expeessions (pleeease) Hi, there Please, could you help me with some questions? I need your help. Please!! 1) I'd like to know what's the difference between having a subscription , subscribe and sig

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expeessions (pleeease) Hi, there Please, could you help me with some questions? I need your help. Please!! 1) I'd like to know what's the difference between having a subscription , subscribe and signing up for? For example, if I am talking about Internet service provider, which one should I use? "I don't have any subscription to any Internet service provider" or "I didn't sign up for any Internet service provider"? or "I didn't subscribe to any Internet service provider"? "I will get a subscription to a carrier(mobile network provider)" or "I will sign up for a carrier (mobile network provider) or "I will subscribe to a carrier"? What would you say? 2) Could I use "back out" or "skip out " in the following sentence? "We always agree to/arrange to/agree on (which verb? If either) go for a run early in the morning and it is you, not me, who always skip out/back out"? Do you know a better verb? 3) Should I use "but", "besides", "other than" or just "than" in the following sentence: "In class, he does anything else than/other than/but/besides what he is supposed to do. He always talks too much in class(can I say talks too much in class) and never pays attention to the lecture/in the lectuee(Which one? And class or lecture?)?? Thank you very, very much. This is really important to me!! Thank you for all

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expeessions (pleeease)

Hi, there

Please, could you help me with some questions? I need your help. Please!!

1)
I'd like to know what's the difference between having a subscription , subscribe and signing up for? For example, if I am talking about Internet service provider, which one should I use? Subscription is a noun and subscribe is a verb. Signing up is a phrase that means the same thing as subscribe.

"I don't have a any subscription to an any Internet service provider" or "I haven't signed didn't sign up for an any Internet service provider"? or "I didn't subscribe to an any Internet service provider" or: "I haven't subscribed to an Internet service provider"?
"I will get a subscription to a carrier(mobile network provider)" or "I will sign up for a carrier (mobile network provider) or "I will subscribe to a carrier"? What would you say? of these choices, "I will sign up for a carrier" and "I will subscribe to a carrier" sound better than "I will get a subscription to a carrier". In American usage, however, none of those are likely choices. We would be more likely to say something like: "I will sign up for mobile service", or "I will sign up for cell phone service".

2) Could I use "back out" or "skip out " in the following sentence?

"We always agree to/arrange to/agree on (which verb? If either) go for a run early in the morning and it is you, not me, who always skips out/backs out"? Do you know a better verb? You can use either back out, or skip out, interchangeably. Keep in mind, though, that in your examples, you need an "s" on the end of your word. "it is you, not me, who always backs out", or "it is you, not me, who always skips out".

3) Should I use "but", "besides", "other than" or just "than" in the following sentence:

"In class, he does anything else than not grammatically correct at all/other than this works/but this also works/besides not correct what he is supposed to do. Another good option would be to use the word "except. "In class, he does anything, except what he is supposed to do." He always talks too much in class(can I say talks too much in class yes, you can say this) and never pays attention to the lecture/in the lectuee(Which one? And class or lecture?)?? He always talk too much in class and never pays attention to the lecture.

Thank you very, very much. This is really important to me!!

Thank you for all

For question number 1, to sign up for and to subscribe mean essentially the same thing, so they are both interchangeable. For question 2, "backs out" is fine. For question 3, the first sentence doesn't quite make sense, but you can say "he always talks too much in class" and "never pays attention to the lecture" or "never pays attention during the lecture." Hope this helps!

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