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hi everybody welcome back to ask alicia
the weekly series where you ask me
questions and i answer them maybe okay
let’s get to your first question this
week first question this week comes from
bhavna singh hi babna babna says hi
alicia can you explain the difference
between as soon as and no sooner than
okay sure let’s talk about as soon as
first so let’s take a look at an example
sentence
i’ll leave the house as soon as i finish
my homework in this example sentence we
have two actions leaving the house and
finishing homework so as soon as shows
us that one action will happen once
another action is completed so in my
example sentence i’ll leave the house as
soon as i finish my homework means when
this action is done finishing homework
the first action will happen leaving the
house so when we use as soon as the
first action actually happens last i’ll
leave the house as soon as i finish my
homework means that this action is the
one that needs to be finished before the
first action can happen
let’s compare this to no sooner than so
let’s take a look at an example sentence
for example
he’s going to arrive at the airport no
sooner than 12 o’clock
this means that some action is going to
happen and we want to express that the
action will not happen before a certain
time in this case he’s not going to
arrive at the airport before 12 o’clock
but sometime after 12 o’clock is
possible so in this case he’s going to
arrive at the airport no sooner than 12
o’clock expresses this idea so as soon
as is used to talk about one action
happening before another action and no
sooner than refers to one action not
happening until a certain point in time
or maybe until something else has
finished 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
so kyna i hope i said your name right hi
sokaina so kaina says hey alicia i was
watching an english movie and i heard
the sentence we have chemistry what does
it mean hope you answer my question yeah
great question we have chemistry this
doesn’t usually mean chemistry class
like in school when we’re talking about
chemistry between two people it means
romantic chemistry or maybe just
friendship kind of chemistry chemistry
means that two people get along really
well they understand each other the
conversation flows easily
it’s not hard to work with that person
it’s not hard to talk to that person
they get along really well
we tend to use this expression a lot
more in romantic relationships when you
go on a date with someone for the first
time you might say we had chemistry or
we had no chemistry meaning it was
really great and we could talk easily or
it wasn’t so great and we didn’t really
have a good flow so this chemistry
refers to how well we can interact with
another person how easy it is to talk
and be friends with or to be romantic
with another person so i hope that this
helps you thanks for the question okay
on to our next question next question
comes from lulyn i hope i said that
right liberlynn hi livelyn livelyn says
hi alicia what is daylight saving time
i’m very confused my country does not
have this great question yeah in the usa
we have this thing called daylight
saving time you might also hear daylight
savings time used but this refers to
changing the times on the clock twice a
year so when we want to gain an hour of
time like when the sun goes down very
early in winter there will be a day each
year when everyone in the country has to
set their clocks forward or back to gain
or lose an hour of time i know this
probably seems really strange to you if
your country doesn’t have this practice
or doesn’t have this custom but in the
u.s and maybe in some other countries
that use daylight savings time to try to
get lots and lots of sunshine in the day
this is what happens everybody changes
their clocks one hour forward or one
hour back depending on the season so i
hope that this helps you thanks very
much for the interesting cultural
question
okay on to our next question next
question comes from wile hi weil i hope
i said your name right weill says hello
alicia i read something like you cannot
use forget if you want to mention the
place you left something for example
don’t say i forgot my book at home
instead say i left my book at home
my question is what if i really want to
refer to the fact that i actually forgot
my book at home what should i say
yeah interesting question i have never
read this before but no it’s completely
okay to say i forgot my book at home or
i have forgotten my book at home it’s
completely correct you can also just say
i forgot my book that’s 100 correct too
there is no problem
putting a place after forget here i left
my wallet at home is also completely
okay so in this case when you’re talking
about leaving or forgetting something in
a location you can use either verb and
you can also include a place with either
verb as well both are totally fine don’t
worry about a place with forget or not
you can use either so that’s a very
interesting question but thanks for
asking okay let’s move on to our next
question next question comes from
anderson hi anderson anderson says what
does the expression i dropped the ball
mean great question i dropped the ball
okay this is a sports kind of expression
right so of course we can use it to mean
dropping an actual ball if you’re
playing sports or something but you will
hear this used in business situations
and work situations maybe when you’re
making plans with someone to drop the
ball means to not take care of your
responsibilities so for example your
friend expected you to make a restaurant
reservation for a party you didn’t do it
they might say you dropped the ball you
were supposed to do that so you
imagine yourself as a player in a game
where you have some responsibility with
the ball like to make a shot or
something like that but if you don’t do
it you don’t fulfill your responsibility
we expressed that sometimes with this
expression to drop the ball so you
didn’t do something you were supposed to
do you were supposed to maybe continue
making plans you were supposed to
continue communicating with someone you
did not do it you failed to do your
responsibility someone might say wow you
really dropped the ball there so i hope
that this helps answer your question
thanks for an interesting one all right
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