英語の文法と語法の質問〜２

[Bkofuku]

hello everyone..i'm from Mongolia.. i'm learning english and japanese...このぺージが気に入った。本当に役に立っている。宜しくね。

[sazuuki-kun]

can i ask a question? ive been here b4. the problem is that i don't know where to go and shout at the shout box and how do u say "message me" in japanese again? mesaji watashi" is that the way?

[miha]

みなさん、どうもありがとう。

[Gundaetiapo]

I don't sense much of a connotation of uneducated when "ain't" is used, more so colloquiality. There is definitely a stereotype to that effect in some people's minds though. It can have its tasteful uses despite what orthodox grammarians would dictate.

Oh ♪isn't♪ she sweet
See her walking down the street
...

[Infidel]

I don't like rap or all the profanity that follows those two lines.

[richvh]

Rap? I think "Ain't She Sweet" predates rap by a few decades. And I don't see any profanity in the lyrics here.

[Infidel]

that ain't it.

[richvh]

Well, that's the only song I've heard with those lyrics. Of course, I don't listen to rap if I can avoid it.

Edit: fixed the tags.

[miha]

質問、また教えてください。

What is "in on" in the sentence below?

The old house looks like it's about to collapse in on itself.
(その古い家は、今にもつぶれそうだ)

[richvh]

"in on"ではなく、"collapse in" "on itself"です。（外へ崩さなく、）奥へ崩して、（誰もその奥にいて、何もそこにあるから）自体に崩す。

[miha]

ああ、わかりました。

ｃｏｌｌａｐｓｅ in / on itself

で、自然にくずれるように壊れるんですね。
どうもありがとう。ずーと、気になっていました。

[miha]

scrape と scrub ってどういう風にちがいますか？両方とも似ているように思いますが、・・・

[richvh]

Scrape usually implies something sharp (such as a knife blade) is involved (scrape off the loose paint with a putty knife) or that minimal contact is involved (the car barely scraped the post.)

Scrub implies rough action. (Scrub the clothes against the washboard; scrub that dirt off your face.)

[miha]

It's very clear. I got it.

This is a potato peeler.
You just scrape the potato like this.
And it shaves off paper-thin slices.

Don't scrub those cups with steel wool!
They made of plastic.
You're going to scratch them up.

Thank you always.

[miha]

次の場合の to と for の違いを知りたいです。

She is bad to me.

Alcoholic is bad for me.

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(person) is (behavior) to (person)

(thing) is good/bad for (person)

という考えでいいと思いますか？