April 7, 2026
I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time. I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents. And after sending this, I'll take a break.
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today, please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not, thanks!!! I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first.
1. hold up
A mistake is holding up experiment.
She always hold up her daughter as models of good behavior.
2. wield
Anyone wields enormous power has a tendancy to abuse it.
3. snappy
I like that snappy slogan, it's easy to memorize.
She is such a snappy dresser!
4. precede
She preceded him into the room.
5. sue
The company is being sued for slandar.
6. ariticulate
It's hard to articulate my feelings, please give me some time.
7. orient
The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults.
8. spike
increase sharply
9. intuitive
I can only make boring sentences...
10. otherwise than
despite
Btw, today we're learning modal auxilaries, like should and would etc. Some questions just troubled me:
1. A: The committee thinks that you have been guilty of disloyalty.
B: I don't know why the committee should think that.
Why can't I use would there!!!!!!!
I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time. I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time.
Crept-creeps to ensure consistency in tense
I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents. I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents.
Literature shouldn’t really be plural I don’t know why but it would be literature and documents
And after sending this, I'll take a break. And after sending this, I'll take a break.
We don’t typically start sentences with And, though this is really more of a formality thing
I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first. I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first.
Decided
A mistake is holding up experiment. A mistake is holding up experiment.
… holding up the experiment
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I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping normal bedtime.
I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my normal bedtime.
I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents.
I spent a lot of time reading literature and documents.
And after sending this, I'll take a break.
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today, p. Please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not, t. Thanks!!!
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today. Please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not. Thanks!!!
I diecided to {hear theed | follow} a suggestion from my last post,: looking up the examples from the dictionary first.
I decided to {heed | follow} a suggestion from my last post: looking up examples from the dictionary first.
“Heed” is an uncommon word — “follow” is much more common.
Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like “should” and “would,” etc. Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like “should” and “would,” etc.
Some questions just troublbothered me:
Some questions just bothered me:
1. A:
The committee thinks that you have been guilty of disloyalty.
B: I don't know why the committee should think that.
Why can't I use would there!!!!!!!
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First of all, I think very few Americans would use “should” in that sentence. That way of using “should” almost doesn’t exist in American English, anymore.
Here’s how I would say sentence B:
B.1: If I accept sentence A as fact (if I believe that the committee really does think I’m guilty), then I would say, “I don’t know why the committee thinks that.”
B.2: But if I don’t accept sentence A as fact (if I think it’s possible that they DON’T think I’m guilty), then I would use “would”: “I don’t know why the committee would think that.”
Thus, using “would” implies that the committee might not actually think I’m guilty. If you accept that sentence A is true, then “would” cannot be correct in sentence B.
I hope this helps. :-)
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I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me nowI already want to sleep, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping usual bedtime.
I'm so tired today that I already want to sleep, two hours earlier than my usual bedtime.
Saying that you're "sleepy" after already saying you're "tired" sounds a little redundant - you could maybe change this to "I'm so tired today that I already want to sleep", OR specify why you're sleepy in the first part, like "I've been so busy today that I'm already sleepy" / "I woke up so early today that I'm already sleepy"
I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents.
I spent a lot of time reading literature and documents.
And after sendposting this, I'll take a break.
After posting this, I'll take a break.
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today, p. Please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not, t. Thanks!!!
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today. Please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not. Thanks!!!
I diecided to hear thefollow a suggestion from my last post,: looking up the example sentences from the dictionary first.
I decided to follow a suggestion from my last post: looking up example sentences from the dictionary first.
1. hold up
A mistake is holding up the experiment. A mistake is holding up the experiment.
She always holds up her daughter as modelsan exemplar of good behavior.
She always holds up her daughter as an exemplar of good behavior.
"holds up" in this context sounds a bit strange. We might just say "describes" for a more neutral tone, or maybe "boasts" if she's proud of how well-behaved her daughter is and wants to express that to other people ("she always boasts about how well-behaved her daughter is")
2. wield
Anyone who wields enormous power has athe tendaency to abuse it.
Anyone who wields enormous power has the tendency to abuse it.
3. snappy
I like that snappy slogan,; it's easy to memorize.
I like that snappy slogan; it's easy to memorize.
She is such a snappy dresser! She is such a snappy dresser!
This is perfectly correct/understandable, though I don't think I've heard anyone actually describe a person's fashion as 'snappy' in real life - something like "She's so stylish!" would be a bit more natural, at least in spoken conversation.
4. precede
She preceded him into the room.
5. sue
The company is being sued for slandaer.
The company is being sued for slander.
6. ariticulate
6. articulate
It's hard to articulate my feelings,; please give me some time.
It's hard to articulate my feelings; please give me some time.
7. orient
The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults. The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults.
Not quite sure what this means - is it trying to say that the target group has changed from children to adults? "Target group" already implies orientation, so using both is redundant. Saying something is "child-oriented" or "oriented towards children" = aimed at or focused on children.
"Orient" can also be used to mean finding/establishing one's sense of direction, e.g. "When I first arrived at this building, it took me a few minutes to orient myself"
8. spike
increase sharply
9. intuitive
I can only make boring sentences...
10. otherwise than 10. otherwise than
I'm not sure what this means. We'd say "Other than [something]", or "otherwise"
Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like "should and ", "would", etc.
Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like "should", "would", etc.
Some questions just troublconfused me:
Some questions confused me:
1. A:
The committee thinks that you have been guilty of disloyalty.
B: I don't know why the committee should think that.
Why can't I use would there!!!!!!! Why can't I use would there!!!!!!!
'Would' also works. Actually, I'd be more likely to use 'would' rather than 'should' here, too. I'm not entirely sure how to put the nuance into words, but I think 'should' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the speaker feels that the committee's belief is unfounded/irrational. 'Would' puts more emphasis on the fact that the speaker doesn't understand why the committee would think that.
Feedback
Nice work! :) I'd say that everything except "otherwise than" is worth memorizing (unless you meant something else with number 10. "Otherwise" by itself is a pretty common word, so I would memorize that). The least common words here are probably "wield" and "snappy", but they're still good to know.
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I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time.
I'm so tired today that Saying that you're "sleepy" after already saying you're "tired" sounds a little redundant - you could maybe change this to "I'm so tired today that I already want to sleep", OR specify why you're sleepy in the first part, like "I've been so busy today that I'm already sleepy" / "I woke up so early today that I'm already sleepy"
I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time. I'm so tired today that sleepiness crept through me now, two hours earlier than my daily sleeping time. Crept-creeps to ensure consistency in tense |
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I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents.
I spent a lot of time reading literature
I spent a lot of time reading literature I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents. I spent a lot of time reading literatures and documents. Literature shouldn’t really be plural I don’t know why but it would be literature and documents |
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And after sending this, I'll take a break.
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Here are the words and phrases I've learned today, please help me evaluate whether they are worth memorizing or not, thanks!!!
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today
Here are the words and phrases I've learned today |
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I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first.
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I d “Heed” is an uncommon word — “follow” is much more common. I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first. I dicide to hear the suggestion from my last post, looking up the examples from the dictionary first. Decided |
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A mistake is holding up experiment. A mistake is holding up the experiment. A mistake is holding up the experiment. A mistake is holding up experiment. A mistake is holding up experiment. … holding up the experiment |
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She always hold up her daughter as models of good behavior.
She always holds up her daughter as "holds up" in this context sounds a bit strange. We might just say "describes" for a more neutral tone, or maybe "boasts" if she's proud of how well-behaved her daughter is and wants to express that to other people ("she always boasts about how well-behaved her daughter is") |
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Anyone wields enormous power has a tendancy to abuse it.
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I like that snappy slogan, it's easy to memorize.
I like that snappy slogan |
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She is such a snappy dresser! She is such a snappy dresser! She is such a snappy dresser! This is perfectly correct/understandable, though I don't think I've heard anyone actually describe a person's fashion as 'snappy' in real life - something like "She's so stylish!" would be a bit more natural, at least in spoken conversation. |
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4. precede This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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She preceded him into the room. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The company is being sued for slandar.
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6. ariticulate
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It's hard to articulate my feelings, please give me some time.
It's hard to articulate my feelings |
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7. orient This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults. The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults. The target group of that company has oriented from children to adults. Not quite sure what this means - is it trying to say that the target group has changed from children to adults? "Target group" already implies orientation, so using both is redundant. Saying something is "child-oriented" or "oriented towards children" = aimed at or focused on children. "Orient" can also be used to mean finding/establishing one's sense of direction, e.g. "When I first arrived at this building, it took me a few minutes to orient myself" |
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I can only make boring sentences... This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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10. otherwise than 10. otherwise than 10. otherwise than I'm not sure what this means. We'd say "Other than [something]", or "otherwise" |
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Btw, today we're learning modal auxilaries, like should and would etc.
Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like "should Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like “should” and “would,” etc. Btw, today we're learning modal auxiliaries, like “should” and “would,” etc. |
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Some questions just troubled me:
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1. A: This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The committee thinks that you have been guilty of disloyalty. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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B: I don't know why the committee should think that. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Why can't I use would there!!!!!!! Why can't I use would there!!!!!!! Why can't I use would there!!!!!!! 'Would' also works. Actually, I'd be more likely to use 'would' rather than 'should' here, too. I'm not entirely sure how to put the nuance into words, but I think 'should' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the speaker feels that the committee's belief is unfounded/irrational. 'Would' puts more emphasis on the fact that the speaker doesn't understand why the committee would think that. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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