Trip or Travel Cost or Price Seems Good or Sounds Good

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Alicia the weekly series where you ask
me questions and I answer them

maybe first question this week comes
from nerd on Emma net again nerd on nerd

on says hi Alicia what is the difference
between cost and price are they being

used as nouns are they being used as
verbs they have some different

grammatical functions that’s one
generally speaking

both words can be used to refer to the
value of something the car’s price is

$15,000 the agent priced the car at
$15,000 the car costs $15,000 the cost

of the car is $15,000 so all of these
example sentences show the value of an

item in this case a car so when you’re
shopping for something cost and price

will mean something like this usually
referring to the value of an item

however if you’re talking about
something like running a business or

maybe even like in sports or something
competitive cost as a noun or as a verb

refers to the time or money or other
resources required in order to do

something else some examples
the project cost us $5,000 his mistake

cost us three days so these sentences
mean that $5,000 was required to do the

project in the second example sentence a
mistake required three days to fix so

this use of cost can refer to effort or
resources required in order to do

something when you yourself are buying
something price and cost generally mean

the same thing we tend to use price more
in terms of a noun or we’ll use cost

more when we’re using it as a verb like
this bag costs $10 or the price is $10

to make it even simpler what we tend to
say the most is just it’s $10 or it’s 10

bucks I hope that helps you thanks for
the question next question comes from

Tom our van Gogh high tomorrow Mr says
hi Alicia thanks for the videos I have

question about the sentence it’s a rap
when can I use this sentence it’s a rap

is used when you conclude something when
you finish something this is an

expression that’s usually used in movies
and in TV when the event or when the job

has finished the person in charge might
say it’s a rap it’s a rap tells everyone

else in the organization or everyone
else in the event the job is finished

everything is done you can go home now
so you’ll use this at the end of an

event or at the end of a job
typically hope that helps you thanks for

the question next question comes from
mohammed al daily heigen Mohammed

Mohammed says hi Alicia I want to ask
about the difference between training

and exercise and can we use them in one
sentence together yeah both words can be

used to talk about sports or going to
the gym that kind of physical body

related practice training tends to be
used when we have a specific goal in

mind there’s something we are hoping to
achieve examples he’s training for a

marathon
she started strength training last month

exercise is more general it’s like a
habit or a hobby maybe we don’t have a

specific goal in mind but we do it in
order to keep our body in good shape

some examples I try to exercise 3 times
a week

he likes to exercise in the morning so
to put them together in one sentence for

example I wasn’t getting enough exercise
so I registered for a 5k run and started

training hope that helps you thanks for
the question next question comes from ro

hula hula hula hula says what’s the
difference between trip and travel yeah

common question very common mistake when
you’re talking about going to another

place the word trip should be used only
as a noun so let’s look at some examples

I took a trip to Europe last year I
might take an international trip this

autumn travel is generally used as a
verb though it can be used as a noun it

refers to going to another place it
sounds a little bit more formal than go

examples I traveled to Europe last year
I might travel somewhere outside the

country this autumn
the trip has a verb form but the word

trip as a verb means to make a mistake
while walking so it’s like you’re

walking along and there’s a rock or
something here and you make a mistake

like you misstep and maybe fall down
that’s to trip so when you say for

example I tripped to another city it
means this kind of walking was used to

travel to that city it’s grammatically
correct but totally wrong the meaning is

totally wrong so please use I took a
trip or I’ve traveled to to prevent this

completely if this is confusing for you
most native speakers will not use travel

we will actually just use went in the
past tense past tense of go I went to

another city I went to this country so
if you ever have like doubts about which

word you should use just use went hope
that helps you thanks for the question

the next question comes from Yuka hi
Yuka Yuka says what is the difference

between that and it for example that’s
awesome and it’s awesome a distance from

the speaker that’s awesome tends to be
used for something the speaker here’s

examples good news from a friend that’s
awesome an exciting item on a restaurant

menu that’s awesome an amazing moment in
a sporting match on TV that’s awesome

it’s awesome tends to be used for
something the speaker is familiar with

the speaker knows about that thing and
the speaker wants to express his or her

opinion about that examples my job is
going well it’s awesome

I have a nice new place to live it’s
awesome I’m visiting a new city and

telling my friends about it it’s awesome
that tends to be for things outside us

or distant from us it is sort of our
expression of our own opinion this is

not a perfect rule but it’s a general
guideline so I hope that that helps you

thanks very much for the question next
question comes from Mohammed hi Mohammed

Mohammed says hi Alicia been watching
your videos for a long time thank you

I’m wondering about the difference
between sound and seemed like when

someone comes up with a good idea
suggestion we say it sounds good or that

seems good when
you seem and sound yes I talked about

this in a previous ask Alicia video you
can check that video for a few more

examples we use sound for information we
get with our ears so something that we

hear from someone else or information
general information that we collect with

our ears we use sound or it sounds to
talk about that examples an invitation

for dinner sounds good
your coworker has a bad cough he doesn’t

sound good a vacation to the mountains
sounds good we use seams for things that

we cannot quickly confirm or we cannot
quickly verify like we use it for

something that has like a nice
appearance or maybe there’s something

that gives us the impression it is good
or bad or whatever adjective but we need

some more information to confirm that we
use seams in these cases examples an

interesting job offer hmm seems good you
find a low price on an airplane ticket

that seems good you find an error in a
document mmm this doesn’t seem right

this is just a general guide it’s not a
perfect rule but I hope that this is

something that can help you make better
decisions when it comes time to choose

one of these words so I hope that that
helps you thanks very much for the

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