It has happened to me a lot that when  I am searching for an item in aisle in a supermarket and somebody says  "excuse me" and passes me. What is a natural response to excuse myself here? What should I say?
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What is a proper reply for excuse me? Like for thank you, you can say no problem or welcome.  I don't know what a proper reply for excuse me would be.
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I encountered The Squirrel at "A tree."              |   |                                                                         |   |                     "   Hello, I'm The                        |             |                        Squirrel. I can                        |             |                      provide you candies,                     |             |                      and lots of things.                                    |                      I know how much you                                    |        _.-'''-,      love candies. But I                                    |      .'        `\     feel alone in this                                    |     /           /          forest.       "                         |        |    /      .--^_^                                                   |        |    |     /  C ,,\                                                           |    |    |   \  _.)                           ___                            |     \   |   /  \                   ____.----'.-'                            |      '-, \./ \)\)               .-' --  __.-'                   |            \        `-/   );/           ___/  - _.-'                        |             \_________''--'-'________.-' --    /                            |              -   --        -  -     -     __.-'                                              -    --    -     --   --  /                                                 _________________________.-'                                 He asks you some questions. What are the correct answers, and what is the reward for getting them correct?
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I took an English assessment test online and this was my answer:     Someone suggested to go for a walk.   My answer was wrong and this was the correct sentence:     Someone suggested going for a walk.   Can someone please explain why my answer was wrong?
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While reviewing the 10k queue just now, I noticed that someone has evidently searched for and flagged self-accepted answers like        What is the proper way to handle ? Should they be flagged as "not an answer", or should they be left alone?  On the one hand, these answers obviously make no attempt to answer the question. On the other hand, these answers may imply that "I'm no longer looking for an answer — don't bug me."
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My question is for example when closing a call with a customer which is the proper way? "Once again my was (name), have a great day!" or "Once again my is (name), have a great day!"   need this cleared up lol
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Having a bit of a debate about this with some foreign colleagues of mine.  I've always used the phrase 'I'm walking in the road', they think that you should say 'I'm walking on the road'..  I'm not 100% sure why I use the word 'in', but there must be a reason for it!  So... which is right?
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An online retail store is asking its customers to construct a sentence beginning with them in order to win a voucher. I just can't believe there's  any such sentence, at least I don't know of any!   I've had enough laughs with friends coming up with Americanisms that fit, so that's not what I'm looking for.  I'm just very curious, is such a sentence grammatically possible or is this store just being mischievous?
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Is there a word or expression in English, which describes the situation, when you can't pass a  stranger, who is walking towards you on the street, because you both start to step the same direction?  I'm pretty sure I've heard one once. As I remember, it was including "dancing" reference, but in more specific way.
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I have often heard the following statements when someone talks about shoes, cloths, etc. I don't know which one is more appropriate or grammatically correct.   Hey, put your shoes on.  Hey, put on your shoes.  Take off your coat, please.  Take your coat off, please.    Any thoughts? Can we also say &quot;take out your coat&quot;?
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Possible Duplicates:             Is it considered ok to reply to someone asking "How do I do this" with "Don't do it"? Or for example replying to someone asking "Using X I have this problem, what can I do?" with something like "You should not use X at all"?  In other words should I just keep silent if I see someone using a bad tool that is asking directions about how to get the most out of it?
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In my school and university I was taught to say "Not at all" or "Don't mention it" in response to "Thank you!". Now I rarely hear these phrases used, but rather something like "You're welcome", "It's OK", "My pleasure", or "No problem".  My real life conversation experience is very poor. I often listen to some English learning podcasts, and watch some films in English. So I listen to dialogs, which are probably not from  the modern real life world.   How do native English speakers tend to respond to "Thank you!" now? What I should care about, when choosing from the available options?
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Being an English language learner for about 30 years, I still make mistakes. In a written language, when I have misspelled and noticed it in a timely manner, I simply navigate to a wrong word and edit it.  However, in a spoken conversation, when I use a wrong word, I must stop and correct myself by saying a correct one. I've seen many ways to do that, but I'm still not sure which one to use:  He's going to school...   ...er... she's going; ...sorry, I mean, she's going; ...oops, she's going; ...I'm sorry, let me restate it from the beginning, she's going;   What is the grammatical and polite way to correct myself in a spoken conversation? Let's stick to a formal/business context if it matters.  Also, what part of a sentence should I repeat to make it clear?
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I have heard a lot of people pick their phone and go "Yes, XX, tell me" (highly used in India).  I think the right way should be "Hey, XX, what's up?" or "Hey, XX, what's going on"? But does this work in a professional environment?
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While I've done quite a bit of travel now and back myself to handle situations when it comes to border guards, sorting accommodation and / or transportation, one thing I still struggle to come to terms with is haggling in the markets, be it for food, clothing or other.    Image © Peter Morgan, 2014   What is the best way to go about this? I'm generally either worried I'll offend them, or that they're trying to rip me off anyway, so it's a weird combination of awkwardness inside my head ;)
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When I was in New York the workers at the counter (in a shop) always said      Hi, how are you doing?   I was, and still am very confused if they just mean "hello", or actually want to know how I feel.  Could someone please tell me if this is just an empty phrase or if the speaker is genuinely interested.
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First, I'd like to apologize for the awkwardly-phrased title.   Instead of trying to explain the structure I'm thinking of, I'd like to give some context and then an example or two. I've used and seen this construction used conversationally, and if my memory and intuition serve, conversationally only. I'm curious to know if there is a formal term for it.  Ex 1  "If you don't like what I'm offering, the door is that way."  A purely logical interpretation would make little sense with this example. In this context, the inference is that the speaker is indicating to whomever he is speaking that they should leave, which suggests that there might be an elision, e.g.  "If you don't like what I'm offering, ... [then you may leave. T]...he door is that way."  Ex 2  "If you're hungry, I have food."  This is a similar context. The implication is that the speaker will offer food to whom she is speaking if they are hungry. A (strictly) logical interpretation would, again, make little sense (if you are hungry, then I have food doesn't convey any intent to provide it, nor does it make sense; the speaker always has food, she just will offer it if her guest is hungry).  I recognize that this might be too specific to have a term associated with it. I'm just curious to know what it is if it does exist.
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When somebody ask me What's up? I answer I am well, thank you.  Is that the expected answer, or should I answer something else? What does a native speaker understand when I reply like that?