Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Speaker"

A: these are the lyrics. What part of the song was he at?

Hello, how are you?
Have you been alright
Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights?
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything
If you'd pick up that telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, how're you feelin'?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realise the things we did, we did, were all for real?
Not a dream
I just can't believe they've all faded out of view
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I look into the sky
(The love you need ain't gonna see you through)
And I wonder why
(The little things you planned ain't coming true)
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time
I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time
I'm living in twilight
Okay, so no one's answering
Well, can't you just let it ring a little longer, longer, longer
Oh,…

A: It means Douglas hit the person hard with his right hand

A: I ---sit there and chill. I'm probably gonna bring my truck down this way and get her/er.

I couldn't understand the first couple of words. Get-er is common in his accent for "get it" whatever it is he intends to retrieve with the truck.

A: Yeah she's still out. Come on man, come on! Get up there and get that motherfucker. Right in the head! Get that motherfucker again in the head!

A: Right here, bro. Just come right here, I'm right (can't understand) in front of it.

A: I wouldn’t say “done did” is incorrect. There is a stereotype that it sounds uneducated, but it’s a common way to speak in certain regional variations of English. For those variations (like parts of southeastern US) it’s perfectly fine, if informal.

As a non native speaker you should probably stick to the more standard construction though (eg I cooked dinner instead of I done cooked dinner, I drove all the way instead of I done drove). The standard will be understood everywhere. It may sound strange to native speakers if a non native speaker uses done did, and other non native speakers will probably find it harder to understand.

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A: @vastiruiz, flabbergast as a verb is not used very much. Im not sure how one would "flabbergast someone" -know what I mean? Maybe it is just me, but I wouldn't know how to put it in a sentence

A: ain't is slang for won't
i ain't going to talk to them
means i won't talk to them

A: Both are used when a speaker doesn't want to write out a whole list. Etcetera is most often shortened to etc.

She has taken many science classes, including biology, chemistry, ecology, physics, etc.


You need to clean the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, and so forth.

A: どういたしまして。（A hi-fi might have a record deck, a Minidisc recorder, a Cassette recorder, a CD player/recorder, a reel-to-reel tape recorder, などなど、、、）

A: No difference in meaning. However, in sentences like these - ones involving relative clauses - we use "who" for people and "which" for things, so "who" is correct in this situation. Note that you can use "that" for both people and things (as well as for pretty much any other relative clause).

✅I got my CD signed by the singer who performed at the festival.
❌I got my CD signed by the singer which performed at the festival.
✅I got my CD signed by the singer that performed at the festival.

✅This is the coat which belongs to my father.
❌This is the coat who belongs to my father.
✅This is the coat that belongs to my father.

Hope this makes it a little easier to understand!

A: Are you an English speaker is the full one used by people fluent in english it's the correct grammar version, on the other hand are you English speaker is mostly used by those who don't know english so the proper one is most definently "Are you an English Speaker"

A: He is a good speaker of English ( correct )
He is good speakers ( plural/ or used when the topic is two or more ) of English ( wrong )

A: A boombox is a portable combination of two loudspeakers and a radio and cassette player

A: KID: “Mom, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?”

MOM: “You’re just in time for supper, dear.”

A: GIRL 1: “You’re kidding, and why is the door so small? “

GIRL 2: “We made a deal. Zip it.”

A: Will you stop pestering me if I do this for you?

A: erm “i’m okay with anything” is a good response but you could also say, “anything’s fine with me” or “you can choose, whatever is fine...” (i still feel bad haha...)

A: I know it's an emergency and we'll do everything we can. We can fit you in on the first of March. Maybe you could talk to the doctor and he...

A: to answer my questions about English - maybe "to answer my questions about this language" because you use the word English 3x in the sentence.

but I'm not currently learning these two languages to focus on improving my English skills.
but I'm not currently studying these two languages in order to focus on improving my English skills.
but I'm not currently learning these two languages. I want to focus on improving my English skills instead.

A: I tend to drop T sounds at the end of words. That's quite common, but not necessarily something every accent does. So there's likely some variance depending on the speaker's accent and speed.

A: "What's the time?"
"What time is it?"
"Do you have the time?" (To strangers)

A: It's kind of formal. I only ever see it used in news articles or professional writing. But if someone used it casually, I wouldn't think it was weird. It's just uncommon.

A: It’s correct, but you can also say “How did you become so fluent in English?”