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Fuck. It’s the most adaptable word in the English language. Everyone understands it, but also most people refuse to.
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Reciprocation…
Other than that gratitude and satisfaction
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«Doch» it’s a german word that can’t be translated bc it can be used in many different situations
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Loyalty, its self explaining
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I tried to find a single word that means «most important», but I couldn’t. I want it to be able to express what’s missing below:
If you get hurt, the _ thing to do is to stay calm.
It would need to describe something as being the absolute, single most important thing as opposed to just very important.
I did find the word «quintessential», but I think that word also has another meaning which is used more frequently.
I thought about making up my own, but I couldn’t find a prefix that means «most».
I feel kind of silly, but I think I have been looking for a word based on a concept that doesn’t exist in English. I was looking for a word that could never be used to describe two things as both being the most important. I think some of these words, like ‘imperative,’ express necessity as opposed to importance, but I may be wrong. The word ‘key’ expresses importance, but it, like ‘important,’ could be used to refer to multiple things. The two most important players are Sam and Ashley. The two key players are Sam and Ashley. I was thinking of a word that would describe importance as ‘best’ describes ‘goodness,’ but I’m realizing that that doesn’t really make sense because even the word ‘best,’ though I think it tends to often describe only one thing, is often used to describe two things. The two best players are Sam and Ashley.
I guess, with the superlative, if you take any adjective and put the noun it’s modifying in a singular form, it implies that that noun is the single strongest possessor of that adjective. I could just say «The important thing to do is to stay calm,» and I think that would imply that that is the single most important thing to do because the word ‘thing’ is singular.
I think the fact that the same word can be used to describe the single strongest possessor of a trait (the tallest person) and multiple strongest possessors of a trait (one of the tallest people) kind of rubs me wrong. If anyone’s curious, I was thinking of inventing the word ‘monobest’ or ‘unibest’ to mean single best. This way, you couldn’t say «one of the monobest» because ‘mono’ means one, and something can’t be both both multiple and one. Similarly, ‘monotant’ or ‘unitant’ could mean single most important (I’ve shortened the word ‘important’).
Thank you all, and sorry if this question was misleading.
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Dear all,
Simple question. Which one is the correct one, and why?
A) What means it to you?
B) What does it mean to you?
Thanks
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#2
Simple answer: B) What does it mean to you?
Why?
Following an interrogative pronoun, it is common to use «do» followed by subject + verb in that order, ej.
— What does it mean to you?
— How do you know?
— When do you go?
— Where do you live?
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#3
B is correct because in present simple you can’t invert the subject and verb. You need the auxiliary verb «do» to make the subject-verb inversion. The only exceptions to this rule are with the verb «to be», which acts as auxiliary (How are you?), or in subject questions, where the subject is the question word (what, who etc) so there is no inversion and therefore no auxiliary (Who loves you?).
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Thanks for the reply. I agree, but I was able to find many entries in google using the wrong pattern.
As example, there is a song named «what means the world to you». Does it mean it is wrong?
On top of that, the question «What means?» seems to fit inside the subject questions (where the subject is the question word).
So, I’m wondering if «What means?» would be correct, in case the listener knows the item the speaker is referring)
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«What means the world to you?» is not wrong, because «what» is the subject.
In «What does it mean to you?», the subject is «it», not «what».
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Hi,
This is sloppy English. «What means it to you» definitely makes no sense at all and only comes up with 9 results on Google.
I had a listen to the song «What means the world to you», but I think this is a different type of sentence:
…..«What means the world to me? Breaking laws, racing cars.»
This isn’t an actual question. It’s more of an «echo». As if someone was asking the singer «What does the world mean to you?», and then the singer replies «What the world means to me? It means breakings laws and racing cars.» (i.e. «You’re asking me what the world means to me?»).
I’m no native speaker, but I guess «What means the world« is a colloquial alternative to «What the world means». You really can’t do that with a pronoun, such as «it», though.
No, actually, «What means the world to you?» IS a subject question and it means «What is the most important thing to you in life?(or one of them)». («¿Qué es lo que mas quieres en el mundo?» — more or less). The answer could be «My daughter means the world to me».
A completely different question is: «What does the world mean to you?» («¿Qué significa el mundo para ti?»), which has a normal inversion with «do» but isn’t actually a very normal question to ask. Maybe an answer could be; «The world is my home and I wish we would look after it better».
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Hi, thanks for the answer.
In that case, are you saying both expressions are fine?
What does the world mean to you? = What means the world to you?
«What means the world to you?» is not wrong, because «what» is the subject.
In «What does it mean to you?», the subject is «it», not «what».
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No, actually, «What means the world to you?» IS a subject question and it means «What is the most important thing to you in life?(or one of them)». («¿Qué es lo que mas quieres en el mundo?» — more or less). The answer could be «My daughter means the world to me».
A completely different question is: «What does the world mean to you?» («¿Qué significa el mundo para ti?»), which has a normal inversion with «do» but isn’t actually a very normal question to ask. Maybe an answer could be; «The world is my home and I wish we would look after it better».
Oh, right, you’re absolutely right. Sorry about that! I totally forgot about that phrase: You mean the world to him, you mean the universe to him, etc. I guess it’s a pretty flexible expression, much like It made my day / my week / my year, etc.
In that case, are you saying both expressions are fine?
What does the world mean to you? = What means the world to you?
No, as Jenny explained, both sentences are grammatical, but they mean different things.
….«What does the world mean to you?» = ¿ Qué significa el mundo para ti ?
….«What means the world to you?» = What matters most to you? = ¿ Qué importa mas en tu vida ?
The phrase «to mean the world» is a set expression.
….«She means the world to me» = She’s very important to me, I really care about her.
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Thanks to all of you.
Now is pretty clear
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Hi, thanks for the answer.
In that case, are you saying both expressions are fine?
What does the world mean to you? = What means the world to you?
Exactly. Both these are fine. However in your original question,
A) What means it to you? is not normal.
Although grammatically the structure is the same as «What means the world to you?» is seems impossible to think of a situation where it would be natural to say that. «X means the world to me» is a set expression and we wouldn’t use it instead of «the world», even if we were reiterating the «world» question.