texts: "Other ideas **is** for instance..." or "Other ideas **are** for instance..."

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How should I use the verb in a case where I am refering to the plural but am finishing the sentence in singular?

  Other ideas is for instance to take the bike.

  Other ideas are for instance to take the bike.

Which is correct?

I can of course rephrase the sentence to something like:

  Another idea is for instance to take the bike.

But the first-mentioned examples do tell the reader that more than just one other idea do exist, and that we just only tell one example among them. The latter example does not directly contain a clue for the reader as to the fact that there are more than just this one idea.

Is one of the first-mentioned versions possible?


texts: When can you replace an adjective with an adverb?

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I concede that the question title may be wrong since I ask this in question 1, so please feel free to edit it. In "as we discuss in detail in a moment" - why not "as we'll discuss"?, querier and user CopperKettle wrote:

  I understand that the authors use the Present Simple in a way similar to its use in description of scheduled events:

1. What are some formal terms describing the bolded phrase? 'in a way' seems a prepositional phrase, but then it's followed by similar, so 'prepositional phrase' fails to describe this construct?

2.
Can you replace the bolded with an adverb? For example, with 'similarly'?  Why or why not?


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Back at university, I remember one of my teachers told me that "as for something" carries an undertone of disinterest while "as to something", less used though, is a more neutral way of refering to something.

Is she right? How about other expressions like regarding, concerning, as regards, or simply for? Which one is used most frequently or informally?


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I have a small question about the usage of Google as a verb. Is it always capitalized, even as a verb? For instance:

  I Googled his name and I got hundreds of results.

Now, I am aware that this is a neologism and as such, it's probably not going to be in any dictionaries, but what is the most common usage for Google as a verb? It really looks strange to me to write or read "Googled", hence my question.


texts: Using "neither I" as a stand alone phrase/sentence

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Is it correct to use neither I like this?

  There's nothing you could've done. Neither I.

(I couldn't search examples on Google because neither I is often used at the beginning of a sentence.)


texts: "Performance in the office" vs "performance at the office."

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What's the correct option? Maybe both are okay?

Example sentence:

  Research has shown that naps improve mood, focus, memory, which translates into better performance in/at the office.

(Performance in the office has more Google results than permanence at the office. But I wonder if that says anything.)


texts: "Than need be" vs "than they need to be"

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I am not sure, but I don't think they're equivalent. However, I have no idea when you would use the first one, would you use the first one if you are talking about something general that's not related to a specific event or something theoretical?

For example:

  The effects of the missile was more powerful than need be.

  The effects of the missile was more powerful than they needed to be.

The second one looks ok, but not the first.


texts:
I want to refers C, N, O, P

Should I say "all of them have no allotropes" or "all of it has no allotropes?"

What's the difference? (Can I say : what's the differences?)


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Today I read in Wall Street Hournal next title:

  Wells Fargo to Pay States About $575 Million to Settle Customer Harm
  Claims

Why do they use “to” after Wells Fargo? Was there omitted something?


texts: Does there exist the phrase "not the less"?

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Thoreau wrote:

  This American government—what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will. It is a sort of wooden gun to the people themselves. But it is not the less necessary for this; for the people must have some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy that idea of government which they have.

Does the sentence use phrase "not the less" or "not || the less necessary(the + adj. strcuture)"?

How to paraphrase the sentence?


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does 'future indefinite' means an action in future which does not have any definite time?
If I say, 'I will come at 10.00 am.' Is it correct? As I added a time which makes the sentence definite.
'I will come' or 'I will come at 10'. Which one is correct according to future indefinite's definition?


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What does “score one for truth” mean?  Googling it gives plenty of examples but no definitions.  It is not clear from context.  A lot of the google results appear to refer to conspiracy theories.  The first google hits:

First Google hit has no meaningful context, just sais score one for truth in advertising with a broken link.
Google books result: Waiting for you, she said cheerfully. Score one for truth. His gaze slid over her clothes.
Another Google Books result: It was enough.  Score one for truth.  The official was now a model of cooperation.

What does score one for truth mean and what are its origins?  What is this score?


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He would be a king, unfortunately he died due to a disease
He would have been a king, unfortunately he died due to a disease

Would be or Would have been, and why?


texts: Difference between “was seated” and “was sitting”

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What is the difference between below sentences.

  He was seated in front of me.

and

  He was sitting in front of me.


texts:
Consider the following sentences -

He is more of a mathematician.
He is more mathematician.
Few of the books are stolen.
Few books are stolen.

I have seen there are of constructions and also without of construction. Is there any difference in meaning between the two? And when to use one over the other?


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Today I encountered the word updoots in this SO meta

  I think it is correct.

  Technically if you have a post with 2 or more updoots on a meta it did
  at some point have exactly two.

  The rules do not say that the posts with exactly 2 have to happen at
  the same time, just that you have to have had them.

and I was thinking if it's just a typo meaning uproot, but then I realized that it doesn't make sense. Then I saw the comment below saying

  +1 for saying updoots. – Don't Panic 1 hour ago

Then I search on the internet regarding the meaning of it and all I saw is just a bunch skeleton

It even have a result like this

  Updoot Misspelling

  What is the meaning of misspelled word updoot?
  1. Did you mean uproot? - The meaning of uproot


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This is the picture

What is the name in English please?

(This is that we wear at home.)

Do you also know the name of the closed version of this? I mean that one that doesn't show the toes.


texts: What are the differences between "imposing an idea" and "forcing an idea" on others?

texts: I used it in my previous question here which seems according to the answer and the comment which I received by Shawn Mooney, Imposing an idea on others is different to forcing an idea on others and cannot be replaced with it. I want to know the differences between these two.


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Both words seem to mean the following:

  Having or feeling no interest in something or someone.

When do we use disinterested vs. uninterested? Are they interchangeable?


texts: "did you attend" or "were you able to attend", when to use which?

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This post is derived from another one/.  They might need to merge.

Let's say Michael had mentioned that he were trying to reschedule another appointment in order to attend a meeting yesterday. I happen to meet him just now, I suppose I could say

  "You said you might not make it to the meeting - were you able to?"

or

  "You said you might not make it to the meeting - did you attend that meeting?"

Are these 2 expression the same?

Is it possible Michael were  able to attend that meeting though, he didn't went to finally.


texts: Parallelism between past perfect and present continuous

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In the following sentence:

  Anyone who has stumbled glumly through a British airport recently,
  trapped in endless queues, will already know the stench of bogus
  security hanging heavy in the air. I always knew at some subliminal
  level that even as my nail scissors were being seized by a censorious
  official,some monstrous breach the size of the Channel was
  blithely disregarded elsewhere.

The part which is bold seems incorrect to me. I think it should be "was being blithely".

Although if "while" was used as in, "while some monstrous breach the size of the Channel was blithely disregarded elsewhere", it would have been correct.

How should one ensure parallelism between something which is happening now and something in past which still happens?


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I have a text, where author thanks

Meg McKeen, for being the best Myrna a girl could ask for.

Alisson Hammer "You, Me and Us".
Who is Myrna? Google directs me to Myrna Loy, but I don't see any connection to somebody/something, what "a girl could ask for".
Thank you for your kind help.


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I see the sentence in my book : There will be an accident on his corner one day.

May you tell me what is the meaning of :’on his corner’?


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I don't have any special plans for this weekend.

Q1: What is the meaning of 'for' here?
Q2: What is the part of speech of 'for this weekend'? Does it modify 'any special plans'? Or does it modify 'don't have'?


texts: Community mathematics or Mathematics community?

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Which of the following is more suitable as a title for a base forum for people who love to deal with mathematics:

  Community mathematics

  Mathematics community


texts: What is the difference between these two declarative content clauses?

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The kids were told that 2 to the power of 3 is 8.
The kids were told that President Joe Biden would visit their school.

Both sentences use the same past tense in main clauses, but use different tenses in that- clauses.
Why does sentence #1 use simple present tense, yet sentence#2 uses a past tense (past future tense)?


texts: From here I know "put it" means "say it, express it". But have them any distinction of usage? When to use "put it" and when to use "say it"?


texts: grammatical number: no + plural or singular nouns?

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I'm considering whether to use singular or plural nouns in the following:

  John has no wife / wives.
  John has no child / children.
  There is no winner or loser in life.
  There are no winners or losers in life.

It seems that singular "wife" is correct in (1); plural "children" in (2). What about (3) and (4)?
Are there any principles that can allow us to determine when to use singular or plural forms after "no"?

I'd appreciate your help.


texts: Looking for a negative word to describe someone who speaks in a way that appeals to masses, regardless of if they believe in what they say

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I'm trying to mentally describe someone who seems that they don't believe the opinions they say, but only say them on platforms because they know they will get a massive amount of support and praise for holding such a, typically common, belief.

This person may try to start an argument on the winning side when nobody was debating in the first place.

Ex. A man goes on Facebook and writes "Irish people are people, too!". They get unanimous support and praise because their claim is nearly universally supported by friends, but there was no reason to even bring it up as there was no clear indication that Irish people were not being treated as people, or he may have made up a figurative scenario. He may not even care about these imaginary people he described, but he knows people will agree with him and pat him on the back for having the moral high ground, and nobody can tear him down because his viewpoint is so not at all controversial.


texts: What is the meaning of "solicited" in "Please do not contact me for any work that is trial / unpaid / solicited"

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What is the exact meaning of solicited in "Please do not contact me for any work that is trial / unpaid / solicited"?

I have tried dictionary definitions but they don't quite fit the context of this person requesting not to be contacted for unpaid work.


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This is a sentence meaning and if they are synonymous with each other(''least of all'' to ''let alone'').

Example sentence:

  The leaders of the Harakiri Gang do not want to go to school, least of all their members.

And

  The leaders of the Harakiri Gang do not want to go to school, let alone their members.

If a statement is somehow negative, sometimes, we include 'least of all' and 'let alone' depending on the context, right? My question is, are the bold letters in the highlighted sentences above, used appropriately and are theysynonymous.


texts: Should I use "who" twice in this sentence?

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Is this sentence grammatically correct?

  I'm a Turkish who is trying to learn Finnish, German and also wants to learn Russian.

Can I also say:

  I'm a Turkish who is trying to learn Finnish, German and who also wants to learn Russian.


texts: Can someone tell me which is correct. I ate out last Monday.  or I ate out on Monday. When I am talking about last Monday- February 12 and today is 18th.


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Should we put a definite article before tools or instruments when we are talking not about a particular one, but rather the whole class?
For example:

  I don't like coffee from (the?) espresso machine.

As far as I know, the definite article is used with musical instruments in similar contexts:

  George can play the piano.

Does it apply to tools or instruments or devices in general?


texts: Does it make sense to say: "I am trying to"?

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Last week, my friends and I went fishing. I heard two people talking beside us while fishing. I don't know them and will name them A and B. This is what they said.

  A: How long have you been fishing today?

  B: two hours

  A: Have you caught any fish?

  B: No, but I am trying to.

B finished his sentence with "to". Don't you need a verb after "to". Is it grammatically correct not to add a verb after it? Please explain it. Thank you very much.


texts: Past simple for an event taking place before reference time

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It is against this backdrop that the film was made and so it is a
  little wonder that "The Great Rock'N'Roll Swindle" is the tale of the
  way in with McLaren viewed the Sex Pistols. The writing and graphics
  are his and his alone and the fashions are wholly his in the footage
  filmed specifically for the film and mainly in the archive footage.
  This is McLaren film. Throughout the period the Sex pistols were
  active there had always been an intention to produce a film based
  around the band. It was always part of McLaren's  master plan that the
  Pistols were more than merely a band. In   the tradition of situanism
  however McLaren had intended the film to be a very extreme affair and
  indeed had begun filming using Russ Meyer, the director of such films
  as Beyond The Valley of the Dolls (1970). McLaren's choice of Meyer as
  a suitable director  for the Sex Pistol's film is telling. McLaren saw
  him as '... not being a liberal'. He was a Vietnam veteran who
  produced sordid and exploitative films and the script McLaren and
  Meyer came up with reflected this. It was perhaps fortunate for
  the public that Meyer walked out when production had barely begun

Phil rose exposé on The Great Rock'N'Roll Swindle Repeat fanzine Autumn 1997

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

In this passage reference time is the film :before it was made is past perfect and after is past simple:

For example in the second paragraph:
         'had always been an intention 'before the film past perfect
         'was active before and after '  past simple
         'was always that the Pistols were more than a band 'before and after
         the film past simple
         'had intended and had begun 'before the film past perfect, but in that case the reason to use past perfect could have been the changing of director,in fact McLaren took Julian Temple to realise the film.
         'saw' after and before the film
          was, produced before and after
         'came up' before the film but past simple Why?

Is it because if it were past perfect, we would understand it did it before being a veteran or is it because we are talking about a particular film ,


texts: We are an Italian independent art group and we want to adopt one of Mr. George's books into a screenplay, And we want to make a film based on that. What should we do to get Mr. George's permission?


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What is the meaning of "this" in the following sentence?

  Something this important required complete privacy.

Is the sentence with "this" a grammatically correct sentence structure?


texts: Rejected friend requests vs friend requests rejected

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Consider these two lines:

  A list of your rejected friend requests
  A list of your friend requests rejected

What I want to say is a list of friend requests that you have requested but got rejected by others.

Are those two lines the same?

I also have a list of friend requests from others that I rejected.

Can either line 1 or line 2 be interpreted as either "a list of friend requests that you have requested but got rejected by others" or "a list of friend requests from others that I rejected"?


texts: What does "you must seek among yourselves too; for you will not find others better able to make the search." mean here?

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From another translation I know the sentence in boldface means that it's better to search among 'yourselves' instead of 'others'. But very easily I fall into the illusion that 'others' is the object and 'make the search' is the verb. How to make it clear?

Cebes answered with a smile: Then, Socrates, you must argue us out of our fears—and yet, strictly speaking, they are not our fears, but there is a child within us to whom death is a sort of hobgoblin: him too we must persuade not to be afraid when he is alone in the dark.
Socrates said: Let the voice of the charmer be applied daily until you have charmed away the fear.
And where shall we find a good charmer of our fears, Socrates, when you are gone?
Hellas, he replied, is a large place, Cebes, and has many good men, and there are barbarous races not a few: seek for him among them all, far and wide, sparing neither pains nor money; for there is no better way of spending your money. And you must seek among yourselves too; for you will not find others better able to make the search.
-- Plato's Phaedo 77


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My wife will be angry, unless I'm home by 7.00.

In the sentence above the "unless" should not be used. The correct conjunction is supposed to be the "if". Compare this sentence:

  I'll come at 5 unless there is a traffic jam.

Here "unless" is appropriate. Why is it not so in my example sentence?


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Today's headline on an Indian news channel:

  On A Visit Of Many Firsts, Japanese PM Abe To Arrive In Gujarat Today: 10 Facts

Japanese Prime Minister is visiting Gujarat, India.

What's 'many firsts' here?


texts: Passive voice in the reduced adverb clauses

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"Being well treated, she returned home even earlier then she had expected"

Does it work or not?" To my mind it's not the case, because the subject is not the same in both part of the sentence. Or, I'm wrong? Can passive voice be used in the reduced adverb clauses?

I would also like to know if I could write it in this way:

  "Well treated, she returned home even earlier..."


texts: The meaning of "charges" in these quotes

texts:
At twelve o’clock tutors of all nationalities with their charges in
  cambric collars descend upon Nevsky Prospekt.

  Governesses, pale misses and rosy-cheeked Slav maidens walk in stately
  fashion behind their lissom, fidgety young charges, instructing them
  not to drop their shoulders and to keep their backs straight.

Can anyone explain what is the meaning of "charges" in these sentences?


texts: Can I make up the word 'proprioceptible'?

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Example:

The induced dynamics were proprioceptible, the experiencer could feel them physcially manifesting.

I am aware that propcioceptible as such is not listed in any of the classical English dictionaries like OED, CED, LED, MW, etc.  but using proprioceptive, to me, does not match as well as the suffix '-able/-ible'.


texts:
I am foreigner and I want to describe somebody's behavior.
Why in English it is considered rude to say "he is lying". Or he is liar.


texts: What's the technical of conjoining two words into one word? For example, taking the words "bath" and "water" to create the word "bathwater". What is the technical word for this? I am thinking there must be a word for this since in the English language we do it very often.


texts: How to understand the phrase "the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame"

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There were relatives of their victims among the Hogwarts students, who now found themselves the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame as they walked the corridors: Susan Bones, whose uncle, aunt and cousins had all died at the hands of one of the ten, said miserably during Herbology that she now had a good idea what it felt like to be Harry.

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I don't quite understand the phrase "the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame". How should we understand it correctly?


texts:
I'm reading this article: https://qr.ae/TWFMUj

  By recommitting to the Paris Agreement and aligning our economic
  incentives abroad with our environmental goals, we can help bring
  global emissions to target levels.

What does the part of bold text mean?


texts: "within" or "during" which is appropriate for a comparative sentence?

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Consider: The revolving door rotates 360 degrees. When the revolving door is in rotational position A corresponding to a rotation angle of 30 degrees, the force required to start turning it is five newton.  When the revolving door is in the other rotational positions, the force is one newton.  I created the sentence below to describe this:

  When the revolving door is in rotational position A, the force
  required to start turning it has a maximum value within/during its one rotation/revolution.

I would like to know which of "within" and "during" is appropriate for the sentence above.


texts: Does this word avalanche from Reddit make any sense?

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While scrolling through my saved Reddit posts, I found a 10 months old post from WordAvalanches subreddit. I understand the beginning but I am struggling to understand the last line.

An hour passed since Thursday find us.
Awake, eye open.
Time is four.
Give in.
In our past, sins’ thirst defined us.
A wake I hope in time is forgiven.

I looked up the definitions of wake in Cambridge and Merriam-Webster online dictionaries, however I could not find a suitable meaning.


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Advertising informs consumers about new products available on the
  market. It gives us information about everything from shampoo to
  toothpaste to computers and cars. But there is one serious problem
  with this. The “Information” is actually very often “misinformation”.
  It tells us the products’ benefits but hides their disadvantages.

Google Books

According to Michael Swan in Practical English Usage:

  Unfortunately, it is not possible to give useful general rules in this
  area: the choice of structure often depends on the particular
  expression.

Please let me know about this particular expression: is it OK to use possessive 's with products?


texts: 'Not only you are right, but also he is right.' Can I change it to 'Not only you but also he is right'?

texts:
Not only you are right, but also he is right.

Can I change it to the following?

  Not only you but also he is right.


texts: Is apostrophe is to be put or not: "it will be sent to your address as an official representative'(?)s"?

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I was writing an e-mail and stuck on this part:

  "...a certificate will be sent to your address as the local representative’s."

I have doubts about the apostrophe. Actually I did sent e-mail without it, now I'm worrying I should have put apostrophe.

Please give share your knowledge: to apostrophe or not to apostrophe?


texts: Don't speak until I [tell, told, have told or what?] you?

texts:
I've one or two questions..

How [should or could?] you say this sentence?

  Don't speak until I [tell, told, have told or what?] you.


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From the person who is not a native English speaker, 'because', 'as', and 'since' are the same (or very similar) in that they try give the hints to reason about the main sentence.

From the book that I read, I found that the author uses commas before 'as' and 'since' while he does not use it with 'because'. I also understand that comma is used to give additional information (e.g., My cousin, who has red hair, came late.) while the comma should be removed when the part is necessary to the sense of the sentence (e.g., My cousin who has red hair came late).

Is it common practice that 'since' and 'as' is used with commas while 'because' is not? Or, it just happens that the author uses 'because' with the necessary elements in the book that I read?


texts: We're on the same team or We're in the same team?

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I always thought "We're on the same team" was correct. And when I searched Google book, I was able to get way more results of 'on the same team'.
But I heard someone says the second one, and now I'm a little confused.
If both are correct, then what's the difference?
It would be very helpful if you give me an example sentence as well.
Thank you in advance.


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To figure out "alternate" vs. "substitute", I went through quite a lot of posts which include Usage of alternate vs alternative with "equally"

doing something is equally alternate to dooming yourself

From the Cambridge Dictionary

doom: to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen

With the definition above, I don’t really understand the meaning of the quotation.
I googled it but can't get any definition or explanation.
What does that mean? Is it natural to say "doom somebody"?


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The whole context:

  So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying.

According to the concept of the third conditional tense, "Nothing could have been more annoying" should be an unreal situation, but what is the real situation in this case?? I can't figure out the logic in it.


texts: The function of "doing something" in "be busy doing something"

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I know "busy" can be used with the structure: "be busy doing". For example: I'm busy learning English.

Now, I'm wondering whether "learning English" in this sentence is a gerund phrase or a participle phrase? And what function (adjective/adverb) does this phrase have in the sentence?


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Sorry for asking again.
I confuse using direct object with Object of preposition....
For example

David pointed at Kyle's bowling ball.
(https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/prepositional-phrases.html)

I know that is right sentence.

But I usually say  :David pointed Kyle's bowling ball.

Beause I've thought the bowling ball is receiving the action of the verb;point.

Direct object and object of preposition look like similar to me...
Help me...


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Why is the following sentence correct grammatically?

  "Do you think she likes you?" --- "Well, no, I shouldn't think she did." (Lawrence, Women in Love)

I think this sentence should be like this:

  "Do you think she likes you?" --- "Well, no, I shouldn't think she does."

Why is the past tense "did" used in the first sentence?


texts: Shall I use progressive or simple in that case

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Shall I say

  In 1789 people were not wearing watches because they did not exist.

OR

  In 1789 people did not wear watches because they did not exist.

i think the second one is a better because it is general truth


texts: How to understand "don’t got nothing to do" grammatically and semantically

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“To all y’all people asking why I would let me son ride the bus because I’m rich — being rich don’t got nothing to do with a child experiences,”

I saw the sentence from here. According to this previous post of ELL, this phenomenon has been explained as 'negative concord' or 'double negative', and it says in one of answers:

  ... ... It can be used as an emphasizer (instead of cancellation) or a required double negative that indicates a single negative.

So in that view, "They ain't got nothing to say." has been interpreted as "They don't have anything to say.".

By that analogy, "being rich don’t got nothing to do with a child experiences" should be interpreted as "being rich don’t have anything to do with a child experiences".

On the other hand, "being rich doesn’t got nothing to do with a child experiences" looks more correct to me.

How should we understand that sentence correctly? Grammatically and semantically.


texts: What's the good of mentioning "If he could help it" here?

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In "The Chief Mourner of Marne" by G. K. Chesterton, Mr. Mallow is searching for Father Brown to consult him about very serious problem, and finds him at a friend's house.

He entered somewhat abruptly to find Father Brown sitting on the floor with a serious expression, and attempting to pin the somewhat florid hat belonging to a wax doll on to the head of a teddy bear.

Mallow felt a faint sense of incongruity; but he was far too full of his problem to put off the conversation if he could help it. He was staggering from a sort of setback in a subconscious process that had been going on for some time.

I found that can help it mean can avoid or stop himself from doing it, but the author already said that he was so full of his problem that he can't put off the conversation, so what's the good of mentioning If he could help it?


texts: What is the mean of "with more set to come"?

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This is the sentence.

Tropical Storm Harvey dumped almost 50 inches (1.27 metres) of rain in some areas in just over four days, with more set to come.
(from : https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/08/daily-chart-19)

I think "with more set to come" is just a kind of adverbial phrase.

Of course, it might be one meaning chunk, but I want to know there is a specific thing or meaning that the "set" used in this phrase is pointing.


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Are these interchangeable? What is the difference in use?

  I will do it to the same extent as you do.

  I will do it as much as you do.

  I will do it to an equal degree as you.

  I will do it in the same way as you.

etc.


texts: Using present perfect after the preposition "to"

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I saw the following sentence in a movie:

He seems to have come out of nowhere

What is rule behind using present perfect after "seems to"


texts: "I'm not improving my English knowledge significantly" versus "I have not been improving my English knowledge significantly"

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I'm not improving my English knowledge significantly.

  I have not been improving my English knowledge significantly.

I would like to know which is the best choice between the two sentences above.
I mean that I have been studying English for a while but, sometimes, I feel that my English comprehension is quite low till now.


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How do you get to work?
  I take the underground to work.
  How do you get to school?
  I walk to school.

Considering the questions, why are not the answers like these: "I take the underground to {get to} work", and "I walk to {get to} school"? Which way are they correct, with or without "get to"?


texts: Would have v3 for guess or assumption in the past

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I have seen a usage of would have v3 which do not fit into the known area of conditional type 3 and is used for completely different purposes.

In a court of law, a judge is asking a woman and a man questions about the case, where the woman accuses the man of stealing her money 2 years ago. So the judge asks them a lot of questions, to understand the case properly, like: How did it happen? When did it happen?

The judge asks the woman, +How old was he at the time he stole the money?"

The woman takes time to think and answers a few seconds later, "Eerrr, hmm.... He would have been 17."

So, she used "would have v3" for a guess or a speculation in the past, not for an unreal situation. It is interesting that she did not give the answer "He was 17". I have never seen such a usage. she could have said "He must have been 17" to empasize a strong guess in the past.

Why do you think she said "He would have been 17" but not "He was 17"? Can we use would have v3 for such a speculation or a guess in the past?

If yes, how will it differ from "must have v3" which is also used for a guess or an assumption in the past.


texts: Talking about a sequence of actions which happened in the past

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For example, I want to tell how is my day was going.

I'd do it like this:

  I woke up, then I went to a bathroom and washed myself, then I went to a kitchen and had a breakfast, etc.

Is it correct? I mean maybe I need to use Past Perfect, because it's needed to use when I tell about actions in the Past before some other action in the Past?
And how would native speaker tell about that sequence?


texts: Are the tenses in this sentence mixed, one present continuous and one present simple?

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Are the tenses in this sentence mixed with the beginning being present continuous for a new habit which will have an end, and the end being present simple for a permanent state?

she is now working at home 2 days per week, the other days of the week she works at her office as usual

I would like to know if present simple for the other days of the week is possible because it has not changed, i.e. it is a permanent state.


texts: How to use "when" correctly as a conjunction

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Is this sentence correct?

  When I will go, I will talk to you.

I mean to ask whether or not we use will with when in this kind of sentence.


texts: Should it be "indicating" or ",which indicates"?

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Which one of the below is more appropriate?

an investigation into sleep score, which indicates the quality of sleep, and life stress revealed significantly negative correlation between life stress and the quality of sleep

or

an investigation into sleep score indicating the quality of sleep and life stress significantly negative correlation between life stress and the quality of sleep

to make my question more specific, I want to make sure that sleep score only measures the quality of sleep not life stress...in other words it was an investigation into sleep score and life stress, and sleep score indicates the quality of sleep.


texts: Anything vs. something usage in this sentence

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It's not like there's anything else to do.

Shouldn't the speaker say: "There's something else to do." ? so what's the meaning of the sentence and what's the difference between the two of them?
Thank you,


texts: the meaning of the sentence in bold is unclear to me

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The old woman held out her hand to each of us in turn. Thereafter, she never touched me if she could avoid it. If I offered my hand, she would brush my fingers aside as if waving away a fly. She didn't enter our service that evening — that would have been unworthy, improper. She enlisted in it. As she was leaving, she said to my husband: "I wish the master good night." He stared after her. There was no man on the planet to whom this magnificent word might less apply. But that was how she addressed him until her dying day. It took a while for him to get used to his new title, and answer to it.

Does it mean:  this magnificent word is appropriate for every man?

Source: The door: The novel by Magda szabo


texts: Which noun should I make the verb agree with in this sentence?

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One set of events in Lord of the Flies that shows how William Golding is a pessimist is/are the murders of Piggy and Simon and the attempted murder of Ralph.

Don't know whether to use "is" or "are." Both ways sound odd to me.


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The other day, me and my friend argued about something we both not sure if it’s correct or not, he answered my phone call and spoke to my cousin, my cousin asked about me, “where is mouhanad”, my friend replayed, he is washing the car, when he came I’ll let him call you back”, is it correct to say “when he come I’ll let him call you back or when he came I’ll let him call you back?
I told my friend, by saying CAME it becomes past tense and you are talking about the close feature, Came will not be used for the feature, we have to use come instead.
I’m sorry for the mess above, please find the correct answer and explain for us,
Thank you
Mouhanad


texts: TOEFL listening question : phrase : "sitting in on a course"

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A TOEFL listening section textbook gives me a phrase such as below

Professor

  Another option for you this term would be to audit a course or two -- you wouldn't have to pay regular fees and full tuition for it.

Student

  Interesting. I never thought about sitting in on a course.Also, I suppose that if after a week or two, I really thought I should enroll in the course, I could always add it, or for that matter, if a course doesn't work out, I could drop it

After googling the word at the title, a page describing this situation appeared.

Saying,

  Usually, in the Eastern USA, in the universities that I know, "sitting in on" means being in a class that one is not taking for a grade. The regular students take the class, they sit in it. A visitor (a student not enrolled in the class, or a visitor - a friend or relative of one of the students taking the class) may sit in on it, and listen to the lecture. I'm not sure if regularly attending the class without taking it - like for example a teaching assistant attending the class to see what exactly the professor is teaching - qualifies as "sitting in on" it.

In addition to it, What is aggravating me about this sentence is, I can't catch the relationship between the phrase at the title and the professor's word "audit" and the student consequent "past" sentence.

However though, is the description of the page I looked up at still correct?


texts: Would you please tell me what "than that of" means here?

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"Look into the motives which have induced men, once united by their
  common needs in a general society, to unite themselves still more
  intimately by means of civil societies: you will find no other motive
  than that of assuring the property, life and liberty of each member by
  the protection of all."

Would anyone please tell me what the following means?, or what does than that of assuring mean?

  ... than that of assuring the property, life and liberty of each member
  by the protection of all."

And, Would you possibly elaborate this:assuring the property, life and liberty of each member by the protection of all.


texts: Does this clause require an article or not?

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I am confused about whether to add an article before clarification or not?

"I asked for clarification on the legal position"

Or

"I asked for a clarification on the legal position"


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How do you use "smooth sailing" idiomatically? Can someone explain to me how to use "smooth sailing" idiomatically? I thought it was a verb, but being an idiom I am wondering if you can use is as if it was an ordinary phrase. I am also wondering if "smooth sailing" is a verb accompanied by an adverb or it's considered an adjective accompanied by a noun and we use it as if it were the case.

  I am smooth sailing on this new job I got at Google.

  He used to smooth sailing on this new job he had at Google.


texts: OSCARS nominated movies -Based on the true story OR Based on a true story?

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Articles, I tell you!

Last night, I went for a movie in a theater. There, they showed some previews of the forthcoming films. And there were two previews.

The first one was 'Foxcatcher' and somewhere in the middle of the trailer, it read...

  Based on the true story -Foxcatcher (02:13)

This followed by another great movie 'The Imitation Game' and here, it read...

  Based on a true story! -The Imitation Game (00:38)

Back to back, I was surprised!


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I wanted to know how do we use verbs after but

  I do nothing but missing you
  I do nothing but miss you

Which one is correct?

I think it is the first one, but I actually don't know it's just a guess

i read somewhere that after "but" we use bare to infinite but then I saw somwhere else that the "ing" form can be used too.


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There is a question on French SE asking for a translation of There is nothing to talk about.

Multiple answers give a translation for There is nothing to talk about followed by a noun, for example There is nothing to talk about this book.

I find these constructions ungrammatical and this QA (The difference between 'TALK' and 'SAY') seems to confirm.

I would like to confirm that I am not the one making a mistake. Is There is nothing to talk about + noun grammatically incorrect and better replaced by There is nothing to say about + noun?


texts: Can I say "Do you speak about the other?" (no "one" after "the other")?

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In the following sentence:

  Do you speak about the other one?

Can I omit the last one and say the following?

  Do you speak about the other?

I'm not sure when I can omit the one and when I can't.

Could anyone please teach me about the rule on the omission of the one in the other one?


texts: Complaint vs Complain (AmE pronunciation)

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My question is about the pronunciation of the T of the word complaint.

On one hand, I work for a company where I deal with different nationalities. Some Egyptians, Indians, and other nationalities don't pronounce the T. Also, I learned that people in the USA don't pronounce the T when it comes after the N. That's why I  think I should pronounce it.

On the other hand, This dictionary pronounce the T.

If they both are pronounced the same way, what about writing? Can I use "complain" as a noun and a verb?


texts: "Seems married" vs "seems to be married" vs "seems to have got married"

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I've learned from my text book named Meaning into Words that “If 'seem' is followed by an adjective, we can leave to be and If 'seem' is followed by a noun, we can't leave to be.

According to the rule,
the following sentences are correct:

  She/He seems to be married.
  She/He seems married.

Now, I want to use perfect infinite in the sentence below:

  She/He seems to have got married.

The context could be:

A man or woman who is wearing a ring, or type of clothes which makes them "look" as if he or she is married.
I heard a rumour that he/she got married. (Someone who I haven't met for a long time.)

Does it mean  he or she "seems" to be already married?

Are the sentences above used to express uncertainty whether someone is married or not?


texts: meaning of "I have everything for my xxx"

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From a tutorial

And I have everything for my class.

Which uses the pattern I have everything for my xxx. Another use could be

I have everything for my party.

I guess it's a more colloquial than "everything is ready".
However, googling it only returns 3 hits.
Is it clear and natural to say "I have everything for my party"?


texts: Is it a better way to memorize the definition of an English word by English or Chinese?

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I'm a Chinese student and I'm planning to study in the United State when I graduate from my high school.

Recently, my friend asked me an interesting question which ultimately become the title of this post. That is, is it a better way to memorize the definition of an English word by English or Chinese?

I already heard some perspectives such as "English definition can sometimes provide you more detailed and accurate definition compared to Chinese one" and "Chinese definition is in a sense comparatively easy for Chinese native speaker to remember." Also, I saw a number of guys who is learning Chinese and writing their Chinese diaries on lang-8, which is a online community consisted of language learner from different countries. Therefore, I make use of their own experience of learning a foreign language which is very distinct from their own language (for example, an English speaker to learn Japanese) to try to solve this question. Unfortunately, I failed because of the insufficiency and deficiency that is unrelated to this given topic. In addition, I was once inspired by my another English teacher, who is an English native speaker. He was learning Chinese at that time, and he said he feel more confident memorizing Chinese vocabularies in Chinese since it would be make him a native Chinese.

I consulted both my English teacher and my English literature teacher about this confusing question. As a result, My English literature teacher suggested me to use Chinese to remember English words while my Chinese English teacher advice me to remember them in English.

In short, since I got two different responses from my English literature teacher (who is a native speaker) and my Chinese English teacher (who is completely a Chinese), I want to re-post that guy's question here.

Could you please tell me your personal and critical point of view? Besides, it would be great if you could also unveil the misery of efficient language learning here for everyone.

Thanks in advance.


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We've got a sample for that.
We've got a sampling for that.
We've got samplings for that.

What are the differences between a sample, a sampling, and samplings?
Are they completely interchangeable?


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According to this website,

So is the second example equivalent to

  If you want to lose weight, you shouldn't eat so many types of desserts.

?

Can it be

  If you want to lose weight, you shouldn't eat so much dessert.

regarding as a general idea of dessert?


texts: Difference between infinitive phrase and gerund phrase as subject

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What's the difference in meaning between these two sentences:

  To find fault with others is easy.

  Finding fault with others is easy.

Also more generally, what's the difference between infinitive phrase and gerund phrase as the subject with other verbs. More examples would help.


texts: Stuck with two prepositions -You can come from/on Monday on!

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I got stuck while writing a mail to my students in which I am saying that they should resume their classes from Tuesday on.

  I'm out of town on Monday. You can come from/on Tuesday on.

We use from to start a point of 'onward.' From 6 p.m. on which means it starts at 6 p.m. and then it'll go on.

I also know that we have 'on' for days - on Monday/Tuesday... and so on. Grammarly corrected my sentence and said 'on.' But how would it look then?

  You can come on Tuesday on!


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Suppose you have resigned your job position and left your working area. After a while, you encounter with a colleague of that job; he / she asks you about the reason you left that e.g. office. (throughout their conversations with you, it's clear that they think you've been fired whereas you were not and you did it by your own will and subsequently you're going to let them know this fact); I was wondering if you could let me know if in this sense the self-made sentence bellow sounds natural or not:

  I left by my own choice.

My second scenario:
Imagine a person is competing for a party of a constitution. A friend of him comes to him and asks why he has joined the opposite group which even has lesser financial benefits for him in comparison with the previous party. He says:

  At first it wasn't how much I would earn; the only thing I wanted was joining them; I did it by my own choice.

Does the above sentence work here properly? (Especially the bold parts)


texts: 'Helping' as a noun/gerund/ present participle?

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“Thanks for your advice - I found it very helping.”
Is this use of 'helping' correct in the above sentence? Thanks a lot.


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In the formal document like thesis, How to write items in a list? For example:

A lot of studies are done, in structural aspect, algorithmic aspect and applications.

(what I mean here is, for one problem, we can do studies from different aspects, for example, we can study its structure, its algorithms and its application.)

For me it sounds strange that the first two items have aspect but the last one does not. But it should be in applicational aspect or in application aspect?


texts: If "dis" makes antonym of a root word, then why doesn't "creet" have a meaning where discreet="dis"+creet?

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In a dictionary, I found the word "discreet" which means: not likely to be seen or noticed by many people.

I think maybe the word discreet is formed by : "dis"+creet.
If it is so then what is the meaning of "creet"?
dis is :no such as in dislike, disagree and so on.


texts: Is there an easier term to replace with "To their credit"?

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I'm trying to translate an article which is about wearable smart watches. I don't know how to translate "To their credit" term in the following context :

  To their credit, many of the manufacturers have made charging a
  non-micro USB charging affair, though Motorola’s Moto 360 is probably
  the most handsome execution of the idea. Sony, for reasons unknown has
  chosen the ol' plug-it-in approach with the Smartwatch 3. None of
  these methods would matter to me if didn’t have to go through the
  exercise on a daily basis though.

I know what does that mean as Google says :

  to one's credit

  used to indicate that something praiseworthy has been achieved, especially despite difficulties.

But I'm confusing how to translate "To their credit" in the above context, so I'm looking for an easier term which can replace with that.


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I am wondering for which type of conditional sentences such a "should" could be used? that is, the zero  conditional or blah blah blah...???

"Should in Conditional Sentences" at EnglishPractice.com

EDITED:

Could you think of any situation where we could use "should" in the second or third conditional sentences? for instance: just in case, in case, and so on? –

The only thing that I could remember vividly is the fact that" my Profs. told me I can use "should" in just the second or third conditional sentences. –


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Which one would be correct to use?

  speak to me

or

  speak over me

I was listening a conversation and in that a person said

  Now you will not speak over me in an angry way

So could I use "to" instead of "over" here?


texts: Can the phrase “mutton chops” sometimes be used as “I’m doomed”?

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In the movie “The Zootopia”, when the Assistant Mayor Bellwether was refused by the Mayor Lionheart to review some very important billings, she was so desperate and said “oh, mutton chops.”

I looked up the meaning of “mutton chops” in some advanced dictionaries, I only found that it means some kind of whiskers, but in the movie, according to the context, it was supposed to mean “I’m doomed”.

So my question is: can the phrase “mutton chops” sometimes be used as “I’m doomed”?  If not, what does it mean here exactly?  Thanks!


texts: What is the appropriate PREPOSITION here

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Keep all defective items .....

  It will come in my work.
  It will come to my work.

Which of the two or something else is suitable in this context?


texts: What do you call an embalmed animal? You sometimes see them at museum and they look real and they don't rot somehow. Do they have a name? I suppose they do have a name, but I have no idea what it might be.


texts: How do you describe the situation where a person walks into tree twigs and the person following gets hit by them?

texts: What phrase or verb do you use to describe the situation where a person walks into tree twigs and the person following gets hit by them?


texts: IPA natural classes, what makes a natural class?

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What makes a natural class in phonology? Can we consider [k, x, q,χ] a natural class in phonology?

I think it can because they are all dorsals. Is that true?


texts: Is the sentence correct "Programs are now can be run"?

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Is the sentence correct "Programs are now can be deleted" ?
The question is about verb "are", is it needed here? And if not, is it still acceptable to use it?


texts: Distinction between singular "like" and plural "likes"

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I received this question from a non-native English speaker and was not sure how to answer it.

We can see that the noun "like", when used with pronouns, can be defined in singular and plural as:

like = I, we, you, they
("I like running", "We like running"... etc)
likes = He, she, it
("He likes running"... etc)

First question:
What is the rule that defines whether or not the singular or plural form of like will be used with the pronoun? "They" and "we" are both plural but receive the singular form of like. Why? Likewise, he/she/it is singular but receives the plural form.

But there are exceptions. Let's take the pronoun he and look at the following cases:

"He likes to watch movies"
"He doesn't like to watch movies"
"He does like to watch movies"
"Does he like to watch movies?"

As you can see, auxiliary verbs, questions, and negations appear to alter this rule so that he could be paired with "like" or "likes" depending on the context.

So, related to the first question, when do other contextual things alter the basic rules that defines the usage of "like" and "likes"? Do gerund forms and infinitives with "like" change the context too?


texts: Difference between “him” and “his” in these sentences?

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What is the exact difference in meaning of following sentences:

  I understand his quitting.
  I understand him quitting.


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I understand that the difference between 'bring' and 'take' is the direction of movement in relation to a point of reference. You ask people to bring things to the place you are, and you take things to the place you are going. In other words, you use to 'bring' indicates that something is carried by the speaker to the listener or vice versa. And 'take' if the place something is being carried to is away from both the speaker and listener.

So here is my scenario. I found myself a table at a food bar, and went up to the counter with the intention of asking for the food to be served to me at my table. So should I tell them to 'TAKE them to my table' or 'BRING them to my table'? Because at the time of asking I wasn't at my table, but at the counter, so technically from there it would a movement away from where I was. However, I would definitely be at my table when the food gets served. So which verb would suit the situation?


texts: When the passive is preferred to the active: "allow Bolt to be entered"

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I read the following from the NYT article titled "Usain Bolt Is Still the World’s Fastest Man":

  He withdrew on July 1 from the final of the 100 at the Jamaican Olympic trials with a slight tear in his left hamstring muscle. But Jamaica’s rules, unlike those of the United States, which require a top-three finish to qualify for the Summer Games, allowed Bolt to be entered in the Rio Games anyway.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/sports/olympics/usain-bolt-100-meters-justin-gatlin-results.html?_r=0)

In the bold-faced part of the sentence, can anyone please explain to me why the author wrote "allowed Bolt to be entered" instead of "allowed Bolt to enter"?


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This is based on a true story that happened many, many years ago in Scotland. One day Mr Clark was walking home with a smile on his face. He was carrying something very valuable in his hand: tickets for a long, long journey.

This is the beginning of a true story https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/past-simple-past-continuous-past-perfect/3/

What I don't understand is the use of progressive tenses in this little paragraph. For me both actions will be completed, nothing arrived when he was walking and carrying and it is not said that both actions (carrying and walking ) are happening now, only one day . In fact I understand that both actions are the background of the story and that they are happening now so progressive tense is needed but that seems strange  because one day does not mean now for me


texts: Difference between "set as" and "set at"?

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In the statement 'The value was set as 100.', if I were to replace 'set as' with 'set at', what would be the difference.

To my ears, 'set at' sounds more decisive than 'set as'. As if, the writer is not completely sure of the choice of the value when he/she uses 'set as'.

Am I right? Is this the only difference? Ngrams tells me that 'set at' is more commonly used but I am more interested in the difference.


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Does it mean Amazon has difficulty in making money? I used this link:
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/447102473

"On the other hand, Amazon is becoming a revenue machine with very little margin, while Facebook generates 5x more profit despite far smaller top line numbers."

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-the-top-5-tech-giants-make-their-billions-2017-5


texts: "Taller FROM when I last saw her" vs "Taller THAN when I last saw her"

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Today I saw a photo of my friend's daughter, whom I saw in person more than a year ago. She looks to have grown about a foot since then.

Would it have been grammatically correct of me to say, "She's a foot taller from when I last saw her"?

How about "She's a foot taller than when I last saw her"? This seems less accurate since height ("taller") and time ("when") aren't comparable.

How about using both: "She's a foot taller than from when I last saw her"? This means she is taller than she was at the time I last saw her.

Stylistically, I prefer the first one--"taller from when I last saw her"--but is it grammatically correct?


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“I can’t wait to go back home and [verb] my hobbies!”

In the above sentence, what verb do I use to convey the meaning that I would be able to perform my hobbies upon reaching my home?


texts: I don't understand why the present simple tense is used in this sentence. Could anyone explain it for me?


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I saw the following sentence in this article. Hong Kong politician hired taxi to fetch TOILET PAPER | Daily Mail Online

  Many have questioned why she couldn't have gone to a local
  convenience store instead of travelling to her former home in the
  exclusive Peak district.

I am confused about the usage of couldn't have gone. I learnt from this  thread that could could be an epistemic modal, which refers to possibility. But I do not think the author is saying it was impossible for her to have gone to a local convenience store at that night. So, how should I interpret couldn't have gone here?


texts: What does it mean when you say someone "got it all figured out"

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I was watching the TED video Refusing to Settle, and the speaker mentioned a friend who had a great job and life, and said: "He got this amazing job at one of the top corporate firms, making well over six figures, and he's got it all figured out."

The speaker later commented that "Nobody knows what they're doing. Nobody has it figured out.", as his friend was actually not happy with his own job.

What exactly does the phrasal verb "figure out" mean here? I looked into several dictionaries, the meaning would be 1) to understand/find out; 2) to calculate, either of them would be a little confused for me to adopt here.

Does it mean his friend is successful in life in every aspects, which indicates he has found out the real meaning of life and has solved all the problems in life?

Would appreciate detailed explanation of this phase in this context.


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When before sleeping if one ask me how much you drink water today. How can I respond him in better way or which one is right one?

  I took 5 glass of water.

or

  I take 5 glass of water today.

Because somehow I am using past sentence because I am going to sleep and right now am not drinking water.


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Thailand links with Malaysia on the mainland of Asia.

If I change this sentence into passive:

  Malaysia is linked with Thailand.

Can the verb "link" be used in "passive" voice? Does it differ from the original meaning "connect with"?


texts: Shouldn’t it be “Hat on a Cat” instead of "Cat in the Hat"?  The hat is sitting on the cat. If it was a cat in a hat, it seems like the cat would be completely in the hat.


texts: Verb of principal clause followed by relative caluse

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The boy who ate fruit came.
The boy came who ate fruit.
Here both sentences have relative clause "who ate fruit" and a principal clause "the boy came". Here is my question: Both sentences convey same meaning right? If they're different what is the difference in meaning? And could we use verb of principal clause after a relative clause as in sentence 1 and word order of sentence 1 is correct?


texts: A way to state that a person has a distinguishing feature of personal nature incomparable in its amount to the one of most other people's

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What I mean is describing someone being kind, righteous, honest,  high-hearted, etc. almost to the uttermost level.

For example, if I wished to point out the great kindness in someone's nature, could I call them "a kindness itself"?  Or should it be "an epitome/image of kindness"? Or what should it be? Would the expression I'm asking for, become different if I had in mind negative traits such as meanness, toadyism, mendacity, and so on?


texts: "Yet" with present perfect and simple present

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a. The law has not reflected it yet.

b. The law doesn't reflect it yet.

What is the difference in meaning between the two sentences?


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Cambridge Dictionary offers the sentence below as an example of give rise to:

  International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company.

Although it's shown in Cambridge Dictionary and OALD that "optimism" is uncountable, article "a" is used in the sentence. Why is it?


texts: What does the term "Queens English" Mean?

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I am reading a book and I stumbled apon the expression "Queen's English".

My question is:

What does it mean.

Thanks a ton in advance


texts: what does by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations mean?

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Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.

(The Federalist Papers : No. 5)

what does by nothing is good-will mean?
and what does the whole sentence mean?


texts: Are "Will" and "Would " interchangeable?

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Consider this sentence I found online:

  "I am an extremely easy-going guy, and I think I would fit in with
  almost anyone"

If I replace "would" with "will" in above sentence,what is the change in meaning?


texts: Which expression is more correct, "He worries the baby about falling" or "the baby worries him about falling"?

texts:
I just read this in a book (In Cold Blood):

  It's true the children do keep me busy...Donnie has learned to open the door and climb on the chairs & other furniture & he worries me constantly about falling.

I just have an odd feeling of the bold-faced words above. I have learned "worry about ...", I would tend to write the sentence as "I constantly worry him about falling".

To confirm. I consulted my dictionaries and found there is such collocation as "worry one(self) about/over...". So "he worries me constantly about falling" may be correct.

But is "I constantly worry him about falling" also correct?


texts: What is the meaning of "nurture or nature"?

texts:
In Horror English movie Halloween II (2009) movie, Dr Loomis who once taken care of Michael Myers and conducted
a press meet to say this words:

  Dr Loomis: So it is the fate of all of us to direct our first sexual
  impulses towards our mothers and our first  murderess hatred against
  our fathers. Now, in Michael's case, I became the surrogate father.
  The last father in a long  series of fathers. Well, has anybody got
  any questions at all? Yes, sir. Yes. Please.

  Reporter: You never really made it clear whether you believe it was
  nurture or nature that contributed to Michael's condition.

  Dr Loomis: I would like to answer it, in part, by quoting the great
  George Bernard Shaw with a little  Loomis twist at the end. He says:
  "In the arts of life, man invents nothing. But in the arts of death,
  he outdoes nature herself and produces, by chemistry and machinery all
  the slaughter of plague, pestilence, famine" and Michael Myers


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Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact,
  there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, a
  certain initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when?
  About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. (Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov)

I can see the as~as expression, two adverbial: ‘before Lolita was born’ and ‘that summer’ in the highlighted part. But with this I can’t understand the phrase at all. Would you show me the meaning with parsing?


texts:
Why is the following not correct?

  There was a lot of public at the concert.


texts: Is there any word to describe things we do regularly over and over again?

texts:
For example, when in our daily life we go to school, do homework, go to the gym and then go to sleep, but all these things we do for a whole week. Repetitive things.

Another example would be when two lovers spend too much time together, and fall into a pattern of always doing the same things over and over; nothing appears to change.

Is there a word to describe this?

  Life is repetitive.

Is that correct?


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Michael grabbed the man by the collar with one hand and started pounding him with the other.
Can I use "pounding" here as I have instead of "punching"? Or what would be the more natural choice of word to tell that he starts hitting him hard with his fist repeatedly?


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Is there any difference in

1) He is not educated

2) He is uneducated ?

And if there is no, is it possible to make negation with other words by putting "not" in front of them?

If you have different negation prefixes (un, mis, dis etc.) and every word has its own own, for example

"Understand" can have only "mis" (if I am not mistaken).

I was misunderstood

But if I am not sure which prefix I have to use with, for example, "understand" can I just put "not" before it to have the same sense?

I was not understood

The same with "not educated" and "uneducated"


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For the plasma or serum, here we use the MAYI column to remove the protein and to enrich the target compounds.

Do we need the second "to" in this sentence?


texts: How I say in English with the correct grammar "This is the solution that I searched"

texts:
How I say with the correct grammar in English "This is the solution that I searched?"

I think the verb searched didn't is the correct conjugation of the verb


texts: Can I use an attributive noun before "grapevine" to create a particularized compound noun?

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First, Is it idiomatic to say

  A bad reputation was circulating about him on the student grapevine.

That's a self-made sentence. I am wondering if I can generally add an attributive noun before "grapevine" to create a compound noun? Like

the worker grapevine
the nurse grapevine
the teacher grapevine
the driver grapevine
and so on

Edited later: After @Jason Bassford's answer, I changed "colective noun" to "compound noun" as @Eddie Kal suggested.


texts: Sentence structure with verbs of movement

texts:
I came across this rule in one of the youtube sentence structure video. It says that in case of using movement verbs, the position of manner(HOW) can or must switch places with the position of ‘where’. Link to the video  the time is about 4:30

I tried to find a list of those movement verbs, I got some, but I’m not sure if they work like this.
So what I need: the list of the movement verbs, which actually fit the rule. Or, at least check the list I’ve found on the Internet. Explanation of possible exceptions. And of course your comments on the whole thing. The rule seems to be quite … rare? I mean the Internet is quite dead about it.


texts: What does "bleed-over" mean in this sentence?

texts: “and digital products are there to promote maximal engagement. It makes it hard to disengage, and leads to a lot of bleed-over into the family routine.”


texts:
I saw in a grammar book mentioned something like this :

  Liz can speak French very well.

Then I saw another example saying like this :

  She often eats durians
  My mother always wipes the floor.

With those examples, I got a little bit confuse. Why is the 1st example not saying "speaks" as it is referring to Liz which is only 1 person? Is it because it is referring to Proper Noun ?


texts: Do you say "to kick something/somebody over" to mean "to make somebody/something fall to the ground by kicking them"?

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We often say "to push / knock the chair over" to mean "to make somebody/something fall to the ground by pushing / hitting it" respectively.

Would we say "to kick something/somebody over" to mean "to make somebody/something fall to the ground by kicking them", which is similar to saying "to push / knock somebody/something over"?


texts: Can "for -ing" form be used after a noun to indicate the purpose of the noun?

texts:
Is the following sentence correct?

  The most effective measure for stimulating the economy is reducing interest rates.

In this context, the "for -ing" clause means that

  The purpose of the measure is to stimulate the economy


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We'll be landing in 10 minutes.

Are they landing within 10 minutes or after 10 minutes?


texts:
—Source
A: What are your memories of the U. S. - Soviet Union game in 1980, Seth? ;-)
B: I was all of six months old that day. ;)

Does he mean he's exactly six months old that day?


texts: Is it using "like, e.g.," seen as incorrect?

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I'm trying to give an example for muting an Alert on a technical guide:

  An Alert should communicate clearly and as soon as its conditions
  meet.

  However, some circumstances may lead to generating unnecessary
  noise on your notification channels like, e.g., scheduled maintenance.

I'm not sure if it is correct to use both interruptions, I've searched the terms and it doesn't seem to come together, for example here it just compares them -> https://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2010/11/grammar-workshop-ie-versus-eg-and-such-as-versus-like.html

But, it says that "e.g.= for example" and "like introduces a model, but not the exact example". So in my sentence, I would be doing the same as:

  However, some circumstances may lead to generating unnecessary
  noise on your notification channels (like) introducing, (e.g.) for example, scheduled maintenance.

Is it incorrect?


texts: "This was the first place I ever worked" - or is it "I have ever worked"? Any difference in meaning?

texts:
A. This was the first place I ever worked.

B. This was the first place I have ever worked.

Do you feel any difference in meaning between these?

Thanks in advance


texts: "What does she look like?" vs. "How does she look like?"

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I have heard "What does she look like" said a lot and sometimes "How does she look like?".
Is there any difference between them, if yes What is the difference between them?


texts: What does the expression "right on the tip of my tongue" mean?

texts:
After googling, I'm not really sure what exactly it means. I have two conclusions:

  It means that I don't remember an easy word or a name right now although I already know it and I was able to remember it any time in
  the past. So I'm like It'll come to me.

.

  It means that I was about to say something but someone else said it faster than me. I didn't forget this something at all. I already
  remember it but someone said it before me.

Which one is correct? Is it about forgetting or speed?


texts: a most talented writer - why not "the most talented writer"?

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Example:

  Just because he does not say very much is no reason to sell him short. Actually, he's a profound thinker and a most talented writer. People tend to underestimate him and not give him the credit he deserves because they think he's shy.

How do you understand it grammatically? If it means the same thing as the most talented writer, then what's the difference?


texts: What does "where" mean in "Where does Brexit leave Britain?"

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I cannot understand the meaning of this sentence.

Where does Brexit leave Britain?

According to Wikipedia, Brexit (like its early variant Brixit), a portmanteau of "Britain" and "exit", is the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
In this case, it stands,

Where does the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union leave Britain?

This makes no sense at all!


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I thought it was not possible to say something like the below.

  It was in the range of from (problem number)5 to (problem number)9.

Even my native friend said it sounds horribly wrong and that I should say "the range of 5 to 9". Well, it turns out he is wrong. It is possible to say "the range of from...to". http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

So I was wondering if it would be possible to use "from...to" in some other contexts as the prepositional complement.

So would it be grammatical to say

  He was good with from (problem number) 5 to (problem number) 9 but not
  with from 10 to 15.

I think it kind of sounds alright, and even this nominal functions of prepositional phrases
supports my claim.

But after thinking of it for too long, I'm losing it. Is it fine to say this?


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if you have this answer to a question:
The flight from America To United Kingdom is 5 hours.

How would you ask about the duration?

  1- How long is the flight from America to UK?

Or

  2- How far is the flight?


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A star shoots.

I read something like this somewhere. Can this be thought of as a complete sentence? How does one analyze this, grammatically? It looks as though it is missing some phrase. On the other hand we do say shooting star, so it isn't very clear if this is a complete sentence or not.

So, it may seem like a complete sentence? I guess, “A man runs.” and “It bites.”, seem like this, too? Same with: "A twig swayed.", "A ball rolls.", "A man jumps."


texts: Better at English than I am at Spanish vs better at English than at Spanish

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I'd like to know whether the following sentences are interchangeable.

1)I am better at English than I am at Spanish

2)I am better at English than at Spanish

3)I am better at English than Spanish

Is it grammatically okay to omit the "I am" that comes after "than" from sentence 1 ?


texts: Can "A.K.A" be used also in speech or in writing only?

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Can "A.K.A" abbreviation be used also in the speech language or in the writing only?

If it can be used in speech, then are there another abbreviations (not of companies of course, or science) that we used them both in writing and speech?


texts: What does "lately" mean? And should I always use Perfect times if I say "lately" like this: "I have been playing a game a lot lately."  Why is "I was playing a game a lot lately" incorrect?


texts:
Have you ever fallen down and got hurt?

I wish to know if this is correct usage of tense. Specifically, is the sequence of tenses okay?


texts: "In two times less" as a means of comparision

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How should I compare the population of the countries, in this case Russia and the UK? Like this?

  Britain is much smaller in sizes than Russia, however, its population is only in two times less.

The word "sizes" makes me embarrassed, and I'm not sure about "in two times less". What are better ways of expressing the same idea?


texts: What's a word for describing a movie or a book that consume a lot of brain energy to understand?

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Due to the complicated plots, you may consume a lot of brain energy to understand it.

In Chinese we call it "burning brain".

  What's burning brain movie! I watched it 3 times for fully
  understanding it.


texts:
What is missing in the following sentence? Shows as a fragment.

  Concluding their waltz by waltzing the boy to his bed, but the boy not ready for their time together to end clings to his “papa’s” shirt to keep his father with him.


texts:
I found this example sentence under the entry "sneaking" in Oxford Dictionary:

  I've a sneaking suspicion they'll do well.

What puzzles me is what exactly the speaker is suspicious about. Literally, I can see it's a sentence without "that", which would make it to be like "I've a sneaking suspicion that they'll do well".

But that would also make the sentence's meaning tricky and sound unreasonable. If "they" will do well, then how could the speaker be suspicious? The speaker should wish people perform well, shouldn't he/she?

What is the correct interpretation of this tricky sentence?


texts: Does it sound rude to say "you'd better..."?

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When I want to make some suggestions to others, does it sound rude to say "you'd better..."? I feel like it contains the implications that I am bossing people around.
If so, what are some better options to use other than that?


texts: Is "strongly" an acceptable adverb for the verb "transfer"?

texts:
Is it acceptable to say

  This determines how strongly heat is transferred from A to B.

?

One of the definitions of "strongly" is

  to a great degree or extent

So the answer to the question above seems to be yes.


texts:
There was the book that he looked all over for.
  There was the book that he searched.

Do they have the same meaning?


texts: Normally we use the preposition 'on' before a date as 'on 20 June 2019'. Why does Google's Blogger site automatically put 'at' before the dates on which a post is uploaded? A screenshot is given below:


texts:
Mona Lisa was commissioned to celebrate the birth at a baby boy. The lady in the painting was Lisa del Giocondi,who was a member of the Gheradini family in Florence. It is assumed that the family had commissioned the painting to celebrate the birth of their second son,Andrea.

If i replace had commissioned with commissioned,  then the meaning would be changed?


texts: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition

texts:
The accident took place _ no fault of his.
This question came on my test and i answered 'due to' but it was marked wrong.


texts: the bird got hit by an arrow or the arrow hit it

texts:
The bird dropped because it got hit by an arrow.
The bird dropped because the arrow hit it.

I'd like to know if both the sentences are grammatical.


texts: Word for being able to remain calm when doing cruel things

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For example, Macbeth became guilt-ridden and started to hallucinate after murdering King Duncan and Banquo. So he lacks the ability to remain calm after committing a crime. Is there a word to describe such an ability?

Thanks!


texts: the Armenian capital Yerevan or Armenian capital Yerevan

texts:
Example (news story, Russia warns against "colour revolution" in Armenia):

  Large crowds of mostly young people have been protesting in the Armenian capital Yerevan for more than 10 days, demanding the government scrap plans to raise the price of electricity for households.

Is it possible to say Armenian capital Yerevan without the article in this situation?


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Generally, I hear people refer to "things in nature." However, I heard someone say "things of nature."

Example: I am inspired by things of nature.

It seems grammatically and logically correct, but it sounds sort of wrong. I would think you would say, "I am inspired by things in nature."

Can someone please explain why we don't generally say "things of nature" or where my thinking is off?


texts:
Some polls showed the party could win just seven percent of the vote
  - their lowest share in history.

  Some polls showed the party could win just seven percent of the vote
  - the party's lowest share in history.

Are these both examples of noun phrases after the en dash?  Is their equivalent to the party's?


texts:
Do we use the pronoun 'it' for a kid? Can we say:

  When the child is young, it wouldn’t know that it hurts when you touch a hot thing as it doesn’t understand hot or cold.

"it" before 'wouldn't' and the one before 'doesn't' refer to "kid".
Are these right?


texts:
A cup of coffee (1) / is an excellent complement (2) / to smoked salmon (3) / no error (4)

According to me error should be in 3 as it should be" a smoked salmon "but the answer provided is no error. Is the answer provided wrong?


texts: An understanding of a sentence - much + adverb

texts:
You’re driving much fast.

Does the sentence make sense to you, native speakers? I am wondering whether I could use "much" alone to modify an adverb.
If the sentence make sense, does it mean "you are driving very fast"?


texts:
I am really confused about the usage of "never" and "ever".

When I am talking about "never" and "ever", I see that they are not verbs, so they don't affect the verb after them.

But what is the difference between, "She never eats meat", and "She has never eaten meat"?


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I read below condition 2  sentence in a book. I know if clause is an imaginary condition but I am unable to understand the time frame of result clause. Is it in future, Present or Past.

"If I were president, I would cut the cost of education."

Thanks in advance


texts: Which one is more natural and correct: "be the best among a group of people" or "all of a group of people be the best"?

texts:
Could you tell which one of the following sentences sounds the most correct and natural?

  Nadia is the best at math among her friends.

  Of all of Nadia's friends she is the best at math.

If neither sentence sounds particularly good, then what would you say to communicate the message?


texts: Which one of "firing", "shooting", "gunfire", and "fire" is best in the context?

texts:
Two soldiers with machine guns opened fire at Tarik. Tarik took cover. After a while, the firing/shooting/gunfire/fire stopped.

Which one would be the best in this context? Gunfire? Would they all be OK?


texts:
It seems that "Converger" is not even a word. However, I cannot express my question in any other way. I looked on the Internet with no luck.
I need a word or an official idiom to express an adjective of a person who can converge the different points of view and come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
Is there such a word?


texts: Which of the given sentences go well with the given story?

texts:
This all happened 8 days ago. (let's say from the present day)
I was sitting on the couch, watching the game when my wife stormed in screaming that an outside had managed his way into our house.

the next thing I know, I'm tied to a chair, and two of my fingers are missing.

the next thing I know, I was tied to a chair, and two of my fingers were missing.

the next thing I knew, I was tied to a chair, and two of my fingers were missing.

which of the above highlighted sentences are grammatically correct, and go well with the story?

Could you form three sentences using the next thing I knew part?
Is it okay if I use the first one?


texts: In what contexts do we use "In the day" and "on the day"?

texts:
Let's say I did something on February 6. Which preposition do I use with day: in or on. For example:

  I did a lot of work on the day.

  I did a lot of work in the day.

I feel that the first sentence is correct. But I often hear native English speakers say in the day. The problem is I can't fugure out in what contexts I have to use in the day.


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My system requires the temperature to be deviated from the baseline for X seconds in order to become activated.
Could I say that X:

  Specifies the number of seconds for which the temperature has to be
  deviated from the baseline for the activation of the system.

I am not sure whether it is correct as it is or some perfect tense should be used.


texts: "your race is run" meaning in this context?

texts:
The Death Eaters all halted, gazing at him. Some were panting as hard as he was. One was bleeding badly; Dolohov, freed of the Body-Bind Curse, was leering, his wand pointing straight at Harry's face.

  "Potter, your race is run," drawled Lucius Malfoy, pulling off his mask, "now hand me the prophecy like a good boy."

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I feel it probably means something like 'this is the end' or 'your struggling ended'. But I'm really unsure about it. What's it supposed to mean here?


texts: excellent though cookbooks are as resources for the programmer - I can't understand this phrase

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A pattern describes a problem in software design and provides the kernel of a solution. “Solution” here does not mean the kind of cut-and-paste code that you might find in a cookbook (excellent though cookbooks are as resources for the programmer). Instead, a design pattern describes an approach that can be taken to solve a problem.

I don't quite get what that phrase in parentheses means.


texts:
While going through this website I came across the following sentence under 'Indirect Object':

  It was the cat’s birthday, so the dog bought her a present.

How is her referring to cat ? Isn't birthday the only noun in the first clause and 'cat's' is being used as a modifier ?

Wouldn't the correct version be something like :

  It was the cat's birthday, so the dog bought a present for the cat.


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She liked the cake and ate it

What is the term for such structure?
Can I combine, past, present and future verbs in one sentence with a single subject?.

  She spoke to the man and will get the money later

And can I use progressive verb after conjunction and clause for one subject?

  She watched the news and is now cleaning the bed

I've searched for the term of the structure of having one subject for multiple verbs, yet I haven't found one, can someone please explain me the rules and the official term of the sentence?
Thank you.


texts: Does bridge actually refer to the part on which pedestrians and vehicles move on in everyday English?

texts:
An ELL post says

  "Over" doesn't necessarily mean only an arch bridge — any bridge that is substantially above ... "over" whenever the emphasis was on the state of being above/distant from the river

I guess that means the part pointed out by blue square rather than the red.

In other words, in everyday English, the bridge mainly refers to the part on which pedestrians and vehicles pass through.

Is my understanding right?

Note: Parts of bridge piers pointed out by red square are under the water, which we can't see directly in the image.


texts:
Is "My prefecture have most rainy days in Japan" right?

I mean to say that "The prefecture that I live in is almost every day rainy. There are no other prefecture such a rainy ....."


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Firstly, this 'until' in boldface is as conjunction, right? I interpret it like this: the soul is polluted day by day, at last it totally believes the truth only exists in a bodily form. But I'm not sure and expecting clearer explanation.

But the soul which has been polluted, and is impure at the time of her departure, and is the companion and servant of the body always, and is in love with and fascinated by the body and by the desires and pleasures of the body, until she is led to believe that the truth only exists in a bodily form, which a man may touch and see and taste, and use for the purposes of his lusts,—the soul, I mean, accustomed to hate and fear and avoid the intellectual principle, which to the bodily eye is dark and invisible, and can be attained only by philosophy;—do you suppose that such a soul will depart pure and unalloyed?
-- Plato's Phaedo 81


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Firstly sorry for my bad English.

I'm translating an article about behavior.

Can anyone explain what it means in the sentence?

  "But Phil didn't bend to circumstance."


texts: Can you use contacted forms like " 've " without joining them to a noun/pronoun?

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Is a sentence like this fine, maybe in spoken English:

"I love these films and books, 've seen and read them multiple times".

Do you have to add a noun, or at least use the full form "have"?


texts: What does the phrase "year-round" modify?

texts:
Situated at an elevation of 1,350m, the city of Kathmandu, which looks out on the sparkling
  Himalayas, enjoys a warm climate year-round that makes living there pleasant.

What does year-round modify?  Does it modify the verb enjoy or the phrase a warm climate?  Could you help me clarify it?  Thank you always.


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Given

  The aim is that we should learn English in six months.

I need to use for + noun/pronoun + infinitive to rewrite it, but I couldn't do it.

My attempts were

  The aim for us is to learn English in six months
  For us to learn English is we should in six months.

but I'm not using should in the first one and I don't know if my second attempt is correct.


texts: meaning of these sentences about dancing

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What is the difference between the below three sentences?

  I enjoyed dancing with you
  I felt good dancing with you
  I felt good by dancing with you


texts:
Which is correct? "Christmas came three days early to felons" or "Christmas came three days earlier to felons"?

The wave of corrupt presidential pardons began Wednesday.
Christmas came three days early to felons George Papadopoulos, former Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, and 17 others.
Hunter and Collins lined their family's pockets by misusing campaign
funds or inside information. Papadopoulos lied to the FBI in the
Mueller investigation.
Source: The Hill


texts: Which one is correct? "due to (an|some|non-article) application error(s)

texts:
(A) When a form submission fails due to an application error,

  (B) When a form submission fails due to some application errors,

  (C) When a form submission fails due to application errors,

Which one in the above is correct or more appropriate over the others?


texts: Explain the sentence "Burying feelings that might get in the way of us getting our needs met"please?

texts: As children, we want our parents to love us and take care of us. When our parents don't do this, we try to become the kind of child we think they'll love. Burying feelings that might get in the way of us getting our needs met, we create a false self—the person we present to the world.


texts:
I found a sentence in this answer:

  "Another example: You work in a kindergarten, and one day a child starts to walk in a strange way, and saying he broke his legs. You examine and find nothing wrong. Then you can reasonably infer that one of his parents broke their legs, since children then often actuate as described,"

I thought this should be corrected to be:

  "Then you can reasonably infer that one of his parents broke his/her
  legs,"

And logically "legs" should be leg(s) given that if one walks in a strange way it doesn't necessarily mean that his/her two legs are hurt.


texts: Why is it "the flag" and not "US flag" or just "flag"?

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One of the naturalization exam questions is "What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?" and possible answers are "the United States" and "the flag".

I understand (I think) why there is a "the" for "United States" but don't understand why it is there for "flag". As I see it, it is not some physical instance of flag everyone knows about. So why "the" then?


texts: Grammar of the phrase 'her great ruddy face dripping.'

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I'm confused with grammar of the next sentence. It is from "harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban".
"Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge sputtered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping."
The sense of the sentence is clear but could you please explain me the last part 'her great ruddy face dripping.'? It sounds for me like it's missing something else here and I can not find any grammar rule for this case.


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I find that many Canadians like to say "eh". I would like to know the following:

Is this just a cultural thing?

Is it improper grammar?

Do any other places do this?

Thanks in advance.


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Passage: All good history should make fair use of its sources, treating them with care and attention,
  and not (for example) bending them out of shape to fit a preconceived idea.

  (d) An accurate history needs to be based on sources.

The answer is no. Despite the different wording, I think that they are the same. Basically, in the first sentence, doesn't 'treating them ... fit a preconceived idea' translate into 'accurate'? Also, aren't the bolded similar? For example, user Tyler James Young comments:

  “Good” ≠ “accurate”,  “make fair use of” ≠ “be based on”

Yet isn't 'accurate' good?
If a historian makes fair use of a writ, then the historian's use is based on the writ?

  the two are grammatically attached to different subjects, namely sources (in the passage) and a history (in the answer)

I don't understand this, because both sentences do feature 'history' as the subject?


texts: why is Justice League written like that and it is not like "League of justice"

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This is a more general context but just to give an example of my question:

Why is it written as Justice League and not as League of Justice?  I am a spanish speaker and in spanish it is "Liga de la Justicia", so for me it should the second one but it is not.   OF course, there are other examples of my concern but that is just to show one (I can't think of some other  example right now).


texts: Use of suitable advice (should, should have, would, would have, must, have to)

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Please tell me which is the correct one. I still don't understand about giving advice to someone. My teacher doesn't give me an explanation clearly. So, I need your help.

A: I have a headache. So, I can't concentrate correctly.
B: You ......... a doctor and have enough rest.

Answer 1: Should have seen
Answer 2: Must see
Answer 3: Will see
Answer 4: Would see
Answer 5: Have to see

Thank you very much for your help.


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In my mother tongue, there is a word that precisely talks about 'baby's language', which does not have proper pronunciations.

  'R' becomes 'L' in almost all cases.

Is there any term that describes 'baby's language' or it's called 'baby's language' only?

I know 'baby talk'. But I think it's different. There, you use different words (say: boo-boo for describing a wound). Here, I'm using the same word but Indian babies replace 'R' with 'L' as in 'car' which becomes 'KAAL'. To clarify this further, baby talk is what 'you talk' with babies, I'm searching for the term in which a 'baby talks' with you!

Again, I'm concerned about what do we call the pronunciation, intonation, accent or style the way babies pronounce.


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They may become active in consumer movements for political reasons.

There are two PPs in this sentence, but I am not sure what they modify,
do both PP go with the verb become or the adjective active,
and what is the term for this kind of PP, complement or adverb?

  The students are apathetic about politics in Japan.

There are also two PPs in this sentence, and the same question confuses me,
my guess is that the PP about politics goes with apathetic,
while in Japan goes with the noun politics?

So both sentences have similar syntax,
but the first one have two PPs that modify the same thing, verb(become) or adjective(active)   ,
while the second one have two PPs that modify different things ,one with adj(apathetic) and one with noun (Japan), is this correct?


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Would you tell me if the bold parts are correct?

A.This function can be so precisely used in the following formula that no other function can be used or satisfy the formula.

BThis function can be so used in the following formula that no other function can be used or satisfy the formula.


texts: Can i use Lodge and stuck interchangeably

texts: I saw these words are pretty similar to the examples that I read so i want to know if i can use them interchangeably and is LODGE often used by English speaking like you.


texts: Is 'You do not intend offense' grammatical?

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I'm writing a poem, and in one line I want to convey that:

  You do not mean to cause offense. (So, your words have to be clean.)

Now, for the line to sound more poetic and lyrical, I rephrased it as:

  Beware—you do not intend offense.

Is this grammatical? Even if it is, does it sound a bit awkward or unusual?

EDIT I think, you can't intend (noun). But, you can intend to cause (noun).


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Are the short forms of verbs "To be" and "To have" common in written English?
For example "She has a baby" is probably more common than "She's a baby" in both spoken and written English.
The short forms of the verbs "To have"  and "To be"  as auxiliary verbs are common in both speech and writing. For example "It's been ten years." "She's arrived." (She has arrived and She is gone)  "She's gone." "She's been away" (She has been away)
"She is a baby" and "She's a baby" are common in both speech and writing. Am I right?


texts: Am I understanding these sentences correctly?

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She has stayed at her uncle's house since she was ill.
  It is six years since I was in Seattle.

For sentence 1, does it imply that after her illness was cured, she has stayed at her uncle's house? Or it should be literally understood?

For sentence 2, does it imply that it has been 6 years since I left Seattle, which means the lapse between the moment that I left Seattle and present is 6 years?

Also, if I understand sentence 1 correctly, here is another sentence,

  I haven't seen him since he lived in Boston.

Does this mean I haven't seen him since he left Boston?

Thank you in advance!!


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I am considering to set up a cyber cafe.
  I am considering setting up a cyber cafe.

I think it should be version #2 where the verb considering is followed by the gerund setting. But it sounds unnatural to me.

Can we use a gerund after "Verb+ing"?


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I have a quick and simple question. I know that in:

  If it rains, I will need an umbrella

needs a comma just as it is used. But what is if I have a sentence like this:

  I know that, if you do this, you will not regret it.

Is the first comma set correctly? Or should it rather be

  I know that if you do this, you will never regret it.


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Can someone please tell us about the grammar and the meaning of this structure? I've come across it in a book.

  Adrian was hoping to have raised enough money to buy a new computer for the school.

was hoping + to have + past participle sounds weird and unfamiliar. Is this a wish or a hope at all?


texts: Using "it" at the beginning of a sentence

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It can be difficult to talk about subjects like XXXX.

  It can be difficult to learn a new language.

  I hope it doesn't rain Today.

What does it means in the above sentences?
Why should we start the sentences with it?