texts: "But that I knew these places are my own" - meaning?

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I'm not asking for a literary analysis, I just don't understand the basic literal meaning of one line in this poem (Mnemosyne, by Trumbull Stickney):

  It’s autumn in the country I remember.

  How warm a wind blew here about the ways!
  And shadows on the hillside lay to slumber
  During the long sun-sweetened summer-days.

  It’s cold abroad the country I remember.

  The swallows veering skimmed the golden grain
  At midday with a wing aslant and limber;
  And yellow cattle browsed upon the plain.

  It’s empty down the country I remember.

  I had a sister lovely in my sight:
  Her hair was dark, her eyes were very sombre;
  We sang together in the woods at night.

  It’s lonely in the country I remember.

  The babble of our children fills my ears,
  And on our hearth I stare the perished ember
  To flames that show all starry thro’ my tears.

  It’s dark about the country I remember.

  There are the mountains where I lived. The path
  Is slushed with cattle-tracks and fallen timber,
  The stumps are twisted by the tempests’ wrath.

  But that I knew these places are my own,
  I’d ask how came such wretchedness to cumber
  The earth, and I to people it alone.

  It rains across the country I remember.

"But that [I knew (that) these places are my own]" - this doesn't seem to make sense, and fails to dovetail with the rest of the sentence.

P.S.

Does he mean "If I hadn't known that these places are my own, I would've asked how came such wretchedness to cumber the earth, and I to people it alone"?

Meaning, "these places are so wretched that if I did not already know that they are in fact the places where I spent many years, I would've asked how come they are so wretched".


texts: what's the difference between "Files being created" and "Files created"

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The sentence: Files being created for an ongoing compaction or flush should not be removed

What I know is that created is a past participle modifying Files, is being optional in this sentence?

Update #1

What's the difference of the three sentences below?

That the seas are being overfished has been known for years.
That the seas being overfished has been known for years.
That the seas overfished has been known for years.


texts: What is the most used phrase or word that refers to 40's woman?

texts: As title, I like to know it both in a gentle way or common use.


texts: Do you think it is better for people to live in a house or in an apartment?

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Is this sentence correct?
I think the question should be "Which do you think is better, to live in a house or in an apartment?".


texts: Why do we use 'the' for non specific nouns?

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For example: Read the Bible.
I'm not talking about a specific Bible.
Also reading a bible would mean any bible. Which is not what I wanna say
Why can't we just skip the article and say. "Read bible"


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I am a foolish.
  How s you.

Do these sentences have grammar problems?

Because I think foolish is an adjective.

In general, how reliable is Word's grammar checker? What do I have to watch out for?


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What is the exact difference in meaning between:

Should there not be a sign here?
Should not there be a sign here?
Should there be not a sign here?

My research tells me that:

1st - There could be a sign here, but nobody put one.
2nd - There should be a sign here, but nobody put one.
3rd - There are or is a sign here while there shouldn't be any.


texts: Can I omit an article when it's an infographic?

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Recently my company became an ambassador of a certain XYZ technology. We have designed a picture where we brag about it: "We are XYZ ambassador and 2nd biggest contributor".

Now, the question is: can we omit "a" - "We are an XYZ ambassador and 2nd biggest contributor". ?


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There is a misconception held by some that Stoics have no interest in
  worldly goods and pleasures. This is not correct, as previously
  stated. The acceptance of a period of discomfort, similarly, is not an
  absolute end in itself for Stoic thinkers, but rather a means to the
  end of training in order to pursue spiritual progress and
  purification.

  [Stoicism a beginners guide to the history and philosophy of stoicism]

Which is "the end" here? "training" or "pursuing spiritual progress and purification". I am so confused about this.

Thanks!


texts: "Thanks for sharing this" - why isn't it "Thanks for having shared this" ?

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People often answer "Thanks for sharing this" when I share a document or information with them.

What I don't understand is why they don't use a past tense since I share the document before their answer. Would it be correct to say that instead: "Thanks for having shared this".


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(https://i.stack.imgur.com/MhBHk.jpg)

  We ... at the airport at six o'clock
      a arrived
      b had arrived
      c were arriving

All my English teachers have told me that I should not mention a specific time when I use the past perfect, however, yesterday my answer was qualified as incorrect. It said: We ... at the airport at six o'clock. I replied that it was a simple past sentence, being the verb "arrived". My English teacher marked me as wrong, and told me it was past perfect. Is my English teacher correct? Can you mention a specific time in the past perfect? The closest thing I found in my book was a sentence ("We had finished the tour by two o'clock") that used the perfect past and mentioned an approximate time, since it uses the word "by", which is not an exact time.


texts: Is this sentence correctly phrased or is it odd?

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I was writing an abstract for an elementary mathematics paper and I came up with this phrase:

In this two-part paper we aim to present a couple of results that can be used to solve such problems, followed by some applications.

Does this sentence clearly state that I will present some results and afterwards I will show some applications of those results? The phrasing feels a bit odd, but it also doesn't sound wrong or something.


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Let's assume that an employee wrote the following sentence in the weekly report:

  Developed an application [doing something useful]

Does this sentence mean that an application is ready? Or does it mean that an employee spend some time on developing that application?

So the question is about weather the action complete or incomplete? How do you write when you want to inform others that something is completed and how do you write when you want to say that you were doing something, but hasn't finished it yet?

And is there a difference for formal report and everyday conversation?


texts: Is there another word for “deported person”?

texts: I am looking for another word for deported person, or a short form of saying it.


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She is the one whom I love the most.

During an English lesson, this sentence came up and my answer was whom. My teacher told me that it is not the best answer (that is who), it is kind of awkward and she would not use it should she say something like this.

Could anybody comment on the use of whom in Modern English and how acceptable it is?

Is there any case when whom cannot be replaced with who, either stylistically or grammatically?


texts: How to understand the grammar for "won betting on the match"

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They passed a group of goblins who were cackling over a sack of gold that they had undoubtedly won betting on the match, and who seemed quite unperturbed by the trouble at the campsite.

I'm confused about the grammar for "won betting on the match" in this sentence. Is there an omission in this case? I figure it might be something like this: ...they had undoubtedly won when they were betting on the match. ? If this understanding is incorrect, how should we understand it then?


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In my recently concluded test, I was asked to identify the sentence pattern of this sentence:

  It stands tall

I split it as:

It | stands | tall

S      V       A

For me, "tall" is an additional information and if removed, the sentence still makes sense to me.

However, my teacher marked it wrong and said that it should instead be C (complement)

Can anyone help me out? Was I wrong or was she?

Also please be simple as I don't know many technical terms except the basic ones. I say this because I went through the link that StoneyB provided, and wasn't able to understand terms like "secondary complement", "sentence-constituent". I know I may be the noobest person around here, so please explain those terms if you use it.


texts: Voice conversion : You need to clean your shoes properly

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You need to clean your shoes properly.

Which is the correct passive voice of above given sentence among the options given below ?

A) Your shoes are needed by you to clean properly.
B) Your shoes need to be cleaned properly.
C) Your shoes are needed to clean properly.
D) You are needed to clean your shoes properly.

I can rule out option A and C but option b and d are confusing me. Learning from previous examples. e.g. Passive of We must reduce pollution in big cities is *Pollution must be reduced by us in big cities*  Option B i.e. *Your shoes need to be cleaned properly* seems more appropriate to me but in the answer key I have option d as answer, perhaps it can be a printing mistake but I am not sure if the solution key is correct or I am, that's the reason I put this question here.


texts: "Mining your life is the only way to stumble on anything real"

texts: I came across this sentence by actor Ethan Hawk in a newspaper.I know what "to mine" means and I took it as figuratively as well but still  I am stumped.What could it mean?


texts: Can i use "a short time frame" in this sentence "I once submitted a project report with a short time frame literally 1 minute before the deadline."

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Can I use "a short time frame" in this sentence to mean "there was not a lot of time for this project report"? Also, can i interchange with "a tight deadline"?
I once submitted a project report with a short time frame literally 1 minute before the deadline.


texts: How to understand the phrase "going to meet."

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How can I understand the phrase "going to meet"?

  I never claimed to meet the scammer or go to the actual concert. It was the scammer who was making the claims. That we all was going to meet the actor and meet at his concert.

What does "going to meet" in that sentence mean? Can it mean the scammer makes the person say that she communicated with the actor?


texts: "when it came down to it" --reference of it

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Splitting a house with Brewster might not have meant that, but at the time the prospect felt like being pulled under water I had been just sort of pleasantly floating in, expecting sometime sooner or later to return to land. So I guess I wasn't much of a friend to him when it came down to it, or at least had misrepresented the friend I was. (From An ACT test)

For the sentence in bold, I don't know what the two "it" refer to


texts: What is grammar of these structures "room 101"; "flight 301", "building C", etc?

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Sometimes, I hear these structures "room 101"; "flight 301", "building C", "Sir Bill", "Captain Phillips", "Soviet submarine K-19" etc?

But it's "Hilton restaurant", "Evan Almighty"

Is there any grammar source that explains this?

What is the rule?


texts: in the next seven years (meaning of in in this context)

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I am very confused with the phrase ' in the next seven years '. The full sentence is "Before discussing the type of technology that will be at play in the future, take a quick look at what might be expected in seven years and then in the more distant future."

In this case, does this mean that it will happen after 7 years? or within 7 years?

I am very confused with 'in' in this context. Then, a new sentence says 'There will be considerable change over the next five years.'

Does this mean that 'in' is interchangeable with 'over'?


texts: Comma in "for all"-sentences, after "In most cases"

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Should there be a comma in "for all"-sentences? For example, is the comma in the following sentence correct?

  For all b ∈ B, there is an a ∈ A such that f(a) = b.

Suppose that one wants to start a sentence with "In most cases". Should there be a comma after that? For example, is the comma in the following sentence correct?

  In most cases, (a + b)² = a² + b² is false.


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I have a paragraph which is about how to stop lying. The paragraph has a sentence:

  Avoiding lie to other people should not be a problem as long as you understand that you do not have to agree with them on everything for them to like you, that you should not be afraid to say something that could upset them, because people love your candid opinion.

What does "should not be a problem" mean in this sentence? Does it mean "Avoiding lie to other people  is nothing difficult for you", right?


texts: Meaning of “I guess I could just get the mail at night”

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I have a conversation in which the teacher asked one of student's mother to sign up for volunteer work in the class. It's quite simple but I don't understand the implication of the mother, so I'm confused a little bit.

  T: You start the volunteer work tomorrow, don't you?
  M: Well, let me check the schedule. I guess I could just get the mail at night.

Would you mind explaining the sentence "I guess I could just get the mail at night" for me? The mother only gets email at night? Or something else?


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I am solving an exercise in which I should use the correct past tense. Can you check my answers and tell me are they right?

With his heart thumping, he was climbing the ladder leading to the roof. When he reached the top, he saw two huge eyes staring at him. Realizing what it was, he chuckled and sighed. "Abigail! You nearly scared me to death!" The owl which Jack nursed back to health after she had broken her leg.

Thank you in advance!


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Little did he remember of what had happened.

Can you explain to me please why the preposition "of" is used? Is it necessary? Would it be without that a grammatical mistake?


texts: How to ask someone what language they prefer to speak?

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What language do you prefer to speak in?

In what language do you prefer to speak?

What language do you prefer to speak?

I want to ask someone what language they prefer to speak at the moment.


texts: last time vs the last time, next time vs the next time. When should one use the definite article?

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I've been noticing the following phrases and am puzzled by the inconsistency in using the definite article in them. How does one know where to use the definite article and where not to use it? What is considered formal and what is not?
Next time vs the next time

Pinkman: "The next time, put an ice pack on your head during
chemo."
The next time you’re in Ireland, you must come and visit us.
He will pay for food next time.
Next time you see him, tell him the truth.
Maybe next time.
Next time when our band rehearses, I'll be playing the drums.

Last time vs the last time

What about last time?

Last time I saw you, you looked upset.

The last time I saw him was at his wedding.

He sprouted a beard since the last time I saw him.

I paid last time so it's your turn.

Last time I went to the dentist I had to have two teeth out.

Where did we leave off last time?


texts: A comparison between the words "profession" and "specialty"

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Edited:

Imagine there is a task which requires lots of practical or scientific / academic knowledge. A master of that field wants to claim that this is a professional task and what he can do because of the relationship between his / her profession and specialty and the task. I would appreciate it if someone could let me know which one of the flowing self-made sentences works in this sense? If no one of them sounds idiomatic, then please let me know what a native speaker would say in a natural way to indicate exactly the same message:

  This task is within my profession.

  This task is within my specialty.

I have made this question to make sure whether these words differ in meaning or not.


texts: I know that we usually write at the start of our answer this sentence. "These are the types or factors of something". Could we write this sentence at the end of the answer. ?Or should we write "these were the factors of ...."at the end of the sentence??


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A sentence structure question:

"It was getting late, so we went home."
"It was getting late.  So, we went home."

Should "so" be preceded by a comma or period?  Is one of them wrong?


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The hen got happy.
  The hen became happy.

Which verb should I use between got and become? And Why?


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"He's very active for a man approaching 80".

This sentence has been taken from Cambridge Dictionary. To know the meaning of "approach" I searched in this dictionary and I found this sentence. Who is active? The man whose age is near to 80? Or other person who want to help the old person?

Thanks!


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Let's sat I have a set of 10 different positive numbers. I want to pick the 4 with the smaller (or smallest?) value. Should I say "the four smaller values" or "the four smallest values"?

In other words, which of the following is correct?

  1, 2, 3, 4 are the smaller positive natural numbers

  1, 2, 3, 4 are the smallest positive natural numbers


texts: "Whether he met them (it) is not clear." Do I have to insert an ''it''?

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If I operate an inversion on (1), do I have to use the "it" or not because "Whether he met them" (see 2) looks to act as an it.

  1) It is not clear whether he met them.

  2) Whether he met them (it) is not clear.


texts: Can cause/lead be followed by a that clause?

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What I want to know is if lead or cause can be followed by a that clause？

  The shortage of this item will cause/lead that the production cannot be on schedule.


texts: Are "more often than not" and "usually" interchangeable?

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I learned a few posts about "more often than not" and Cambridge Dictionary. I guess I understand its meaning, that is, "usually".

I went through some examples in those reference and don't see the difference if I substitute "usually" for "more often than not" in them.

So, are "more often than not" and "usually" interchangeable in any cases? Is it a matter of being formal/informal?


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I met this sentence structure "don't feel like", but I am not sure with what the next should be. Here are three sentences.

  "I don't feel like cook tonight."

or

  "I don't feel like to cook tonight."

or

  "I don't feel like cooking tonight."

Which ones are correct and easily understandable, if any?


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John wants Jim to write a letter to the mayor

According to Cambridge, the verb "want" can take the pattern of obj+to-infinitive as a complement, so that means "Jim" here is the direct object of the verb.

However, Ron Cowan in The Teacher's Grammar of English says that "Jim" here is not the direct object of the verb but is the subject in the to-clause. This is because the answer to the question of "What does John want?" is "For Jim to write a letter to the mayor" not merely "Jim". Another test that supports this conclusion is that a passivization can only occur in the complement clause but not in the main clause.

  1.John wants Jim to write a letter to the mayorOK

  2.John wants [a letter to be written to the mayor (by Jim).]OK

  3.*[Jim is wanted (by John)] to write a letter to the mayor.not OK

So my question, what is really the direct object of the verb "want"?


texts: "start out" vs. "start" in terms of a company

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I guess "start a company" could be simply considered as "register business name, get licenses, recruit some people, etc".

It seems the expression "start out" means the same thing.

Oxford Dictionary gives this definition about "start out (or up)"

  Embark on a venture or undertaking, especially a commercial one.

and this example

  the company will start out with a hundred employees

However, Google Ngram shows that the former is more commonly used that the latter.

So, are the following 2 expressions interchangeable in any cases?

  started a company

  a company started out

Note: The question is NOT "Are 'start' and 'start out' interchangeable". The question is whether "started a company" and "a company started out" are interchangeable.

In other words, do they mean the same thing? Is one more formal than the other?


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More than one tree/trees release/releases oxygen even at night.

Can anyone explain me which options are correct in both the cases?


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You're getting bored in a party, and you want to leave right now. Which of the following sentence is correct?

  I would leave now.

  I will leave now.

What I am asking is which of the two sentence is better to use in that situation when you want to leave right now, as I am learning that "Would" is used in present tense and "Will" in future. But I think I have heard will in these types of sentences when would is grammatically more correct.


texts: Meaning of the phrase "at least initially"

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What does the phrase "at least initially", as used in these examples, mean?

  The attention, at least initially, surprised them.

  At least initially, few donors seemed to agree.

  But the real gold, at least initially, is water.


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Could you make me clear of the meaning of "in order to help  or involve them?" as the definition of <.reach out to somebody.>?

to try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them

What does it mean by that? Involving them means to help them?
The new mayor is reaching out to inner city communities to involve them in his plans for the city.
So,  the new mayor is to help inner city communities by involving them in his plans?
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P.S: Cambridge dictionary.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/reach-out-to-sb


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suckle [transitive / intransitive] : to feed a baby, especially a baby animal, with milk from the organ in
  the mother that produces milk, or (of a baby, especially a baby
  animal) to drink milk from the mother:

  We watched the cow suckling her calves.

  The puppies went back to their mother to suckle.

My son is about 2 years old now and I have been intensively speaking English with him since about 6 months ago. English is my second language.

At this moment, he sometimes invents many new expressions based on the words that he knew.

I often say this to him "Do you want to suckle" whenever he wants to be breastfed.

I also taught him what "a boob" is.

Today he said "I suckle the boob"

is my toddler wrong when he says "I suckle the boob"?

I know that a correct one should be "Mommy suckles me" but is there any chance that "I suckle the boob" is correct? I feel "I suckle the boob" sounds ok to my ears.

Also, English is very strange, the verb "suckle" sounds similar to the verb "suck" & when we say "I suck the milk" we mean "I drink it or take the milk into my body" not "I give the milk to others". But why does the word "suckle" mean "to give milk to others"?


texts: Present Perfect Continous + attributive adjective or Present Perfect + predicative adjective + adverbial clause

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Here is a sentence which meaning I can't understand clearly:

  Ever since I was a child I have been happiest living in the sphere of a story. [Source]

Does "happiest" relate to "living" (attributive adjective) or to "I" (predicative adjective)?
What tenses are used here?

Is it

  Present Perfect Continuous (have been living)
  Present Perfect (have been happiest) + adverbial clause (living)

or maybe something else?


texts: give an explanation within two days (of/from) the receipt of this letter

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You are required to give an explanation (A) for your conduct (B) within two days of the receipt of this letter. (C) No error (D)

This sentence was asked in my exam under the tag of error spotting questions. Is the sentence correct? I am sceptical for part C, I googled for the phrase within two days of the receipt of this letter and found a result in Google Books where the preposition used was from instead of of, so the correct sentence should be with from instead of of. Am I correct or is it fine with of as well?


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I don't understand why we use "unattended to" instead of "unattended" in these examples.

  1-Is a gunman 20 years-old simply a troubled youth who got overlooked
  and unattended to?

  2-Shell, says the report, claims to be a good neighbour, but leaves
  oil spills unattended to.

  3-Please do not leave your luggage unattended.


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I will ask people by their proper name how they are.

  How is Mary today?

Is this talking to them in third person?


texts: Meaning of 'get the girls onto the club's floor'

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In the club concert...

Mary is surprised – yet not surprised – when her attempts to get the
girls onto the club's floor are ineffective... and unnecessary.

What is "get the girls onto the club's floor" mean?


texts: A word for "a means of getting a job over reliable candidates"

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I want the word that means "a means of getting a job over reliable candidates", but I'm going to explain it here again in an example.

The example: If X and Y applied to a job, and X happened to have a relative that works in the company they applied to it, while Y knows no one in that company, but he has very high qualifications over X. However, X got the job nonetheless since he had a _____.

X could have got the job by other means like he knows the manager there, for example. Thus, it is not only relatives related.

I thought of "means" and "intermediate" but the results I got didn't confirm my thoughts.

Means

Intermediate


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The only option I have is to go or the only option I have is go?
What should I use the infinitive or the bare infinitive?
Can I say "The only option I have is going"?


texts: Why should we sometimes place the subject between auxiliary and P.P. in present perfect?

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I saw an English grammar test in an official exam which made me confused.
Here is the test:

  "Only in the past hundred years, though, [...] systematic objective techniques that have enabled us to study our recollections of the past with scientific accuracy and reproducibility.

  [psychologists have developed]
  [have psychologists developed]

Interestingly the answer was (2).

Now my question is about the grammatical structure of this sentence. Is the answer true, and if yes, why should we put the subject between have and P.P..


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After searching many dictionaries and reading some articles, still I'n not able to tell these three worda apart so that I could fill in the blank below! Please have a look on the following sentences and let me know which choice is more suitable for each blank:

  1 - During the competition, my rival.............hard my leg with his stick!
  2 - During the competition, my rival ............ his stick to my leg!

a) hit
b) beat
c) struck


texts: Why there is no object after the preposition?

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Until the 1980s the conventional d.c. machine was the automatic choice where speed or torque control is called for, and large numbers remain in service despite a declining market share that reflects the general move to inverter-fed a.c. motors.

First, I think 'call for' means require. So it can be re-written "where machine calls for speed or torque control."

I could understand the sentence, like above. But I can't understand grammatically. How preposition can be used without noun?


texts: The use of "how would you be knowing that?"

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I ran into "how would you be knowing that?" when reading a novel. I did a search in Google Books.

It seems to be a fairly productive use:

  “And how would you be knowing that?” “Billy's your brother and I
  heard you calling him Billy James. Not an amazing piece of deduction,
  I assure you.” “You're quick with your mind, you are. Or at least
  you'd have me believe."

  "You're hiding something from me," said Margaret, frowning. "It was
  Mr. Morton, wasn't it?" Hilda's eyes grew round. "How would you be
  knowing that?" "I was on the corner when he came here. I saw him.

  “And how would you be knowing that?” Beth countered bravely. “My
  Mummy told me!” Paige said haughtily. “You don't think I would ever
  let a man touch me without a huge valuable engagement ring on my
  finger do you?”

I think the use of would here exhibits the speakers' surprise.

But why would the continuous infinitive be used instead of the bare infinitive of know?

Know is a stative verb which isn't normally cast into an ing-form.


texts: "several thousand" vs. "several thousands of"

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He sees several thousand people a few hundred meters away.
  He sees several thousands of people a few hundred meters away.

I guess both of these sentences are correct. Is there any difference in the meaning of these sentences or do both mean the same thing?


texts: Is the use of auxiliary verb 'has' correct in this sentence?

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Those years has taught me a little.

Some said that has is correct if you consider all those years as one unit.But, some are saying that there should be have as 'those years' is a plural form.


texts: What is meaning of "Still." as a sentence in conversation?

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I'm reading an Australian novel.
There are an expression "Still." but I don't know the exact meaning.

like

She nodded and smiled. "Still. What can I do?"

or

"Still. It's a real shame."

What is the meaning of "Still." in conversations? Is it slang?


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Example:

  Just make sure to hold onto happiness when/whenever you get the chance.

Should I use when or whenever in this  case? When should I use the former and when should I use the latter?


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What does "it" in "as it stands" and "as it is now" refer to? The situation or the evidence?

  The evidence, as it stands, cannot be conclusive.

  The evidence, as it is now, cannot be conclusive.

The following sentence seems to suggest "it" refers to the general situation:

  As it stands, we are over budget, and we can't continue until we get more money."


texts: Does the level name "Impale Sticky" in "World of Goo" mean anything?

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"World of Goo" is an indie puzzle game. Here's this level's description.

I've already asked this question here, but I'm still not satisfied with answers. Of course, I have checked these two words in various dictionaries. Maybe this is some kind of a strange reference? Also, the word order seems strange to me, but I might be wrong.


texts: Can "had" be used instead of "took" in this sentence? If then, what difference in meaning is made?

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The sentence below is from an explanation for the word "malicious" in Oxford English Learner's Dictionary.

    He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said.

As a foreign English learning student, I thought the verb "had" would be more appropriate instead of "took" there.

What is the difference in the nuance of the meaning?


texts: Can I use the preposition at the beginning of the sentence?

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There is a sentence

To where are you going to go?

Is this one correct? Or should I write

Where are you going to go to?

Thanks in advance


texts: What do "Glad our discussions are resonating with you" mean?

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I was texting with a friend after talking with her about some topics and then she answered with:

  Glad our discussions are resonating with you.

What does it mean? First I thought it means that I was thinking about our discussions (so that the discussions were 'resonating' inside me) but reading here and there the possible meaning perhaps I misunderstood.
Thank you!


texts: What do you call the constituents of a robotic arm?

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You know in a upper human limb, there's the forearm and arm, but in robotic arms what do you call the forearm and the arm of the robotic arm. What would both of them be described as? I am thinking bars, but that word doesn't seem to really describe what they are.

Here's an example sentence:

  The robotic arms had several ___ attached together by huge robotic joints.


texts: The reason "lays" or "lies" in the facts

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I have trouble with this sentence. "Reason" is singular and I want to use the present tense, not the past.

Which one is the correct one?

  The reason lays in the facts
  The reason lies in the facts

Thanks a lot

Context: this sentence is used as an argument encouraging the other persons to look at the facts as they will provide the reason.


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Below mentioned items has been collected from Mr.suresh or collected by Mr. Suresh
Which is correct word to use in this sentence?


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This mood is mainly created by the voice-over that consists of a sound clip, probably recorded in 1949, in which a man reads article 24 of the Geneva Convention in a very serious tone.

Is this sentence correct? '...the voice-over that consists of a sound clip...' sounds a bit 'double' to me, because a voice-over is a sound clip.


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I proofreaded an essay and this sentence

1

  Obviously, you don't need to worry about the shipping fees that I'll
   be more than happy to pay to make up the damage I did to you.

was corrected to

2

  Obviously, you don't need to worry about the shipping fees as I'll
   be more than happy to pay to make up the damage I did to you.

I think it is like having

  You don't need to worry about the shipping fees.

  I'll be more than happy to pay the shipping fees.

and putting the two clauses together:

  You don't need to worry about the shipping fees that I'll be more than happy to pay


texts: A strange difference between "which" and "what"

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Suppose, my friend and I discuss Manx cats and American Shorthairs. Then I definitely can ask:

"Which cats are more and which are less attractive?"

Now, suppose we speak of cats in general. There may be infinitely many different cats and it seems natural to ask:

"What cats are more and what are less attractive?"

However, Google finds only 2 instances of "more and what are less" (against 4,060,000 results for  "more and which are less").

I understand that this is a matter of idiomaticity, but maybe there is a clear explanation of what is wrong with the 2nd question?


texts: Does one 'do' or 'perform' a code review?

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In software development, a code review is a process when one developer inspects a code written by another developer to find possible mistakes or to suggest improvements.

Which of these is correct (if any)?

  to do a code review
  to perform a code review


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All my childhood I longed desperately for a tricycle, which my parents could never afford ,and later the wish was transferred to a bicycle, and there, too I was permanently disappointed.

In this sentence why comma is used before too?and why comma occurs before which?


texts: What do ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Slide In’ mean?

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These are famous lines from a song called Slide Away by Oasis

‘Slide away and give it all you've got’
‘Slide in baby together we’ll fly’

and I have no clue what they mean. I'm always confused when adverbs are added to verbs, adjectives or just some sentences..


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Robertson poses the question at what point does appreciation of the nude, often male, statue become desire for the living human body: "appreciation of sculpture can let men express covertly the homosexual desire that is officially prohibited. Does art sublimate desire, or release it?"

Source: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.cz/&httpsredir=1&article=2305&context=clcweb

Do you think that the auxiliary verb "does" is used properly before "appreciation"? I would await this word order: Robertson poses the question at what point appreciation of the nude, often male, statue becomes desire…


texts: I want to know when I have to use the word 'own'

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I just wonder when I have to use the word 'own'.

The word 'own' seems to be used like 'have'

What do you usually use between the below sentences?

I have my own house.
I own my house.


texts: To adverb or not to adverb? How about using a postpostive adjective?

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I'm not sure what's up with this sentence, but I'm debating whether or not I should use an adverb here.

  1) Not only do antipsychotics have debilitating side effects ranging from tardive dyskinesia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, akathisia, diabetes, and obesity, research has demonstrated they can cause cognitive impairment independently of any diagnosis.

or

  2) Not only do antipsychotics have debilitating side effects ranging from tardive dyskinesia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, akathisia, diabetes, and obesity, research has demonstrated they can cause cognitive impairment independent of any diagnosis.


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What is the semantic difference between the two words "undergarment" and "underwear"?
I have researched and found out that:

  "Undergarment" is used for any type of clothes which one wears beneath, while "underwear" can be only bra, panties and briefs.
  "Undergarment" is considered a very old-fashioned word these days.

Please have a look on the following links:

https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/1637715

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.englishforums.com/English/UnderwearOrUndergarment/prqvb/amp.htm

Do you confirm my take on this?


texts: Meaning of the phrase "as is the case for"

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Here is the context it was used in:

  As is the case for many countries still suffering wounds from old
  wars, it may take a long time for these two to settle their
  differences.


texts: made them sit up straight vs. made them sit upright

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Do "sit up straight" and "sit upright" share the same meaning? Are they interchangeable?

On 8 December, during a regular Tuesday meeting about the spread of the pandemic coronavirus in the United Kingdom, scientists and public health experts saw a diagram that made them sit up straight. Kent, in southeastern England, was experiencing a surge in cases, and a phylogenetic tree showing viral sequences from the county looked very strange, says Nick Loman, a microbial genomicist at the University of Birmingham.

Source: Science


texts: Can you add "that" in front of adjectives? What difference does it make?

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"It's not that easy" / "I don't play Facebook that much"

vs

  "It's not easy" / "I don't play Facebook much"

What's the difference??


texts: Difference between "anyone" and "anyone else"

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What the difference between anyone and anyone else in the following sentences? Should I leave out else?

John loves me more than anyone in the world.
John loves me more than anyone else in the world.
In 20 years John has earned more money than anyone has done.
In 20 years John has earned more money than anyone else has done.


texts: Is it correct to say "The teacher failed me"?

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I've heard this expression on TV several times, but is this correct grammatically? Doesn't it mean that the teacher did not help me in the time of need rather than the teacher gave me an F?

How to construct this sentence (The teacher failed me) properly, and make it grammatically correct, to mean the latter (the teacher gave me an F)?


texts: What is the as in the sentence called, preposition or adverb clause?

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But yogurt tasted with that spoon was also rated as less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons.

I have been always wondering what this kind of as is called grammatically, e.g. adverb, adverb clause, preposition etc. If it is a preposition, does that mean there is being omitted between as and less since there should be a noun to come after the preposition as ? Or, is it an adverb clause ? How to clarify it?


texts: meaning of phrase "Get all huffy and weird"?

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I am watching Friends series (season 9 episode 13). In the beginning, I faced a dialog which I cannot get the meaning of this phrase:

  "Just give me a second to get all huffy and weird like you".

huffy means touchy and easily irritated or offended. I ask about this phrase from other and they said, if you are familiar with this series and Ross Character you would understand this better. Because the other side of this dialog is Chanlder who is a character that make fun of every things and also, this dialog is for him. so he mocked on Ross.


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I am a 90s kid (or ‘90s kid or 90’s kid).

Which one is appropriate here in this sentence?


texts: Do we have to use present continuous verb before "continues"?

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Just like

  the killing continues

  the dancing continues

Or is it ok to use some other tense before "continues"


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The situation is that I review contracts and exchange comments back and forth with counter-parties. When they reject my comments and if I don't want to pursue my position, I would write, "I will drop this issue/comment/request."

Is this a natural way to express the above position?
What other expressions could there be, if any, in negotiation?


texts: What does 'AP’s health' mean in context?

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What does 'AP’s health' mean. AP above mentioned as The Associated Press (AP), that is - to support 'the Associated Press's health'?

  Doudna receives money from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which
  supports the AP’s health and science reporting.

VOA article: Gene-edited Babies Debate Continues


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According to this site, faculty can be expressed in both singular and plural
forms depending on which one you use. Then when I search up faculties, it exists. Why? Why is there the need of faculties when faculty does the job of being both a plural and singular form?


texts: The meaning of "off base" in the following context

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Just having problems isn't enough to classify someone as having a
  mental disorder. We all have problems. Instead, a person's functioning
  has to be clearly abnormal. Not that the person is abnormal, but that
  some aspect of mental or behavioral functioning is off base.

Does it mean "abnormal" again or more than that?

Do you use it in daily life?


texts: How can I deal with my English listening problem?

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I can understand maybe 40% or 50% of common talk of Americans.
If simple, maybe 80%.
But sometimes, it still prevent me to improve my English.
I guess there are 4 problems:
1 lack of vocabulary
2 bad at pronunciation
3 lack of listening
4 bad at grammar
Correct?
Does anyone has some good resolutions?


texts: Expressing the idea that one can barely live or survive (figurative, if possible)

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It took me some time to find out the English word waterline whose presence wasn't as yet included in my vocabulary. As an aside, in my language in a literal translation this would be called floating line, thence all my search efforts led to only unsatisfactory results such as: a line, cordage or rope that floats.
In my language, the waterline has a very popular figurative use expressing the idea that someone or something when situated above it, still continues to live like in the following scenario:

"How are you? Or, how's your business?"
"Still above the waterline."

I know that in English the word waterline can be used figuratively this way or this way:

Brooks was felled by the phone-hacking scandal, and dozens of senior Sun reporters and editors have been arrested in related bribery allegations over the last year, but the current editor Dominic Mohan vociferously defended Page 3 in the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics as an “innocuous British institution.” News International might have been holed below the waterline, but if the ship was going down, the seminaked women were going last.

Now, I don't know if my imaginary scenario could be acceptable in English but even if it could I still would like to know some other words, idiomatic expressions or phrases that could possibly express the idea in question.


texts:
My confusion kicks in again and now I'm having a headache of which word to use.

  All we need is your two hands.

or

  All we need are your two hands.


texts: Could it be that  "negotiating points" and "negotiation points" are different?  Or is my question hairsplitting?


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In british English the word family takes a plural verb. My question is does the word family take a plural determiner as well?

For example:

These family are willing to help you.

In AmE the word family takes a singular verb so this question is really directed to the Brits.


texts: "I'm coming back home" equals to "I'm back home"?

texts: If someone tell me that he's back home ("I'm back home now") does it mean that he's coming back home now or it means that he's already at home after some time that he wasn't there?


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Although in dictionaries like oxford the definition is said to be :

  (formal) connected with human existence
   (philosophy) connected with the theory of existentialism

But I've hardly found any links between above senses and below sentences :

  1.Britain has an existential interest in what happens in Europe, as it always has. There is no hiding place in the Atlantic.

  2.swaths of empty seats are never a good look at a sporting event. But when that event is the first Test match of the season between perennial rivals England and India, and it is England’s 1,000th Test, the sight of bare stands in the Edgbaston ground poses an existential question.

Side note:Second one is about criket


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When we say

  "Everybody hurts sometimes"

does it sound/suggest it has a passive-voice meaning too even though it is written grammatically in active voice.

Does have both meaning that " people can harm other people " and " people can be affected in bad way/ harmed by other people's bad behaviors".

Normally I know we say :

  I never meant to hurt your feelings.

( to cause someone emotional pain )Active voice

or

  Fred’s knees hurt after skiing all day.

( to feel pain somewhere in your body ) Active voice

So can we rewrite the latter sentence

  Fred's knees get hurt after skiing all day.

. (Passive voice)

What is the difference between sentence 2 and sentence 3 ?

Example sentences were cited from Macmillan Dictionary.


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How lovely is the gift that I've received from him!

or

  How lovely the gift is that I've received from him!

Following 'relative pronoun' aspect which one is correct? In the first sentence 'gift' is close to 'that' which refers to the word 'gift' but problem is that in exclamation 'is' should go at the end i.e. after the word 'gift'.
In the second sentence, 'is' at the right position where it should be in an exclamatory sentence but it [the word 'is'] separates the two words i.e. the noun 'gift' and the relative pronoun 'that' which should have been right after one another.
What is the solution?


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Born in Italy in 1853, Maria Spelterini emigrated to the United States as a young woman and quickly became known for her breathtaking stunts. In 1876, the 23-year-old Spelterini became the only woman ever to cross the Niagara Gorge over a period of 18 days on a tightrope.

A) No change
B) on a tightrope, accomplishing that feat over a period of 18 days.
C) over a period of 18 days, she did this on a tightrope.
D) over a period of 18 days and, furthermore, doing this on a tightrope.

I had thought it would be A), but the answer is B). I think both works, but why would A) be wrong?


texts: I know OED is the most cited vocabulary book, then what is the most cited grammar book? I think it’s The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. I made this question because I have to cite the grammar book...I know it’s off-topic but I’m really desperate.


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The sentence goes: If you do not do it by Friday, you will be punished.

What is the reported speech of the above sentence please? Is it:

She said if I did not do it by Friday I would be punished
She said if I do not do it by Friday I would be punished
She said if I would not do it by Friday I would be punished

Thanks.


texts: Is there a word for "a professor who has once taught you in the past"?

texts: I'm looking for a word or phrase that means "a professor who has once taught me in the past"? All I can think of is "professor from the past." Is there a more formal and proper word for this?


texts: Tell me all wrong grammar points in this short simple sentence

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What do you think of this sentence: "How many days is quarantined?" using "is" wrong with to be verb while we have "how many days" and is it correct to use the passive form "quarantined" in this way? What other incorrect grammatical points are in this weak phrase?

p.s
It's not my sentence and just like to know about its mistakes.


texts:
The EU Association Agreement is designed to give Ukraine's interim leadership under PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk economic and political support.

Based on my perception it means: 'under the control of the PM.'


texts: What part of speech is "involving" in the sentence below, a gerund or a participle?

texts:
Courts have had particular problems with situations involving the
  purchase of software.

What part of speech is "involving" a gerund or a participle?


texts: What's the meaning of this sentence from forbes?

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Let The Fixes Feel Like Their Own

This is an article from Forbes. In the last point, it says you give the person a suggestion and then somehow it would feel like their own solution. I don't understand how that should feel like their own suggestion.

EDIT: Last point added below:

  Let The Fixes Feel Like Their Own. Chelsea A. Grayson, a partner in
  the Los Angeles office of Jones Day’s mergers-and-acquisitions
  practice, is acutely sensitive to saying, “You’re wrong” in a
  constructive manner. “After I present my approach to someone I solicit
  feedback to ensure buy-in,” she says. “When I get it, and we
  concretize a plan, I often characterize it as theirs. If people feel
  you support their fundamental views and value them, achieving buy-in
  is easy and natural.”


texts: Is it correct to say "there is not enough elevator in the building."?

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Let's suppose that there is only two elevator in my company building which is not sufficient to accommodate all the people in the building so it will take much time to go up or down to lobby. Can I say

  There is not enough elevator in the building.

and if there's grammatical error in my thread, plz let me know! Thanks in advance!


texts: On the use of 'Men' in "Why study a man, when you know Men?" - could we use "Man" instead?

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From an article by Theodore Dalrymple:

  It is no wonder, then, that Marx speaks only in categories: the bourgeois, the proletarian. For him, individual men are but clones, their identity with vast numbers of others being caused not by the possession of the same genes, but by that of the same relations to the economic system. Why study a man, when you know Men?

Could we substitute Man for Men here? This way:

  Why study a man, when you know Man?

I think he meant "humanity as a whole", as opposed to a man (an individual). I wonder why he chose to write Men instead of Man. Maybe it was to avoid the monotony of "man - Man"? I have never before encountered Men meaning "humanity".

P.S. 5 minutes after posting this, I had an idea occuring to me that might explain this use of a plural noun. But now I'll wait for answers.


texts: Difference between 'One to One' and 'One on One'

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I have been confused about the difference between "one to one" and "one on one".
Which one is more appropriate of the following?

We will have one to one meeting?
We will have one on one meeting?


texts: Suitable prepositions between "doctoral program" and "university"?

texts: I wrote "Why I apply to a given doctoral program at a given university" but am unsure of the use of "at". What are the natural prepositions between "doctoral program" and "university" then?


texts: What is "the school of tamarind and salt"

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You have to study at the school of tamarind and salt to learn more about their native custom.

What does to study at the school of tamarind and salt mean?


texts: What does "is accounted for" in this mean?

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I partially get the idea of the sentence but I'd really want to know the actually meaning of this phrase here. Plus, for that last clause I don't really get its sentence structure as well. Lastly, could you also give me some more example of the sentence using "is accounted for by"?

In a hydrogen atom consisting of only one proton and one electron, the greatest proportion by weight is accounted for by the proton.

Thank you!


texts: "Heathrow to ban night flights as part of plan for third runway."

texts: So I came across this sentence and whats confusing to me is the infinitive in the beginning. I thought the construction was "be to do something" ( "...is to ban...). I have seen similar sentences in the past mostly in headlines so maybe words are left out because the meaning is clear as it is?


texts: “How to do” v. “The way to do” v. The way of doing”

texts: Is there any difference between “How to do” and “The way to do”  and “The way of doing”? Is there any preference?


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Scientists did not find it problematic to explain the physical world with nonphysical phenomenon in seventeenth-century England. Though Bacon did.

A) No Change
B) England, but Bacon did.
C) England; Bacon did.
D) England like Bacon.

The correct answer is B, but I chose D. I thought a comma was necessary between two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction. However, "Bacon did" isn't a complete thought.

Can someone please help me see what I'm missing?


texts: A word denoting something taking place for the last time in an indefinitely large series

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I've been looking for the word denoting something taking place for the latest time in an indefinitely large series, for example, the solar eclipse occurring for the______ th(?) time from the beginning of the World.

Being aware of the words "umpteenth" and "umptieth", both meaning coming after all others in an indefinitely numerous series, I'm not sure they perfectly match the idea of repetition of the event for only god knows what time.  Asking this, I bear in mind that suffixes "-teenth" and "-ties" in ordinal numerals are used to form those either from 13 to 19 or tens from 20 to 90. So is there a single word/common expression to comply with my request?


texts: How grammatical is "not only that, but there's more"?

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A website lists some activities offered in a photography tour, then adds Not only that, but there's more.

  ... [S]unset and moon rise occur at the perfect time and will allow us to photograph New York Harbor during the day and the New York skyline at sunset, the blue hour and at night from the incredible vantage point of Liberty State Park and the Empty Sky Memorial. Not only that, but there’s more. There will be a full moon rising shortly after sunset... .

http://www.adventures-in-photography.com/meetup/photograph-ny-harbor-by-boat-the-statue-of-liberty-the-ship-graveyard-and-more-3/

Is the sentence grammatical or generally acceptable?

I think but should introduce a contradicting idea, but it doesn't do that here. I think the but should be removed and replaced with a comma or a dot. Do you agree? Why?


texts: Can you explain the meaning of the phrase "Worry plays no part in that"?

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So far, you have been able to handle every challenge life has presented to you, both in expected and unexpected situations, and I can promise you that you will be able to handle whatever happens today and tomorrow, too. This is what true confidence is all about. It is not about feeling certain, it is about dealing with uncertainty. Worry plays no part in that

What does the phrase "Worry plays no part in that" mean in the paragraph?


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I googled it but only got this one: https://hustleandattitude.com/what-is-hustle-attitude/
McFerran continued to operate as a one-woman business until she was making $1 million per month in the fall of 2019. At that point, she went to Craigslist to hire her first employee. From there, she rapidly expanded her team, which has grown to 70 in just two years. Yet McFerran’s hustle-attitude is very much alive at Glamnetic: her social media managers still directly message every new Glamnetic follower to strike up a conversation and serve as shopping support.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2021/05/21/how-this-27-year-old-grew-false-eyelash-startup-glamnetic-to-50-million-in-yearly-revenue/?sh=b3280e54f9f7


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Imagine person A and person B are talking to each other.A tells B about what person C said to A. A uses the same sentences what C said but A could not understand what C meant exactly.Now B knows what C said to A. B have some  idea or guess what C meant but B is not sure either.So B makes some guesses based on what C said.

I'd like to ask how B should start his sentence when he makes guess about what C meant?

B says to A:

1.C could mean...

2.C could have meant...

3.C may/might mean...

4.C may/might have meant...

5.C would have meant...


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As far as I'm concerned, one can use both of the prepositions "of" and "on" when it comes to time, money, breath, gas, etc. and the only difference between these two is that using the preposition "on" along with all my above-mentioned words sounds more common in AE and also informal BE. So in AE dialect, "on" is used more frequently, while Britons tend to use "of" most of the times.
However, recently, I have found out that there are some other slight nuances here!
For instance, imagine you and a friend go to buy a pair of sneakers! When you get to the store, you find some sneakers more attractive than the rest, but you immediately notice that you did not bring enough money to buy them! Your friend asks you, why don't you buy them? You would probably say:

  I'm short "on" cash / money.

While when you say:

  I'm short "of" cash.
  [It would imply that I can barely afford myself these days and almost, do not have any money.]

I.e. "of" has an implication of "lack", while "on," implies "not enough of something".

This is why when you are writing about yourself you can only say:

  I'm short of the items below.

For the same reason, we can only say:

  I'm short of breath. [Using "on" is incorrect here.]

The same goes with gas, time, breath" to me or some other collocations like:

  We are short of / on good players in our team.
  The hospital is short of / on nurses.

Please kindly make me aware of these nuances.

P.S. I have already read all the threads under the same topic in the forum, but they did not give me sufficient information in this regard.


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Is this grammatically correct? Specifically, have I used the word “was” correctly?

  Was the second appearance of John was also in Simon's dream?

If no, how can I rewrite it correctly?


texts: When should a noun that refers to some general idea be plural/singular?

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This line appears in Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance:

  Man is explicable by nothing less than all his history.

I have been told that in order to express generality, one should use the definite article if the noun is singular. In this case it should be "the man", rather than just "man".

And often they are in plural form like this example:

  Words are the foundations of a language.

What if I re-wrote the sentence to use the singular form, as Emerson might?

  Word is the foundation of a language.

When should a word be singular and when should it be plural in expressing generality?


texts: Should "used to" be repeated in a subordinate clause?

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When a main clause employs "used to", is it correct to repeat that "used to" in a subordinate clause about the cause or consequence of the main clause action?

I have in mind sentences like these:

I used to teach my children until they used to undestand.
I used to go there when ever he used to come there.


texts: What are the differences between these sentences using am, will, and would?

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This is my opinion about it. I am interested to see if anyone else knows more about this.

This is my opinion about it. I will be interested to see if anyone else knows more about this.

This is my opinion about it. I would be interested to see if anyone else knows more about this

Are they all correct? If so, what is the difference between them?


texts: Is it right to say you made me make a typo?

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If you're at school writing something down and and someone bumps into your shoulder and made you mispell something as a result, is it right to tell at the person who bumped into you "you made me make a typo"?
(By writing down, I mean using a pen to mark a piece of paper)


texts: Does the meaning of a sentence change when we replace "and" with a comma?

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Is

  "You had better keep doing this and figuring out other complicated problems."

equal to

  "You had better keep doing this, figuring out other complicated problems."


texts: How to express 'the happiness of doing is at...' authentically?

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Similarly,how do express "The interest of doing sth is at..." like a native speaker.

For example,

  The interest of learning a foreign language is ...

or

  The happiness of studying mathematics is ...

(I imagine that my expression is much too Chinglish.)


texts:
A bear goes over the river.

  I can see a bear go over the river.

Are the sentences above correct?
If the sentence has "can", goes will become to go?


texts: Why is "I let him to sleep" incorrect (or is it)?

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I am trying to explain to someone why the sentence "I let him to sleep" is wrong, but I fail to come up with a good explanation other than "it's wrong". And now I am even doubting myself. Is this sentence even wrong in the first place? Or is it a correct sentence that makes sense? Shouldn't it just be "I let him sleep"?

Sadly, there isn't any more context than that, only this one sentence.


texts: Why is 'ing' better than 'to ' in this case?

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When writing: "We should say something on how we imagine to implement this.", my word processor suggests "We should say something on how we imagine implementing this."

Although the suggestion doesn't look bad to me, I'm wondering if there's some rule or subtle change in meaning that I'm missing.

Or is my word processor inferring some meaning that isn't necessarily there and should I ignore the suggestion?


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I have come across the following construction, but l am not sure whether it is correct or not.

  Not a lot of his friends speak English well.

My question is: can we use "a lot of" in a negative sentence as mentioned above?


texts: "Showers with a weak change forecast for later in the week"

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I am struggling with structure and meaning of this sentence:

  "Showers with a weak change forecast for later in the week."

What is the main verb?
Does it mean that there is a high chance for shower and the forecast will not change? or the chance is weak?

I rechecked the original text, it is written "change". But I believe it should be "chance".


texts: Ask someone 'about' something or ask someone 'for' something?

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When A wants to know the telephone number of B, do we say:

  A wants to ask B about B's cellphone number

or:

  A wants to ask B for B's cellphone number.


texts: is any necessary to append "s" after cost in this sentense?

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It cost an arm and a leg.

  it costs an arm and a leg.

someone tell me there is no need to append "s" after cost.so the first sentence is right.

but i think the second sentence is right.


texts: "Returned last week" or "has returned last week"

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To use returned last week  or Has returned last week.

The sentence is something like this:

  Her father (returned/has returned) from Greece last week.

Now, I'm thinking both tense may work here.

Simple past tense:

  He returned last week.

Well he returned and the act of 'returning' has happened 7 days earlier and we don't need to know anything  after that. So, yes, He returned last week  and maybe he will leave again today, or not.

Present perfect tense: We use this tense when the action took place in the past but the impact or effect of it is still visible in the present, right? So, he returned and is living here now—that is, he has not left again. So would "he has  returned last week" work here?


texts: Is it okay to use the word "diminish" for a person?

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In the following dialogue, is the second sentence correct?

  "Thank you for not making fun of me."
  "I would never mock you or diminish you."

I checked the Oxford dictionary and it defines diminish as Make or become less.

Can I use the word in reference to a person in this context?


texts: Responding to the future tense interrogative sentence with mixed past tense

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In my exam paper I had to give response to this following expression:

  What will you do if you got $1000?

I knew that above expression contains an interrogrative future tense with if phrase. Is it correct to answer "I will buy a bike" or "I would have bought a bike"? Or anything else?


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Is the "my little time" grammatical?  If so, what is its grammatical principle?

I have little time.

I miss my little time.

I only know that the first sentence is correct but I don't know whether the second sentence is correct or not? If not, how can I modify it to materalise grammatical?


texts: Can someone say, "I worried about him driving so late at night alone without his phone."

texts: Can someone ever say correctly, "I'm worried about him driving home so late at night alone without his phone"? Or should it be his instead of him. Does that construction always need to be possessive?


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What does differentiate for mean?.

I looked it up in several online dictionaries such as Cambridge or oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com but all of them are about the meaning of differentiate from or differentiate between.

This is a context I found them:

  Utilising AI can be an easy way to personalise training to differentiate for things such as department and levels of ability

Thanks


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Would one of sees and looks at be more appropriate for this particular context (and if yes, why?) or are they interchangeable?
Nina is standing at a sink desperately trying to wash the wine stains off her dress when a woman enters the bathroom. Nina sees/looks at her spotless dress.
Nina: Can I buy your dress?
Woman: Excuse me?
Nina: Can I buy your dress? How much do you want?


texts: 'I ate honey at breakfast' vs. 'I had honey at breakfast'

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'I ate honey at breakfast' or 'I had honey at breakfast'

Which is correct grammatically?


texts: "Isn't it time you stopped acting the goat"- Is this correct grammatically?

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Another question from Tintin's Flight 714. At a particular time, Professor Calculus started acting very foolishly in front of some respectable people. So, Captain Haddock, Calculus's friend, whispered into the professors' ears:

  Isn't it time you stopped acting the goat?

I read it in my mind as:

  Isn't it the time you stopped acting like the goat?

I admit, during speaking, people can forget the "the" and "like" (although I wouldn't have forgotten adding the "like"), but using "the" before "goat" seems a blunt grammatical mistake. I think it should be "a" instead of "the". It could have been "the" if Haddock was comparing the Homo sapiens (human) species with the Capra aegagrus hircus species. But he was comparing a human from the human species with just a goat from the goat species. So it should be "a" instead of "the". How come then Haddock used "the" instead of "a"? Or is it just a simple error while speaking?


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I work in marketing and I often have to present results of analysis.
The problem is my sentences often contain a lots of "of" !

How can I avoid the repetition in this kind of sentence :

10 % of the customers of this brand are...
20% of the students of this school would like to ...


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which one first happened? "dragging the canal" or "ordering to enter the canal"?

  The danger of blindly following alleged spirit guidance was clearly
  shown some months later in the neighbouring town of Rochester, where a
  man disappeared under suspicious circumstances. An enthusiastic
  Spiritualist had messages by raps which announced a murder. The canal
  was dragged and the wife of the missing man was actually ordered to
  enter the canal, which nearly cost her her life. Some months later the
  absentee returned, having fled to Canada to avoid a writ for debt.
  This, as may well be imagined, was a blow to the young cult. The
  public did not then understand what even now is so little understood,
  that death causes no change in the human spirit, that mischievous and
  humorous entities abound, and that the inquirer must use his own
  instincts and his own common sense at every turn.

from http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301051h.html


texts: Never in my life did I vs Never in my life had I

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Is saying "Never did I..." the same as saying "Never have I..." in the following examples?

Also, I'm not sure if I should add commas.

  Example 1: I never thought I would win a game against you.

1) Never in my life did I ever think that I would win a game against you

2) Never in my life had I ever thought that I would win a game against you

  Example 2: I had never thought that perfection existed until I saw her artwork.

3) Never in my life had I ever thought that perfection existed until I saw her artwork

4) Never in my life did I ever think that perfection existed until I saw her
artwork.

Are all of them grammatically correct?

Any help will be appreciated.


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The Oxford Learner's Dictionary gives the following definitions for "will":

Definition 7) used for stating what is generally true.

a) Engines won't run without lubricants.

What is the difference between sentence a) and sentence b) of mine? Is a) less confident than b)?

b) Engines don't run without lubricants.

Definition 8) used for stating what is true or possible in a particular case.

c) This jar will hold a kilo.

What is the difference between sentence c) and sentence d) of mine? Is c) less confident than d)?

d) This jar holds a kilo.


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I would like to ask about the style of English that is used (or has to be used) for a technical manual.

In other languages it seems to be different, but I have read many technical books in English and they use things like

  Let's say that we have a task space position A and a task space position B. We want to compute the joint states for each of those positions, which we can feed to joint-space controllers to move the arm
  (Programming Robots with ROS)

As you can see, they use "Let's" or "we" quite often.

Is this style of writing acceptable for a technical manual? (for example an installation manual?) Or is it too "familiar"?


texts: How can I write -5 +3 time deviation or -5, +3 time deviation?

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Can I write "based on the arrival time deviation  of -5, +3 minutes" with comma or "-5 and +3 minutes" or "-5+3 minutes"?

  From 17 tours, the route was detected 13 times since the detection is accomplished based on the arrival time deviation of -5, +3 minutes.


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This is from The Development of Human Rights Law by the Judges of the International Court of Justice by Shiv R.S. Bedi:

  If, as Prof Brownlie states—:'Sovereignty, or sovereignty and
  independence, are often the terms used to describe both the legal
  personality of a state and teh incidents of that personality'—then
  what would be the effect on sovereignty, or in other words how much
  would it be conditioned by, of the principle of human dignity which,
  by already conditioning the State sovereignty in the first instance,
  has given birth to a new 'legal personality', the individual human
  being, in the international law?

Can someone tell me when we can use a colon after a dash? I've honestly never seen it and never seen such combination mentioned in a style book.


texts: Under what circumstances does a proper noun (of a person) take the definite article 'the'?

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I wonder whether using the article 'the' is proper putting before a proper noun. I have heard this from many especially when they react with utter surprise.

For instance,

  "Hey, do you know, while coming back from Bangkok to Mumbai whom did I meet in flight?"
  "Nope, enlighten me!"
  "Bill Gates!"
  "What? You mean the Bill Gates"?, "Yes, the Bill Gates."

Now the question -

What criteria set the rule of using the article 'the' for a proper noun? If, like in any other case, the is to state the one and only, may we use the to describe you and me as well who are not celebrities but common persons?


texts: why not past continuous in this sentence

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“It was Saturday morning and my boy friend told me he was going to pick me up or  was picking   me up at 8 pm to go out for dinner at a fancy restaurant downtown

Why not past continuous as we can suppose the restaurant has already been booked it is more than an intention and there is there is no need of confusion  at 8 indicate that it is not now .


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Does using "plateau" to express "remained constant" in the sentence below make sense?

  Their salary plateaued for 3 years.


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My earliest childhood memory is of the swaying limbs of Golden
  Delicious apple trees. Rows of them stood next to a dirt road that
  separated our orchard from the front yard.

  The Kentucky summer sky hung hot behind those high twigs, their leaves leathery green on top, soft as down underneath.

Frank Browning,“Sweet Temptation,” Reader’s Digest

Why, both down and underneath and not one of them; for example, underneath?

Is it emphasis? Sentence rhythm if you will?


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(Edited)Let's say a super typoon swept your house's roof by extremely strong wind(gale), and had been detached from the house itself. Can you say:

  "Our roof was swept by gale-force wind and was detached from where it had been placed."

Is the phrasing here correct?


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I am a programmer so please excuse my poor grammar...

A friend recently posted a question on Facebook asking "which sentence is correct?

1) I have To be to work for 7:30
2) I have to be at work for 7:30

I said it's neither, and the correct sentence is

3) I have to be at work at 7:30

My friend is saying both 2 and 3 are both grammatically correct.

Can someone help me understand the differences between each of them and which ones are grammatically correct?


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I have a question about the verb phrase "click on" here:

  After the videotape clicks on, the 53-year-old calmly tells investigators how he choked 6-year-old Etan Patz in the basement of a Manhattan convenience store on May 25, 1979. He describes putting the boy, who was still alive, into a plastic bag, then putting the bag inside a box and dumping it nearby.

How does a "videotape click on"?  I do understand a door "clicks shut" though.  Did the writer mean "after the videotape player was clicked on"?


texts: Is it possible to use 'present continuous' to give an instruction?

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M.swan PEU says "we often use present tenses to give instructions." Other grammar books say "the simple present is used to give instructions".

My question is, Can we use present progressive to give an instruction?

for example,
'You are waiting outside the bank until the manager arrives. Then you're speaking to him....


texts: Simple "Yes" or "No" answers to "Is there no ......?" questions. What do the answers really mean?

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My new job requires me to deal with regulatory document and checklists containing "Is there no ......?" questions with Yes/No answer sections, and I wonder how to read what the Yes/No really mean without further explanation. Is there any general rule?
Below is a sample sentence I made up myself to explain my question.

Is there no food I can eat to prevent cancer?

If someone's answer to this question is simply by either "Yes" or "No" alone, what do you think they would mean?  General understanding, I believe, is that they are referring to the direct answer to the question itself, which would most probably be interpreted as 1) or 2) below.

Yes, there is. There's food you can eat to prevent cancer.
No, there isn't. There's no such food you can eat to prevent cancer.

I have a second thought, however, that they could be just a short answer referring to the correctness of the question or statement made, and if this is the case, the following interpretation could also be possible.

Yes, you're (or that's) right. There's no food you can eat to prevent cancer.
No, you're (or that's) wrong. There's food you can eat to prevent cancer.

If my understanding would be correct, then I thought answering by just yes or no alone could lead to misunderstanding. Could you give me any advice on this?


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Should "tomorrow evening" go at the beginning or end of the sentence?

Are you free tomorrow evening?

Tomorrow evening are you free?

Which of these sentences is correct?


texts: Is the sentence "George's inviting her should please Mary" correct?

texts: As far as I know, this sentence should be George's invitation should please Mary. But in an English book, I am recently studying it is stated in that form. Is it grammatically accurate?


texts: When talk about an example sentence, which preposition should I use,"of", "about" or "for"?

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I asked a question just now

  The Oxford dict gives this example of except.

"except" is the word I was considering. I searched it on Oxford dict, and got the sentence above.

Is the sentence an example of the word "except"

or

for the word "except"

or

about the word "except"?


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"Change the default branch on github." is correct?

Isi a technical sentence. Github is a website. Need I use "in" or "on" for a website? I do not care what is more appropriate. I care about what is right and why.


texts: Is there a word or slang word to call a girl who loves brand products?

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Is there a word or slang expression for girls who are preoccupied with materialistic things, such as bags, rings, necklaces and so on, and with showing such things off to others?

Girls for whom superficial appearance is more important than internal qualities.


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I thought information is singular and plural. But now I'm not sure which version is right:

  The dialogue shows two important informations.

OR

  The dialogue shows two important information.

Which is the right version?


texts: What could "be followed up" mean in the sentence?

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I received a sentence from a person and the sentence seems grammatically wrong

  sentence: the letter was sent and follow up from the Department to the
  embassy.

I think the person intended to say "was followed up from ~", so if I regard this sentence like below

  the letter was sent and followed up from the Department to the
  embassy.

what is the meaning of "be followed up" in the sentence ??

Or maybe the person intended something else using "follow-up" as a single noun in the sentence. How about that ??


texts: Comma in "Into the wells of vertical rows 2–4, add 100 µl samples of the calibration solutions."

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Into the wells of vertical rows 2–4, add 100 µl samples of the calibration solutions.

Is a comma necessary before "add", or can it be omitted?

"Into the wells of vertical rows 2-4" is an adverbial phrase. I can't find a grammatical rule for such a clause staring a sentence, but it reads better with a comma after it.


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Example sentence:

  I couldn't understand his half-question, half-statement.

I did a Google Book search, and I found out that both usages exist.

Maybe both are right? Or only one?


texts: What is the difference between sentences using 's and compound nouns

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I would like to know what is the difference between the sentences:

She has got three weeks' holiday.

and

She has got a three-week holiday.

When should I use a noun+noun form (a three-week vacation) or the -s' form (three weeks vacation)?


texts: It seems that both overlap and overlapping can be used as nouns. What are their differences then? Can they be both used as countable nouns with the same meaning? Thanks!


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Why do they write 'every right' instead of 'all rights' or 'any right'? Is it the choice of a style.

  He had every right to sound annoyed.

From A Wind in the Door by Madelene L'Engle.


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I have a piece of exercise requesting me to write a question with who.

  Coldplay - they’re my favourite band.
  -> Who is/ are your favourite band?

I wonder if I should use is or are, because band is singular, but the question starts with who, and band refers to a group of people. I think it should be what is your favorite band?, but I am requested to use who, so it’s quite confusing.


texts: Is there ellipsis after the conjunction?

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“No, Harry, he has not. He is still out there somewhere, perhaps
  looking for another body to share… not being truly alive, he cannot be
  killed. He left Quirrell to die; he shows just as little mercy to his
  followers as his enemies. Nevertheless, Harry, while you may only
  have delayed his return to power, it will merely take someone else who
  is prepared to fight what seems a losing battle next time — and if he
  is delayed again, and again, why, he may never return to power.”
  (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

Is there ellipsis after as, he shows little mercy to?


texts: Why does "The event has canceled" sound strange when "The event has started" and "The event has ended" sound fine?

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The following sentences appear to be grammatically correct but I have a question regarding the last sentence.

  The event has started.
  The event has ended.
  The event has been canceled.
  The event has canceled.

The first 3 sentences sound natural to my ear but the last sentence doesn't. However, I couldn't explain why. With the last sentence, it looks like the meaning is that the event canceled itself which doesn't make sense. However, in the first and the second sentences, started and ended don't seem to mean that the event started and ended itself but started and ended by something so they make sense. The third sentence also makes sense compared to the last sentence.

Can anyone clarify what is wrong with the last sentence or is it natural?


texts: "crying remember" or "remember crying"? -- "One day, you will ______ my words!"

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Let say that someone is not listening to your advise which is for his/her benefit and making a big mistake.

So can he say:

  One day, you will crying remember my words!

Or

  One day, you will remember crying my words!


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"have met before" vs "met before"
I have a question about verb tense.


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To whom should we complain about a robbery in the neighborhood?

Is it right?


texts: Meaning of "It is easy to locate an object on flat surface with reference to other object."

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It is easy to locate an object on flat surface with reference to other object.
I understood the meaning of "with reference to" is in relation to from google
Can you explain it in simple speech?
Source


texts: Is there any good usage example for “Did I tell you”?

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As far as I can tell, rephrasing Wikipedia, Simple Past draws attention to actual occurrence of the past action or event, as opposed to its present consequences. (See Present perfect).

Doesn't asking someone a question usually imply some consequences?


texts: Do I need to add "the" into this sentence?

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The bases for growth in the real estate industry include sustainable economic growth, rapid urbanization due to expanded investment on the transportation and infrastructure system, high demand for property due to growth in per capita income, and increase in foreign investment.

Assuming there is no context, just this sentence alone. I am not sure if this sentence is correct or there is any grammar problem in it. For example, I feel like it could have been "the high demand for" and "the increase in" but then, they don't sound right to me.

Generally, I am quite confused with the usage of "the" as I am not sure when to use it and not to use it, especially in business writing. For example, I'm not sure whether it should be "Industry supply will increase to meet demand of new housing" or "Industry supply will increase to meet the demand of new housing."


texts: Capitalization of 'Bachelor's/Master's degree'?

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I have encountered several sources now writing the 'B' or 'M' in lowercase, like...

A bachelor's degree is an undergraduate university degree.

...whereas in the past I more often read Bachelor's / Master's degree and also was told once that it should be capitalized.

Is this maybe just a matter of context?

It appears to me that most people write it in lowercase when writing about the topic in general. However, if you try to express something like...

I have received my Master's degree in Business Administration at...

...you are talking about your degree and I often see people capitalizing it then.


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I am confusing about between 'example of' and 'example'.

Here example sentence:

  Let's hear some examples of how to use the expression 'time'.

When do I use the expression 'example of' instead 'example'?
What is the difference between 'example of' and 'example'?


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Can ‘red’ in ‘red color’ be an adjective?

Red (adjective) color (noun)
Red (noun) color (noun)


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Is "Speed of need" acceptable in English?

Does it mean: "ASAP"? or it's not expression at all?


texts: An adverb for harming when it is serious and severe?

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This drug would ----- harm kidneys.

I mean really badly seriously harming it. What adverb is the most idiomatic?


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Skin is lumpy,  skin is prickly. Daddy's skin is very tickly!

What does tickly mean here?


texts: What does "the top line numbers let on." mean in a context

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Reading this article, there is a line,

Preston Cooper, a visiting fellow at the center-right think tank Foundation for Research and Economic Opportunity, noted that student loan borrowers in states "where blue-collar industries are more dominant... are more likely to have taken it on to get a certificate or an associate's degree [as opposed to a bachelors degree and potentially graduate school], so the average borrower has a lot less debt."

That said, Cooper added, states where more citizens pursue college degrees "will benefit more from the $10,000 cancellation than the top line numbers let on." This is highlighted by the map above: While roughly 49,000 Wyomingites would see relief from $10,000 in forgiveness, nearly 1 million borrowers in Virginia would benefit.

What would the bold part possibly mean?
I appreciate your help very much.


texts: What is the right construct for this expression?

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Is there anything from whose perspective, this thing can be good.

I would like to know if this expression sounds right to natives? I think grammatically it is right, but it seems a little unnatural.

What would be the right construct for this expression?


texts: What to ask to get the answer "my second son has good knowledge"?

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Answer: My second son has good knowledge.

So how to question some one which son (first,second, ...)? Is below sentence correct for the above answer? It's not correct as per me!

  Which/what numbered son of you has good knowledge?


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Which tense should be used in the main clause of the following?

  We tend / would tend to view the earth as capable of regulating itself, if only humans would stop interfering with it.

I'd appreciate your help.


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We can use the word exist in two ways.
For example,

  It existed for 2.6 billion years.

  It was in existence for 2.6 billion years.

Can we use other verbs like this? For example,

  The earrings were absent.

  The earrings were in absence.


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How did you like the concert? (Cambridge dictionary)

When there are interrogative words, inversions, gaps (I don’t know if there are gaps in this example), it’s just like getting through a long tunnel, in a foggy morning, on a calm highway. Next is my flash on the construction. Would you check what is wrong? First, I’d like to change the sentence into an in situ question to make my saying better.

  You liked the concert how?

From this, I suppose that ‘the concert how’ is a small clause or verbless clause. I mean ‘you were pleasant that [the concert (is) how]?’ From the word, liked, the speaker expects the listener would have enjoyed the concert, yet he likes to know ‘the concert was how’ for the listener. So the replying words would be approving, descriptive words for the concert.


texts: Synonyms/meaning of the words "big cycle" in a contect

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Currently reading this article, there is a line,

Many of the donors on the Cheney call are expected to donate the maximum amount of $5,800 to her 2022 re-election campaign before the end of the first quarter of this year, to ward off a primary challenge to her which Trump loyalists like congressman Matt Gaetz are encouraging, said Michael Epstein, a leading Maryland Republican donor.

“We want to show a really big cycle for her to scare off competition,”

How are the words "big cycle" used here? If there is a synonym, what would it be?


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China is now one of the world's major powers. Can't we say that without pride?

This construction...if taken alone without the context..it could mean two things?

  We can say that without pride.

or

  We can't say that without pride.

I think #2 is the correct one in the sentence.


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The word 'painstaking' has a such entry in merriam-webster.

Does this word have a positive meaning or a negative one?


texts: "have pain in something" or "have a pain in something"?

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Tell me please which one of the folowing sentences is correct.

  Because I have pain in my arm, I cannot pull it.

  Because I have a pain in my arm, I cannot pull it.


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Are "ruled out" and "out of the question" synonymous?
For example, are the sentences Eating fish is ruled out and Eating fish is out of the question equivalent?


texts: Past Progressive and Simple Past with the Time Clause (While)

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While he was taking a shower, his dogs were eating his steaks.

(That is the correct sentence according to the website that I visited.)
We use the past progressive with the past progressive to show two actions in progress at the same time.
But, can I also say:

"While he was taking a shower, his dogs ate his steaks."?

(That sentence is wrong according to the website that I visited.)
In my opinion, the action (was taking) was still in progress when the second action (ate) happened.


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So I have a question in my book:

When will the meeting take place?

Can I say the following instead?

When is the meeting?

We are talking about timetable kind of thing, aren't we?


texts: Who there is at hotel or Who is at hotel?

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1.There is a party at hotel.

  (A)Question   - Where is there a party? (at hotel)
      (B)noun clause- Where there is a party.

2.There is a man at the hotel.

  (A)Question   - Who is there at the hotel? (a man)
      (B)Noun clause- Who there is at the hotel.

I know here 1A and 1B are correct.

but (1) I want to know whether 2A and 2B is correct?

(2) If 2A and 2B is correct, what is the difference between noun clauses 'Who there is at the hotel.' and 'who is at the hotel.'?


texts: I noticed something was going on vs I sensed something was going on

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Can I use "I sensed" meaning "I noticed" as synonyms in this phrase?

Example:

  I noticed/sensed something was going on when my father said that my mother
  wasn't going to come home that night.

Here's the meaning of both words according to www.dictionary.com:

  Sense

  a feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body

  Notice

  to perceive; become aware of

Sense and Notice have very close meanings in many contexts, but sometimes they are completely different from each other depending on context. I just need to know whether it is possible to use both words interchangeably in the example phrase I wrote.


texts: What do the words "wind" and "stick" mean in the sentence?

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This sentence is really confusing for me. I've checked Collins, Oxford, Cambridge, urban… dictionaries, no such collocations.

my guess is "the wind changed" means she senses something bad might happen?? ( so wind means bad things??)
if so, or not, then why the face "stick "?? does "stick" mean her expression "fixed", not moving, and why?

and why on earth "mum would use this kind of face to warn me"??  what kind face? is it some kind of face a parent gives to a child who makes a mistake?

here is the sentence:

  Her daughter, curled up next to her on the sofa, just glowered—the kind of face Mum used to warn me would stick in place if the wind changed.

the context of the above sentence is:
the daughter glowered at "me"–––– a paid carer for the daughter's quadriplegia brother. after "me" suggesting some plan to help the brother, a plan which requires their approval and their financial support.


texts: How is "pwned" pronounced, and what does it mean?

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Following the new Troy Hunt web site, http://haveibeenpwned.com/, I'm curious to know exactly what it means and how to pronounce it. Since it seems there are many jokes about it, I don't want to make a mistake with my English colleagues.

Troy gives us the following definition:

  Pwn: from the verb own, as meaning to appropriate or to conquer,
  compromise or control.


texts: Can we use verb -ing before that? "saying that" / "showing that"

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The final packaging recycling data for 2016 has been published by the EA, showing that overall, the packaging recycling rate rose by 6.8% on 2015 and now stands at almost 65% ... link

  A country survey on CME systems in Europe, including 10 European countries, has been conducted by EACIC, showing that a high percentage ... link

  Moreover, several theoretical papers have been written showing that the observed phenomena ... link

I see a lot of news and books are using present participle (-ing) with that.

I checked Cambridge Dictionary and I found the following:

  We use that as a conjunction to link a verb, adjective or noun with the following clause.

  Verb + that-clause: They said that four million ...
  Adjective + that-clause: It’s important (that) we look ..
  Noun + that-clause: .. treatment in the hope that he will ...

My question: Can we use verb -ing before that? is the following correct?

  He is writing a new book showing that ...


texts: choral chorale choir chorus What's the difference between the four words?

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choral chorale choir chorus
They're similar in meaning, pronunciation, and spelling.
What's the difference?
For example, in the game "Heroes of Might and Magic 7", there're "Choral of Believers" and the counterpart "Choir of Despair".
resources:
Choir of Despair: https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Necropolis_(H7)
Choral of Believers in H7: https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Haven_(H7)
in H6: https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Haven_(H6)

I've checked a few dictionaries and other resources.
Take the nominal meaning of "a group of people singing together" for example:
choral: both H6 and H7 used it this way.
chorale: α "Collins COBUILD" definition 2. β "A choir (; also known as a quire, chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers." (https://www.askdifference.com/choir-vs-chorale/)
choir: every dictionaries that I've checked.
chorus: every dictionaries that I've checked, and those dictionaries say in chorus people not only sing but also dance.
By the way, "chorus" has a definition of "a part of a song which is repeated after each verse", which the other three don't share.
What I'm asking is the differences between the similarities, which mainly focus on "a group of people singing together".
For instance, it seems that both "chorale" and "choir" can refer to the place/room where people sing together?
If you like, you can also talk about the meaning of "a religious song".


texts: Should I write “to” or “towards” in the following sentence?

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Are these sentences different in meaning?

  She started to walk towards the door.
  She started to walk to the door.


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I wouldn't want to separate this question so I ask. Where do such words come from? Is there a story of how they appear in speech.

I know that "gimme" means "give me", "gotcha" means "got you", and "goeth" means "goes". There are quite many words of the kind, like gotta and of course gonna.

Are they still in use and in what dialect are they popular?


texts: Non-literal meaning of "See you on the outside"?

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There is a song "On The Outside" by No Use For A Name and I wondered what the title means. Basically I'm interested in any non-literal meaning of phrase

  (see you) on the outside.

Maybe any connections with another world? But the song is about breaking up relationship, so it doesn't fit. Can anybody explain it, please?


texts: Comparative degree or superlative degree?

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Are these two sentences correct according to English grammar?

  Which story was longer?

  Which story was the longest?

One of my colleagues said that the first question is wrong according to English.


texts: How to insert “far” and “more” in a sentence for emphasis?

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I want to say that things currently discussed are actually not important, and we should move on to other more important things.
I’m confused which one to select between these sentences below:

“Actually, there are far more things that need more attention right now.” (Too much of ‘more’?)
“Actually, there are things that far need more attention right now.” (‘Far need’? I think I never heard of that)
“Actually, there are things that need far more attention right now.” (‘Need far more’ also sounds weird)

Strangely, even though I want to emphasise the ‘attention’ part, but the first sentence sounds the best for me. But I don’t want to emphasise on the ‘quantity’ of other things that need more attention. I want to emphasise on the attention level needed. How can I worded this sentence correctly?


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I was reading a book, and I saw this sentence:

  They also contain a lot of fat and hydrocarbon which, if eaten in
  quantity, can result in ...

I was wondering whether it is possible to remove subject from the if clause?


texts: Wondering what "so have" in this context really means

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The country’s main industry federation said the business community welcomed the result.
  So have most newspapers, one calling it “a day of hope for all Egyptians”.Source: Euronews.com, Sisi Secures Crushing Win in Egypt Presidential Vote

Is this grammatical? Is it an expression? What does it mean?


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Where to place 'once again' in a sentence, especially if it's a question?
For the sentence: 'Will someone prove something right'

Is it  a) Will someone prove something right 'once again'(?)
       b) Will someone 'once again' prove something right(?)

I think the difference is that in the first the emphasis is on 'what will be proven' whereas in the second one the emphasis is on 'that person' proving something 'again'. I might be mistaken.


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There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark
  But he's an arrant knave.

  Hamlet, Act I Scene V

My book says it means "No villain is worse than Claudius."

But this but is the same as in "It never rains but it pours."

So I thought it meant, "Every villain in Denmark is a complete villain."