Forum: Teaching ESL 
Aug 3rd, 2019, 08:31 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 23rd, 2019, 04:53 am
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 22nd, 2019, 12:42 am
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Views: 3,143  Re: don't like to
No - if you've never done something, how can you know if you enjoy doing it or not? You're talking here about what you want to do - not about what you enjoy. So you can say :
I've never played...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 30th, 2019, 11:28 am
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 24th, 2019, 10:47 am
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Views: 20,146 Re: go swimming
I think if you look back through the thread you'll find I've said this several times before, but....
1. Either. It depends on what variety of English you speak and the context in which you say it....
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 22nd, 2019, 06:33 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 20,146 Re: go swimming
1. No. Like + Ving = enjoyment only. So I like going every six months because (etc) makes no sense. Look at the reply I wrote on October 5th. it's explained there.
2. I think you mean is it correct...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 21st, 2019, 06:00 am
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Views: 20,146 Re: go swimming
No, no and no. If you don't actually do it, how can you say "I" like... Think about the literal meaning of the words.
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 20th, 2019, 06:49 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 20,146 Re: go swimming
It doesn't matter whether you do it regularly or rarely - the use of the structures is the same. You're saying that when you do it you enjoy it. Frequency is irrelevant.
But if you've never done an...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 19th, 2019, 01:50 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 20,146 Re: go swimming
Yes - look at the first sentence in the post above.
People often use like + Ving and like to+ infinitive interchangeably to express enjoyment. I think like to + inf is slightly more usual in US...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Mar 12th, 2019, 11:01 am
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Views: 1,750 Follow the ELT Notebook on Facebook...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Feb 18th, 2019, 05:49 am
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jan 9th, 2019, 07:01 am
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jan 6th, 2019, 10:26 am
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 6th, 2019, 09:01 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
No - and you've taken my explanation out of context. You were then talking specifically about a suspect, not a wanted criminal. A suspect is an ordinary person without restrictions, and can therefore...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 4th, 2019, 03:13 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
No - it means that they are free within that area (the 5 wings of the jail) and can't be controlled and confined to their cells. The authorities don't know exactly where any one prisoner is within...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 1st, 2019, 03:53 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
No - it's not the suspect who is on the loose/at large, but the criminal.
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 29th, 2018, 05:23 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
In the first - yes. No-one knows who or where the murderer is, but there certainlyisa murderer and s/he is therefore "on the loose"
In the second, no if you are referring to the person suspected....
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 24th, 2018, 07:58 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
I think they're more or less synonymous. Eg here they'd be interchangeable :
1.With a dangerous and convicted murderer ON THE LOOSE and various alleged sightings of her, authorities hoped to quickly...
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Dec 18th, 2018, 10:19 am
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 17th, 2018, 02:21 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
No - because if the police don't have the necessary proof for to arrest a specific person, then there is no reason for the suspect to be "hiding". If I say "the criminal is still at large" it means...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 13th, 2018, 07:25 am
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Views: 2,762 Re: at large
"At large" can be used more generally, for anything dangerous that is still free. For example : Two lions escaped from XXX zoo yesterday. One was recaptured immediately, but the other is still at...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 10th, 2018, 03:18 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
It's the same as I said except that the context suggests that it's the police / other authorities rather than her husband who are trying to take things. They've impounded her car - claiming that her...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 8th, 2018, 04:48 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,635 Re: fair game
1. Fair game
"Game" = animals shot for sport or food. Eg someone who hunts lions and other large predators is known as a "big game hunter". Obviously there are strict regulations for hunting -...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 27th, 2018, 03:54 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,805 Re: leftover
Yes - eg at the end of the meal someone might say: Let me throw the scraps away and put the plates in the dishwasher, and then we'll go out.
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 26th, 2018, 11:33 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,805 Re: leftover
Scraps are also often the bits you don't want to eat but can use for another purpose (as Sidewalker says, perhaps to give to the dog). For example, when I'm cooking chicken for my husband who must...
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