Youmayhearitinsituationsotherthanromanticrelationships, butitgenerallyreferstosomeonewhoisafraidtoenterinto a kindofagreements, like a romanticagreementtodateortobein a relationshipwithonepersonfor a longtime.
Sothat's thenuanceofthesecondexamplethere.
Moregenerally, however, commitmentusuallyreferstoagreements, andtheycanbeinbusinesssituations.
Let's comparethisnowtocompromisecompromisesoitcompromiseis a situationinwhichtwosideshavedifferentproposalsforsomething, andtheyeachmakechangestothoseproposalstoarrive.
Atthismiddlepoint, thismiddlepointiscalled a compromise, Soas a noun, thispointiscalled a compromise.
TheonlydifferencehereisthatmeanttoisusedinBritishEnglish, andwedon't usemeanttoinAmericanEnglish, forexample, I'm supposedtogoto a companyeventthisweekend, and I'm meanttogoto a companyeventthisweekend, andAmericanEnglishspeakerwouldusethefirstexamplesentence.
I'm supposedtogotoaneventthisweekend.
A BritishEnglishspeakerwouldusethesecondsentence.
I'm meanttogoto a companyeventthisweekendformeasanAmericanEnglishspeaker.
Thesecondexamplesentencefeels a bitunnaturaltosay.
As I said, manypeopleuseuninterestedanddisinterestedtomeanthesamethingwhenthemeaningisaboutnothavinganyemotionsornothavinganyattentionfocusedonsomething.
If, however, youwanttotalkaboutlosinginterestinsomethingoraboutnotbeingbiasedwithregardtosomethinguseddisinterested.
So I hopethatthishelpsyou.
Thanksforthequestion.
Okay, let's moveontoyournextquestion.
NextquestioncomesfromCecilia.
Hi, Cecilia.
Ceciliasays, Hi, Alicia.
I foundthatsometimesthereis a commabeforeandandsometimesnot.
Whenshould I add a commonbeforeandthanks?
Okay, yes.
YoushouldaddAkamabeforeandwhenyouwerejoiningtwoindependentclausesandindependentKlausisanideaor a phrasethatcanstandalonesoitdoesn't needanyextrainformation.
It's a completeidea, a completethought.
Let's take a lookat a fewexamplesthatshowdifferenttypesofclausestogether.
Thereare a coupleofdifferentreasons, soinsomeonereasonisrelatedtoindependentclausesandconnectingnosewith a conjunction, andinthiscase, and a comma, theotherisrelatedperhapstotheuseoftheOxfordcommaortheserialcomma.
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