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Ive decided to lock the previous topic as it was getting abit too big and spammy by some people.....

Anyways, this topic is to help people with the use of the English language, be it meanings of words, grammar, spellings etc etc

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Posts saying "Yes, I can help" are pointless and add nothing to the topic and will be deleted.

The previous topic can be found at
http://www.thewrestlinggame.com/public/phpbb3/can-you-teach-me-english-t14555.html
and is now locked.

Thank you and have fun

Also "stickied" this thread as it proved VERY helpful and popular last time....

Hi, I just have to make it short for this one [since this is 20 minutes pass my bedtime]
I just want to know an idiom

the one that describe someone who keep changing team
when team A is strong then he goes with team A
when team B is strong then he leaves team A and goes[go? or goes? this is also a question, I keep getting confuse about this since before "and" it is "leaves" so I think after "and" it has to be the same which is "goes"] with team B

In Thai, we call it "two-headed bird" and somehow my friend dic's said "double eagle" which I did not find anything like that on internet at all.... So what really is it?

Now I got one more question as well [despite the first 2 questions still remain unanswered XD]

What is a badass? [Google did not help much on this one, that is why I ask it here, perhaps I could get more simple explanation][and the reason I want to know from the start is that because I just listen to old Undertaker theme on YT]

Bad ass when referencing to a person would just be another term for a tough guy, someone you don't want to mess with. Some thing can be "bad ass" also and that would just mean it's "cool".

Question 1: A guy like that could be called an "opportunist". He will always side with the stronger faction in order to remain on top.

Question 2. You´re right about that. "Goes" would be the right way of saying it. In germany our teachers always said "he, she, it, das "s" muss mit." That means if you use one of the these 3 pronouns: he/she/it, you always add an "s" to the verb. There are 2 major exceptions:

a) if the verb ends with a vowel. In that case you add an "es" to the verb.
b) if the word ends with an "s" or "sh" sound, in which case you also add an "es" to the verb.

For example:

we, they -> go, run, do, catch, miss
he/she/it goes -> goes, runs, does, catches, misses

I hope my explanation isn´t too complicated.
If you have further questions you can either send a PM, or post here.

Thank you for the badass [I got that now]

About the first 2 questions....[still not not what I want but your answer is okay]
What I need for the first one is "Idiom" [I think I state that in the first question...]
For the second one, the problem is that there is "and" between both words

team B is strong then he leaves team A and goes

Leaves is okay but for "go" [What should it really be again now since there is the word "leaves" which got "s" after it already]

The "and" in the second question doesn't matter. What matters is the subject (he) and the verb (to go). It would be "he goes"--so "he leaves Team A and goes to Team B".

please , i have a problem with the , a , an . i don´t know where i can put the and where a/an ... can anyone help me ?

If the word following a/an starts with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) you use "an"

In all other cases you use "a"

however, in some rare cases 'an' can be used for other words that do not start with a vowel.

for example, 'a hour' or 'an hour' are both grammatically correct. It is usually just what ever sounds better to the individual (personally I prefer 'an' in that example but this will vary between any and all english speakers) Although, to avoid creating a lot of confusion it would probably be better to stick with using 'an' for vowels otherwise the english language can get very confusing.

Long time no see
This time I got somewhat a little off topic [not that off topic from English]

I have been watching many American series and of course there is no sub [No ENG sub,No Thai sub]
I manage to understand most of the stories though but there is still something that my ears can't catch up and I wonder that anyone got any website or any keyword to search for the website that got something like a script of what the characters say?

The other way I have right now is to use subtitle+VLC option which I still don't get how it work = ="

[See? Not that off-topic, still about ENG ;P]


Perhaps some question about american's joke which I don't understand

IT section talk to someone who don't know who are trying to use computer

Hello, IT? Yah-hah? Have you tried forcing an expected reboot? You see the driver hooks the function by patching the system call table, so it's not safe to unload it unless another thread's about to jump in there and do its stuff, and you don't want to end up in the middle of invalid memory

I don't get it at all about what was that mean [not a single clue] So can someone help me out here?

Woo-Hoo,the BBG (Jakob) & HCB et al (incl Google) school of English is back in operation

And Cyber had to make sure we earn our keep with this one!!



An idiom can be summed up as a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words.

however, it has several meanings;
1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on. - otherwise known as "sayings" eg...
"There's no I in Team" - means the whole (team) is greater than the individual (i).
"Open Secret" - something which is meant to be secret but is commonly known (open).

2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language. - which means that EVERY language has their own, hence the difficulty in understanding them in other languages.
3. Regional speech or dialect. - different areas of a country will speak differently. Its the same language but words may take on different meanings.
4. A specialized vocabulary used by a group of people; jargon: legal idiom. - words/language used by a specific set of people.



Can't remember the exact word/term for someone that does this but some relevant idioms could be "jump ship" (to leave one side when it looks like a bad option), "the grass is always greener" (in your example - a member of Team A thinks Team B seems the better prospect, so switches sides).
In relation to the "two-headed bird" part, it could be similar to our "two-faced" idea - in that someone says something to one person, then a contradictory thing to another (ie, I could PM you saying your the greatest FB Champ ever, then PM someone else saying your build is terrible). Am assuming the dictionary gave a literal translation though as I'm not sure of "double-eagle".



Lastly.... its just playing on the idea of using a lot of IT jargon (idiom!! rule 4 above!) to someone that has no ideas about computers and so will therefore not understand a word they are saying.

Hope this helps, anyone feel free to add. Trust, feel free to ask for clarification...

BBG/Jakob

One reply=I got about 95% of what I ask here XD very thank you BBG [about that idiom, I think two-faced might be it

the other 5% is the thing about website thing which I guess that kind of website doesn't even exist but I just try my luck in case someone ever seen one before

Guess that it for now, I won't be here for a week or so since I already upgrade 600 Hrs status of S1 and 300 Hrs status of S3

See ya guy later then
From your good old big T

in english language there are 3 past tenses. past tense with did or second form, past tense with have and past tense with had.
when i have to use each of them i searched on the internet and i didn't find nothing. can anyone explain me?