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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 this week comes from Sachin
hi Sachin Sachin says hi Alicia what
does it mean damn it and nailed it I've
seen this several times in Hollywood
movies
dammit is a curse word that we use when
we make a mistake or when something goes
wrong I deleted the wrong file damn it I
hit my head on a cabinet dammit I forgot
my keys damn it nailed it however it
means that we did something perfectly we
did something really really well it's
kind of a celebratory phrase this is
also a really casual expression I throw
a basketball perfectly through a
basketball hoop nailed it
your coworker does a great job on her
presentation nailed it
your best friend cooks something
perfectly nailed it thanks for the
question next question next question
comes from Ashraf high up do we say who
invented the internet or who discovered
the Internet yeah we would say invented
invented why because generally when we
use the word discovered we're using it
for things that already existed me maybe
we didn't have to create that thing so
this is for like natural thing so like
plants or animals continents for example
things that already existed we can say I
discovered that thing he discovered a
new species she discovered an island
they discovered the cure so then we use
invented on the other hand for things
like machines so something that we had
to create it didn't exist before but
maybe we put it together or we created
something new that's when we use the
word invent look I invented a new
machine Elon Musk wants to invent new
methods of travel she invented an
amazing robot so I hope that helps a
little bit the difference between
discover and invent thanks for the
question next question comes from Marc
by Marc the high leash I have two
important questions let's look at number
one first number one when do I use two
as well also or either what's the
difference okay as well and also sound
formal I would say in American speech we
tend to use also more at the beginning
of a phrase or at the beginning of a
clause and as well might come at the end
of the clause it's not a rule not a rule
just tends to at least in the way that I
use these words to is the one that I use
most commonly in everyday speech either
there are a few different uses of either
so I'm gonna guess it which one you mean
but I'm guessing you mean like me either
or me neither which means not me
also not mean so that's like a negative
so me either and me neither actually
both are used to express also not me
hope that helps okay let's go to your
second question your second question was
when do I use answer at reply or
response what's the difference when
we're sending and receiving
communication really very the same
response tends to sound more formal than
the others answer also implies that
there's a question asked so we can use
answer for example for tests for like
police interrogations for investigations
when a question or an inquiry is given
to someone we can say like give me your
answer please answer me or something
like that in general reply is kind of
the most neutral to kind of maybe most
basic one response is gonna sound a
little bit more formal than reply all
right next question the next question
comes from say hi hi say huh what is a
direct object and an indirect object
okay so an indirect object is the person
receiving the direct object so that
means that you must have a direct object
in your sentence to have an indirect
object you cannot have an indirect
object without a direct object so let's
look at some examples I'll break it down
I sent my dad a picture from the beach
so here the verb is sent so what is the
object that I sent what is the object of
the verb in this case it's a picture so
a picture is my direct object so who is
receiving the picture my dad that means
my dad is the indirect object here so my
verb send the thing that is affected by
the verb is the picture the
person receiving the picture is my dad
therefore my dad is the indirect object
here let's look at one more example
sentence here he cooked a roast chicken
for his girlfriend so here the verb is
cooked past tense cook what's the thing
that got cooked what's the thing that
was affected by the cooking it's chicken
roast chicken to be specific but a
chicken so who is the person who
received the roast chicken his
girlfriend
so chicken is the direct object the
person who received the direct object is
the indirect object in this case his
girlfriend so you need to have a direct
object in order to have an indirect
object I hope that helps thanks for the
question next question comes from Azad
Oh Meyer hi Azad Azad says which one is
correct why are you not talking with me
or why are you not talking with me
actually we would say why aren't you
talking to me why aren't you talking to
me we use the contracted form there I
know it seems strange why are not you
talking to me this is apparently I did a
little bit of research into it and it's
kind of an older pattern of speaking but
we'll actually use this contracted form
we don't use why are not you speaking to
me we use what aren't you why aren't you
doing this what aren't you doing that
why aren't you sleeping
why aren't you working why aren't you
helping her so I would recommend why
aren't you blah blah blah to ask this
question to your friend next question
next question comes from Jack Jack says
what does grammatically mean does it
mean sentence structure or sentence
meaning thanks grammatically relates to
sentence structure so if something is
grammatical it means it follows the
rules of a language if something is not
grammatical it means it does not follow
the rules of a language in terms of
sentence structure so we can actually
have effective communication in
sentences that are not grammatically
correct meaning the sentence may not
follow the rules of the language but we
can still communicate effectively hope
that helped you can check a dictionary
for more information great so those are
all the questions that I want to answer
for this week's episode thank you very
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