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8 Dec 2022
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English (US)
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Question about English (US)
Which structure is more commonly used?
1. push someone to do something
2. push someone into doing something
Which structure is more commonly used?
1. push someone to do something
2. push someone into doing something
1. push someone to do something
2. push someone into doing something
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- English (US)
They mean different things
Push someone to … is encourage someone in a forceful way
He pushed me to lose weight, which I really needed and I’m grateful.
Push someone into … to force someone to do something they don’t want to do
I got pushed into signing the lease. I didn’t want to.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie That’s great! Thank you. What about “urge someone to do something”? Does it mean to encourage or to force?
- English (US)
@studiousboy Urge just means encourage and has a nicer sense than push.
He urged me to lose weight
Is friendlier than
He pushed me to lose weight
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Ok. So “push someone into doing something” is the most impolite one. “Push someone to do something” is less nice than “urge someone to do something”.
What about “encourage someone to do something”? Is this a nice one? Or it doesn’t sound very nice?
What about “encourage someone to do something”? Is this a nice one? Or it doesn’t sound very nice?
- English (US)
Encourage someone is the best, friendliest and nicest.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Noted. Also, which sentence do you think is correct?
1. There’s no apple on the tree.
2. There are no apples on the tree.
1. There’s no apple on the tree.
2. There are no apples on the tree.
- English (US)
#2 is correct
#1 is not correct
This is because no apple tree would produce just one apple.
Highly-rated answerer
- English (US)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Thank you! Could you go over these two also? Which is correct?
1. There’s no mistake in that sentence.
2. There are no mistakes in that sentence.
1. There’s no mistake in that sentence.
2. There are no mistakes in that sentence.
- Simplified Chinese (China)
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- English (US)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie That sentence might have only one mistake or more than one mistake. Why is 1 incorrect?
- English (US)
It’s technically not incorrect but no one would say it. We always use it in the plural in this context for some reason.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Ok. Then can I say “There aren’t any mistakes in that sentence”? Is it also correct?
- English (US)
Yes, that’s another way to say the exact same thing
Highly-rated answerer
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Thank you. Then which sentence would you prefer yourself?
1. There are no mistakes in that sentence.
2. There aren’t any mistakes in that sentence.
1. There are no mistakes in that sentence.
2. There aren’t any mistakes in that sentence.
- English (US)
@suitboy I’d say them both equally, no preference.
Highly-rated answerer
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@newenglandgenie Thanks, so for “there are no apples on the tree”, can I also say “there aren’t any apples on the tree”?
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
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