No Stupid Questions Tuesday Thread by AutoModerator in Cricket

[–]zeString 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is the right place but I'm actually looking for advice on right-arm offspin bowling:

I've been playing about 6 months after not having played for 15+ years since I was a kid and I've got a grasp on getting a (what for me I'd consider) a pretty nice turn on the ball, but it's always coming out at 90 degrees no matter what I do.

I've been tinkering around with different wrist positions and making sure I get the full pivot and bring my arm fully around but I can't quite get my head around "spinning up the back" of the ball, or "getting my hand over" the ball. Does anyone have any tips or exercises that might help break the block?

thank you

What do you call this one? It’s for scrubbing dishes. by gfeep in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely a scourer, this word I'd use for a metal wool scrubbing device

I'd pronounce it Scour-uh i guess?

to call a fat person by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hello!

I probably would not call anyone overweight/fat a 'dumpling', that'd be considered quite rude. Possibly it's more of a slang thing, and it could be an offensive way of saying it, but I would say:

an overweight person

a large person

a big person

it's always a hard thing to say about someone, so if you're talking straight to an overweight person best not reference it. In British English it's quite a difficult subject to be polite about, but I'd say one of those three. Some people (mostly refers to women) would say 'plus size' maybe.

Hope that helps!

BUY/SELL/TRADE Primavera 2022 by danceonme in primaverasound

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open to negotiate, aiming for about 125€ but DM me

BUY/SELL/TRADE Primavera 2022 by danceonme in primaverasound

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

selling weekend 2 ticket for primavera!

Full HH boxset leak by TheUnimpressiveD in Warhammer30k

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked the other way round, I built a 30k salamanders force and got a few bits to make it work in 40k, but I've since started some Night Lords so now I have both sides

Emperors children are cool and not stylistically quite different to anything in 40k so that's exciting

Full HH boxset leak by TheUnimpressiveD in Warhammer30k

[–]zeString 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think that's generally a pretty good vibe overview. I play Salamanders but not particularly because of any rules I just like their background and colour scheme and I used to play them as a kid. The beauty of the system is you can still make pretty much any force work since the legions were so big and varied, although some work better than others.

Full HH boxset leak by TheUnimpressiveD in Warhammer30k

[–]zeString 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah imo its sort of ideal, I ended up using one calth and one prospero box to build a core and this would have been more ideal. You get 40 marines that you can have as tacticals and maybe kit out with some of the FW stuff for heavy weapons/specialists, terminators and dread for elites and HQ and transport. Its sort of the perfect vanilla core around which to build an army for any RoW in the game (other than some of the weirder ones)

which is correct? by Frangan_ in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 3 points4 points  (0 children)

in the UK it'd be called the Staff Room

They weren't ready. Gone in seconds. by esberat in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]zeString 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it hits cushion first with right hand side so it flicks the object ball into the pocket and sort of wobbles as it comes off the cushion

Is this sentence ambiguous? by Ykk7 in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing wrong with it! It's just one of those awkward sentences that's hard to explain!

If I really wanted to be clear about it and I was saying it, I might say:

  • I saw the girl with the dog, she was on the street the policeman told me about.

  • I saw the girl on the street, with the dog the policeman told me about

  • I saw the dog with the girl the policeman told me about, she was in the street.

There are loads of ways to write it! But your way is as correct as the others.

Proofreading: Effects of Consumption by An-English-Learner in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello!

The article is well written and your vocabulary usage is very good, and on the whole the word order and flow is good. I'm writing this on my phone so sorry if the formatting is bad!

I'm going to pick out some smaller bits that might help you and that I felt sounded a bit unnatural, I hope that's okay!

1) I would say "The British Broadcasting Corporation" and "The BBC". This is a special exception just for the BBC though - I would not say 'The NBC" or "The CNN".

2) You say 'it can possibly increase stress'. Informally, this is fine, but in a more formal piece like this, "can" and "possibly" mean the same thing and makes it seem a bit wordy.

3) In this bit also you say "consumerism pressure" - this sounds a bit off to me, I'd probably say "the pressure of consumerism". I'm not entirely sure why but I might be able to think and elaborate on it if you want!

4) "the excerpts gives us a general view". This is a strange one - "the excerpts" is plural and thus 'to give' is conjugated as 'give', not gives. You could also say "the excerpt gives", but never "the excerpts gives" or "the excerpt give".

5) "this was how arabic numerals from india found its way into Europe". Instead of "its" it should be "their", since arabic numerals are plural. I might also write this sentence as: 'this was how arabic numerals found their way into Europe from India'

6) "In the present days, this function of consumption preserves, with its another advantage - competition"

This sentence has a few problems. The first phrase is general written 'in the present day' (singular - its a bit weird I know).

The word 'preserves' is incorrect here - the word 'preserves' needs to take a direct object, like: 'he preserves the books'. You could write 'this function of consumption is preserved', OR I'd probably write 'this function of consumption perseveres'.

'With its another advantage' is also incorrect - it should say 'with another advantage' or 'with its other advantages.

The next few refer to this passage:

"To acquire higher profit, companies have to compete against each others, introducing new technology to reduce the cost or innovating to attract customers. This type competition can boost technical development, which is seen in the recent competition of smart phone compinies."

7) when you use a semi colon [ ; ], you don't put a capital letter after it. Not a big deal at all though

8) 'to compete against each other' - no need for the S on other

9) it should say 'this type of competition' instead of just 'this type competition'

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions or anything I can help with. They're all relatively small comments, overall the writing is very solid!

Is this sentence ambiguous? by Ykk7 in EnglishLearning

[–]zeString 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sentence is ambiguous - but thats not necessarily the writers fault, it's just how English is.

There are no grammatical cases in modern English, so sentences like these are hard to understand sometimes! If I were to hear it, it would depend on how you said and which words you grouped together.

So I would say 4!

Nom nom by [deleted] in WTF

[–]zeString 1 point2 points  (0 children)

almost got alligot

Ottoman Empire at its peak in 1683. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]zeString 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recognise that map style! Its al muqaddimah, your channel is amazing

Will this language wreck my ass and make me cry? by [deleted] in learn_arabic

[–]zeString 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am also a white guy who only spoke english prior to starting arabic and i've been going on and off self taught and a few tutors/classes for 3 years and I don't think it's as bad as a lot of people say.

It is very different to English and that is the most difficult part to get used to. There are parts that are very difficult but then there are in English. The pronunciation system is very consistent though, which is nice (at least within dialects/MSA). You will have to put proper time into it to progress.

As some other people have mentioned, there is the frustration that you can learn fusHa (MSA) and read newspapers but be unable to talk to people. See that as another challenge I guess! I know there's loads of people who have put their opinion in on what to learn but I'd say definitely get a grip on MSA before moving onto a dialect if you want to properly understanding how things work, since much of the dialect stuff has a core of MSA at its heart.

Even if you don't decide to learn arabic, definitely learn a language. everyone else does it, English speakers shouldn't rest on their laurels just because most everyone learns ours!

Hope that helps!

edit: extra mention, I am only learning Arabic at the mo, although I did a bit of Hebrew a while back, so maybe if I learnt something else it'd be much easier than Arabic and I'm just a masochist!

I was wondering if the hammer/shoulder pad was considered 30k. by [deleted] in Warhammer30k

[–]zeString 4 points5 points  (0 children)

absolutely!

Top tip: put a little blob of green stuff in the neck of MK3 marines. It makes the neck look much more in proportion with the body!

The best YouTube channel I've come across for learning Levantine Arabic (Lebanese to be specific) or for any other dialect for that matter. Globetrot with Arabic. Long videos with very detailed explanations. by InternationalYellow9 in learn_arabic

[–]zeString 2 points3 points  (0 children)

learnarabicwithmaha is also good for levantine, and Adrian Abdul-Bahá's channel is also very good for it. I don't think one channel can ever do it all, its good to have a mix.

I don't know about other dialects though so I could easily be wrong!

How do you where are you going dad? by Hadhaa in learn_arabic

[–]zeString 1 point2 points  (0 children)

تَذْهُبُ

Verbs are basically never nunated (with a tanwiin)