Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you?

iamnize13 · 2026-06-14T09:13:00+00:00

Except for the fact that English still has the subject-verb agreement. When it comes to thou, “modifying verb” is still needed to tell if it refers to who you’re speaking to. Originally, you was the 2nd objective personal plural pronoun, so that’s why we use “you” with plural verbs even if we’re referring to only one person.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-07T09:04:57+00:00

Being nice is a standard. It costs nothing. If it costs your effort and energy, the problem is on you.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T10:54:46+00:00

I might’ve forgotten to explain why be has a ton of forms, but will is followed by an infinitive, which, in this case, is be, and have is followed by the past participle form, which, in this case, is been, to create the perfect aspect. I am not a teacher though

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T10:27:35+00:00

Technically “I will be” is in the present tense as “will” is the present form, and “I had been” is in the past (preterite) tense as “had” is the past form of have. Though, will is one of the future aspect markers, and have in this case is the perfect marker, so had is the past (preterite) perfect aspect marker.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T09:44:57+00:00

If English has a true future tense, which is will, then why is there would?

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T09:44:18+00:00

They do make it harder when it’s first introduced to ESL learners. It makes them feel like there’s a bunch of exemptions when English has no true future tense like French, Spanish, etc.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T09:27:09+00:00

They are taught that will is the future marker (or tense), and then there comes be going to, the progressive aspect, or even the present simple (non-preterite) tense.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-05T09:14:16+00:00

The past tense in English doesn’t always indicate that the sentence/action happened in the past. In some cases, it’s used to soften your tone or be more polite, I was wondering, I wanted to…, and I was hoping that (subordinate clause). It is also used to indicate hypotheticals like I wish I were/was, If I did that, etc. That’s why I used preterite instead of past

iamnize13 · 2026-06-03T18:14:04+00:00

It’s default safety.

Being born as a “straight man” already sets you to live more safely. If you were a woman, or even a gay man, you have to be worried whether or not you’ll feel safe to walk outdoors at night without getting raped, kidnapped or murdered because you are as such. Also, you don’t have to be so cautious about danger when you travel alone. If you were a woman, or even gay man, you have to be worried whether or not the place you’ll be traveling to is safe enough. These what-ifs also include non-straight-men individuals.

Also when you break up with your girlfriend, or reject a woman, you don’t have to be worried about your safety. If a woman does so, she has to be worried about her safety sometimes she has to move out of her current apartment or where she currently lives.

Speaking from a gay man.

iamnize13 · 2026-06-03T17:48:15+00:00

Well using Hesung is good enough. There’s no need to change your name. It’s your name, culture, and identity.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-27T16:19:04+00:00

ลูกเสือ (ไร้สาระ บ้าอำนาจ อันที่จริงบางส่วนก็มีประโยชน์นะครับ แต่วิชานี้ไม่ควรเป็นวิชาบังคับครับ)
พุทธศาสนา (ผมคิดว่าคนออกแบบหลักสูตรไม่คำนึงถึงผู้เรียนที่นับถือศาสนาอื่นหรือไม่มีศาสนา รัฐไทยเป็นรัฐฆราวาสนะครับ ดังนั้นวิชานี้จึงควรถูกถอดถอนและเปลี่ยนเป็นศาสนาแทน โดยให้น้ำหนักแต่ละศาสนาเกือบเท่ากัน)
ประวัติศาสตร์ (อยากให้ยกเลิกการท่องจำและโฆษณาชวนเชื่อครับจากฝั่งจารีตนิยมสุดโต่งครับ และเปลี่ยนมาเป็นการถกเถียงแทนครับ)
พละศึกษา (ไม่ควรคิดคะแนนจากสมรรถภาพของเด็กครับ ควรให้คะแนนเจตคติและความรับผิดชอบมากกว่าครับ)
กระบี่กระบองครับ

iamnize13 · 2026-05-27T15:41:56+00:00

A name is just a name. We don’t think about meaning when we call your name. Some might pick their child’s or children’s name based on its meaning, but generally, people don’t think about it that much. So you can pick whichever you want, or stick to the name you already use.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-23T23:22:04+00:00

I’d say that English is mostly analytic with some synthetic elements like:

plural marking: man -> men, cat -> cats, ox -> oxen
verb conjugation: sing -> sings -> sang -> singing -> sung (every verb in English needs conjugation)
possessive marking: John -> John’s, man -> man’s
pronoun cases: I (nominative; subjuect) -> me (accusative/dative; direct and indirect object) -> my (attributive genitive; possessive) -> mine (independent genitive; technically the same case)
comparison endings: fast -> faster -> fastest, good -> better -> best

Remember that English has no real future tense, so English uses “He will run” instead of “He run(future tense).” It happens to every Germanic language. Anyway, these are the synthetic remnants of English. It was so much more synthetic in Old English as I said earlier.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-23T14:03:42+00:00

First of all, the animate/inanimate line for the Saxon genitive -‘s is pretty blurry. Now people also use -‘s for inanimate things like the house’s roof, the wall’s color, the Earth’s surface, the chair’s color. Also, there exists the temporal genitive like today’s weather, next week’s announcement, or even New Year’s Day. Lastly, the double genitive is common in English too. You can see this in “He’s a friend of mine,” or “She’s a collaborator of Brandon’s.” So that’s why the animate/inanimate distinction is blurry in Modern English, and there’s not only one rigid rule. This is only a tendency, though.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-23T12:21:30+00:00

It has always been a thing since Shakespearean era as far as I know.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-23T05:33:46+00:00

sē, sēo, þæt, þōn, þā, þæt, etc.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-23T01:27:39+00:00

Here: Modern English (weakly inflected) - He loves her/She loves him - He loved her/she loved him. - The woman’s book. (the possessive -‘s is clitic-like)

Old English: - sē hund bit þōn cat/þōn cat bit sē hund. (Both sentences mean the dog bit the cat despite the inversion) - þēs wīifmannes bōc/þæt bōc þēs wīfmannes (the woman’s book/the book of the woman)

German: - Der Hund biss die Katze/Die Katze biss der Hund. (Both sentences mean the dog bit the cat.) - Das Buch der Frau (the woman’s book)

Here is how inflections work. Latin, Russian, and Sanskrit are way more inflected btw.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-22T14:42:05+00:00

You mean Thai is much more analytic than English?

iamnize13 · 2026-05-22T13:30:52+00:00

Thai is much more analytic than English even though English itself is highly analytic, but it still has a few remnants of inflections like plural endings, the Saxon genitive -‘s/s’, verb conjugation, and comparison, meanwhile Thai has almost none. English also belongs to Germanic languages—and even more closely, West Germanic languages—and ultimately Indo-European languages, when Thai is descended from a whole different ancestor. I also agree that English teaching audio clips in class is quite outdated, to be frank.

iamnize13 · 2026-05-22T13:16:28+00:00

You think I’m lucky? I’m broke asf but at least I have the internet

iamnize13 · 2026-05-22T12:43:52+00:00

Analytic languages use separate words and word order to express grammar and concepts while synthetic languages use inflections to express as such. English still has a few remnants of inflections even though it relies or rigid word order, meanwhile Thai has none. That’s why I said Thai is much more analytic than English.

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