Hey, all English teachers and native English speakers! I would like to ask a question. Have you ever known transferred negation? For object clauses such as think, suppose, believe, expect, seem, imagine, etc., the negative word not in the main clause is usually transferred to the object clause. How do we use it properly? Here is a sentence. I think I would not enjoy talking about him. Should we write it as👇 I don’t think I would enjoy talking about him? Thank you very much!

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Hi, italki teachers and users! You have already studied languages or taught languages for a long time. So that means you have some experience on language learning. I would like to ask you some questions. When you teach others(your students or your partners), what should we pay attention to when teaching language and culture? Do you think there are differences between the two? How do we teach languages with culture? Thank you very much in advance.

Hi, I would like to ask whether you heard them or not and how you use them in real life? Opinions are like a$$holes; everybody has one.   Opinions are like a$$holes; everybody has one and they usually stink.   Opinions are like a$$holes: everybody's got one, and everybody thinks theirs smells nicer than everyone else’s.

Talk about the people you love. Today, let's talk about the people you love. Who will be the first people come to your mind when you read this question? Your parents? Your grandparents? Your lovers? Your brothers? Your sisters? Your children? Your friends? Maybe none of them. It reminds me of the time when my parents stay with me. I seems always have erratic temperament. My parents are always tolerant of me. I can't help wondering whether they will feel hurt when I didn't behave well? It seems I didn't learn how to be more mentally mature. They help me how to be a good people, learn how to understand others, teach me how to help others. They said that sometimes, a simple sentence, a gentle hug and a cup of tea, all these little behaviours make others day. Maybe I didn't understand all the teachings from them, but I will remember what I feel when they received the love from me.

Should I call them ''lunch partner'' or ''meal pal''? Latest, there are many Chinese who are looking for some people to company them to do something, like enjoying lunch together, traveling, shopping and so on. If I want to define the people who will company me to have lunch, should I call them Lunch partner or Meal pal? BTW, It is said that Mealpal is also a name of a food app. Also, how do I define other similar relationship with others? Thank you very much for reading and answers!

How long have you not read poetry? Poetry seems like the books forgotten in the attics with lots of dust. I just read an article that a man often read poetry in the place, where many people exchanged the information for looking for love and marriage. Most people enthusiastically communicate about your personal information(such as your age, your university and your job and so on) and the requirements to find a partner, rather than going to read poetry. In modern life, we pay more attention to pragmatism rather than poetry, books and idealism. I couldn't help but ask myself how long it had been since I read poems. It reminds me of the memory that I enjoyed reading different poems, and the great pleasure from poems. This was probably five or six years ago. My love of literature seems to be slowly fading. I didn't realize it, but didn't I feel sad? It seems a pity but I am not sad. I am just on my way to fight for what I want. I just packed up my love of poetry and articles and idealism in a box, and wait for a suitable time to open it again.

Hi, all language learners and teachers! I would like to ask you a question-Have you been used as a cat's paw by other language partners or language learners? Today, I read an article that a dad encouraged his child to say ''hello'' to an English speaker who just came into the restaurant, but the English speaker felt annoyed and said ''get out'' and then said it in Chinese one more time. The dad was angry and asked him to apologize for his behaviour. The English speaker didn't say sorry at first, but he did it after the father took a video by using his own phone. There are lots of people who share their opinions on it. One of them is that we encourage ourselves or our children to practice English with the native English speakers, but sometimes the native English speakers are not in good mood but have to answer you. There is no doubt that ''get out'' is rude, especially he said it to a child, but shouldn't we ask whether they want to talk at first? some of them even take advantage of others to achieve their goals-improve their English skills. Nobody want to act as a cat's paw. It is same in other languages learning. So back to the question, have you ever been used as a cat's paw by other language partners or language learners?

Hi, English teachers or native English speakers! I would like to ask you a question. Why doesn't ''I and my sister....'' make sense? I think in grammar, it should work. So is it any rules or is it just one of the confusing English usages?