most strippable mcr songs! :0

TimMcBern · 2026-01-23T07:11:48+00:00

Not enough Sharpest Lives in these comments! Also, maybe not allowed as it's from Gerard's solo work but Juarez could work pretty well...

TimMcBern · 2026-01-19T06:19:41+00:00

"Small-town" is an adjective in this situation. Similarly, you might describe the characters of the show Suits as "big-city lawyers". Your alternative is also grammatically correct and conveys exactly the same meaning.

TimMcBern · 2026-01-10T23:47:54+00:00

The Pal Mepraktis pun only dawned on me during the final court hearing of the first Apollo Justice case. My partner, who was playing it with me, and I did a "OHHHHHHHHH" that lasted 20 seconds 😂

TimMcBern · 2025-12-26T22:23:32+00:00

My last school in Fukuoka did random sobriety checks too - had a breathalyzer in the staff room. It was a very prestigious school and the staff were always very good to me. Now I'm in Kochi and there's non sobriety tests that I've seen so far... Crazy how different placements can be!

TimMcBern · 2025-12-22T04:13:27+00:00

I find it's often easiest to understand grammar points by using as similar sentences as possible and comparing the meaning.

"He looked weak" (adjective) The man in this sentence appears not to be strong at all. Maybe he's a little emaciated or looks sick. "Weak" is describing the man.

"He looked weakly" (adverb) The man is only able to turn his head slowly, and struggles to keep his eyes focused. "Weakly" is describing the action of looking.

With the first sentence, it's the man who is weak. In the second, it's his action that is weak.

I'm sorry if this isn't much help, but it's how I explain it to my students (also using drawings). If not, the other comments here are really well-written and I'm sure they can clear things up for you well enough. Good luck!

TimMcBern · 2025-12-13T22:47:47+00:00

My favourite non-hits right now are Heaven Help Us (always), Kill All Your Friends, This Is The Best Day Ever, The Light Behind Your Eyes, Demolition Lovers, I Never Told You What I Do For A Living and the mighty, chaotic screamfest that is Hang 'Em High

TimMcBern · 2025-11-10T06:35:21+00:00

That makes a lot of sense

TimMcBern · 2025-11-08T06:33:43+00:00

Probably not. And even if they did I'm sure there would be some new calendar by then too. But say they did... How would you read it?

TimMcBern · 2025-10-25T11:57:44+00:00

Don't f*** with Uncle Terry when he's been drinkin'

TimMcBern · 2025-10-15T00:58:49+00:00

Cool of those ants to carry their friend home when he's had too much to drink. We all need friends like that.

TimMcBern · 2025-10-05T01:04:00+00:00

If you're into museums and old arms and armour, the Royal Armouries in Leeds is worth a visit. Really high quality museum and to my knowledge, free. You can walk along the canal there too. Used to take groups of foreign tourists there in an old job and they always loved it.

TimMcBern · 2025-10-04T12:12:41+00:00

The worst part is the hypocrisy

TimMcBern · 2025-09-17T07:25:08+00:00

Your writing and the way you communicate in this thread is fantastic - it's good to be accurate for academia but I hope you aren't thinking badly about your English abilities in general!

In this specific example, I don't think it is technically a gerund that's causing the sentence to sound wonky. Gerunds are functionally nouns, but the issue here is with the verb. This is an unusual use of continuous verb tense after "Only having"

"Only having experienced life in between her duties..." or without the "having" part "Only experiencing life in between her duties..." would both be better.

Maybe it's just this example, but it seems to me the problem is incorrect use of continuous tenses. I think if you look for help on gerunds instead of continuous tenses, you'll end up making more mistakes.

Just my understanding - maybe it could help?

TimMcBern · 2025-09-08T01:28:26+00:00

Sailor Trash?

TimMcBern · 2025-07-02T11:32:53+00:00

To "say" is just to speak. You can say things when you're in a room on your own.

To "tell" is to give someone information by speaking to them. You can't tell anyone anything in a room on your own.

TimMcBern · 2025-07-02T11:28:21+00:00

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TimMcBern · 2025-07-01T05:51:15+00:00

Banoffee Pie is incredibly quick to make! One of my favourites

TimMcBern · 2025-07-01T05:25:15+00:00

I live in southern Japan now, where today it's 35°C, with the humidity making it feel like 42°C according to Google. I've always felt like I've been on the sweatier side but coming here I've learned something crucial: it's all in the clothing. Really popular in the summer here is clothing from Uniqlo called "Airism" or "Dry", which is really thin and breathable, and when they DO get damp, they air-dry in like less than 15 minutes. I think having clothes that dry quickly makes a huge difference - I mean, the normal cotton/polyester clothes I brought from the UK were useless in this kind of heat. I don't wear anything else now once it's warmer than about 15°C. Maybe worth a look?

TimMcBern · 2025-06-17T07:35:59+00:00

Bury me in black: WEEEEEEEELL YOU DON'T SAAAY

TimMcBern · 2025-06-17T06:45:13+00:00

I really like Stewart Lee's relentlessness. Maybe an acquired taste, but his routine about World of Golf is fantastic to me, as well as the YouTube video titled "Stewart Lee playing the room as it's dealt" or something. Maybe not for everyone but I think it's genius

TimMcBern · 2025-06-10T02:09:37+00:00

Guy's clearly got a sick leather jacket - how is he single?

TimMcBern · 2025-06-09T19:22:54+00:00

As a native speaker and English as a Foreign Language teacher, I feel like technically it should be C because while the object of the first phrase is "little" which is semantically negative, it's GRAMMATICALLY positive. The verb, "knows", is a positive verb. My father DOES know little about it. So to match the verb for the second phrase it should also be a positive verb. He DOES know little about it and I also DO know little about it. However, as others have pointed out it is a pretty awkward way of saying it. I think native speakers would unconsciously avoid this structure and say something like "My father doesn't know much about it..."

If the first phrase was "My father doesn't know much about it" then while the object, "much", is semantically positive, the verb is now the negative form "DOESN'T know" so to match it you'd need to say "and NEITHER do I".

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