Hi! I've recently come across the phrase "for all (someone) cares" and GPT told me it's a fixed English idiom. Is that right? I know it's not meant literally. I've often heard it in TV shows and movies, but I never thought about it grammatically. I find its capability of producing an ironic meaning is interesting! For example: He can quit tomorrow, for all I care. → I really don't care if he quits tomorrow.

Hi! Can "while" also fit in this sentence? I thought there was a turning point, so I felt "while" might work, but only "where" was given as the answer. 😨 The United States, __where__ the most careful measurement have been done, discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of it's farmland was losing topsoil at a rate likely to diminish the soil's productivity.

Hi! Is it right to use the simple present tense for the verb 'experience' here? The story follows a talented college girl who, despite wining multiple scholarships and having strong writing skills, eventually __experiences__ a mental breakdown.

Hi! Why the blank can be filled in with an "advert"? My word choices here had only considered "verb". 😱 "According to a new study, people are __relatively__ accurate judges of only sone of their behaviors."

Hi! What's the difference between "was not expected" and "was expected not"? Is sentence #2 grammatically wrong? 1. He __was not expected__ to return earlier than 3 o'clock. 2. He __was expected not__ to return earlier than 3 o'clock.

Hi! This sentence has an underlined part that is grammatically incorrect. There are four options provided, and I don’t understand why option D is the best choice. The explanation says it’s about the use of “before,” but in that case, I don’t see why option A doesn’t work too, they seem to have the same structure to me. 🥺😫 "Before writing a book,....." (My initial answer was C 🤣)

Hi! What is the correct preposition to fill in the blank? I know the verb "provide" is usually followed by either "for" or "with", does that mean there are two possible options? I chose "for," but I'm not sure if it's correct since no answer is given. 🥺🙏🏻 "Each observations should provide "value added" applications ____ existing environmental services, property title holders and process driven financial firms, while creating greater liquidity within the corporations that use them."

I am always confused about the structure "It is (about/high) time that..." - I've read that it represents the subjunctive mood, and should be followed by the past simple tense. For example "....It is time the United Nations _took_ some measures." I initially wrote "to take" in that part, because I thought it was referring to an action that is about to happen. 🥺🙏🏻

Hi!! Could you please confirm the literal meaning of the following sentence? GPT told me that the sentence is quite metaphorical, and it also provided me with its rephrased version. I'm very curious about the uses of "flint decades" and "individual gem", are they meaning the ways what GPT has interpreted?? I see "gem" has been frequently used in media. If it were used metaphorically here, then is this its only one figurative meaning?🙏🏻🙏🏻 "In the flint decades of the twentieth century, the individual gem could not be seen, but could be worked with fruitfully." GPT: In the hard and harsh decades of the twentieth century, the single precious object (the individual gem) couldn't be clearly seen (maybe due to chaos or overshadowing), but people could still work with it in meaningful ways.