2015-09-18 Writing: weather and conversation

Greg Malivuk
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I don’t know _____ about Boston. (shit/crap/squat/anything)
I know _____ about Boston. (fuck-all/shit/squat/nothing)
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Formally, second conditional uses past without “was”, so you should use “were” for I/he/she/it.

If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
If I were living in Boston, I would have advice.
I wish I were rich.
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*When I go outside in the autumn, it always have wind. (WRONG)
When I go outside in the autumn, it is always windy.

With the weather, we usually say “it is” + adjective, NOT “it has” + noun
It has sun. -> It is sunny.
It has rain. -> It is rainy.
foggy, cloudy, snowy, icy, hot, warm, cool, cold, wet, dry, humid
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Please don’t put words in my mouth. I never said that.
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spacy = absentminded (when a person isn’t really thinking in an organized way, and forgets things quickly)
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https://books.google.com/ngrams - type one or more words or phrases, and you can see how common they are in English books throughout history
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How are you?
How are you doing?
How’s it going?
How are things?
How do you do?
- The typical answers are “Fine”, “pretty good”, “alright, thanks”, etc.

What’s up?
What’s going on?
What are you up to?
What’s happening?
- The typical answers are “Not much”, “nothing much”, “not a whole lot”, etc.