As I watched a TV series, I heard the following sentence:     Will you fix your marriage or get a divorce already?     I can't figure out what "already" means at the end of the sentence.  I suppose something like "immediately" but I couldn't find anything on the Internet .
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This is a question about American English usage of the word "already". As a UK resident I don't completely understand when I hear Americans give commands like "Stop it already!" In the UK the word already is not normally used in the imperative mood and the sentence I've just quoted would leave an English person thinking "If you're saying I've already stopped it why are you asking me to stop it again?"
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I saw an article starts with: "A company to launch a new product", in a news paper. I just wonder what does it mean?  Is it a kind of usage of near future? (e.g. is to do something)
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We went to an electronics showroom, where we chatted with a sales girl. She explained some technical stuff about the things we were interested in. When she had finished explaining, she said      "By the way, I have been Jessica."   This usage is not new to me: it's pretty common in the US, and in Hollywood movies. But I have always wondered about how it could be correct (if indeed it is). I understand what it means, I just don't see it as grammatical. What is the logic of taking it as grammatical?  You have been Jessica. So what are you now?   A lot of people in the comments are saying that they never heard nor saw anyone using this line to tell their name. Here is an example:    at 00:25
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Is it right to say   He was telling me that he will go on a vacation next week.  while recounting your experience?  Even though "he told me that he is going..." seems more appropriate, I would still like to know if the above mentioned expression sounds okay or not.
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If we compare these two sentences:        I just done   I just finished      The first one doesn't make sense I think while the second one does. However, if we were to remove just, then:        I done   I finished      Both would seem to make sense? I think. Why is this the case?  Let's take an example sentence:        I just done dinner   I just finished dinner      Done and finished are both verbs but why can't done be used in the same way as finished?
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Marry can be used both transitively:     "Paul Married Jane"   and intransitively:     "I got married".   Thus making the word ambitransitive  But it has a third use:     "Paul, the vicar Married Jane to Bob"   The last use is certainly transitive, but what is the word for this use?  Is this to do with (un)accusative and (un)ergative verbs?
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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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I listen to a podcast that I like, but every episodes ends with     Our listeners are what make [podcast name] possible.   which makes me cringe a little each time I hear it. Is it just me, or is the sentence wrong? And if so, what is the correct form - should both verbs be singular? And is there a difference between UK and US usage? (The podcast is based in the USA).  I found a , but it does not apply exactly (and the  only discusses cases where the sentence stars with a time interval).  Thank you.
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I've been noticing in conversations that people often use past or present or future progressive where I would normally use past, present or future simple. I know some rules about interrupted actions that are always described by progressive tenses. But today during listening some podcast, the lecturer said      Initially I was planning to make this podcast...   So my question is why to use progressive tense here? Could we use simple here? I suppose there is some difference in meaning, but have no idea where to start digging.
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I have a question about the usage of the future perfect thingy: I know that it is used to talk about a completed action before a time in future, but is it wrong to use just plain future simple in this same case?   For example, can we use      I will finish all my money by the end of the week.   instead of      I will have finished all my money by the end of the week?   Do native speakers follow this rule in their speaking?
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We are currently in the process of finishing planning for the outage.    It the preceding sentence grammatically correct?    Is the preceding sentence ideally structured?   If not, what would be a better way of saying it?
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I hear and read them all the time. I mean stuff like:      You're just going to stay here?   Instead of:      Are you just going to stay here?    Then I write like this out of habit and get called out on my grammar issues by people who speak English much worse than I do. That's kinda embarrassing. So, could someone please explain to me whether it's correct or not? Are they acceptable at all, and if so, in which situations?      So, what? You're gonna kill me now?
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When I chat, I'll sometimes hear "I'mma ..." as in:      "I'mma go now" or "I'mma open that for you"   I am not sure how it's written, I have never gotten a precise answer when I've asked.  Where does it come from, and what does it mean?
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The simple present is used to make statements about events at a time later than now, when the statements are based on present facts, and when these facts are something fixed like a time-table, schedule, calendar.    Firstly, What "when the statements are based on present facts" does mean?  Secondly, Is the following sentence follow the above rules? or isn't it grammatically correct?     I start my course at university next month.   or should I say:     I will start my course ...
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What does the actual phrase above mean?
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I found the following sentence in an American novel (this one:  you can read the whole paragraph). A woman broke her wrist and just had her cast removed. She thinks she can start playing piano again, but her wrist still hurts too much. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of the final sentence:  But a body can only heal so much, so fast.  Can someone help me, please?
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I saw a sentence like this:     Wilkinson is contesting the release, and threatened to sue should it be released.   I could understand it but do you know what do they call this kind of use of "should" in grammar?