Racing in the night Today is the second day of my challenge "Go writing in English every day." I'm struggling with topics I want to write about. I have no idea what I should write. Maybe write about my partially sleepless night? I awoke in the middle of the night because of motorcycle sounds. To be honest, I'm not sure if there were any motorcycles; there could have been just racing cars. I was wondering who the drivers were. I imagined that they were a bunch of bored to the extreme millionaire kids or maybe burnout corporate executives. Whatever the answer is, I'm pretty sure, they couldn't have slept well during the night as I did.

Meaningless Post Today, I decided to start writing in English every single day. It could be something meaningful or meaningless - it depends on me. The only requirement is consistency. I have to push myself to take my English to the next level. I'm not going to be discouraged by a lot of mistakes I'll probably make.

incidentally - how to use this adverb? Is there any difference between AmE vs. BrE? There are two ways of using "incidentally": 1)used for adding related but less important information to what has just been said, or for suddenly introducing a new subject: "His name, incidentally, was misspelled in the credits of the first two Star Wars movies." "Incidentally, what are the travel arrangements for tonight?" 2) in a way that is not planned or that does not seem important: "The problem with his partner was something he mentioned only incidentally." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How can I know which meaning is which? Does it depend on the location of "incidentally", e.g. When I put it at the end of a sentence, it means 2)"that sth is not planned or does not seem important"?

[grammar questions] The New Yorker I'd like to take my English to the next level that's why I read "The New Yorker" from time to time. I'd like to know more about the grammar structure included in the sentence below: "Last Monday, according to the Times, President Donald Trump, meeting in the White House with congressional leaders, told a story about voting fraud that he had supposedly heard from Bernhard Langer, the German professional golfer.(Langer soon issued a statement repudiating Trump's account.) Could somebody give me the name of this structure? I mean this part: "meeting in the White House with congressional leaders". I'd love to know more about.

What does it mean? "The food is expensive as ever. " It means the food is expensive as always. or it means the food had never been so expensive before. or maybe sth else?

What does this phrase mean? "They include dates" I've just found this expression on Duolingo and I have no idea what it means. Could you give me some examples?

Ironic vs. sarcastic? Is there any difference between these two words? For me, "sarcastic" is more aggressive, a little bit more negative. Just my opinion.

What does "Keep telling yourself that." mean? My guess: it is used when you don't agree with a person. You want to stress that someone is wrong and he talks lies/fairy tales.