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- When do you use talked and spoke? [duplicate]
I talked to Mary about the party and she said anyone can come 2) There are phrases that don't work with both words, example: I speak four languages I talk four languages Whoever disagrees may speak now or forever hold their peace!
- grammar - Whats the difference between speak and talk . . .
We can say "talked to them in words of wisdom" and "talk to them in English" "I'm talking grammar here": A transitive meaning of "talk" This can be used in place of "grammatically speaking", but conveys talking to the audience about grammar rather than simply stating something
- We talked until late - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The only question I might have – which is why I mentioned "shortened" and "informal" in my comment – is the use of the preposition I have no problem with "We talked late," but I wondered if a proofreader might have a problem with "We talked until late" in formal writing (Conversationally, it's fine ) –
- definite articles - talk over the phone or talk over phone . . .
We just talked over (the) phone Should there be a "the" in front of "phone"? I e , should "phone" be specific or not? If there should be a "the", should "phone" be "phones" instead，since there were two phones being used during the conversation?
- tenses - I thought we talked. . . vs. I thought we had talked . . .
I thought we talked about this before ; I thought we had talked about this before; I've read somewhere that I should use the past perfect tense to indicate past action that occurred prior to another past action, and Past perfect verbs are always formed by using adding ‘had’ before the past participle form of the verb E g had + talked
- verbs - Is there any difference between talk to someone and talk . . .
Possible Duplicate: “Speak to” vs “Speak with” Well, the question is in the title I always had the impression that "talk to someone" refers to situations when some information must be conveyed to someone else, while "talk with someone" refers to cases that involve a more complex two-sided interaction
- offensive language - Whats a word to describe topics that would be . . .
@BrianHitchcock - very interesting and informative lists! Women's age is not taboo in UK as a point of discussion at all, and 'cars' are talked about often by women here, but there is one subject that seems top of the taboo list (or so I thought) throughout most of the West, including the UK - ill health, or sickness generally, and death mortality
- Talking to or talking with - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I talked with my family and we've decided to buy a new car -> We had a conversation about whether we need a car I found out my son is smoking, so I talked to him I hope my words will change the way he thinks -> I was talking to him and he listened to what I said
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