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Maybe first question this week comes from Sun Ju Hai Sanju Sanju says, Hi, Alicia.

I would like to know how to use adverbs and their correct position in sentences, and I also want to know the different kinds of adverbs we can use in sentences.

Okay.

Ah, adverbs are tricky.

Yes, so for this, I'm going to focus on to kind of broad types of adverbs.

One.

I'm going to talk about the ones that we use to modify just verbs or to modify like adjectives and phrases.

And second, I'll talk about adverbs that we use to modify whole sentences.

So first, let's take a look at adverbs that we use to modify like verbs and adjectives.

So these types of adverbs they make the meaning more specific.

So like they make the meaning of a verb a little bit more restricted, so it becomes a more specific sentence.

So an example She walked slowly in this sentence slowly is the adverb slowly modifies the verb walked.

So we're learning here.

How did she walk?

She walked slowly, so she walked slowly.

Is a more specific sentence than just she walked.

Let's look at another example.

We arrived late in this sentence.

Late is the adverb.

The verb that it's modifying is arrived.

So instead of just saying we arrived, we can say we arrived late.

This gives us more specific information about the situation we're learning.

When did they arrive?

We arrived late.

So late is the adverb here?

One more example.

This view is very beautiful.

Here, very is the adverb.

In this case, it's modifying an adjective, not a verb.

The adjective is beautiful, so we want to ask the question.

How beautiful was the view?

Very beautiful.

So in this way we can modify verbs.

We can modify adjectives and even phrases in this simple way.

So with that in mind, now let's take a look at adverbs that can be used to modify entire sentences.

So sometimes these adverbs can be used to modify just verbs.

Yes, but they can also be positioned so that they modify entire sentences.

An example sadly, we lost the match here.

Sadly, is the adverb.

It modifies the sentence.

We lost the match.

Interestingly, we never received a call from our client.

Here, interestingly is the adverb.

It modifies the sentence.

We never received a call from our client.

So the positioning here is kind of important.

You can position the adverbs at the beginning of the sentence or at the end of the sentence.

But I would make one point.

If you're gonna position the adverb at the end of the sentence, use a comma before the adverb.

So if you do this without a comma and you make a sentence like with the first example situation we lost the match.

Sadly, it might sound like the team members were actually like sad in the match.

So there might like, create some confusion.

If you put a comma though, before your adverb at the end of the sentence, it makes things much clearer for your reader.

The same thing applies in the second example situation.

We never received a call from our client.

Interestingly, it's kind of confusing, like you might think What?

You never received an interesting call from your client.

It might create some confusion, so adding a comma there can help make things clear.

So if you want to do that, you can put it at the end of the sentence.

I personally prefer, in most cases, to put the adverb.

If it's a sentence modifying adverb, I prefer to put it at the beginning of the sentence to prevent any of this confusion.

While yes, you can make some changes in their positioning.

If you're ever not sure where to place the adverb, place it as closely as possible to the word that it's modifying.

So, for example, the first example sentence was very simple.

She walked slowly, but if there's more information like she walked slowly and we want to talk about a road to, it's much clearer to say she walked slowly down the road than it is to say she walked down the road slowly.

So in that second sentence, slowly and the verb.

But it's modifying, walked are very far apart in the sentence, so in very complex sentences it can get confusing.

It's better to keep your adverbs and the words that they modify close together if possible, so I hope that this helps you understand a bit about placement of adverbs and how and where we use them.

Thanks very much for sending this question.

Okay, let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes Frahm.

Diana.

Hi, Diana, Diana says.

Hi, Alicia.

Which one is correct?

Right?

Something in the chat or on the chat, for example, the You tube chat during the live stream.

Thanks.

Oh yeah, Use in.

So this is something I think I say during the live stream.

Like send us your messages in the chat or I see something in the chat.

Or write that in the chat.

Send your example.

Sentences in the chat when you want to talk about chat rooms online on YouTube.

Whatever.

Please use the proposition in to do that.

I hope that that helps you.

Thanks very much for the question.

Okay, let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes from Kesa Varese's Varadarajan High again Kosovars, Kosovar says Hi, Alicia, When can we use high deer and other salutations and emails?

Thanks.

Nice question.

So if you're emailing a close colleague or a close co worker, there are three that I would recommend you can use.

Hello first name, High first name or hey, first name I would use hey Onley with colleagues or with co workers that you are very close to.

It sounds quite casual, and it might sound a little bit in polite.

It might sound a little too casual if you don't know the other person very well.

If you use one of these plus, like Mr or Mrs or Miss or something like that, it sounds a little weird.

Like it might sound a little bit kind of off balance if you use Hey, Mr so and so.

Like some professors I know and some, like instructors, at least in the US, don't mind that kind of thing.

But in some cases, it can sound a little bit strange.

If you're ever not sure what level of formality to go with like should I use Hey, show use high.

Should I use Hello?

Just go with hello.

Like hello First name for someone that you know fairly well.

Hello is nice You can use Hello, Mr or Hello Mrs Hello, Miss as well.

So hello is kind of the standard level for more formal salutations you can use dear.

Yes, I use dear.

When I'm writing to someone ah, that I feel is a bit above me.

And maybe I don't know that person.

If you want to make it even more formal, used dear Mr Miss, Mrs whatever, plus their last name don't use first names.

If they have a title, you should use that title as well.

But in general, I think most email correspondence usually uses hello or deer Ah, in one of those patterns that I've just mentioned those air.

Probably the most standard ways to greet people in emails.

So I hope that this helps you.

Thanks very much for the question.

Okay, let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes from Ruben High, Reuben Rubin says.

Can you explain the difference between the words garbage, rubbish and trash?

Yep, they mean the same thing.

Garbage, rubbish and trash mean the same thing, but rubbish is used in British English.

We don't really use the word rubbish in American English.

Also, we tend to use the words garbage and trash when we mean garbage can or trash can.

We don't always say, Where's the garbage can.

We might just say where's the garbage or where's the trash.

But we mean, where is the garbage can or where is the trash can?

So trash and garbage can also be used as very rude words to talk about people that you dislike.

So you might hear this in media.

I personally don't like to use those words to talk about people, but you may hear it sometimes rubbish as well as trash and garbage can also be used to talk about things you think are of poor quality.

So, like oh, man, this phone case was trash are Oh, man, this shirt is trashed, something that's a very poor quality.

You can use garbage, trash, rubbish.

But again, British English uses rubbish.

We don't really use this word in American English, so I hope that that helps you.

They mean really the same thing when you're talking about waste, thanks very much for the question.

Hope that that helps you.

Let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes from a jealous poll eating.

I'm not sure if I'm saying that, right.

I apologize if I'm not, but a jealous says Ah, highly show.

What does the phrase knuckle under mean?

Also, what is the correct usage of I with Waas and when is were used with I thinks interesting.

I've never actually heard the expression knuckle under, but I researched it and knuckle under means like to submit or to yield.

So, like when someone is like pressuring, you are trying to get you to do something and you finally give up and you like, agree.

Okay, fine.

I'll do that thing you give in that's called knuckling Under to Knuckle Under is like You can imagine that like someone uses their knuckle.

So this part of the body is called the knuckle and kind of imagine someone applies their knuckles toe, apply pressure to someone to get them to do something.

So this might be a helpful image when you finally agree to that thing you like, go under their knuckles like they've pushed you into the situation or into a task that you really didn't want to do or it was difficult to agree to.

So that's the meaning of knuckle.

Under some examples, we won't knuckle under to their demands, keep pushing them.

They'll knuckle under Regarding your second question about using, I was and I were.

The short answer is that we use I was to begin simple, past tense statements we use.

I were to begin statements that are not true there unreal statements.

For example.

I was a teacher five years ago, and if I were a teacher, I would teach math.

So in the first example sentence, it's a simple, past tense statement.

I was a teacher five years ago.

I use I waas to show that in my second example sentence if I were a teacher, I'm explaining something that is not true.

It's an unreal situation.

So in this case, we imagine I am not a teacher.

But so I want to explain.

If I were a teacher, I would teach math.

So when we introduced these unreal situations we use, I were so for some or example sentences and some more discussion about this topic, please check out Episode 54 an episode 70 of the series.

So I've answered similar questions from other viewers about the same topic, so I hope that that information is helpful for you.

Thanks very much for the question.

Okay, that is everything that I have for this week.

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