Please help to see which sentence is correct or if they are both wrong. Scenario: I'm in a phone call talking to one of my friend, and i want he to be here. The following is what i would say, but i don't know which one is correct. 1: It would be great if you were here. 2: It would be great if you are here. I was told that when you are going to make some hypothesis you have to use the past tense, but i'm not sure if it's always the case. Thanks in advance.

what's the difference between be doing and be going to do when used in future tense ? Hi guys, could you tell me what's the difference between be doing and be going to do when used in future tense ? can they be exchanged in any situation? thanks in advance .

get obsessed with the song "The sound of silence " I've recently get obsessed with the song "The sound of silence " which i heard the first time from the movie 《激战》(Sorry i don't know it's English name). Actually what i heard from the movie is it's cover version from Ania, i was attracted instantly by it's melody and lyric, and the low and deep voice made me immersed in a feeling of me sitting lonely in the dark ridge of hill in my hometown, the past time flashed through my mind... then i searched it in TTPOD and got more versions of it including the original one. I could listen to it once and once again. So how do you think of this song, my friend? do you have the same feeling as i have?

Memorising new words in English learning Saying about to memorize new words in English learning, what i'm against the most is to memorize new words without context, or make it frankly, to try to memorize dictionary (背字典). I know some genius can do it, but since most likely we are not, doing that can only make it much more boring, the more you read, the more you forget. what make it worse is, for example, i believe all of you know the meaning of each single word of you, how, doing, are, but when put them together to be how are you doing(还好吗) , many guys will answer it as I'm a student, I'm an engineer. :). The way i prefer to memorize new words is to memorize them with context, that is to read more real life news, magazines, novels, the more you read the more new words you will come across, and you will encounter them repeatly until you are very familar with them. And i believe English could be more interesting by reading magazines with real life gossips, we all love gossips, isn't it? How do you think of it?

is it possible to make progress in language learning to chat online ?

I've talked in my QQ Group(179822920) with a Canadian friend about whether it's possible to learn a language in internet. My opinion is that it's possible but requires high else-discipline ability and perseverance. But he believes it's inpossible to learn a language online, or in a chatting group, he believe this is only a place to pracise but you can seldomly learn something, and you can make progress extremely slowly. 

 

So i wan't to ask what's opinion about this topic, do you really believe you are making progress online or in chatting room?

Can I use Dinner to refer to every meal I have? As a Chinese who own a English QQ group, i can always see some of my friends say "I'm going to have my dinner", "I've finished my dinner", "when will you eat your dinner" to refer to every meal of the day. So i just want to know, if it's applicable in the forementioned cases, because i think that dinner should be used in some formal occasions, such as you are inviting your friend to feast. Someone can help to clarify this for me ? Thanks in advance.Hi All, Thanks to your answers, now i know my friends are right with this words in most times. I've been to cautious to use it.