Hi, Mignon! Greetings from a mostly cloudy and warm São Paulo, Brazil! Hope all is well with you. First off, I am huge fan of your American English contents - just love the way you explain grammar, vocabulary and the whole nine yard. This is a very interesting and educational video - I love to learn new things, and I appreciate your sharing some knowledge with us. A quick question for you, though, before I sign off. In the expression 'to get ahold of someone,' which is the correct form? Is 'a hold' (a separated from hold) or 'ahold' (one word)? I have Googled this numerous times, but of no avail. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this question, and I look forward to hearing back from you soon. Toodle! :)
Thank you, Rodrigo! I visited Brazil a few years ago and loved it-it's a beautiful country with wonderful people. Your question about "ahold/a hold" turned out to be especially interesting, and I'll be answering it in this week's podcast and video. Thanks for the question.
@@grammargirl Hi, Mignon! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to my previous message. So glad to know you have already been to Brazil and that you liked it. Also glad to know you will be answering my question on the a hold/ahold in the expression "to get a hold/ahold of someone" in your next podcast/video - I am sooo looking forward to it. Till then, I wish you a wonderful day and a marvelous, very restful weekend! All the best! :)
This is a great question! I can't tell you why, exactly, but I can tell you that the distinction between "I was" and "I were" (the subjunctive) is a holdover from very old English. Old English had many more subjunctive constructions, and the language got simplified over many hundreds of years as it morphed into Modern English, and it lost most of those subjunctive constructions.
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I've been speaking english my whole life, it might as well be my first language, but for some reason this question stumped me. Thanks
Nice Explanation
Thank you sooooo much! I am an english learner and this is very useful ;)
Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
Lol, I’m on this part of the book😂
Hi, Mignon! Greetings from a mostly cloudy and warm São Paulo, Brazil! Hope all is well with you. First off, I am huge fan of your American English contents - just love the way you explain grammar, vocabulary and the whole nine yard. This is a very interesting and educational video - I love to learn new things, and I appreciate your sharing some knowledge with us. A quick question for you, though, before I sign off. In the expression 'to get ahold of someone,' which is the correct form? Is 'a hold' (a separated from hold) or 'ahold' (one word)? I have Googled this numerous times, but of no avail. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this question, and I look forward to hearing back from you soon. Toodle! :)
Thank you, Rodrigo! I visited Brazil a few years ago and loved it-it's a beautiful country with wonderful people.
Your question about "ahold/a hold" turned out to be especially interesting, and I'll be answering it in this week's podcast and video. Thanks for the question.
@@grammargirl Hi, Mignon! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to my previous message. So glad to know you have already been to Brazil and that you liked it. Also glad to know you will be answering my question on the a hold/ahold in the expression "to get a hold/ahold of someone" in your next podcast/video - I am sooo looking forward to it. Till then, I wish you a wonderful day and a marvelous, very restful weekend! All the best! :)
Why is the purpose of this “was” were” distinction?” Why was it made important?
This is a great question! I can't tell you why, exactly, but I can tell you that the distinction between "I was" and "I were" (the subjunctive) is a holdover from very old English. Old English had many more subjunctive constructions, and the language got simplified over many hundreds of years as it morphed into Modern English, and it lost most of those subjunctive constructions.
Chandler says "sometimes i wish i was a lesbian", is that right?
Yes
If I were a cat I would sleep all day.
Is This correct?
Yes, good job!
they literally mean the same thing by English definitions