[chiphu]

Originally Posted by Daviath.

1. There was no thing they could do but leave the car at the roadside where it has broken down
My choice is instead of

Originally Posted by yulong

• They're not the same bro

Instead of leaving the car, they did nothing. ---> The result is: They did nothing.
They did nothing but leaving the car. ----> The result is: They left the car.

• I meant were you asked to replace the bold word with a different one or else?

yulong's totally damn right, and there's no use in digging in what situation it brings because the syntax is plain in there and compulsory for us to do or say it right.

"There's nothing I could do but leave the car", meaning that leaving the car is only one choice for them and they didn't have no other way to do. In this case, the correct conjunction for the right syntax is "but".

We use "instead of" when we have multiple choices to get rid of that freaking situation. For instance, instead of leaving the car, they spent the night in the car and fucked on the back seat.

Originally Posted by Daviath.

2. Only when you grow up will you know the truth
My one is you will know

This is one of the son-of-the-bitch inversions ("đảo ngữ" in Vietnamese, if you will). Inversion is used when we want to emphasize what we mean and used in several certain cases. Jump here or here to read more.

Originally Posted by Daviath.

3. "I'd rather you went home now"
go

Grap this page and scroll to the point D to understand why.

Originally Posted by Daviath.

1 more question, is it "explain me" or "explain to me" ?

Never say "explain me" because there's no situation in English for us to say like that. It's to say: Explain something to somebody > explain it/that to me.
Well, you actually could use "explain me" in case where you want to refer yourself in the third person

[yulong]

Originally Posted by chiphu

Well, you actually could use "explain me" in case where you want to refer yourself in the third person

Don't use "where" here bro

"Refer" goes along with "to".

I think he should use "Show her my dick!"

[chiphu]

Originally Posted by yulong

Don't use "where" here bro

"Refer" goes along with "to".

I think he should use "Show her my dick!"

- "in case where..", what's the problem with that?

- Yeah, right, refer to oneself.
So, "explain me" in, like "I need to explain me!", means I need to show who the true me is, and "me" in this case is the third person. It's simple as that.

[yulong]

Originally Posted by chiphu

- "in case where..", what's the problem with that?

- Yeah, right, refer to oneself.
So, "explain me" in, like "I need to explain me!", means I need to show who the true me is, and "me" in this case is the third person. It's simple as that.

"in case you want to refer...." should be correct.

[Wise Blue]

@chiphu i didn't know you were that good with English
Well,i have a little problem everyone,
I'm studying to become an English teacher but i don't like working with too much people,i prefer to work as a translator/editor or something like that
Can i get those jobs when i graduate ? does anyone have any experience with my problem ?

[Ghosthammer]

Damn... i've forgotten all the gramar

[Wise Blue]

Originally Posted by Ghosthammer

Damn... i've forgotten all the gramar

you haven't forgotten about me,have you ?

[Daviath.]

Thanks chiphu and yulong so much
Many more questions're coming

[Wise Blue]

Originally Posted by Wise Blue

@chiphu i didn't know you were that good with English
Well,i have a little problem everyone,
I'm studying to become an English teacher but i don't like working with too much people,i prefer to work as a translator/editor or something like that
Can i get those jobs when i graduate ? does anyone have any experience with my problem ?

What about my question ?

[chiphu]

@Wise Blue: not as good as you think, bro

Originally Posted by yulong

"in case you want to refer...." should be correct.

Oh, I see, but it ain't wrong, dude. Say, "you want to refer to yourself in the third person" is a full sentence, which the preposition "in" belongs to, while the conjunction "in case where" is a unique element. So, this "where" from "in case where" has nothing to do with that "in" from "in the third person".