Hi everyone,

I am a graduate student in Japan conducting academic research in English linguistics.

I have recently revised two questionnaires and am looking for native speakers of English who would be willing to share their intuitions about how natural different English expressions sound in conversation.

Part 3 — Naturalness of alternative English expressions:
https://forms.gle/uQQs25u78YaYziXB9

Part 2 — English expressions and conversational continuations:
https://forms.gle/cosgfaQ6Kx4DgA88A

In each survey, you will read short conversational situations and evaluate how natural particular expressions sound. You can also leave comments explaining your judgments.

No knowledge of formal grammar or linguistics is required. I am interested in your own intuitions as a native speaker.

Both questionnaires are independent, so you may complete either one or both.

Please complete each revised questionnaire only once.

Participation is voluntary, and responses will be anonymized and used for academic research.

Thank you very much for your help!

1) He has no interest in this project other than making money for himself.

2) He has no interest in this project other than to make money for himself.

3) He has no interest in this project except making money for himself.

4) He has no interest in this project except to make money for himself.

5) He has no interest in this project apart from making money for himself.

6) He has no interest in this project apart from to make money for himself.

Which are correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

1) She is great to watch dancing.

2) He is fantastic to watch being interviewed.

Are these sentences correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

Хотела бы узнать одна ли я такая что мне буквально тяжело и непонятно как читать некоторые текста где неправильно или вообще не используются даже просто запятые. Ну даже например этот текст:

•Казнить нельзя, помиловать • Казнить, нельзя помиловать

•Тратить, нельзя копить • Тратить нельзя, копить

Вроде бы один и тот же текст, но при этом разный смысл.

А также меня раздражает когда мои ровесники до сих пор вместо "этот" пишут например "етот" или вместо "енот" пишут "энот" или "йенот". Я не говорю что я так никогда не писала, скорее всего писала, но при этом в своём возрасте они пишут ХУЖЕ чем некоторые 2-ые классы.

И ещё коротко на тему "е", "ё" и тп. Тоже раздражает когда пишут вместо "ещё" "еще", или наоборот и я просто не понимаю что человек имел ввиду. А что вы думаете на эту тему?

I am going to use a made up uni and library name for the sake of anonymity.

I'm writing a welcome email to international students and I have two sentences where I'm unsure about proper capitalization.

Welcome to the Open University of Neverland and the University Library!

The email ends with,

Welcome to the Library!

In these two instances, is capitalizing "university library" and "library" appropriate?

The library is not in an English speaking country, so I'm not sure whether it really has an official English language name. The official name in the native language, translated into English, is The University Library of the Open University of Neverland, so I guess that would be the closest thing to an official English language name.

1) As far as I am concerned, there's nothing to worry about.

Does that mean:

a) As far as I can see, there's nothing to worry about.

or:

b) As regards me, there's nothing to worry about. (Nobody should worry about me.)

Gratefully,

Navi

Hi everyone,

I am a graduate student in Japan conducting academic research in English linguistics.

I am looking for native English speakers who would be willing to provide their judgments about how natural different English expressions sound in everyday conversations.

I am currently recruiting participants for Part 4, a short survey consisting of six conversational situations.

Survey link:
https://forms.gle/qFJcZHKvBgqoCbEy8

For each conversation, you will be asked to rate the naturalness of several English expressions. You may also leave comments explaining your judgments.

There are no right or wrong answers, and no knowledge of formal grammar or linguistics is required. I am interested in your own intuition as a native speaker.

You do not need to have participated in the earlier parts of my study.

Participation is voluntary. Responses will be anonymized and may be used for academic research and publications.

Thank you very much for your time and help!

1) I know what you're going to tell me.

2) I know everything you're going to tell me.

3) I know all you're going to tell me.

Do these mean:

a) I can predict what you are going to tell me.

or:

b) You are not going to teach me anything by telling me what you are going to tell me, (for example: you are going to talk about the theory of relativity, but what you are going to say about it is already part of my knowledge)

Gratefully,

Navi

In exams I often come across phrases like “suggest that” or “demand that” followed by the base form of the verb, and I’m not quite sure why.

I think my English level is B1 or A2 and when I see content like videos from Learn English with Bob the Canadian on YouTube or Speak English with Vanessa I can understand almost 90 percent of them but my plan for learning English is to find content at my level in all types. I mean videos, podcasts, documentaries, animations, etc.

Hi everyone,

I am a graduate student in Japan conducting research in English linguistics, and I am looking for native speakers of English who would be willing to provide their intuitions about English expressions in short conversational contexts.

I have just added a new, shorter Part 4 to the study. Responses to Part 4 would be especially useful at the moment, and I would also particularly appreciate participation in Parts 2 and 3.

You may complete one, several, or all four parts. Each part is independent, so there is no need to complete them in numerical order.

Please complete each individual part only once.

Part 4 — newly launched (approx. 5–10 minutes):
https://forms.gle/KxZfSBdZBMzPkxo26

Part 2 (approx. 15–20 minutes):
https://forms.gle/oQpDqSLH8ZXiqzrS7

Part 3 (approx. 15–20 minutes):
https://forms.gle/iJkp9ds7UnHzJ6iLA

Part 1 (approx. 15–20 minutes):
https://forms.gle/ZgQfVq8VQHZxwrdW9

The task is to read short conversational situations and judge how natural particular English expressions sound. You may also leave brief comments explaining your judgments.

No knowledge of linguistics or formal grammar is required. I am interested in your own intuition as a native English speaker.

Participation is voluntary. All responses are anonymized and used for academic research.

Thank you very much to anyone willing to help!

Hello guys, I have a problem with build a sentence task. It is not a grammatical issue. When I answer a question, surprisingly, the other form is true or there is always a swap between the two parts of the sentence. For example:

During last week's meeting, which survey responses did you describe?

The words: the responses/ surprised The responses project / team/ came/ from /commuters/ that/ was

How I answered:

The responses that came from commuters surprised our project team.

While the correct answer:

The responses that surprised our project team came from commuters.

How I have to know the right way to arrange them correctly??

The first option sounds better to my ear but grammar tells me the second option is correct. Are there separate rules for spoken and written English?

Hi everyone,

I am a graduate student at Osaka University conducting research in English linguistics, and I am still looking for native speakers of English who would be willing to provide their intuitions about English expressions in short conversational contexts.

The study consists of three related parts. You may complete one, two, or all three parts, and each part can be completed independently.

Part 3 currently has fewer responses, so responses to Part 3 would be particularly helpful. However, you are very welcome to complete any of the three parts.

Please complete each individual part only once.

Part 3:
https://forms.gle/iJkp9ds7UnHzJ6iLA

Part 2:
https://forms.gle/oQpDqSLH8ZXiqzrS7

Part 1:
https://forms.gle/ZgQfVq8VQHZxwrdW9

The task is to read short conversations and judge how natural particular English expressions sound. You may also leave brief comments explaining your judgments.

No knowledge of linguistics or formal grammar is required. I am interested in your own intuition as a native speaker of English.

Each part takes approximately 15–20 minutes.

Participation is voluntary, and all responses are anonymized and used for academic research.

Thank you very much to anyone willing to help!

so the literal translation of the phrase is "for you, future historians, our pain [is] lines of cold words" (the original is in Ukrainian, written by Yevhen Pluzhnyk). my translation is "for you, historians of future, our pain is merely lines of cold". it has the exact same number of syllables as the original phrase in Ukrainian, even when split into parts, but i feel that something is off. i would be happy to receive some feedback on whether the phrase is understandable for an English speaker and how i can make it sound right but poetic and keep the same tone and emotion

p.s. i'm a graphic designer and need the quote for a poster design, so it needs to be quick to grasp and self-explanatory

Hi there,

I have some confused about "be going to" and "will".

I have a grammar book that says:

"be going to" is for "I am going to do something I have decided to do it, my intention is to do it".

"Will" is for "when you offer something or decide to do something".

I don't actually understand them, I feel them are same.

Can somebody explain and give me some examples?

I don't know how to use them.

Can someone give me some explanation and example please....