I am trying to explain to my Korean friend in the best way possible, I've got a good idea but am wondering if anyone can give me their perspective on the use of bad and badly here.  I want to go to Korea so bad. I badly need to go to the toilet.  Note: This is not formal English, but it is heavily used in my opinion and possibly more slang than true language.
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Is this correct?     That is a real cool answer.   I learned that that was incorrect, since "real" is an adjective which can describe a noun, e.g. "real answer" but it is not an adverb which can describe an adjective, "real cool". Instead you would have to say:     That is a really cool answer.   Since "really" is an adverb.
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As a non-native speaker when I talk to native speakers, I tend to use "Do you want ...." instead of "Would you like....?" e.g. "Do you want we have the meeting in this room?" "Do you want we have lunch in that restaurant?"  My question is do native speakers feel different when I ask them with to want verb? Does it sound unnatural to them? What about "Do you like?" instead of "Would you like?"
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Yesterday, I've listened to a song called "Fear not this night". I find the syntax unusual (as a foreigner, I have never encountered it). Is it the same meaning as "Don't fear this night" ? What's the slight difference between these 2 ?  Thank you for your time.
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The furniture in our classroom ___ uncomfortable.   Should I use is or are here? I found on the internet things like all of furniture is and house full of furniture is.  But nothing about my example. Personally I think that correct is is, but website where I found this says that correct is are. So I'm writing here to find out.
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There is no social shaming that comes with knowing nothing about our local politicals. (Joe Clein Column, Time Magazine, August26)  Can I change "come with" into "go with" here? It seems to me that "go with" is too much used as an idiom to mean something  essentially or normally goes together with something else. But here the author is just to negate any necessary relation between the two things.   Is the difference between "come with" and "go with" based on, or related to, the difference between "come" and "go"? Maybe the difference between them is just a product of habit?
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Are there idioms or expressions in English that describe going from one bad situation to one that's even worse?  I heard "between a rock and hard place" but this describes a dilemma not really a transition. I am looking for an expression that describes someone trying to get out of a bad situation but after much effort, the situation only got worse.
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My friend and I got into an argument about English grammar, so I was hoping maybe you could help us out. Okay so we want to know if the following part of the sentence is correct, "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like I" rather than "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like me". I have already provided many sources to my friend showing that the first way is a formal and a grammatically correct way, however he wants an answer with this specific part of the sentence.   Please help us out  Thank you
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I decided to make sure that I know this important difference between American and British English, so I wrote what I have found out so far and I would be grateful to anyone who reads this and tells me whether I am wrong, or not.  In British English when people say  to hospital or in hospital when  talking  about somebody being there as a patient they don't use the definite article : "I had to go to hospital", "She spent two weeks in hospital". And the meaning is that somebody was there as a patient.   If then for some other reasons British English speakers  will use the definite article which will change the meaning itself, I noticed that, in American English, native speakers often use the  the and if they need to show that somebody is in church to pray,  in school as a student, in hospital as a patient, in prison as a prisoner, they use 'in' and not 'at'. Do American English speakers use 'at' like British English speakers use 'the' to give the sentences a different meaning?    Are my sentences correct? Do they show American English usage?   He is in the school. (enrolled as a student) He is at the school. (for some different reasons) He is in the hospital. (as a patient) He is at the hospital. (visiting somebody) He is in the church. (to pray) He is at the church. (for some different reasons) He is in the university. (as a student) He is at the university. (not as a student) He is in the college. (as a student) He is at the college. (Not as a student) He is in the prison. (as a prisoner) He is at the prison. (not as a prisoner)
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I've always been confused by the terms washroom, restroom, bathroom, lavatory, toilet and toilet room. My impression is that Canadians would rather say washroom while Americans would probably say bathroom or Saint John's in the same situation.  I guess the difference here is not only in different kinds of English, but also in whether one is referring to a room in their house or in some public place.  Which do you usually use? Please specify the difference if you use more than two from those six with different meanings, and also where you are from (i.e. what type of English you speak).
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Man: What do you think of the view?  Droid: I do not think of it.  Man: I don't think of it. I don't. Droids and apostrophes, I could write a book, except you are... barely a droid anymore.  (c) Deep Breath  I can't understand the difference between do not and don't in this case. I'd be grateful if somebody helps.
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I've encountered this strange and rather odd (to me) usage of the preposition 'against', which I quite can't grasp as of now. I've tried to look it up in several dictionaries to no avail.
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Did your team win the football match yesterday?         The weather was very bad, so we weren't playing.   vs     The weather was very bad, so we didn't play.   Is the first one not correct? Why is it?
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I never really gave a deep thought at this but recently a teacher of talked about language and there was an implicit question in it. something like  there is a difference between "rather than" and "instead of" in usage. do you know it??  please help and explain with a few examples.
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I was reading this today:  We look forward to following your progress.  Am I correct in thinking that it is missing a be or that -ing should be removed?  So  We look forward to be following your progress.  or  We look forward to follow your progress.  Interestingly I get the same jarring feeling when reading the examples here
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I'm not a native English speaker. I am having difficulty with some words. Could anyone please tell me if there's any difference between the above mentioned short sentences, as I'm a little confused.
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This is the sentence:     He’d miss Japan once he'd arrived in/at/to Hawaii.   A native English Speaker told me that it was in. I found that strange, because I always see "arrived at" and "arrived to," but I rarely see "arrived in."
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I just read the discussed topic "look here vs. look at here":  It's got me wondering.  What is the reason for not using the preposition at before here?  Is it because here is an adverb and it is wrong to use a preposition before an adverb?  What if we use here with its nominal meaning, as in "get away from here", or "It's really hot in here", and then say "Look at here" meaning "Look at this place"?    If it is wrong and there is some other reason why at here is incorrect but in here and from here are correct, what is it?