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Hi, Gleb Hlebov! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 28.11.2023 11:48

 AK>> 
 AK>> I meant the first variant from here:
 AK>> https://ww.really-learn-eenglish.com/used-to-infinitive-gerund.html

 GH> I see.

 GH>>> I'm not.I I was spendingg a lot of time in social networks I
 GH>>> wouldn'thve had time to  ccorrespond with you & others in
 GH>>> fidonet.Obviously, I preefer the latter though.
 AK>> Fido does't not take muchh time, does it? Well, sometimes we have
 AK>> a lot of ork at our jobs.. I have it now.

 GH> I takes a ot of time actuaally. Composing a message takes up to 15-
 GH> 20 min. onthe average, beccause it's not your despicable
 GH> nonsensica one-liner twitss or witless youtube comments. The whole
 GH> approach i different when  you have to put it properly (to transfer
 GH> thought ino words?) so thaat "the interlocutor" would understand
 GH> exactly wht you intend to  say. At the moment I can do it at work,
 GH> as the jobtasks are not soo time-consuming, luckily :-)

Fido messages in this sense are more noble than Twitter ones. ;-)

 GH>>> The thin s, in English ppuuctuation rules are different than in
 GH>>> Russian,smetimes way difffferent. You sure may have to use commas
 GH>>> in this ae if you write  iit down in Russian (according to its
 GH>>> rules), u in English I ddoon't think so. Anyway, that was my
 GH>>> guess.
 AK>> I read abut it in times wwhen I was interested in English
 AK>> punctuation.

 GH> You mean tat now you're noot interested? :-)

There was time when I translated Russian books, to have practice and fun. I
did it with help of good English friends of mine, of course, but I kept in my
mind that I had to give them my texts in the most correct condition I was
capable of. ;-)

 GH>>> Who need ictionaries? Leett's keep up with the latest trends and
 GH>>> consult with... Yes! ChatGPT.
 AK>> ChatGPT i right -- indeedd you cannot find this word in English
 AK>> dictionary.

 GH> Does it mater? Languages ttend to progress and develop.
 GH> Dictionaris just don't cattch up with the current state. Equally,
 GH> there are o words "devotchhka" or "khorosho" in English dicts as
 GH> well, but hat didn't stop  A. Burgess from employing them for his
 GH> brilliant novel.
 G>> https://www.rbth.com/education/326453-russia-words-from-clockwork-orange

I suspect he explained these words, nevertheless?

 GH> Just for te sake of it, I  looked up for "dacha" at dictionary.com
 GH> and it's there:

========
 GH> noun 1. a Russian country house or villa.
========
 GH> So "dachni"/"datchnik" couuld be there as well, as "the one who
 GH> owns, work, grows crops att dacha", etc. -- it's obvious.

 GH>>> Nonethels you have no seeccond thoughts about "muzhik"? :-) I
 AK>> In my mesage "muzhik" wass after its English definition. Just for
 AK>> fun.....A Russian man (muzhik)...

 GH> It's like aying "a US Westt-coast guy (dude). Might look ridiculous
 GH> to some. :-)

Fun is a great thing. Even a little one.

Bye, Gleb!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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