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0:08Welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series
where you ask me questions and I answer them,
0:14First question this week comes from Sajun.
0:17Sajun says, “Hi Alisha.
0:18What does it mean ‘damn it’ and ‘nailed
it?’
0:21I've seen this several times in Hollywood
movies.”
0:23“Damn it” is a curse word that we use
when we make a mistake or when something goes
0:29“I deleted the wrong file?
0:31“I hit my head on a cabinet.
0:35“Nailed it,” however, it means that we
did something perfectly.
0:38We did something really, really well.
0:40It's kind of a celebratory phrase.
0:42This is also a really casual expression.
0:44“I throw a basketball perfectly through
a basketball hoop.
0:48“Your coworker does a great job on her presentation.
0:52“Your best friend cooks something perfectly.
0:55Thanks for the question.
0:57Next question comes from Ashraf.
0:59“Do we say ‘who invented the internet’
or ‘who discovered the internet?’”
1:04Yeah, we would say “invented.”
1:08Because generally, when we use the word “discovered,”
we're using it for things that already existed.
1:14Meaning, maybe we didn't have to create that
thing.
1:17So, this is for like natural things.
1:19So, like plants or animals, continents, for
example.
1:24Things that already existed.
1:26We can say, “I discovered that thing.”
1:28“He discovered a new species,” “She
discovered an island,” “They discovered
1:34So, then, we use “invented,” on the other
hand, for things like machines.
1:37So, something that we had to create.
1:39It didn't exist before but maybe we put it
together or we created something new, that's
1:45when we use the word, “invent.”
1:46“Look, I invented a new machine.”
1:48“Elon Musk wants to invent new methods of
travel.”
1:51“She invented an amazing robot.”
1:53So, I hope that helps a little bit, the difference
between “discover” and “invent.”
1:57Thanks for the question.
1:58Next question comes from Mark.
2:02I have two important questions.”
2:03Let's look at number one first.
2:05“Number one, when do I use ‘too,’ ‘as
well,’ ‘also’ or ‘either?’
2:08What's the difference?”
2:09Okay, “as well” and “also” sound more
formal.
2:14I would say, in American speech, we tend to
use “also” more at the beginning of a
2:19phrase or at the beginning of a clause and
“as well’ might come at the end of the
2:25It's not a rule, not a rule, just tends to,
at least in the way that I use these words.
2:30“Too” is the one that I use most commonly
in everyday speech.
2:34“Either,” there are a few different uses
of “either” so I'm going to guess it which
2:38But, I'm guessing you mean like, “me either”
or “me neither,” which means not me also,
2:43not me, so that's like a negative.
2:45So, “me either” and “me neither,”
actually, both are used to express also not
2:53Okay, let's go to your second question.
2:54Your second question was, “When do I use
‘answer,’ ‘reply’ or ‘response?’
2:59What's the difference?”
3:00When we're sending and receiving communication
really, they are the same.
3:05“Response” tends to sound more formal
than the others.
3:08“Answer” also implies that there's a question
asked.
3:11So, we can use “answer,” for example,
for tests, for police interrogations, for
3:18When a question or an inquiry is given to
someone, we could say, “Give me your answer,”
3:23or, “Please answer me,” or something like
that.
3:26In general, “reply” is kind of the most
neutral, the kind of maybe most basic one.
3:32“Response” is going to sound a little
bit more formal than “reply.”
3:36Alright, next question.
3:37Next question comes from Seha.
3:40“What is a ‘direct object’ and an ‘indirect
object?’”
3:44So, an indirect object is the person receiving
the direct object.
3:49So, that means that you must have a direct
object in your sentence to have an indirect
3:56You cannot have an indirect object without
a direct object.
3:59So, let's look at some examples.
4:02“I set my dad a picture from the beach.”
4:04So, here, the verb is “sent.”
4:06So, what is the object that I sent?
4:09What is the object of the verb?
4:11In this case, it's a picture.
4:12So, “a picture” is my direct object.
4:14So, who is receiving the picture?
4:17That means “my dad” is the indirect object
here.
4:20So, my verb, “sent,” the thing that is
affected by the verb is “the picture.”
4:25The person receiving the picture is my dad,
therefore, “my dad” is the indirect object
4:30Let's look at one more example sentence here.
4:32“He cooked a roast chicken for his girlfriend.”
4:34So, here the verb is “cooked,” past tense,
“cook.”
4:38What's the thing that got cooked?
4:40What's the thing that was affected by the
cooking?
4:42It's “chicken,” “roast chicken,” to
be specific, but “a chicken.”
4:45So, who is the person who received the roast
chicken?
4:49So, “chicken” is the direct object.
4:53The person who received the direct object
is the indirect object, in this case, his
4:58So, you need to have a direct object in order
to have an indirect object.
5:03Thanks for the question.
5:04Next question comes from Azad O’ Myer, Hi,
Azad.
5:07Azad says, “Which one is correct?
5:08‘Why are you not talking with me?’ or,
“Why are you not talking with me?’”
5:12Actually, we would say, “Why aren't you
talking to me?”
5:16We use the contracted form there.
5:18I know it seems strange, “Why are not you
talking to me?”
5:24This is, apparently, I did a little bit of
research into it and it's kind of an older
5:28But, we'll actually use this contracted form.
5:31We don't use, “Why are not you speaking
to me?”
5:34We use, “Why aren't you?”
5:35“Why aren't you doing this?”
5:36“Why aren't you doing that?”
5:37“Why aren't you sleeping?”
5:38“Why aren't you working?”
5:39“Why aren't you helping her?”
5:41So, I would recommend, “Why aren't you blah,
blah, blah?” to ask this question to your
5:47Next question comes from Jack.
5:48Jack says, “What does ‘grammatically’
mean?
5:50Does it mean sentence structure or sentence
meaning?
5:54“Grammatically” relates to sentence structure.
5:56So, if something is “grammatical,” it
means it follows the rules of a language.
6:02If something is “not grammatical,” it
means it does not follow the rules of a language
6:07in terms of sentence structure.
6:09So, we can actually have effective communication
in sentences that are not grammatically correct.
6:15Meaning, the sentence may not follow the rules
of the language but we can still communicate
6:22You can check a dictionary for more information.
6:24So, those are all the questions that I want
to answer for this week's episode.
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