I thought these 2 sentences,  &quot;All we do is hide away&quot; and &quot;All we do is to hide away&quot;, meant the same. However, one day, a native English speaker told me there's a subtle difference in meaning between those two sentences. I asked for an explanation but he said it was too subtle to explain. Can anyone tell me what's the difference between those two sentences?
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I was speaking to an English learner and said, “All you have to do is read a lot.” And they thought that sentence wasn’t grammatically correct because I dropped the word to between is and read.  They thought it should be “All you have to do is to read a lot.” That sounds weird to me.   How do I explain to them the reason you drop the to? Or am I incorrect and it really should have a to?
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I started to learn English recently and I have one misunderstanding about the usage of "all" and "any". In what cases should we use "all" and in what "any"? Why does the following example:     There was something false in all this.   use "all" instead of "any"?
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I wanted to refocus a  towards a possible deeper and direct relationship to "on vs. off".  Consider the following two phrases:   I   (Approx 94,000 results Google Search)   I   (Approx 67,000 results Google Search)   In addition to the subtle difference in meaning, I'm particularly interested in where the semantics of the differences might come from.  Can we trace the semantic difference between "live on" and "live off" to a fundamental, "definitional" aspect of "on vs. off"?     Below, I've answered my own question as an afterthought.  It was additional thoughts that needed to be moved to an answer, and is in no way intended to be definitive.
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What is the difference between the following two sentences?     Each apple is red.      Every apple is red.
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I want to know, is there any difference between "stop + v.(ing)" and "stopped to + v.". These are example sentences.     I stop working for a month. vs I stopped to work for a month.   I stop watching movies. vs I stopped to watch movies.   I stop cooking for a year. vs I stopped to cook.   I read  but I still don't understand what is the difference or when and how to use them.
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I don't think you understood me. / I think you misunderstood me.    Do these senteces mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference?  Edit: I just realized that I asked something different from what I originally wanted. So I am also interested in the following comparison:     I don't think you understand me. / I think you don't understand me.
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What is the differences between &quot;if only&quot; and &quot;only if&quot; ? What is the use of each  in the sentences? Are there any specific rules for their uses?  &quot;I could get more work done if only there weren't so much noise.&quot; &quot;We will manufacture these handbags only if we can obtain the right leather.&quot;
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I have seen them both in my reference book, which is written by a native speaker. I wonder why there are two different phrases to describe the same meaning and am looking forward to some reasonable details to explain why this is so.
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Someone asked me     What if someone hides their instagram stories from you?   I replied      I'd hide them from my life.   Is my sentence right  Does hide mean to make disappear?  If not What else could I have used here?  Someone told me the object of preposition "from" is a person who is not supposed to see or find that which is hidden  So what about this sentence?      the magician hid(made her disappear) from the stage?   Is it wrong?
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What is the difference between these phrases? When is it valid to use which? Should they be avoided as being ambiguous?
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I have just finished my homework.   I just finished my homework.      I think there must be a difference in meaning. Could anyone tell me the difference in meaning sentence 1 and sentence 2?
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Sometimes I can't see which clause fits the best. What "check-up" could be done to make sure which one is the right one?  For example,  1) He will do anything that is needed. or He will do anything what is needed.  2) They always ignore that is so obvious. or They always ignore what is so obvious.  3) All that I have is yours. or All what I have is yours.  My take is the correct ones are 1) that 2) that 3) what/that???  But I am not sure. I think it has to do something with different types or dependent clauses, but I don't know how to go about them in this case. Any suggestions?  Here is an interesting example  How do I know what I think, until I see what I say? VERSUS How do I know that I think, until I see what I say?  I think both are correct meaning two different things.
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I always get confused between these two sentences:     Why are you making noise?      Why you are making noise?   Could anyone put light in the differences between the two?
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I hear it more on more frequently on the news, as in:     The North-Korean regime has disappeared scores of dissidents over the past twenty years.   Has disappear always been used in such a way, as a transitive verb? If not, can early instances be traced back to some period?
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All he does is watching TV.   I said this sentence and my native friend corrected me and said 'you need to use bare infinitive here'      All he does is watch TV.   Why is this right while the other is false? If I change the placement of the complement and subject, I will have this sentence:     Watch TV is all he does.   Shouldn't it be 'watching TV (or to watch) is all he does'?  I searched for it online and I couldn't get anything. Is there a rule that I'm missing? When do they use bare infinitive after 'to be' verbs?  Thanks
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What is the difference between:        "How it works?"      and        "How does it work?"
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Here are two sentences. 1. What are you doing in here? 2. What are you doing here?  What is the difference between the two sentences? (between No,1 and No,2 sentences)  Is there any grammar to omit preposition like above?