Earlier today you bought a pair of gloves, but one of them had a hole in it. Now you've returned to the store where you bought the gloves. This is how you explain your situation to a cashier on duty.
earlier today
The meaning of
"earlier today" is obvious, but you can use this phrase to mean
sometime 2-3 hours before now, and within the same day.
get
(something) home
When you buy
something new, you take it back home with you. To describe this action, use the
phrase "get it home":
I
can't wait to get it home and try it out!
This phrase is
only used for new things that you buy, get as a gift, or are given at work.
(someone) discovered that (clause)
Use the phrase
"I discovered that..." to talk about learning something by noticing
new details.
This is
different from "realizing" something, which also means to start to
think something. But "realizing" things takes more mental work than
"discovering" things:
You could also
use the word "noticed":
I
bought these here earlier today, but when I got them home I noticed that one of
them seems to have a hole in it.
(something) seems to (do, have, or be something)
You can say that
something "seems to be ___" when you notice something but
you're not completely sure that you have identified it correctly. For
example, if you're video chatting and it takes her a few extra seconds to
answer your questions, you can say:
You can also use
"seems to..." to politely point out a problem.
For example,
imagine that you're paying for a shirt that you buy at a department store, and
you give the cashier some cash. But after he counts it, he says to you:
You
seem to be a bit short.
That means
"You don't have enough money." But the cashier just says "You
seem to be..." to be polite. "Seems to..." is a way to act like
you might be wrong about what you've seen or heard, even if you're actually sure that you're correct.
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