I love English and was once good enough to become an English teacher at a Japanese junior high school. However, that was in the past and since then my knowledge of English has been declining rapidly. So, as part of my language learning, I decided to submit some simple questions and comments about English language that are not easy for me (and that I should ask on HiNative or Quora) to Newgrounds. I am not an expert in English and may be making elementary mistakes, but thank you for your patience.
100 Spells | English Is Not So Easy 7
In Japan, there are 100 magic sentences that must be memorized in order to learn to speak English fluently. To see the text of these 100 sentences, you had to buy the book in Japan (I have bought this book three times in my lifetime), but they are now illegally uploaded on this page.
The 100 sentences were written by a Japanese high school English teacher Hironobu Takeoka based on the advice of an English native speaker David James, and are intended for those who have already mastered basic knowledge of the English language and wish to acquire practical English skills. In other words, the basic practical knowledge of the language is packaged into the 100 sentences.
Q1. Please fill in the blank.
It ( ) dangerous to drive a car after drinking two bottles of whiskey.
An English(US) speaker in HiNative:
"is" is preferred …
https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/14428647
The answer is "would be". According to Takeoka's view, the word "would be" contains the nuance "I don't think you are the kind of person who would drink and drive," and English speakers are very conscious of whether the remark is hypothetical or not, so "would be" is more appropriate.
Q2. Please fill in the blank.
Anya has nice drums, ( ) she never lets anyone else play them.
An English(US) speaker in HiNative:
I'd say "but" …
https://ja.hinative.com/questions/12635329
The answer is "and". Because the fact that she has a good drum set has absolutely nothing to do with her letting someone else play it.
I think English used by native speakers is the most correct, but this is a great book for me.
anymany
while both examples, would be correct, i think a have something to say about them
"is" is stating a fact, something IS a fact. would be, to me, says that there's something else missing, a hidden variable, for example:
"it would be dangerous to drive a car after drinking two bottles of whiskey.....
....which is why you shouldn't do it
.....so you sould get someone to drive you
.....unless you have a high alcohol tolerence"
to me "would be" implies something else, while "is " is the end the and definitive.
Precipitation24
That is a novel definition. I learned something new.