Hello and welcome to the forum. Before we address your question, please correct your profile information.
Not at all. Your IP address does not appear to be in the location you've entered in your profile. Are you sure you're in the UK?Are you telling me that English has to be my 2nd language to use this website? :/ because this one of the websites that I've found that's about grammar.
Your profile information says that you're a native speaker, which doesn't seem right because this is not a question that a native speaker would ask.
Many aspects of usage are so intrinsic that native speakers master them in early childhood. Errors in these areas make it obvious that someone is not a native speaker. Misuse of articles is one such shibboleth; having trouble with it and that is another.How do you divide questions into native-like and non-native-like? I mean I know Russian native speakers who don't know, say, how to use correctly cases and other things that are obvious to me. But they are still native speakers.
So is your first language English or German? Which language does your mother speak to you in?
The question you're asking is very general and hard to answer without having some context. Could you offer an example situation where you're not sure which one to use? Maybe write a mini-dialogue for us.
My family speaks to me in English. I speak German at school. [STRIKE]Lemme[/STRIKE] Let me try to create a dialogue.
A: Hey, have you fixed the computer yet?
B: No, I'll do it/that now. They both work.
A: Okay. make [STRIKE]so[/STRIKE] sure [STRIKE]to get it/that done[/STRIKE] do it [STRIKE]quickly[/STRIKE] soon.
A: Can you go to the shop?
B: I don't know where [STRIKE]that/[/STRIKE] it is.
C. It's down the road. (I know [STRIKE]you[/STRIKE] we usually use "it" at the start of a sentence.)
A: Can you run to the end of the line?
B: I can't do it/that. They both work.
Sorry for the weird sentences.
Sorry to keep asking you personal questions, Igiveup, but it's important your profile information is accurate.
Asking about the differences in use between it and that is not something a native English speaker would need to have explained, so I assume your native language is German. If so, please correct your profile info accordingly. Thanks.
I actually don't know why I don't know when to use that and it correctly I sometimes do it without knowing.
How do you divide questions into native-like and non-native-like? I mean I know Russian native speakers who don't know, say, how to use correctly cases and other things that are obvious to me. But they are still native speakers.
And which one is correct
1.It was a long time ago
2. That was a long time ago
Hello, I barely know the difference between that and it. I don't know how I get confused between these two words. I just want to use them correctly.
How do I respond to questions like "Can you throw this in the bin?" Do I say "Yes, I'll do it" or "Yes, I'll do that"?
Is it "I don't know where it is" or I don't know where that is"?
Is it "I like it" or "I like that"?
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