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Bookmark or Share- grammar - If conditional "didn't" vs "hadn't" - English Language ...The past simple in if-clauses has three functions:. to indicate that something is not true (contrafactual): If I had time, I would help you.
- word choice - "on the train" or "in the train"? - English Language ...Being on the train has the sense of being aboard or being a passenger on a conveyance.. Being in the train has the sense of being a component member of the train.
- How does one describe people who do not pick up irony, or vibes?I understand emotion well enough, and am sensitive to mood conveyed by voice well enough, but unless I'm really studying someone's face, subtle facial cues can sometimes be hit and miss (making me seem oblivious to other people's moods in particular situations).
- etymology - What was the first use of the saying, "You miss 100% of the ...You can't hit the ball (get a hit) if you don't swing (the bat). 1943 John R. Tunis, Keystone Kids (New York: Harcourt, Brace) 141: "'Get your bat offa your shoulders, Jocko. You can't expect to hit if you don't swing at 'em.'" 1949: Frank Bettger, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall) 16 ...
- How does "A hit dog will holler" work as a metaphor?"A hit dog will holler" is not about a beaten dog, but a dog that's been hit, either figuratively or physically - meaning, that the comments made hit home hard and/or applied and made the "hit dog" yelp/holler, or, inferring that the comments made hit the nail on the head and were true as evidenced by the "dog's" reaction to it.
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