Aug. 25, 2024
Practicing the Word "Interfere" and "Disrupt" (89)
I'd like to learn the words "interfere" and "disrupt" and made example sentences.
My cat always interferes with my Video call.
Whenever I start to talk to someone on a video call, she always jumps up onto my desk and sits in front of my PC.
The other day, during my video call my two cats started to get in a fight, so I had to stop talking to stop their fight.
In this situation, can I say "They interrupted my video call." or "They disrupted my video call."?
Another example;
I went to an English study meet up, and two men started arguing there all of the sudden.
One of them yelled at the other man badly, and he ruined the meet up and it took time to start off the meeting.
In this situation, can I say "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room"?
Interfere とdisruptと言う言葉を学びたいので、例文を作りました。
私の猫は私のビデオコールにいつも干渉してきます/邪魔します。
私が誰かと話し始めると、彼女は、いつも机に飛び乗ってパソコンの前に座ります。
先日、電話中に二匹の猫がけんかを始めて、彼らのけんかを止めるために話を止めなければなりませんでした。
この状況で、「彼らは私の電話を中断しました」「彼らは私の電話を妨害しました」って言えますか？
ほかの例文
私は、英会話ミートアップに行きました。そこで二人の男が突然けんかを始めました。
そのうちの一人が、もう一人を酷く怒鳴り、ミートアップはいやーな雰囲気になりました。そして、スタートするまで時間がかかりました。
その状況で、「彼らはミートアップを妨害して、一人は部屋から追い出された。」って言えますか？
Practicing the Word "Interfere" and "Disrupt" (89)
I'd like to learn the words "interfere" and "disrupt" and made example sentences.
My cat always interferes withrupts my Vvideo calls.
Using "interferes with" here sounds unnatural.
Whenever I start to talk to someone on a video call, she always jumps up onto my desk and sits in front of my PC.
The other day, during my video call my two cats started to get in a fight, so I had to stop talking to stop their fight.
In this situation, can I say "They interrupted my video call."
or "They disrupted my video call."?
Another example; I went to an English study meet up, and two men started arguing there all of the sudden.
One of them yelled at the other man badly, and he ruined the meet up and, so it took tima while to start off the meeting.
In this situation, can I say "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room"?
Feedback
You can say either "They interrupted my video call" or "They disrupted my video call"! And yes, you can say, "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room."
Are these examples of real things that happened? 😲
Aug. 27, 2024
Thank you so much for your corrections! and yes! the two men's story is a real thing at an English study meet-up.
This story might be interesting to write here, so I'll write it in my next entry😁
Cats' fighting story is a story that i made as an example.
My cat always interferes with my Vvideo call.
Feedback
The words "disrupt" and "interrupt" are very similar and are largely interchangeable. However, they do carry some slightly different connotations. I would say, on a simple level:
• "Disruptions" – implications of causing a problem
• "Interruptions" – implications of the original action having to come to a stop or being interfered with
So with your first example – "They interrupted my video call." – I would say they are almost entirely interchangeable.
With your second example, "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room", I would they are still largely interchangeable, but there is more of a nuance on what you wish to emphasize. "They disrupted the meeting" stresses the problem caused. That is, 'in what would otherwise have been a congenial meeting, this problem occurred'. On the other hand, "They interrupted the meeting" stresses more the halt in the meeting. That is, 'the entire flow of the meeting had to be halted because of this argument'. This is a rather subtle nuance. I would not say they are 100% interchangeable here, and I'm not sure why. I think it is because the sentence has a second idea attached to the first, and what happens in the first has implications for the second. If you use "disrupted", I am left thinking about the mess everyone had to deal with when one of them had to be kicked out. If you use disrupted, I am left thinking about what a waste of time it was to stop the meeting and kick them out. Again, this is getting into very subtle nuances. I would be left with the same overall idea if either word was used.
Aug. 26, 2024
My mistake, I made an error in one of my last sentences. It should read:
If you use "interrupted", I am left thinking about what a waste of time it was to stop the meeting and kick them out.
Aug. 27, 2024
Thank you so much for explaining well. I think I'm starting to understand the difference between the two. I learned "congenial meeting" from your sentences. Thank you so much!
Practicing the Words "Interfere" and "Disrupt"
Because there is more than 1 word, you need to use the plural form
I'd like to learn the words "interfere" and "disrupt" and I made example sentences.
Two sentences: I'd like to learn the words "interfere" and "disrupt"
I made example sentences
And then they're connected with "and". If you don't use "I" again for the second sentence it sounds strange.
My cat always interferes with my Video calls.
There is only a slight change in nuance.
If you say "my cat always interferes with my video call" it sounds like you always have the same video call with the same people and at the same time and in the same room. But "video calls" implies that you have different calls with different people, and your cat always interferes.
Whenever I start to talk to someone on a video call, she always jumps up onto my desk and sits in front of my PC.
The other day, during my video call my two cats started to get into a fight, so I had to stop talking to stop their fight.
Slight nuance difference again. "Get in a fight" sounds like the two cats got into a fight with someone else (other cats or humans). "Into a fight" makes it clear that they're fighting amongst themselves. But you can also just say "my two cats started to fight".
In this situation, can I say "They interrupted my video call."
or "They disrupted my video call."?
Both are correct. "Interrupted" just means that they stopped the video call and you couldn't continue for a moment. "Because of my cats, I stopped talking on the video call and had to stop their fight, but then I was able to continue the video call." That kind of feeling. "Disrupted" has a stronger nuance that this was a bad thing that happened. They disrupted the video call, so maybe your colleagues/boss got angry with you, and you had to apologise, etc. That kind of feeling. "Interrupted" has more of a "short stop" feeling. "Disrupted" has a feeling that the call can't continue in the same way. Something changed. Maybe the other people in the call got angry with you so now the mood in the call is different. Maybe you were too busy with the cats so you forgot what you were supposed to say. "Disrupted" implies that because of the cats, the call changed in a negative way.
Another example; I went to an English study meet up, and two men started arguing there all of the sudden.
One of them yelled at the other man badly, and he ruined the meet up and it took time toff the start toff the meeting.
In this situation, can I say "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room"?
Yes that's a very natural sentence.
Aug. 25, 2024
Thank you so much for your corrections and explanations! I appreciate your help!
My cat always interferes withdisrupts my Video call.
An example of "interferes with" could be "The other member of parliament interfered with my plans to pass the bill" or The "thunderstorm interfered with my internet connection."
Whenever I start to talk to someone on a video call, she always jumps up onto my desk and sits in front of my PC.
The other day, during my video call my two cats started to get in a fight, so I had to stop talking to stop their fight.
In this situation, can I say "They interrupted my video call."
or "They disinterrupted my video call."?
I actually think either works in this case.
Another example; I went to an English study meet up, and two men started arguing there all of the sudden.
One of them yelled at the other man badly, and he ruined the meet up and it took time to start off the meeting.
In this situation, can I say "They disrupted the meeting, and one of them was kicked out of the room"?
This is good. "Disrupted" generally feels more accidental or chaotic while "interrupt" feels more intentional. These two men didn't intend to delay the meeting.
Aug. 25, 2024
Sorry, the correction on "They disrupted my video call" was an accident. Like I said, either will work.
Aug. 25, 2024
Thank you so much for your corrections and explanations!
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or "They disrupted my video call."? or "They I actually think either works in this case. or "They disrupted my video call."? Both are correct. "Interrupted" just means that they stopped the video call and you couldn't continue for a moment. "Because of my cats, I stopped talking on the video call and had to stop their fight, but then I was able to continue the video call." That kind of feeling. "Disrupted" has a stronger nuance that this was a bad thing that happened. They disrupted the video call, so maybe your colleagues/boss got angry with you, and you had to apologise, etc. That kind of feeling. "Interrupted" has more of a "short stop" feeling. "Disrupted" has a feeling that the call can't continue in the same way. Something changed. Maybe the other people in the call got angry with you so now the mood in the call is different. Maybe you were too busy with the cats so you forgot what you were supposed to say. "Disrupted" implies that because of the cats, the call changed in a negative way. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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