Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "One"

A:

lose (one's) footing
1. To slip, stumble, and/or fall during an activity in which one is using one's feet, such as walking, dancing, climbing, etc.

I sprained my ankle when I lost my footing on a hike.
Be careful not to lose your footing while you're on the ladder!

2. By extension, to lose one's stability by entering a precarious or unsettling situation.

I loved my job, so I really lost my footing when I was laid off.

I'm just worried that he'll lose his footing if he drops out of school now—there's no guarantee he'll ever go back.

A: It means you are sure you are right about something even though the other person you are talking to thinks they are correct.

I hope this helps ☺

A: to show compassion or forgiveness to someone

A: Yes, you can certainly say "I'm brilliant at playing the guitar" to express a high level of proficiency and skill. "Brilliant" emphasizes exceptional ability and talent.

There are several other phrases you can use to convey proficiency or skill in a particular activity:

1. "I'm excellent at playing the guitar."
2. "I'm skilled at playing the guitar."
3. "I'm proficient at playing the guitar."
4. "I'm talented at playing the guitar."
5. "I'm a master at playing the guitar."

These alternatives highlight different levels and nuances of expertise, allowing you to choose the one that best fits your intended meaning.

A: "I think it is obvious that the black ones are the right choice"

A: 1. "What's up?"
People who ask this rarely want to know about the objects above their heads.

2. "Break a leg"
People don't actually want to see your leg broken when they say this.

3. "On top of the world"
In a literal sense it makes no sense...

4. "Put your money where your mouth is"
I suppose you would have to eat the money in this case... >_<

5. "Kill two birds with one stone"
Usually it's not about killing defenseless animals...

6. "Hot as hell."
How can you know how hot hell is...?

7. "My heart is broken"
You wouldn't be alive if that was true...

A: I want one blue balloon please.
They're the ones that started the fight.

A: "No one knows why he left."
"There is no one else on the bus."
"No one remembers that movie."
"She told no one about what she saw."

"Please do not tell anyone!"
"Does anyone have a phone charger I can borrow?"
"Has anyone heard the new Taylor Swift song?"

A: "I'm not the only who" isn't really an expression. But it is a sentence starter. It can be used for many different things.

"I'm not the only one who feels this way."

"I'm not the only one who wants to go."

"I'm not the only one who has a car."
And so on.

A: AH... In that case, I might use "one" when I wanted a gender-neutral way to phrase something. Often people end up using a plural (they) for this in English, even when that isn't correct grammar. "One can expect to spend a long time going through airport security." From your examples, though, you could replace "one" with "girl"- Helen is the tall girl and Jane is the short girl. Better?

A:

The difference is just like the difference between:
"I've written" and "l wrote".

"I've written" is "present perfect tense".
"l wrote" is "(simple) past tense".

They are a bit similar but there is difference too.

They have been both done in the past but we use "present perfect tense" the existence of results of the action in present time (now) are of importance, not on "when" the action was done.

But when "ending of the action" which was somewhere in the past, is of importance, we must use "(simple) past tense".
If you have done two things in sequence, for example:
"I wrote the letter and went out."
So here, the end of the writing which was before going out is of importance.

By the way, aren't there "present perfect tense".
or "(simple) past tense" in Korean language or languages you know?

A: There is no difference in meaning. English speaking is a lot about rhythm and flow. Like playing the drums. Sometimes nobody sounds better in a sentence, and sometimes it sounds better to say no one. "Nobody" has three syllables, and "no one" has two syllables. Sometimes you want an extra beat in your sentence. That's when you say nobody instead of no one. It's a matter of preference.

Nobody goes there anymore.

No one goes there anymore.

No one knows.

Nobody knows.

Nobody's there.

No one's there.

A: There is no difference in meaning, but there is a difference in grammar:

"She THOUGHT no one could see that maybe one day she WOULD be free"
Because of "thought," we're forced to use "would." Using "will" is incorrect grammar.

"She THINKS no one could see that maybe one day she WILL be free"
Here, I've changed the tense. Now, "would" is incorrect to use.


We use "will" when the information relates to the present. "she thinks...she will"

"she thinks...that maybe one day she will be free"
This relates to the present moment because it describes what will be different from the present

"she thought...that maybe one day she would be free"
It doesn't relate to the present moment here, but it relates to the past. That's why we need "would"

"She thinks she would if..."
The word "if" adds a conditional situation that isn't the present moment, which is why "would" is correct here rather than "would." It no longer relates to the present because of "if."

A: You were the only who (started to cry) / cried when you father was buried. (It was past and finished)

You were the only who was crying while they were were digging the soil to bury your father. (At that moment the action was happening)

A: The main difference between the two sentences is the difference between "I think" and "I believe".

"I think" is less formal and also less confident.

"I believe" is more of a personal feeling and also shows that you are pretty much sure.

A: 그는 아마 그것을 알고 있었을 거예요.
means He probably knew it or was already aware of it.

he could have known it.
means there was a choice on his part to know or not know.

he should have known it.
means he needed it whether he wanted it or not.

he would have known it.
means that he would have it but something else didn't take place. something prevented him from having it.

A: That you're out of yourself, not acting normal, it could be that you're really really mad or talking nonsense, so it seems that something has possessed you lol

A: D-Women; girls
Woman is singular
Women is plural
Girl is singular
Girls is plural

A: This one is hard to find a solution.

A: in american english this is typically called "purse"
and your sentence sounds good :)

A: I watched 'Mine'. It's a one situation movie. An American soldier fighting in the desert accidentally steps on a mine and can't move from that spot.
As he gets more exhausted, he starts seeing hallucinations.

※I don’t know what you mean by ‘one situation movie’ though, sorry! It might be better to take that sentence out
I changed ‘can’t move any more’ to ‘can’t move from that spot’ to make the plot clearer

A: Community (in this context) = for everyone / sharing together something

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A: Note that in English, "anime" is used as a loan word to mean Japanese animation in particular, not all animation.

A: × There's no one size fits all approach for English studies, so it's important to always ask myself if the way I'm studying now is suitable.
✓ There's no one-size-fits-all approach to English studies, so it's important to always ask myself if the way I'm studying now is suitable.

When using a multi-word phrase as an adjective, particularly if it has a lot of words, it is best to use hyphens (「no one-size-fits-all approach」) or quotation marks (「no "one size fits all" approach」) to make it clear that they are all part of a single combined term, and make the sentence easier to understand.

(saying "for" with approach is not wrong, but it is a bit more common to talk about an approach "to" some problem or challenge, I think.)