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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 this week comes from Noura.

You it da Hope I said that right?

Hi, Nora.

Do ya?

Huh?

Narrow.

Diaz says, What's the difference between home and house?

Okay.

Ah, home is a place where you live.

Ah, home can be an apartment building.

It can be a tent.

It can be a boat.

It can be a trailer.

It could be any place where you live.

The place where you maybe come back to at the end of every day is the place that you call your home.

Ah, House, on the other hand, is a type of building.

A house is not attached to anything else.

Ah, house is standing by itself.

It's alone.

It's one unit, usually for one family.

So ah, house can be a home.

But ah, home does not necessarily have to be house.

So this for example, we cannot call a house if we returned here, though we could say this is my home or this is where I live If you wanted to tell your friend about your building but we would not say this is my house So when we want to talk about the place where we live, we can say This is my home But we only use house if it's specifically this type of building.

If it's specifically a standalone building, there is one other use of the word house that's much less common unless you watch like, really, really big epic stories.

So, for example, Game of Thrones has a really good example of this house.

Stark, for example, or house Plus, last name refers to all the family members that have that last name, and that means all the family members living or dead, so that can mean the ancestors of that family.

So in house Stark, for example, that means all of the family members in the stark family so alive, dead, whatever, everybody.

So this use of house is quite uncommon.

As I said, it may be more commonly used in like fantasy stories.

Game of Thrones is a great example of this, but we don't use this in everyday English today, so I hope that this helps your understanding of the differences between home and house.

Thanks very much for the question.

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

Next question comes from Zana.

Hi, Zana, Dana says.

What is the difference between to fill in and to fill out?

Okay.

If you're talking about a form like paperwork and application, for example, then there is no difference between to fill in and to fill out.

For example.

Please fill in this form and please fill out this form.

They mean exactly the same thing, I would say, perhaps in, um, American English.

Fill in is less common than fill out.

I think we use fill out more commonly in American English.

Fill in might be a little more commonly used in British English.

If, however, you are not talking about an application form or some other type of form, there are different meanings for fill in and fill out.

So let's look at Phil in first.

To fill in for someone means to act as a substitute for someone.

So if we can imagine we're at a rehearsal for a play, for example, you might say I filled in for a dancer who was injured, or we need someone to fill in for the lead role in today's rehearsal.

To fill in for someone means to act as a substitute for someone to fill in.

So this uses quite different from the meaning of writing something on a form.

Now, then, let's compare this.

Or let's contrast this rather with fill out to fill out means to get larger, usually as a person in terms of like your weight gain, so to fill out means your body or your face becomes larger so this can be used in positive and in negative situations.

For example, he was very sick last year, but he's recovering now and his face has filled out nicely or you filled out a lot since the last time I saw you.

So again, this use of fill out is quite different from the meaning of fill out that's relating to application forms and other types of writing.

So I hope that this answer helps you understand the differences between fill out and fill in.

Thanks very much for sending this question.

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

Next question comes from Eddie.

Hi, Eddie, Eddie says, Hey, Alicia, I am French and I have been learning English for a while.

When should I use?

Do not and when should I use?

Don't.

Thanks.

Okay, basically, do not sounds more stiff and more formal than don't in everyday speech we use.

Don't don't do this, Don't do that.

We use do not in more formal situations like when we're giving a speech, for example, Or perhaps when we're writing an academic paper when you want to sound more formal, more polite use.

Do not.

You'll also see Do not use for official rules.

For example, Do not throw away trash here or do not smoke.

If you use do not in everyday conversation, it might sound kind of dramatic or maybe even mysterious.

So, for example, saying Do not be afraid.

Sounds kind of mysterious and dramatic.

But if we say don't be afraid, it sounds a little bit more friendly, so if you want to sound friendly and normal, please use the reduced form.

If you want to sound dramatic or if you need to sound more formal, please use do not.

In most cases, this means you should choose don't.

So I hope that this answer helps you.

Thanks very much for the question.

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

Next question comes from Sergio.

Hi, Sergio, Sergio says.

What's the difference between others and another's?

Okay, First, let's take a quick moment to review a past episode of Ask Alicia where I talked about a very similar question.

I think it's important for review.

What's the difference between others, the others and another?

How do I use in the correct situation?

Yeah, this is tough.

Okay, let's begin by introducing a sample situation.

Look at this picture.

This is my sister.

This is my other sister.

The others are my parents.

Now let's look at another picture.

So here I introduced other with my other sister.

In the second sentence here, I said, This is my sister.

Third sentence was this is my other sister.

So I introduced Sister in the first sentence.

Other than refers to like the addition to something that's already known.

So it's kind of like there's a very close relationship between those two sentences.

This is my sister.

This is my other sister shows that there's like an addition to the thing I just said Then when I say the other, the other refers to like the remaining known things.

So if I'm looking at this picture and I know that there are four people in the picture and two people are the speakers sisters, there are two people remaining and I say the other people, that means the remaining people in the picture that I don't yet know.

So the other people in the picture are my parents.

Then I say, Let's look at another picture.

So another refers to an addition or something extra from outside the existing situation.

Okay, so let's expand on this by looking at your question words, others and another's First of all, another's is not a word, so don't practice that word.

Don't use that word.

Don't think about it.

Another is okay.

But another's is not a word.

So please don't worry about that.

Let's focus on the word others in this example that I just showed you are used, the expression, the others or the other people, I said, The other people in the picture are my parents or the others are my parents.

So the others refers to people in a situation remaining people in a situation that is known if you want to use others.

However, without that article, we need to create slightly different situations.

For example, many people in the office want different snacks.

Others are happy with the snacks we have now.

So others in that sentence in the second sentence matches with many people the subject of the first sentence.

So the subject of the first sentence was many people in the office.

This is one group of people in the office.

Others then refers to people of a different group that air inside the same office.

So many people in the office have opinion a others, in this case, the plural, because there's more than one person have opinion.

Be so we're matching others plural.

Too many people, which is referring to a number of people so we can use others in this way to talk about a different group within, like the same category or, in this case, the same building or the same office, so others can be used in this way.

If you like, you could say, other people in the office are happy with the snacks we have now that's fine as well.

But others is just a little bit shorter than other people, so it might be more efficient to use.

So I hope that this helps your understanding of the differences between other others and another Thanks very much for the question.

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

Next question comes from Raymond.

Hi, Raymond, Raymond said.

When and how do we use with before or after a sentence?

Okay, first, let's talk about using with at the end of a sentence.

So many people who are very strict about English grammar think that it's incorrect or it's not proper to end a sentence with the word with which is a proposition.

So let's look at an example.

Who are you going to?

The beach with?

This sentence is in strict grammar rules, not considered correct by many people because it ends with the proposition with the perfectly technically correct version of this sentence would be with whom are you going to the beach?

So although this sentence is grammatically correct, it actually sounds pretentious.

To some people, pretentious means something that sounds more important or more valuable or grander than it actually is.

So you might sound a little bit pretentious if you use this style of speaking even though, yes, it is grammatically correct in everyday speech.

Most people don't actually use this pattern.

This with whom Pattern?

In everyday speech, we tend to use with a lot at the end of a sentence, as in the original example.

So maybe you've noticed that my second example sentence here begins with with So with whom are you going to the beach?

This is a sentence that you would use if you need to be extremely grammatically correct.

Ah, but as I've said in most cases, in at least modern American English, we don't use this style of speaking.

This is an example of one way to use with in the starting position.

We can use it along with what?

Or with whom?

For example, with what camera?

Are you going to take photos or with whom are you going to dinner?

So these sentences again, Although grammatically correct and beginning with with sound a bit bit unnatural in most cases in everyday American English, we actually sound a little more natural if we place that proposition at the end of the sentence, as in What camera are you going to take photos with or who are you going to dinner with?

So these are a couple of examples of how you can use with at the beginning and at the end of a sentence, I hope that this helps answer your question.

Thanks very much for sending it along.

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

Next question comes from coal bitch on Hiko.

Bijan, Kobe, John says hi.

Which of these two sentences is correct?

Waiting in the lobby and waiting at the lobby?

Okay.

In a sentence, like waiting in the lobby, as in I'm waiting in the lobby in the lobby is correct at the lobby, while used occasionally is not used anywhere near as often as in the lobby.

Please be careful, though.

If you're talking about a specific location inside the lobby, you will use act before the lobby, and then you'll follow that with the specific known.

So, for example, I'm waiting at the lobby desk or I'm waiting at the lobby bar or I'm waiting at the lobby entrance.

In those cases were talking about a specific location inside the lobby, so desk, bar or entrance and we use at for that to talk about the general area of a lobby.

However we use in, I'm waiting in the lobby, so I hope that this helps answer your question.

Thanks very much.

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