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Welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly Siri's, where you ask me questions and I answer them.

Maybe first question comes from result.

Who's Wandy Hagan?

Result.

Result says.

Can you explain what motile verbs are?

Sure, so a motel verb is a verb that's used to talk about possibility or ability In English.

We have Will and wood shall and Should can and could and May might and must.

I might come to the office later.

We should look for a new apartment.

Can you help me move my sofa?

So we use motile verbs in English to talk about possibility.

Yes.

Ah and ability to, as with can and could.

But we also use them in patterns relating to giving advice and asking for advice, as well as making offers and requests to.

So there are a couple of videos on the channel that you can check out for some more information about motile verbs.

Ah, first, you can look at the must for possibility.

Whiteboard video.

There's also a video about would, especially using wood for future tense situations that's coming out very soon.

Ah, you can also look at the will versus going to video on the channel for some future tense expressions.

There are some other videos about motile verbs coming out and some other information about May and might and must in live streams.

So please take a look around the channel for some more information.

Some detailed information about some of these motile verbs And of course, there'll be more content coming up soon.

So I hope that you check out those lessons and I hope that you can get a good start on motile verb studies.

Thanks very much for sending this along.

I hope that helps clear up what a motile verb is.

Okay, let's move along to your next question.

Next question comes from Trang.

Hi, Trang trying says, Hi, Alicia, what does get rid of mean?

Get rid of means Throw away.

We often use the word get rid of when we want to throw something away quickly or when we really don't want that item or it was really unnecessary.

We can also use the phrase get rid of with people.

But this is used when we want to cut someone off of a group or an organization like when someone loses their job.

For example, I finally got rid of my broken blender.

Our company finally got rid of that employees who was stealing things.

Okay, so I hope this helps you understand the expression.

Get rid of something.

Thanks very much for sending it.

Alright, onward to our next question.

Next question this week comes from Mohammed all daily hygiene.

Mom and mom, it says highly Sha.

What's the difference between supposedly and supposedly?

And can I use them interchangeably?

No, You supposedly supposedly so supposedly means, according to something else, This is true.

But we use supposedly when we're, like a little bit skeptical.

So skeptical means we don't quite believe something is true.

Like there's a little bit of disbelief there, like maybe someone is lying or someone is hiding something.

So there's a feeling of suspicion, but it's like saying, according to this person, this situation is true, but we might not have all the information.

So supposedly is the word that means this.

Some examples.

Supposedly, this is a good company to work for.

Supposedly he missed his flight because of traffic.

So supposedly the other words you introduced means conceivable something we are able to conceive up something that we can suppose so it does not have this meaning of according to someone, plus disbelief.

It doesn't have the same meaning as supposedly in American English.

Speakers will use this word, but it's a mistake there.

Intending?

They're planning.

They want to use the word supposedly, but they make a mistake and you suppose a ble instead.

So please use.

Supposedly not supposedly.

I hope that this helps you.

Thanks very much for the question.

All right, let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes from Mota.

Hadi, Mata Hari Hope Hello, Mata Hari.

Well, the holiday says highly ship.

Is it true that we use of for something that belongs to a thing or animal?

But apostrophe s for something that belongs to a human?

Ah, no, it is not true.

While yes, it does sound more natural to use apostrophe s for something that belongs to a human.

It is not a rule to use of to show possession for something that belongs to a thing or an animal.

Some examples Let's compare.

The car's steering wheel came off in my hands and the steering wheel of the car came off in my hands.

My computer screen is broken.

The screen of my computer is broken, so these pairs of sentences actually mean the same thing.

We're just showing possession in like, different ways.

I would say that native speakers will probably use whatever is the shortest way to describe whatever it is they want to say.

So probably the apostrophe s pattern is most common.

It's certainly not incorrect to use the of pattern.

Both are fine to use here.

When you're talking about people, however, it does sound much more natural to use the apostrophe s pattern using the of pattern to show possession for something we own or something we have Sounds very weird when you're talking about people examples.

My friend's hair is beautiful.

The hair of my friend is beautiful.

Your brother's shirt is so funny.

The shirt of your brother is so funny.

Very weird.

So in these pears, the second example sentence that uses of wild, grammatically correct sounds very strange.

So when you're talking about people used the apostrophe s pattern to talk about their characteristics or the things that they have.

If you're talking about an object or an animal, you can choose whichever you prefer.

As I said, native speakers tend to use the shortest expression possible.

So in most cases, that's the apostrophe s pattern.

Also note that in some formal situations, when we want to make something sound a bit Maur like grand or exciting Ah, we will use that of pattern instead of the apostrophe s pattern, like the Palace of the King instead of the King's Palace.

So that's going to make it sound a little bit more exciting.

So in those cases, and like those formal, really exciting, like luxurious, expensive cases, you might hear of used more often.

Okay, I hope that that helps you.

Thanks very much for your question.

Let's move along to our next question for this week.

Next question comes from Bar.

He's hiba.

He's by, he says.

What's the difference between if I and if I will, For example, if I do that and if I will do that, if there's a difference, where is it?

Ah, this is a good question, but the answer is that we use if I, and not if I will.

Actually, this relates back to our first question from this week's episode about motile verbs.

When you're making a conditional sentence, that means a sentence that uses and if Klaus and a main clause we do not use a motile verb in the if Klaus.

If you want to use a motile verb, your motile verb needs to come in your main clause.

So that means if you want to make an if sentence and you want to use will, you can use them in the same sentence.

But you have to separate the clauses that they're in.

That means if I something, something, something I will.

Something, something, something.

That's the pattern that you need to use you cannot use if I will together.

In that way, you have to separate these two.

Some examples.

If I have the day off tomorrow, I'll go to the movie theater.

If we save enough money this month, we can go to Hawaii this summer, So the second example sentence uses a different mode over by used can there instead of will.

So just make sure that when you're making these conditional sentences that you don't use your motile verb in your if Klaus use it in your main clause.

Also remember, you can swap the order.

You can switch the order so that its main clause first If Klaus second, that's fine.

The same rule still applies.

We could go to Hawaii this summer if we save enough money this month.

So that's also fine.

You can choose whichever you prefer.

So I hope that that helps you use if I not if I will.

Thanks very much for the question.

Okay.

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Thank you.

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