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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 first question this week comes
from Isaac Isaac Isaac Alexander lilyc
says hi Alicia what's the difference
between everybody and everyone yeah
please see episode 23 of this series
where I talked about this very question
this exact same question I will try to
make sure a link is in the description
where you can find this video but if
there's not then you can find this video
on the channel just a quick search you
should be able to find this video so
please check that video for the answer
okay let's go to the next question next
question comes from mr. Haim IFTA hi
again if des hommes if just says what is
the difference between sometimes and
sometime and how do I use them yeah okay
let's start with sometimes sometimes is
an adverb it's an adverb that we use to
indicate frequency of a behavior that
means how often you do a behavior
sometimes is one level of frequency of a
behavior examples I sometimes eat junk
food for lunch she sometimes goes
jogging in the morning they sometimes
take camping trips so sometimes is also
an adverb but we use it to talk about
unspecified points in time that means a
point in time that's were not specific
about we're not clearly saying when were
just being kind of open about it
examples we should get together sometime
they finish the project sometime in the
last month he said he wants to introduce
his girlfriend to us sometime so I hope
that you can see that sometime nois is
an adverb but it's used to talk about an
unspecific point sometimes however is
used to indicate frequency of an action
hope that helps you all right next
question let's go to the next question
next question is from cards that can
Karthikeyan G sorry Karthik an says
what's the difference between check and
check out and speak and speak out if
you're talking about verbs check can
mean confirm or like look at something
carefully examples can you check these
documents I have to check my house for
damage
they checked our passports check out
them means to leave a location and
complete a transaction so we use
checkout for example at hotels or when
you're shopping I'm checking out of my
hotel in the morning you finished
shopping and checked out there is
however a second meaning of checkout
which is to look carefully at someone
you find physically attractive so that
means you're looking at the way they're
dressed their skin their hair their eyes
the way they speak the way they walk
whatever so to check out is to look at
someone carefully because you find them
physically attractive examples I think
that girl just checked you out he
checked her out across the room
so that's check and check out but let's
move on to speak and speak out speak is
used just to mean like to verbally give
information it sounds more formal we use
it in the same way we use talk actually
there's a video on the channel about the
word speak but we use it to mean like
sharing information verbally we also use
that for like announcements or for
speeches as well like you spoke so well
at the conference yesterday or do you
speak to the clients every week the
expressions speak out however refers to
raising your voice usually or sharing
your voice usually in response or in
opposition to something that you
disagree with so like many people speak
out against gun violence or some people
spoke out against this new policy so
that means you're sharing your voice or
like contributing your opinion against
something it can also mean sharing your
voice about an experience you had that's
maybe difficult to talk about like she
spoke out about her experiences for
example or he spoke out about the time
that he was robbed we've never heard
that before I would say it's most
commonly used to talk about something
you oppose to oppose something so
sharing your voice in opposition to
something that helps next question the
next question is from Monica Monica says
what does I hope you step on a lego mean
I hope you stepped on a lego is a very
casual and kind of like childish funny
way of saying I hope a small misfortune
happens to this person so a lego if you
don't know is a small children's toy
it's a block we can put them together to
make building
to make cities to make things so a Lego
is very small and they're kind of
infamous infamous means famous for a bad
reason infamous for being very very
painful to step on they're a small
plastic block and if you have carpet in
your house they can easily hide in the
carpet and you don't see them and if you
step on the corner it's really painful
for just a moment so when you say I hope
you step on a Lego it means I hope that
some small misfortune happens to you
like you don't want anything serious to
happen to the other person but maybe
something they did something that
irritates you or you feel really upset
about something they did and so you hope
they have a small misfortune as well in
the same way you had a small misfortune
too
so nothing serious but just I hope you
step on a Lego so it's actually quite
common you see it a lot on the Internet
okay next question next question is from
Alexander hi Alicia what does you are me
you are can mean your why oh you are or
your y ou you apostrophe r e it just
depends on the sentence depends on the
situation depends on which one
grammatically fits the sentence examples
you're not my friend does this answer
your question you'll see this on the
Internet
don't use this in formal business
writing don't use this in work emails
it's only used among close friends and
maybe online so hope that helps thanks
for the question next question the next
question comes from Niraj Nisha hi what
is the difference between apologize
sorry and pardon yeah okay first
apologize is a verb which means to say
you are sorry for something apologizes a
verb please apologize I want you to
apologize don't apologize for that sorry
is an adjective that expresses sadness
or regret I'm sorry don't be sorry
he doesn't seem very sorry pardon is a
verb it sounds like excuse me or forgive
me it's more formal than sorry pardon me
please pardon his behavior so I hope
that helps a little bit you can always
check a dictionary for the specific
different meanings of each of these
words so those are all the questions
that I want to answer this week thank
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