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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 Dave hi
Dave some people use lol on the internet
what does it mean yeah lol can mean
laugh out loud or lots of laughs I've
heard both but either way we use this
expression to quickly explain we thought
something was funny lol next question
comes from poeple um oh hi Bubble Bobble
says hey Alicia please tell us about the
difference between two not and not - as
in I want to not and I want not - for
example uh yeah
so with B's there's not really a
difference between these like I want not
to and I want to not do something both
of these are casual ways of explaining a
negative in speech the correct sentence
would be I don't want to do something
something but like native speakers
sometimes like to kind of play with
grammar a little bit that's one reason
they might use this pattern either of
these patterns really also sometimes we
start a sentence and we make it positive
like I want to and then we realize part
of the way into the sentence
oh wait I want to express something
negative so we change it to two not or
not - so I want not to blah blah blah or
I want to not Baba blah both are okay
but just keep in mind that we use that I
want not to or I want to not WAPA blah
in casual situations we don't generally
use these in formal situations instead
we use I don't want to blah blah blah I
want to not get in trouble I want not to
get in trouble the correct sentence here
would be I don't want to get in trouble
but you'll hear native speakers do this
for a number of reasons so there's not
really a difference between these two
but you will hear both of those used by
native speakers I hope that helps thanks
for the question next question comes
from sorry Kara Gil are I am so sorry
hi Alicia can I use though instead of
nevertheless it looks as if
their meanings are the same thank you
this is a great question though and
nevertheless yes while they do have
similar meanings sometimes they have
different grammatical functions so
nevertheless means in spite of the thing
that was said before or despite the
prior thing nevertheless is used only as
an adverb though however can be used as
an advert yes but it can also be used as
a conjunction though can also mean
nevertheless or in spite of however it
also sometimes just has the meaning of
but though I almost ran out of time I
finished the test with a perfect score
he told me he would call it eight though
it's 8:15 and I haven't heard from him I
almost ran out of time nevertheless I
finished the test with a perfect score
her proposal was rejected nevertheless
she continued with her research hope
that that helps answer your question
though
thanks for the question awesome one next
question comes from Marcus Cordia hi
Marcos Marcos says Alicia help it helps
Leisha help the words weather and
weather have the same pronunciation and
does weather have the same sense of if
could you use it in some examples please
reply yes yes you're correct thanks
Marcos weather as in like clouds
sunlight rain snow wind weather and
weather whe th ER they have the same
pronunciation yes and the WH form does
contain the meaning of if as in whether
or not something so native speakers will
often say whether or not but we can
reduce this to if some examples he
hasn't decided whether or not he's
coming to dinner I don't know whether or
not I'm going to travel this summer do
you know whether or not your parents are
at home in each of these sentences we
could change whether or not to if I hope
that that answers your question Marcos
Thanks
next question comes from cassava kiss
have a hi again cassava says what's the
difference between bored with and bored
by great question there's no difference
actually bored with and bored by all so
we use bored of bored of so these
all used in the same way to explain
something that causes us to feel bored
I'm so bored by this lesson I'm so bored
with this textbook I'm so bored of you
so we can use all of these in the same
way you might find that some people have
personal preferences for which one they
choose to use but we use them all in the
same way
nice question though next question comes
from Paul hi Paul let me ask a question
or let me ask a question which is the
correct sentence both of these are
actually correct Lennie is the reduced
form of let me so we use this in more
casual situations let me ask a question
is fine too it just sounds more formal
and when we reduce the sounds actually
it sounds a little more natural so let
me ask you a question let me ask you a
question that's fine to use in speech in
writing however le mm II looks very
casual so we typically don't use that in
formal writing but both of them are
actually correct okay so those are all
the questions that I want to answer for
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