Question Hi, there Could you help me with a few questions? Please! 1) Let us say you go to a friend's house and your friends ordered two pizzas and didn't leave you any. Could say something like:

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Question Hi, there Could you help me with a few questions? Please! 1) Let us say you go to a friend's house and your friends ordered two pizzas and didn't leave you any. Could say something like: "This is (pretty) lame." 2)Would you say "I prefer you don't go" "I prefer (for) you not go" or "I prefer you not to go".. And "I (would) prefer she to stay" or "I (would) prefer she stay/stayed"? 3) In a facebook post, I read this: ""Enter the magic forest. Somewhere on the vergge of realities and different worlds.l, on the edge of the reflection of the mirror" What does it mean? "On the verge of realities" "On the edge of the reflection of the mirror"? Thank you

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Yes, you could say that, but it will show that you think that is it lame FOR YOU.

It would not be right if you'd trying to say that that was pretty lame of them to not leaving any.

Then say: "That was not nice."

P.s. 'lame' is wrong in the context, but because the word 'lame' is used in dozens of ways, in spoken English it's not really wrong.

2)Would you say "I prefer you don't go" "I prefer (for) you not go" or "I prefer you not to go".. And "I (would) prefer she to stay" or "I (would) prefer she stay/stayed"?

Saying "I prefer you don't go" is a bit wrong on it's own. It's better to say: "I prefer that you stay".

So right answer:

"I would prefer you don't leave" (if you mean with that that you want them to be at that place)

Otherwise you could say: "I would prefer you don't go" (if you mean that you don't want someone to go to a specific place(because that place is dangerous) for example.

"I would prefer her to stay" (not 'she' but 'her)'

3)

In a facebook post, I read this:
""Enter the magic forest. Somewhere on the vergge of realities and different worlds.l, on the edge of the reflection of the mirror"

What does it mean? "On the verge of realities" "On the edge of the reflection of the mirror"?
Verge in this way means 'edge' or 'border' so it is "on the edge/border of reality"

i do not totally understand what they mean with "On the edge of the reflection of the mirror" Can you give some context/explanation?

Thank you

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Hi, there

Could you help me with a few questions?

Please!

1) Let us say you go to a friend's house and your friends ordered two pizzas and didn't leave you any.
Could say something like: "This is (pretty) lame." It depends if you are using American English. In the UK we don't say 'lame'. You could say something like "this is (pretty) rubbish" or 'this isn't fair"

2)Would you say "I prefer you don't go" "I prefer (for) you not go" or "I prefer you not to go"..You could say "I would prefer it if you didn't go." But most people would say "I don't want you to go" . And "I (would) prefer she her to stay" or "I (would) prefer it if she stay/stayed"? Both of these are fine. You could also say 'I want/would like her to stay'

3)

In a facebook post, I read this:
""Enter the magic forest. Somewhere on the vergge of realities and different worlds.l, on the edge of the reflection of the mirror"

What does it mean? "On the verge of realities" "On the edge of the reflection of the mirror"? This sounds like a fantasy novel they are metaphors that mean on the edge of reality

Thank you

Please

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