question on infinitives Hi, I would really appreciate if someone could clarify this little detail for me. So I've learned the "infinitives of purpose": "I went to a shop (why?) to buy groceries" "He's calling to talk about tomorrow" Now is that possible to use it in contexts like this? 1) My friend turned off the light not to see the mess (he didn't want to see the mess, so he turned off the light) - it seems strange for some reason. 2) We need to care about our health not to get sick ( ?= in order to be healthy we need to care about our health) - again, looks strange but at the same time kind of logical :\ 3) I turn down the music not to awake Ivan (or "so I don't wake Ivan"?) 4) We offered a pizza not to cook anything (or "so we don't need to cook anything"?) ughhhh Please, help. Thanks everyone in advance. Sometimes I feel super confident using English but then I get stuck in situations like this... it's a bit devastating.

Don't know how to express this thought in English Hey! Let's imagine I need to pass an exam and it consists of 3 parts. Now if I get the highest score for 1 part and then below average results for the other two so my final score is "average", how can I say that the part with the best score played the main role in gettin this final score? In Russian it's like "this part pulled (me) out" but I'm not sure if it can be used in English this way. I hope the explanation is clear. Peace! =)

Past Simple vs Past Continuous It feels like I'll never master these tences in contexts like this: "There was a lot of clowns at that event, but no one was laughing (or laughed?)" If we assume that they were continuously telling jokes throughout the event, that means that the visitors were continually "not laughing". But something tells me just "laughed" is OK too. Please, help me understand the difference if there is any. Have a great day every1 and thanks in advance for any corrections and comments! Love u all.

Cider rumble After drinking a bottle of cider this fine evening I felt the urge to write something here. I've got no idea what to write about. Let it be long-term life plans and a little bit of grammar experimentation. So I happen to have lived (never said anything like that) in France for 3 years, I studied in the Russian ambassy in Paris so it was a Russian school. I graduated from there about 6 years ago and then successfully forgot French 'cus in school it was torture to learn two languages, even with English... I started loving it only after getting into university. The reason was that I noticed how better films and video games are if you percieve them with the original (mostly English) language. Anyway, continuing the ramble, after getting my bachelor degree I happened to go to the army for a year and now I'm working as an English teacher for Russian students. No worries, I'm don't make as many mistakes as I'm probably gonna make here. And I teach mostly basic grammar and speaking skills without preparing my students for English exams. So after watching a few vids from Matt d'Avella (I guess that's his name) I started thinking about saving some money and moving to France or any English speaking country just to learn and perfect English or French. Alright, I think I'm done. Have you got any experience moving to another country for similar reasons? Have you thought about doing it? Have a great night or day or whatever the time's now in your timezone! Cheers! P.S. oh yah, not rumble. Mumble.