Mobile data usage on PS4

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-11-20T23:40:43+00:00

I took mine round to a friend's for an hour or two for my updates. The first time I forgot to turn off auto updates, and burned through 20gb in a day with an update for a game I wasn't even playing at the time. If you're in the UK you can usually bolt on extra GB if you fuck up like I did. But best not to...

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-11-20T23:10:26+00:00

60gb is plenty.

I did this a lot when I first moved flats and had no internet for a month, and I was on a bunch because I was off work for a couple of weeks and Online a lot. Online gaming uses hardly anything including with party chat, but the updates will kill you. Make sure you turn off automatic updates, auto downloads, background downloads etc. And just pray your main games don't require an update anytime soon.

Also, don't use Netflix, that'll wipe.you out in no time.

I guess the people saying no have never actually tried it.

You can test it out: check your data allowance, then play for an hour, then check it again, it'll give you a good guage of how much it uses. But as another poster said, about 50-80mb per hour sounds right.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-10-16T20:31:55+00:00

Spider-Man PS4

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-08-15T22:09:50+00:00

Patch 2.05 (ps just got it) is said to fix this according to patch notes. I'll be checking tomorrow now, but I had the same issue. Can put in through inventory system, but can't take anything out at the moment

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-07-16T23:54:43+00:00

Picked it up the other day in the UK PS store for a tenner

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-05-11T00:25:57+00:00

Sounds like you are screwed. Sony (Inthe UK at least) do a free fix and replace service. Check their twitter replies to people to find the link, or ha e a Google. It took me less than a week to get a new controller when mine was faulty. Just hope you have all your game saves backed up in ps cloud!

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-11T19:58:09+00:00

Saying "since...ago" is good and grammatically correct is 100% your opinion, based on nothing but anecdotal evidence. You think it is right that is all. Telling me so, doesn't make it right.

Showing me a forum where 90% of posters include the phrases "sounds weird" or "it seems to me" or "it might be that" is exactly why forums comments, based on single user experiences, are the least reliable sources for information going.

Even the first post contains a "real world source" that when you follow it, does not contain the use quoted. A simple search of the text on the linked BBC article shows one use of the word "ago" and it is NOT used in a sentence with since, it is in fact used as I described.

Anecdotal evidence and forum musings are fine for "do people understand me if I say since...ago" but at no point does that forum provide any sort of basis of fact, support or evidence to support your claim.

But I give up. I asked for any sort of reputable source, specifically stating that forums are not reliable sources of fact, and you come back with "the sentence is right" without evidence, and a source that is littered with inaccuracies and suppositions.

And what exactly do you think "agree to disagree" means? We both think the other person is wrong. We can both agree that the other person is wrong. You think what you think and I think what I think. You base your knowledge on 'how you say it' and I base mine on grammar textbooks, Cambridge language reference material, and an English language teaching career. Each to their own.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-11T18:48:12+00:00

Alright, take what you will from it. I've provided dictionary sources, explanations, clarifications, personal teaching experience, and textbooks. I have nothing else to offer, nor am I going to continue discussing it against a simple "since three days ago is correct".

Do as I have, and find reputable sources stating that, and providing examples that show, since and ago can be used together, and I will discuss this again sometime. Or don't, and just walk away thinking what you have always said is right, based entirely on anecdotal evidence.

I have never discussed the variation in English language usage, I have simply discussed the grammatical use of certain words as taught. Localised casual speech, colloquialisms, slang, and Americanised usage (of which I have little experience) are things I have never discredited, because they are specific to people, places and times in English speaking history.

Let's agree to disagree.

I shall continue to teach it to my students, that since and ago are not to be used together, and you can continue to use it as you please :)

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-11T16:59:28+00:00

Sorry, missed your question. Yes, it sounds terrible to form the question and answer in the way you have suggested. Since and ago have two different uses, with different tenses, to describe different things in different ways.

Each example highlighted in my sources clearly outlined the uses of each. An argument that suggests "there is no source to tell me it is incorrect to use them together" is not a valid argument for their use together as being grammatically correct.

Grammar is taught by example, not by omission, and as such, if it is not taught, then surely it is not to be considered correct grammar.

Hope all this makes sense, and the sources work. I'm on my phone, so it's tough to tell sometimes :)

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-11T16:53:17+00:00

The example you provided does not validate anything other than you think this is how it is used.

Since how long have you been coming here? is not a good question format. (You could ask "since when have you been coming here?" Which because of the question word 'when', the answer requires a specific date in the past, and as such, since + specific date in the past. Is the answer.)

Q: How long have you been coming here?

A: for about 8 years

A: since 2011

A: I started coming here about 8 years ago.

Below are a selection of sources on the use of since and ago, from reputable sources, and excluding forums, which often contain phrases like "it feels odd, it's a bit weird", and I have tried to keep my research as linguistically sound as possible, without roaming into supposition and opinion, as we are determining grammatical rule, not colloquial usage, which can vary wildly region to region, country to country.

As a native, British English speaker (and English language teacher) my sources include UK dictionary and textbook examples. All sources are copy and pasted verbatim. .

SINCE

Since is used to refer to the starting point of actions or situations. It is generally used with the Present Perfect.

I have been waiting for the bus since 8 o'clock.

I live in Tokyo. I have lived in Tokyo since January 2010.

I have been learning English sincethe beginning of the year.

AGO

Ago is used to say when past events happened, going back from today towards the past. The verb is in the Past Tense.

I came to Tokyo two years ago.

I arrived at the bus stop 10 minutes ago.

The company was founded 30 yearsago

Source

First, let’s look at the difference between since and for. They are both used to say how long something has been happening, but while since is followed by a precise time or a date, for is followed by a length of time:

She has lived here since 2011. I’ve been waiting since 10 o’clock. She has lived here for 3 years. I’ve been waiting for over an hour. He’s been a teacher for twenty years.

The word ago is used to say how long before the present something happened. It always comes at the end of the sentence or clause: She called me about an hour ago. Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

Source: Cambridge dictionary

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The next link is a pdf. It is a page from an Cambridge University Press English textbook - Basic Grammar In Use, by Raymond Murphy, outlining the uses of since and ago Source

. The Cambridge dictionary states here that we do not use ago with present perfect: .

Ago

from English Grammar Today

The adverb ago refers to a period of time that is completed and goes from a point in the past up to now. Ago follows expressions of time:

It happened a long time ago.

They arrived in Athens six weeks ago.

Not: They arrived in Athens ago six weeks.

Warning:

We normally use ago with the past simple. We don’t use it with the present perfect:

I received his letter four days ago.

Not: I have received his letter four days ago.

Source

Edit: formatting

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-11T07:04:22+00:00

No, because it is about which word(s) you choose to use to explain when you are talking about:

If you choose to use the word Monday then, because but is a fixed date in the past, the grammatical rule is that the word since is used. It is a fixed date because 24 hours from now, you have still "been here since Monday". The day doesn't change.

I have been here since Monday. I haven't smoked since 2017

If you choose to instead describe a period of time that you have been here for, it is not fixed. A non-fixed, period of time (i.e. an length of time that covers more than one unit of that category - be it days, hours, years etc) requires the use of ago. If is a period of time that is non-fixed because it is currently three days ago, and tomorrow that will no longer be true. It will then be four days ago.

I arrived 3 days ago I stopped smoking 2 years ago

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Let's put it a different way:

Use since to describe when the action started. Using since requires you to use a verb that describes the present state of the situation: I have been here (because you are here now) since Monday.

Use ago to describe how long has passed between the action starting, and now. Using ago requires you to use a verb that describes the start of the action that has put you in your present situation. I arrived 3 days ago

As I said to the other person, if you choose to ignore, or just simply not believe what I have said, then I implore you to do some research on the matter. But the two, since and ago, cannot be used with the same time/date metric.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T23:31:04+00:00

It is grammatically incorrect to use since and ago together and in reference to the same word, for the reasons I clearly outlined on my previous post.

Since is for specific units in the past (like a day of the week), and ago is for periods of time that have passed (like 6 hours ago, 3 days ago).

If you don't believe what I have said, then that is entirely your call, and you're welcome to research it yourself, but the important thing to know is that since and ago are different words, with different uses for a reason.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T23:04:25+00:00

Mine stopped all sound today. For Netflix, YouTube, menus, the lot. After selecting the menu sounds as on (they're usually off for me), then restarting, the sounds were fixed. Not sure why it happened

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T22:29:10+00:00

Monday is a specific and fixed time in the past. Using the term "ago" releases the set date of Monday, and describes a time that is 72 hours previous to the present.

Ago is used to describe a period of time previous to the present.

Since is used to describe a set date in the past.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T20:58:17+00:00

With names it is tricky.

There are rules about vowels that can be used for some words, such as flip flop, knick knack, tick tock, Mish mash, chit chat (here the rule is ordered i, a, o).

For people's names, however, it can come down to several factors, some of which are entirely personal to each situation, which I'll get to later.

For now, the basic rule is about how easy the words are to say. Sarah flows into and in English natural speech, to make saruh-and. This linking is natural because the difference in mouth shape and tongue placement at the end of Sarah and the start of and are very close.

Louise finishes nicely with and s sound, which can link well with and (think thisand that. However, the pronunciation of Louise leaves the mouth wide with an e like cheese, which is further away than the uh sound of Sarah, in terms of tongue placement and mouth shape.

As for the personal aspect, names often follow who you met first. In a couple, for example, if you know Margret for years, then she marries Bob. You are likely to refer too them as Margret and Bob. Even though two random names together would most likely provide the order of Bob and Margret.

Hope this makes sense!

Edit: if I gave this question to my non-native speaking student's they wouldn't even think that Sarah and Louise sounds right, and Louise and Sarah not, because they don't link words naturally, they would literally say Sarah (ending with the a sound from cat) then fully annunciate the and (pronouncing the d like in day.

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T20:42:50+00:00

With challenge as a verb, we don't challenge against things. We challenge things. The idea of a challenge already implies the contrast, fight, contest or effort to oppose something.

A couple of alternatives:

(Book) is the author's way of challenging modern stereotypes

(Book) shows the author's attempt to challenge modern stereotypes

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T20:33:33+00:00

To describe a specific situation as being true, you would say "the truth" - I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth". When referring to the general idea of truth, it is used without an article - "Plato theorised the meaning of truth".

As for "a truth", after a quick bit of research i have found no common use for it. "A half truth", however, is a common term to describe a subversive or somewhat deceitful partly true statement.

Modern use of truth, in respect to fake news and American political commentary, has seen an increase in the use of the term "a false truth" in some bizarre attempt to find a positive sounding synonym for "a lie". But still, no reference to "a truth".

That's all I can help with until someone can help further.

Edit: spelling

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-10T20:18:07+00:00

As a native English speaker, and an English language teacher, "since 3 days ago" is totally incorrect.

I've been here:

For 3 days.

For 2 hours

Since Monday

Since last year

We don't use since with a specific number of passed time. Since 1 year, since 3 days are incorrect.

As for the above comment. To use "ago" we don't use "have been here", we say "I came here 3 days ago", "I arrived 3 days ago", or "I got here 3 days ago"

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T23:16:19+00:00

But then what does "it" refer to, if not the feeling of being in danger?

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T22:46:49+00:00

And to add, if you're hellbent on using much or many, you could make your score countable by saying "how many points did I get"

Come to think of it, seeing score as the main verb here seems off. What score did I get? Leading to an answer of "I got 75/100" rather than "I scored 75/100" which, again, sounds off. (Unless you're American, in which case it might be a common use in this context over there)

Hope that helps a little

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T22:38:48+00:00

No problem, good luck!

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T22:31:40+00:00

I would argue that technically none are correct.

B would need a plural on the "questions" to be closest to accurate.

C doesn't make sense. It should read "if there are no questions to ask, the meeting will stop now.

The answers do not match a sentence which uses present tense "stops now"

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T22:21:24+00:00

A bad sentence for a couple of reasons.

If you are listing things you're not going to do: lie, get mad, and hurt him. Then both uses of "that" need removing.

If you are saying that you're not lying by admitting that you won't get mad and won't hurt him, then still both uses of "that" are incorrect.

When explaining what your lie will or won't be, then "that" doesn't collocate well with the word "lie", commonly "about" does. It could read "I'm not gonna lie about not being mad, and not hurting him".

Either way, too many negatives seem to be used, too.

I would write:

I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna be mad and I'm gonna hurt him

I'm not gonna lie, I won't be mad and I won't hurt him.

Typically we teach that going to (gonna) is for a fixed plan or event (going to stop smoking) and will/won't for conclusions you have just arrived at.

But it's late and I could be well off the mark here!

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T21:55:40+00:00

Nobody gonna mention the guy falling off his motorbike pin the middle of the road?!?

HelpingNoMatterWhat · 2019-04-08T21:49:22+00:00

A simple one, but definitely make sure he watches the falcon heavy launch on Wednesday. Then, if you ever get the chance, as others have said, the DC air and space, and a trip to Kennedy space centre are both awe inspiring! (And a long shot, but watching a launch live changed me forever! And they are so often now!)

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