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Is there a word that describes when someone tells you to do the thing that you are already doing? It seems there should be a word for that. Or at least there should be a word for it so that you can tell people to stop doing it to you.

I want to express the following: You are blaming me for your lack of concern and I like that (in a sarcastic way). Which one of the following sentences would be correct? I like it that your lack of concern is my fault. I like that your lack of concern is my fault.

I'm confused about when I should use "who" or "that." Should the sentence read: I am a coach that specializes in helping students with math. Or should the sentence read: "I am a coach who specializes in helping students with math.

I've read once about "x stories" .. Want to know if there is any difference between stories and floors. Or they are just alias for each other used in different variations of English language? Answer The terms are different even though they can be interchangeably used a lot. Floor is where you get off or live. Story is a measurement of height. You would say: I live on the 10th floor. That building is 30 stories high. You would not say: I live on the 10th story. That building is 30 floors high. An example of this is that a lot of buildings do not have a 13th floor. So the person on the 14th floor would be 13 stories high. Also if you had a building with penthouses that were 4 stories high and you were on the 4th floor of the penthouse on the 20th floor of the building, you might be 83 stories high.

In my studies of both theoretical and applied English linguistics, we studied English modals more than once. So a question came up on this site earlier today. I explained that "need to" is a modal. One of the users claimed that it is not. Question: Is not "need to" a modal?

could you possibly enlighten me about any differences between 2 sentences below: (a) I went to Warsaw this year. (b) I have been to Warsaw this year. Thank you very much in advance!

Why most of the time some of the verbs(both infinitives and gerunds) are prefixed with the word started, is it a stylistic matter or does it give a better flow to the statement? Cant we use the base form of the verb without the word start? For example: Recently in our school, they started teaching/to teach computer philosophy.