and crying simultaneously
okay so in this example sentence we
already see our spelling hints that we
can use there's the ly ending for this
word we also see that the word comes at
the very end of the sentence this is a
position that adverbs can be placed in
also we see simultaneously comes after
these two actions laughing and crying so
there are actions happening in the
situation and we have this other word at
the end of the sentence that's giving
more information about it so that tells
us that this is probably an adverb it's
giving us more information about the
actions happening in the situation so
these are a few hints that we can use to
identify an adverb finally let's take a
look at identifying a verb we simulated
weather patterns for next week here our
focus word is simulated simulated so
going back to our spelling guide we know
that some words that end in Edie are
simple past tense regular verbs so this
is a pretty good example of one such
case so simulate in press
tense becomes simulated in past tense we
also see the position of this word in
relation to the other words in the
sentence the subject we is followed by
this word simulated and then there's
this noun phrase weather patterns so
something is happening here weather
patterns is a noun and we have a subject
and then there's this place that's just
right for a verb for some action here so
we can guess from these few hints that
simulated is probably a verb from this
situation so again this is just kind of
a rough guide and as you get more
practice and you can identify more
spelling patterns and the ways that
words are commonly positioned this will
become easier but the other point the
other big point that I want to make in
my answer to this question is something
that I mentioned at the beginning of my
answer which is that even though these
words share the same first four letters
they don't have the same meanings so
simultaneous and simultaneously prefer
two things happening at the same time
simulation and simulate refer to making
a model of something and like creating a
model of a thing happening so even
though these words do share spellings at
least at the beginning of the word they
do not share meanings that is something
that will come with study and with
practice so I hope that this helps you
and I hope that this helps you be able
to identify words in a sentence too
thanks very much for sending this
question okay let's move on to your next
question next question comes from
Ricardo Guyardo hi Ricardo Ricardo says
what is the difference between sense and
feel it depends a little bit on how they
are used for this answer let's focus on
using these words as verbs so when we
use the verb feel we use it to talk
about our emotions or our physical
condition
I feel sad today are you feeling okay
you look a little sick that massage felt
so good I feel this is enough example
sentences so let's compare this to the
verb sense we use sense to explain our
opinions or our ideas yes but we do this
with relationship to information we
receive indirectly so when we used feel
we're talking about our emotions our
physical condition when we use sense
it's like we're just making a guess
about something I sensed some tension in
the room she sensed he was angry with
her so in these example sentences in
these example situations rather there's
not necessarily information being
provided directly like maybe there is
some specific way that a person looks at
someone else or there's like a certain
choice of vocabulary words in a meeting
and you don't have direct like clear
information about the situation but
there's a feeling there when we want to
describe that or make a guess about that
we can use the word sense we would not
use the word feel the verb feel to do
that another great example is like the
famous quote from Spider Man like he
says my spider sense is tingling so a
sense in this case it's being used as a
noun but the idea remains the same that
like there's some kind of feeling it's
an indirect sort of thing but you get a
feeling that something is happening
there's some kind of sensation somehow
like in your mind or maybe just in the
air that something is happening so we
use sense to describe that we used feel
more for like physical things or for
like emotions for things that are a
little bit more direct and more clear so
I hope that this helps you understand
the difference between sense and feel if
you want to use sense to talk about
things that aren't clear it's gonna
sound a little weird like I sense you
are sad today
you sound like I don't know like a Jedi
or something it sounds kind of weird if
you can clearly see like oh you look sad
today or are you feeling sad today that
sounds much more natural if you use
sense for things that are pretty obvious
it's going to sound strange so I hope
that this helps you thanks very much for
the question okay let's move on to your
next question next question comes from
Carol Moreno hi Carol Carol says hi
Alicia I don't know how to use in order
to
can you help me yes sir people use in
order to to mean for the purpose of but
when you're using it to make positive
statements it's actually redundant so
redundant means it's extra it's like you
have two things that serve the same
purpose so you don't actually need to
use in order to because the infinitive
form of a verb to plus the verb has the
meaning of in order to do something for
the purpose of doing something so let's
look at some examples in order to arrive
on time we need to leave for the airport
now you need to study every day in order
to learn a new language so in both of
these examples sentences we can remove
in order and the meaning remains like we
don't need to use in order in the
positive you can just include two plus
the verb and you're fine
in the negative however it can be
important to use in order not to or you
can use an order to not there is some
debate about which is the correct way to
use it but in my mind since there's no
communication problem and both forms are
used you can choose but when you're
using this in the negative you should
use in order not to do something because
this can help you avoid some confusion
so let's see some examples in the
negative we should carefully review our
plans in order not to make any mistakes
he should leave early in order not to be
late for class
these are patterns that you can use if
you like personally I don't like the way
that in order not to sounds I would use
something like we should leave now so
we're not late for class or we should
review these so we don't make any
mistakes I would use a pattern like that
I personally don't like the way in order
not to or in order to not I don't like
the way that that sounds so I tend to
avoid that pattern but if you want to
use it you can just remember yes you
need to include in order not to when
you're making a negative statement but
you can drop in order when you're making
positive statements it means for the
purpose of something so I hope that this
helps you thanks very much for sending
this question in okay that is everything
that I have for this week thank you as
always for sending you
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