A:Did you really think I would pick up it when you rang my cellphone?
B:Yes I thought you would pick it up, but Why did you not pick it up?
Is It because you had broken up your date?
Does this sound natural?

nikkitochat

6 February

English (US)

@Mintesnot
A: Did you really think I would pick up when you rang my cellphone?
B:Yes, I thought you would pick up, why didn't you pick up?
Is it because you broke up with your date?

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Mintesnot

6 February

English (US) Near fluent

@nikkitochat@nikkitochat What do you mean?

nikkitochat

6 February

English (US)

@Mintesnot ? I was correcting the dialogue that you wrote

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What is the difference between I want to learn speaking English language and I want to learn English language to speak ?

What is the difference between I want to learn speaking English language and I want to learn English language to speak ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

They both sound unnatural. "I want to learn how to speak English" is correct :)

@Mintesnot "go getting it" sounds unnatural"go to get it" and "go and get it" mean the same thing, but "go and get it" sounds more natural

@Mintesnot they both mean to go for the purpose of getting it, not two separate actionsexample:my friend dropped a ball and it rolled awayI would say to them "go and get it" meaning "go in order to get the ball"get = fetch in this context

@Mintesnot "make the bed and have breakfast" is saying to do two separate actions. (making the bed and having breakfast)"make the bed to have breakfast" means "if you make the bed, you will be able to have breakfast."they are still two separate actions, but this one is a cause and effect

@Mintesnot "can you hand me that?""where is it?""that is cute""is it cute?"

@Mintesnot they are both wrong, you would say "I want to eat something sweet"

@Mintesnot A: Did you really think I would pick up when you rang my cellphone?B:Yes, I thought you would pick up, why didn't you pick up?Is it because you broke up with your date?

@Mintesnot ? I was correcting the dialogue that you wrote

@Mintesnot "go getting it" sounds unnatural
"go to get it" and "go and get it" mean the same thing, but "go and get it" sounds more natural

@Mintesnot they both mean to go for the purpose of getting it, not two separate actions

example:
my friend dropped a ball and it rolled away
I would say to them "go and get it" meaning "go in order to get the ball"

get = fetch in this context

@Mintesnot "make the bed and have breakfast" is saying to do two separate actions. (making the bed and having breakfast)

"make the bed to have breakfast" means "if you make the bed, you will be able to have breakfast."
they are still two separate actions, but this one is a cause and effect

@Mintesnot
"can you hand me that?"

"where is it?"

"that is cute"

"is it cute?"

@Mintesnot
A: Did you really think I would pick up when you rang my cellphone?
B:Yes, I thought you would pick up, why didn't you pick up?
Is it because you broke up with your date?