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sorry can you help me with these sentences? what's the difference? 1) Have you ever drunk beer? 2) Do you ever drink beer?

The verb 'to drink' is a tricky one to use. 'Hang' is another one, at least for me. The difference here is a matter emphasis, Example 1 is concerned with previous acts. (Before now). have you ever drunk beer? The second is focused on current behavior. Imagine it as a follow-up question in this dialog. 'I don't drink hard liquor.' 'Do you ever drink beer?'

The word 'ever' serves as an intensifier, the person will never need such cells.

First, remember the difference between 'may' and 'can'. 'May" asks or gives permission. "May I have a piece of cake? Yes, you may.' 'Can refers to the ability to do something. 'Can you lift this rock? Yes, I can.' 'Around' and 'about' are often interchangeable. 'It was around noon.' 'It was about noon.' Both indicate proximity. Strictly speaking, if you say, 'she walked around the house', you indicate that she avoided the house. In the same vein, if you say, 'she walked about the house', you indicate that she walked from place to place within the house. 'Around' can indicate avoidance. 'The mayor talked around the issue without addressing it.' 'About' can indicate the opposite. The mayor talked about the issue and proposed an answer.'

You may be over-thinking this a bit. A sawyer is an archaic word for someone who saws wood. Like baker or smith, it has become a last name. Because Tom is not a 'sawyer' in the novel, the inclusion of the saws in the artwork refer back to the original meaning. The 'yer' is needed for identifying the character but is not part of the pun.

1.The issue about whether the students should be taught to cooperate or compete is of great interest to many people. The issue, whether students should be taught to cooperate or compete, is of great interest to many people. Punctuation clarifies the sentence. 2.The discussion of which is more important to the people, the government or the others' donation is of concern for many people. The discussion about the relative importance of government funding and charitable support is important to many people. Your sentence is mostly grammatically correct except you don't need an article or a possessive for the others', and donation should be plural. You don't need 'to the people'. Your closing, 'for many people' makes it redundant. You could reduce the sentence further by saying, 'public or private funding', instead of 'the government or the others' donation'.

A lot of idiomatic phrases in this sentence. “Rosa Parks made history", she did something important that had a long-term effect. "when she refused to surrender her seat" she did not let someone else sit where she was sitting "to a white passenger," Black people were required to sit in the rear of public transportation. Rosa was sitting in the front of the bus and refused to move to the back. "spurring efforts to end segregation in the United States.” Spurs are small wheels attached to the heels to cowboy boots. They are used to signal the horse to go faster. "To spur" means to motivate or encourage a person or process to be more rapid.

Can you give an example of the usage confusing you?

to 'call someone out', means to explicitly identify or hold someone responsible for (usually) bad behavior. "I missed the deadline and my boss called me out." to 'live up to' means to meet a standard set of expectations. We didn't think she could live up to the requirements of being a firefighter, but she did." to 'ghost' means to disappear. English has a habit of using nouns as verbs and verbs as nouns. "I walked" vs "I took a walk".