Name: How to Use Relative Pronouns & Clauses in English? Ask Alisha
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Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Ask Alisha,  the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them.

First question this week, actually, two questions come from Benjamin.

Benjamin asks, “Number one, is it correct to say, 'You stupid boy,' in terms of

Yes, it is correct to say a phrase like “you” plus some kind of noun phrase.

Some other examples are “You idiot!” or, “You legend!” for example.

We use this sort of expression to express approval.

So, we like something someone did or disapproval, we dislike something someone did.

So, in this case, in this example that you've provided, “You stupid boy,” we would say

It's expressing disapproval and calling someone stupid.

We can also change “you” to “my” to create something a little bit more close.

Like, “my perfect child,” for example, or, “my favorite person,” for example.

So, we can use these small expressions to show happy feelings or negative feelings.

So, yes, it is grammatically correct but it's sort of--think of it like an exclamation kind

Like you're excited in a negative or a positive way about something.

Your second question, “What is S-O-S-I-G?”

I had to Google this because I didn't know.

Imagine a child is learning to spell the word “sausage” and maybe misspells it in this

It's an internet joke related to Gordon Ramsay and a picture.

It's something kind of from the weird sense of humor part of the internet.

Alexander says, “Could you please explain the difference between 'Here I am,' 'Here

you are,' 'Here / there we you go' and how to use it correctly?”

Yes, please check this video where I talked about all of those things.

The only thing I did not talk about in this video is the expression, “Here I am.”

So, I will explain “Here I am,” in this video.

“Here I am” is used usually by children to identify your location.

So, kids, when playing games, maybe you know hide-and-seek, for example.

When children reveal their location, they'll often say, “Here I am!” or they'll jump

out from someplace to identify themselves.

So, you can use, “Here I am,” to identify yourself.

It's like I say it's more commonly used by children.

There are fewer cases where we need to use this expression as adults but if you want

to identify yourself, you can say, “Here I am,” this is the location where I am at.

So, “Here I am,” means I'm identifying my location, this is my position.

But, please, check the other video for more details about your other questions.

Next question comes from Hansel from South Korea.

Hansol says, “Alisha, what's the difference between 'strange,' 'odd,' 'weird'

And, I'm also not sure if I can use between 'here' or 'not.'”

What's the difference or what are the differences between these words?

So, “strange,” “odd,” “weird” and “bizarre.”

“Strange” tends to have a negative connotation.

Something that is not quite right, something that is not typical.

Like, “Ugh, that was kind of a strange bar.”

Or, “Ugh, this food looks a little strange.”

So, “strange” tends to have a little bit of a negative nuance.

“Odd” sort of means that something, again, is different from the typical, is different

from usual but it doesn't always have a negative nuance.

It could mean something that's curious like, “Hmm, that's odd.

So, something that's different from the typical behavior but not necessarily negative.

We use weird a lot just to mean something is different.

It kind of has a casual but very light negative meaning.

So, if your friend is acting strangely, “Your acting weird today,” or, “Ugh, that was

a really weird food,” or like, “Ooh, I ate something weird.”

“Bizarre,” however, it's kind of something that you expect to be normal but it's not,

“President has bizarre behavior,” “The president tweets bizarre things,” for example.

I hope that that's kind of a nice introduction to the differences between these words.

“First, what is the difference between 'maybe,' 'perhaps,' and 'probably?'

“What is the difference between 'maybe,' 'perhaps,' 'probably' and 'possibly?'”

Please check this video for the answers to this question.

Your second question, “When can we use 'eventually' and 'gradually?'”

For example, “Eventually, I got to the airport.”

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