English sentences
Hi, there

Could you help me with a two questions?

1) On a Facebook post, someone said "I drew my eyebrows in with a different pencil and my kid asked me why I had my scary face on... Then... my kid loves a cartoon about. A Spanish princess and one day she asked my why I wasn't Spanish.. No tan skin for this momma..." And another woman said: Elena de Avalor is pretty awesome, though. I get it :)". What do "had my scary face on" and "I get it" mean in these (or those?) sentences?

2) On facebook, someone posted a photo of a recently acquired cat. His wife had a lot of cats, but that was his first one. In the comments, someone said:
"She is no longer a single mom"

Then should the reply: "She was never single, nor/or mom"... or "She has never been single, nor/or a mom"?

Thank you! very much!!

Question

English sentences
Hi, there

Could you help me with a two questions?

1) On a Facebook post, someone said "I drew my eyebrows in with a different pencil and my kid asked me why I had my scary face on... Then... my kid loves a cartoon about. A Spanish princess and one day she asked my why I wasn't Spanish.. No tan skin for this momma..." And another woman said:  Elena de Avalor is pretty awesome, though. I get it :)". What do "had my scary face on" and "I get it" mean in these (or those?) sentences?

2) On facebook, someone posted a photo of a recently acquired cat. His wife had a lot of cats, but that was his first one. In the comments, someone said: 
"She is no longer a single mom"

Then should the  reply: "She was never single, nor/or mom"... or "She has never been single, nor/or a mom"?

Thank you! very much!!

Answer

She was never single or a Mom. ( most common usage )
The grammar rule is to use   either.....or,   neither....nor
She we either single or a Mom.
She was neither single nor a Mom ( not in common speech, but grammatically correct)

Answer

Hi Jordana,

1) The eyebrows that she drew made her face look scary. "I get it" means "I understand it".

2) There's no reply to this. Perhaps the commenter suggested that they are a proper couple now (because they both have cats).  In your culture, do you have a stereotype about older single women who own lots of cats?

Answer

"I get it"  means "I understand"

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