texts: A teacher said to use "I don't need that" instead of "I won't be needing that" because there is no "continuous in modal verbs"

texts:
Oh, friends, I had this interesting discussion with one teacher just now, and all I want to know is, who's right?

  MP, today at 18:00 you're welcome. I work in Cambridge
  assessment as well, so if you need some help with your exam
  preparation, I'l be happy to help you

  AL, today at 18:07 I won't be needing that.

  MP, today at 19:23
  I don't need, there's no Continuous in modal verbs

  AL, today at 19:25 Who says?

  MP, today at 19:26 Cambridge grammar and common sense

  AL, today at 19:26 I was expressing a continuous
  action with a seed of personal everlasting certainty.

  AL, today at 19:29 Well, you might be grammatically
  correct about it, yet, English is not all about grammar only, like in
  Russian there's a certain way of expressing yourself by only breaking
  certain prescriptive rules. I guess you know that already. You can't
  but agree because even Cambridge, Oxford and any other agree with
  that.

  MP, today at 19:30 I agree with that, but why do you
  deliberately choose to sound like poorly educated person?

  AL, today at 20:13 Who said it sounds like a poorly
  educated person?

  AL, today at 20:20 I am well sure you disagree with
  yourself on this matter although you insist that this is bad Grammar,
  in your opinion, it actually is not in fact. I would recommend you
  take a look at some advanced explanations concerning the continuous
  tense, verbs of opinion, preference and necessity, and the conjunction
  of the "BE+VERB+ING".

  MP, today at 20:34 of course you are absolutely right!
  I've just lived in UK for 35 years and completed CELTA, TESOL and MA
  in language teaching. And Cambridge grammar is wrong as well [Photo]
  https://vk.com/photo474946374_456239079

  MP, today at 20:47 this is bad grammar that's used only by
  teenagers who are trying to be cool and poorly educated people who
  don't use "s" after he/she/it in Present Simple. they just say "He
  work" instead of "he works" the question remains, why do you want to
  sound like them? There're a lot of mistakes that native speakers make,
  but it doesn't mean you have to copy

  AL, today at 21:02 Sorry, but you're trying to
  compare absolutely different things. Saying "He work" is definitely
  bad grammar, that's basic subject-verb agreement. What I was talking
  about is a very different part of grammar. You mean to say that
  sentences like "Don't put away that screwdriver, I'll be needing it
  soon" or "She's thinking about him now that's why she's crying", or
  even "I'm wanting a beer right now" are absolutely incorrect while
  most people speak like that and use it in both formal and informal
  English. Not everything grammar tells us should be accepted entirely.


texts: How to say correctly the root directory is "auto filling"?

texts:
This is related to a UNIX system where files are stored and root system is getting full and system hung. I am trying to express that the reason for this is that root directory is "auto filling". There is some script or task that is automatically generating files to the root directory so it is getting full. It is not human intervention that is making this happen.

Could you please advise if saying "the root directory is auto filling" is the best suitable way expressing this?

I have the feeling there is a better way.


texts:
Is the following sentence correct?

  In recent days, life was very hard for me.

Note that  In this case I want to mean that my life was hard a day or a few days ago but the hard time has now gone.


texts:
"I accept there's something strange about you, probably nothing a
  good beating wouldn't have cured - and as for all this about your
  parents, well, they were weirdos, no denying it, and the world's
  better off without them in my opinion - asked for all they got,
  getting mixed up with these wizarding types - just what I expected,
  always knew they'd come to a sticky end -"  (Harry Potter and the
  Sorcerer's Stone)

What’s the meaning of the highlighted part?


texts:
I have an assignment, and its title would be...
ADVICE ON HOW AND NOT TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
My question is...What's more accurate and appropriate to use here, "on" or "about"?


texts: 'You bust your lip on spodie odie' and other song lyrics

texts:
I'm having trouble understanding some phrases in Jack White's song "Just One Drink lyrics.

I especially am confused by

"You bust your lip on wine spodie odie"

What does this mean?

I also need help with

"gets me closer" to..what? To you in this lyrics possibly? Or is that some saying?
"roll over" and "turn over" out there, Do you think they're same sense? As in fall by alcohol?

4."put a fork in the road" is like, "let's make a different in the road(as in get married)"?

From this link it's a metaphor for making a big decision.

I know there is more than one way to interpret song lyrics, but I appreciate if you help me to grab the image.

:added:
I'm sorry now I see this post doesn't match to this site's concept.
But before I close this thread, can anyone direct me what website should I post this kind of question? very active is better. Although this question also doesn't match to the concept here, please.


texts:
Can I use any other with a singular noun in the following context?

Hey John, Trump has been awesome as the president of The Usa. I think he is absolutely going to win the next election for president. Is there any other candidate suitable for being president?

I know people would say I should say 'Are there any other people...?'. But when I use plural nouns I am expecting a yes answer. The answerer can say there are many. But I am here expecting a 'no answer. I am not in a position to hear a 'yes answer'. If the answerer said 'yes', I would be very surprised.


texts: What kind of street is the "closed, hard" street?

texts:
What kind of street is the "closed, hard" street in the following paragraph?

  When had things gone wrong between us? Was it after my brother Michael was born, when I stopped serving her "tea" inside a hollowed-out bush in Oxford’s University Parks? Was it the day I was five and she strolled away from me on the Woodstock Road, pushing Michael ahead in his pram, leaving me bereft on the closed, hard street to run alone, weeping, back to our locked brick row house on Thorncliffe Road, because I’d stamped my foot and argued with her about which playground to visit?

This is in this book.


texts: I don't understand what means that "take over winter break"?

texts:
Today, I had a job interview.

Interviewer asked us that "Why are you looking for a job?"

One of my rivals answered as like

"I am looking for a job because I am trying to save money to pay for a trip that my best friend that I would like to take over winter break or when my work schedule permits."

One thing that I can't get a rough guess is "take over winter break".

Please describe what means that as well as whole meaning.


texts: What is the plurality of the word "news"?

texts:
I thought the plurality could be not much of a matter because it has a letter "s" in the end but each news is counted as a news article or newspaper or so. But after reading this passage by Shakespeare, it made me think about how the plurality of the concept of news is treated in English (both historically and now):

  MACBETH

  LADY MACBETH: [to the SERVANT] What is your tidings?

  (Modern translation by Sparknotes): What news do you bring?

It seems like "tidings" is "news," so it's either plural or singular (as a mass noun). It's really thought provoking and making me so curious what it actually means to say, "news".

Here's what I've come up so far:

News is telling something that has happened.
Or no, a news is a piece of such information.
News can be broken up into units of what thing is conveying such a piece.

But I'm not sure I'm right. I need to share opinions.

So I want to ask you to define "news," and how it's treated in the language. Learners are fine too, as they can compare with their own language, giving me insights.


texts: Differences between "long", "tall", and "high"

texts:
What are the differences between "long", "tall", and "high"?

Do they have the same meaning and the same usage or not??

e.g "The bridge is the longest in the world." Can I use "tallest" instead of "longest" or not?

e.g "The drinks were served in tall glasses." How about this sentence?


texts: Sentence structure, and is there a plural for "pathetic fallacy"?

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I was writing an essay and I had a debate on sentence structure and whether there is a plural for pathetic fallacy.  Do you write:

  There was lot of pathetic fallacy.

or

  There was a lot of pathetic fallacies in the book.

What would you write if you wanted to make good use of sentence structure?  Is that the plural?


texts:
[The following regards the UK case Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893)] One of the arguments made on the Company’s behalf was that holding that there
  was a contract with the claimant would mean that the Company had contracted with
  everybody in the world, because the advert was addressed to the whole world. Th is
  argument was given short shrift by the Court of Appeal:

    It is not a contract made with all the world. There is the fallacy of the argument. It is
    an offer made to all the world; and why should not an offer be made to all the world
    which is to ripen into a contract with anybody who comes forward and performs the
    condition? (per Bowen LJ)

Based on the content, I guess that all the world = the whole world. Yet can all the be followed by a singular noun? How? I know that a plural noun can follow it, so am confused.

Source: p 17, The Law of Contract, 5 ed (2012), by O’Sullivan and Hilliard


texts: To love a person u must know him first. No love at first lay

texts: Someone I care about very much sent me this. Please help me to know what it means. Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I politely ask people to go away so that I can have a private conversation with someone?

texts: Today I was walking with my colleagues to a restaurant, but on the way I met a friend, whom I wanted to have a small chat with. I wanted to ask my colleagues to go away and then I would catch up with them on the way later, but I was stuck - I didn't know how to tell them this request without looking rude.


texts:
Only one person lives between John and Dany, who likes apple.

In previous sentence, who likes apple?  2) Joe lives immediately above Kyle, who lives on an odd numbered floor ? I mean I'm not able to understand the word 'who' – is it referring to 1) John or Dany? 2) Joe or Kyle?


texts: "...the figure drew breath, opened eyes, and rose from the table" -- why is there no article or pronoun in front of "eyes"?

texts:
Here is a text from the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind:

  In my dream, a tall figure with a golden mask greeted me, saying, "There are many rooms in the house of the Master. Be easy, for from the hands of your enemies I have delivered you." It seemed I had died and could see myself laid upon a table lit by candles. But with my own hands I touched the figure, and the figure drew breath, opened eyes, and rose from the table. Then the room was gone, and the world filled with light, and I awoke.

What I would like to ask:

Why is there no definite article or pronoun in front of eyes?
What is the difference between this phrase and opened his eyes?
Does opened eyes mean that they were initially closed (opened is a verb and eyes is the object), or is it a participle clause meaning with open(ed) eyes (the eyes were initially open)?


texts: Why does "raised" use past tense in this sentence "I was born and raised in Jakarta"

texts: I know born is once event so I can understand why born use past tense but how about raised ? it's still happening until now I'm growing in Jakarta, isn't it ? why we don't use present perfect continous tense as it started in the past and still happening until now ?


texts:
I am a beginner in English. I have a problem with how to use proper prepositions.

When I use or read prepositions with words, I am being confused.

I know some usage of prepositions – something like:

  I want to go to the shop (this "to" implies "movement")

  He is a friend of mine (this "of" implies "part")

I can guess their usages with simple sentences. But sometimes, I can't guess why they are used like that. For example:

  He was sentenced to jail.
  He tore it to pieces.
  Do not dispose of your ticket.

They are just few part of examples that I don't know.

So how can I know the usage of prepositions?


texts: What is the meaning of FBI Agent Carlos' words?

texts:
Two FBI agents, Carlos and Roger, accept help from a prisoner named Chuck to catch a serial killer. They allow Chuck to meet his old girlfriend Kelly as per his demands. Kelly also knows a little bit of information about the serial killer. Kelly is married to another man.

  Carlos: Sir, I was thinking maybe we could use the Kelly woman as
  insurance in case Chuck gets happy feet.

  Roger: Listen, however he plays it, we play it straight. Kelly's
  involvement remains classified.That means nothing in the report. No
  name, no location, nothing. Got it?

  Carlos: Yes sir.

I know the FBI doesn't usually ruin people's lives to catch serial killers. What does insurance mean here?


texts:
can I use "not only...but also" in the following sentences without "also"

1- I like not only strawberries but (also) bananas.

2- We walked through the hills not only when it was sunny, but (also) when it was raining.

3- The government was not only effective in lowering taxes, but (also) helped to reduce unemployment through careful measures.

4- It was not only fun, but (also) educational.

5- They were not only friendly, but (also) helpful.


texts: a JavaScript - with an article - meaning?

texts:
Forms are nothing new to you, since they are built using HTML. However, not all forms are the same, especially when a JavaScript developer creates the form. JavaScript can make a form come alive, letting it interact dynamically with form elements while information is being entered into the form.
  You experience this whenever the browser automatically changes settings on the form based on your selection from a drop-down list. Behind the scenes, the browser calls a JavaScript when the drop-down list selection changes. The JavaScript reads the selection and determines the settings for the other form elements. You’ll learn how to perform this and other feats of JavaScript magic in this chapter.

Does a JavaScript used like that with an indefinite article mean that it is just a snippet of JavaScript code?


texts: I'm so confused with that two words, It's different each others? Or their have a special rules on use that words?


texts: Does exasperate mean "anger" or "irritate"?

texts:
exasperate - Irritate intensely; infuriate.

I've seen many entries in dictionaries that have two set of definition like the above "irritate intensely" and "infuriate". What does this mean?

If I use this word in a sentence, will it mean both "infuriate" and "irritate intensely" or either one? For example if you consider the sample sentence below, did they walk intensely irritatedly or in infuriation, or both?

  We paced up and down in exasperation.


texts:
I you look at "scales", you see just a whole piece (see the above picture), it's not like a pair of scissors.
Probably, in the past, the scales has 2 pieces like these

But nowadays, in modern world, we don't use that "2 piece scales" any more.
Is it correct to say "use a pair of scales to weigh the products" or "use a scales to weigh the products"?


texts:
Is the following sentence gramatically correct?

  I didn't understand what he wants to tell you.

I think that it expresses that at some time in the past I didn't understand what he still wants to tell you at the moment of speaking. Am I right?


texts:
I cannot understand the meaning of "get the rugs out there" in this sentence.

  Hopefully, we should get the rugs out there. That would be awesome for me,
  so, between all six of you guys, you better catch something.

Context: we are on a yacht and the speaker is the yacht chef talking to the guests on the boat. Basically, he is suggesting that they could go out and catch fish that he then can cook for dinner.


texts: Should I use "to" or "for" in the following sentence?

texts:
Drinking milk. To most people, it helped them to sleep; to/for her, it
  caused the opposite.

Should it be to or for and why?


texts: What's wrong with this sentence, "I had a little drink."?

texts: When I said, "I had a little drink yesterday." I was corrected by a native speaker of English. She said that it doesn't sound natural, and suggested this sentence.  "I had a little to drink."  Then how about "I had some drink. or I had a little of drink."?  I don't know why the first sentence is wrong. Is this wrong grammatically?  Could anyone explain this, please?


texts: Meaning and correctness of "he was more understanding of her than of any of the others"

texts:
What does the following sentence mean? Is it grammatically correct?

  He was more understanding of her than of any of the others.


texts: What does "sagged" mean in this sentence?

texts:
What does sagged mean when we talk about someone who committed suicide by putting rod across two doors?

  "The rod was flat on one side, and both doors sagged, dragging and
  then resting upon the floor".


texts:
Since the series aired, thousands of people signed petitions to Barack Obama asking him to pardon Avery, a request the President denied, saying the case was a federal issue.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404405/Steven-Avery-reveals-HASN-T-watched-Making-Murderer-directors-discuss-possibility-season-two.html

Although this sentence seems to be easy to understand I am a little bit confused. In my opinion it asserts that the president of the USA cannot pardon Steven Avery because his case is a federal issue. But it contradicts to the statement which was made by the White House regarding the pardon in Steven Avery case and in which is written: "This clemency authority empowers the President to exercise leniency towards persons who have committed federal crimes. (…) However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense." So I either do not understand the above sentence or there is a factual mistake in the article. Can you provide me clarification?


texts:
Waits muttered the joke on Norman Lear’s television show Fernwood 2
  Night in 1977, but he didn’t come up with it.

I searched the phrase come up with in Longman Dictionary, it means:

to think of an idea
to produce an amount of money

I know the first meaning is better but I still cannot understand the meaning of the sentence above.

So, could you please explain it to me?

The fuller text is:

  Once, when asked about his drinking, the musician Tom Waits famously
  muttered, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal
  lobotomy.” He appeared to be hammered when he said it. Oh, and he was
  on national television.Waits muttered the joke on Norman Lear’s
  television show Fernwood 2 Night in 1977, but he
  didn’t come up with it. Nobody knows where the joke originated, and if you try to find out online, you’ll lose yourself down a rabbit
  hole of theories. Some have credited the joke to the writer Dorothy
  Parker, others to comedian Steve Allen. Waits himself claimed he
  didn’t remember where he first heard it. He also admitted that the
  joke wasn’t his.


texts: "Don't let you being tired affect your enthusiasm" Is it correct

texts:
Well, I know that I can colloquially say:

  It has nothing to do with you being poor

The whole bolded phrase acts as a noun or gerund. Can I apply the rule so that the phrase acts as an object of a verb?

  Don't let you being tired affect your enthusiasm

  That led to him breaking up with her

Can I use it as subject as well?

  You standing here doesn't mean that you are the criminal.

Are these type of sentences confusing? or is it commonly used and well-understood? I'd like the answer to be according to the colloquial American accent.


texts:
For both questions and statements I'm unsure about the use of "not at all" or "not any".
Please consider the following example (statements)

  That perfume doesn't smell good at all.

Would the following sentence also be correct?

  That perfume doesn't smell any good.

Please also consider the next example (questions)

  Is the food any good?

Would the following sentence also be correct?

  Is the food good at all?


texts: What's meaning of "I KNOW FFS THANKS SOO MUCH , exucse my language"?

texts:
There is a question on Server Fault: Job for httpd.service failed. Here is the answer and a comment.

Answer:

  The key error message appears to be:

    SSLCertificateFile: file '/etc/httpd/ssl/apache.srt' does not exist or is empty

  Which is likely a small typo in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf in the name of the SSL public key component of your certificate, most likely it should be apache.crt instead of apache.srt

You can see the comment under the answer.
Comment:

  I KNOW FFS THANKS SOO MUCH , exucse my language

What mean of the "I know FFS"?
And "exucse my language"?


texts:
I'm watching a MSNBC commentary about Syria war and @6:02 where a guest says:

  That's a galaxy question

What's the meaning of galaxy question? Does it mean the question is off-topic? Or it mean it's a big problem that is hard to be answered?

Note: The video contains opinions about the conflict in Syria. I am only interested in the English. Please do not click the link if you don't want to hear about the topic.


texts: There is/are a lot of (uncountable noun) and many (countable noun)?

texts:
I know that the title is a little bit clumsy, so let me explain further.

From basic grammatical rules, we know that we should use "is" when "a lot of" is followed by an uncountable noun.

For example:

  There is a lot of sugar in the container.

Also, we should use "are" with "many"

For example:

  There are many people over there.

Then I wonder what to use if both appear in a sentence.

For example:

  There _______ (be) a lot of fruit and many facilities in the museum.


texts: Is it considered wrong to make a noun that is modified possessive?

texts:
I have heard people do this--make a noun that is modified with additional information (e.g. Aaron who didn't finish college's mom, The dog that is dirty's owner, etc.) possessive, but I don't think I've ever seen it in writing.

I might hear "the girls who live down the street's mother works three jobs," but written down the sentence would appear as: "The mother of the girls who live down the street works three jobs." This sounds fine to me, even better than the original sentence, but there are examples of sentences that become awkward from this rearrangement.

Is it considered wrong to use the possessive form on a noun that doesn't stand alone?

I wonder specifically about constructions in which the noun, before being put in the possessive form, has multiple words that come after it (What would you call this?). As shown in the examples above, this makes it so the apostrophe is attached to a word other than the target noun. In the examples I gave, these words are college, dirty, and street as opposed to Aaron, dog, and girls.


texts: Meaning of "What did he do that had not always been done?"

texts:
This is a speech given by Valery, but I have encountered a few questions.
First, what does the word "task" in the first sentence mean? Second, what does the sentence below in bold mean? Does it mean that everything he does is just normal, as everyone else does the same thing?

  More  than  one  critic  has  taken  him  to  task  rather
  harshly, and  naively, for being so knowledgeable and  for
  not  being unaware  of what  he  knew. What  was he  sup
  posed  to  do? What  did  he  do  that  had  not  always  been
  done?  Nothing  is  newer  than  the  standard  of  absolute
  newness imposed as an  obligation on  writers


texts: "say something" vs. "tell something to somebody"

texts:
I am familiar with this rule:

1.Tell something to somebody
2. Say something

But what about his sentence from Melville's Bartleby Scrivener?

  “Bartleby!”
  “I know you,” he said, without looking round,—“and I want nothing to say to you.”


texts: it was hard at school vs school was hard

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Could you please explain English usage of these sentences or they are interchangeable? If I mean only about my studying (not kind of school), can I use both sentences or the second one is said only about a kind of school?

I thought it was hard at school.

vs

I thought school was hard.

P.S. For me the second sentence is quite strange if I do simple translation to my native language. But if I do simple translation of "I thought milk was fresh", it's OK. Maybe in English you don't have this nuance.


texts:
I wonder if there's a term, possibly a name, relating to a god, mythological creature or such, that is used in English to describe a person, software or organization that manages cases, runs errands and takes care of issue resolutions.

For instance, I've hear people call a guy by the name of Argus and for a very long time I believed that it was his actual name. Turns out, they only meant that the person in question keeps an eye on all the details, is never ambushed and knows what's going on around in the office.

There's a software related solution called Kerberos, which refers to the doggie watching at the door of a rather hot place. The software is used for security and protection in the digital environment.

I'd like to know if there's anything equivalent (possibly extremely rarely used in, or at the very least applicable to, English language) for a case managing and/or issue resolution instance, person or software.


texts: “…since their great adventure leading parties to many parts of the world.”

texts:
On February 14, Ann and Liv had hundred of miles to go. There was still very little wind. The women made a difficult decision. They asked to be picked up by an airplane with skis. The plane was standing by to help them. It carried them to the ship. They felt sadness at not completing the entire journey. But mixed with that was relief that their ordeal was over. Ann and Liv have spent the years since their great adventure leading parties to many parts of the world.

Does “with skis” mean Ann and Liv's skis?
I don't understand "leading parties". Does it mean leading a group of people?


texts: Which phrase about medical situations reads better and why?

texts:
When dealing with emergency medical situations

or

  When dealing with medical emergency situations


texts: Meaning of "..., important as such differences are."

texts:
It's from Thomas Sowell's book "Wealth Poverty and Politics."

It says: "Geography is just one of the influences behind vast economic differences among peoples and places. Moreover, these differences are not simply differences in standards of living, important as such differences are."

I am confused about the meaning of "important as such differences are." Can anybody help me out? Thank you!


texts: What is the meaning of flung in this sentence?

texts:
The doors to the world have been flung wide open, and the view that’s available is staggering.

Upon checking flung - throw, cast or move quickly does not fit with this sentence.
staggering deeply shocking!
it is from the book “the one thing”


texts: If I had a file with the properties (names, ages and the like) of the users of some app, which one sentence would be correct to say "I have a file with the user properties" or "I have a file with the users properties"? I'm not sure that using the "noun as adjective" in the plural form is correct, but when I say "user properties" it sounds like I mean I have a file with a list of names of properties. Maybe is there another way to say it properly?


texts: listen to someone I don't know + [Verbing]

texts:
The context from a Japanese cartoon: A villain phones the protagonist to leave the city the protagonist protects. But the protagonist doesn't know who the villain is. So, the protagonist says "I don't think I'll listen to someone I don't know suddenly telling me to leave."

The problem is I don't really know what the protagonist means. Does he mean "I don't think I'll listen to someone I don't know suddenly who tells me to leave."? I wonder if "telling me to leave" modifies "someone I don't know" or there's another way to use the verb "listen".


texts: What is the meaning of "take the position" in this text?

texts:
As Deepak Chopra's daughter, Mallika Chopra grew up with modern conveniences, new-age wisdom, and a lot of parental advice. But instead of taking the advice to settle down with a nice Indian guy, she moved across the world to follow her career dreams first. By following her heart, she ended up at the right place at the right time to meet the guy she was meant to end up with. Here, she tells her inspiring story.
When I was 23, I moved from Boston to New Delhi for a dream job. I was launching MTV India, learning all aspects of media and sales, and I had a business card that could get me into any nightclub. But there was one caveat to taking the position : I had to move into my grandparents' home.

Is the expression taking the position simply mean **to go the mentioned nightclub? I mean is that an idiom?


texts: “To sit waiting” vs. “to be sitting waiting”

texts:
I'm sitting waiting for a bus.
I sit waiting for a bus.

There is the situation that I'm sitting on a bench and I'm waiting for a bus in a bus station.

If I want to tell my friend that by a phone. I say "I sit waiting for a bus." It is right?

Somewhere, I have heard "I'm sitting waiting for a bus" means that I'm sitting up and down (it doesn't mean an exercise)  while waiting a bus, as a bus has arrived.
 Therefore Someone tell me you would use I sit waiting for a bus.

Simply, I think I'm sitting + I'm waiting = I'm sitting waiting.

How are the two sentences different?

also

I sitting  waiting for a bus.
I sitting and waiting for a bus.

differ?


texts: Is "she don't" sometimes considered correct form?

texts:
Recently I was exposed to a lot of uses of "She don't + infinitive" (3rd person singular + don't), instead of "she doesn't + infinitive" (3rd person singular + doesn't). I'm not sure if it is a mistake or just accepted usage sometimes.

I found it in a very famous songs such as:

"She don't know me" by Bon Jovi

Also in Stan- by Eminem (in 3:04)

  But she don't know you like I know you Slim, no one does
  She don't know what it was like for people like us growin' up, you gotta call me man
  I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose
  Sincerely yours, Stan, P.S. we should be together too

You can find a lot more by searching in you tube "he don't" or "she don't".


texts: The best resources to read in English "in" Vs "on"?

texts:
I want to write about the best websites and apps for reading in English, but I am not sure whether I put on or in, in my example below:

"I want to share the best resources to read in English  in/on."


texts: Suggest an alternative to be used in place of "However"

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The last line of the following paragraph sounds fishy. Could you suggest another transition word for the word however?

  I learned many things over the course of my three month internship at
  a startup, Crunch. I worked with a team to build a recommendation
  system and handle interfacing between client-side and the backend
  server. However, there was one thing I had ascertained. My chosen
  major was, indeed, Computer Science.


texts: Wrong verb in "the son ... is no lack of honor ..."?

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Source: Book 1, Lines 257-260, The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald

  Then grey-eyed Athena said:
  “The gods decreed no lack of honor in this generation:
  such is the son Penélopê bore in you.

As per this, such here functions as a pronoun denoting the italicised. To illustrate my issue, I rewrite the main clause after the colon, firstly by reordering it into SVO sentence structure:

1. =  the son Penélopê bore in you is such.

2. = the son Penélopê bore in you is no lack of honor in this generation.

3. the son Penélopê bore in you HAS no lack of honor in this generation

Yet 2 is wrong, because 'to be' cannot be followed by a noun phrase. So should the bolded instead be 'such HAS', which when rearranged into SVO, matches with 3?


texts: Remove the implication to the future from Present Simple

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A friend says to me "I broke even in poker today." And I want to tell to him that for the time period since he started playing up to now he always breaks even. If I say "You always breaks even," it will contain an implication to the future. But I want to remove this implication. What should I say?

a) You have always broken even.
b) You have always been always breaking even.


texts: 'in-a my heart' correct, or only 'in my heart'?

texts:
There are two different lyrics in the hymn.

  Lord, I want to be a Christian in-a my heart

vs

  Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart

Is the first correct too or typing error?


texts: What's the difference between "I have to get to" and "I have to go to"?

texts: I know when to use them however I can't really explain why. Will you help me?


texts:
I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had any particular aptitude in them, but because normally on the first day of school they'd hand out schoolbooks, and I'd read them.

Usually with these types of structures you'd have not because/ but because with the latter clarifying why in once single sentence.

With this example it ends with - hand out schoolbooks, and then adds that the writer had read them.

Is this ok grammatically?

I'd have written it:  they'd hand out schoolbooks which I'd already read.


texts: Using "core hours" to refer to times a bus station has a lot of traffic

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Can I use core hours in this context?

  In the core hours the stop (bus station) is served often than in the late hours as well as on the workdays often than on Saturday or Sunday.


texts: In a scenario where you are reporting an event where someone came to your house which of these two sentences is appropriate, " he came to visit me yesterday” or "he came and visited me yesterday.”


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My sentence:

  It is a great chance for every talented child to demonstrate his skills; the chance which previous generations could have only dreamed of.

I wonder not only whether the bold part is right, but also about possible alternatives:

  the chance of which previous generations could have only dreamed.

  the chance which previous generations could have only dreamed about.

  the chance about which previous generations could have only dreamed.

Besides, is the semicolon in the sentence used correctly?


texts:
I am currently reading this article, , and the first passages says,

  The Hague (AFP) - While Boris Johnson scrambled Friday to sell his EU divorce deal to parliament, the Dutch port of Rotterdam handed out "Brexit Muppet" leaflets to truckers to prepare them for whatever happens.

According to Collins' urban dictionary, the word "muppet" is

  A person who is ignorant and generally has no idea about anything.

So would the word, Brexit Muppet leaflets, here mean the leaflets for people who don't know anything about Brexit at all?

Thank you in advance.


texts: "I haven't seen you the whole year" vs "for the whole year"

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What are the grammar rules for using all/the whole in reference to time?

For example in the sentence,

  I haven't seen you the whole year
  I haven't seen you for the whole year

My question is whether there should be FOR  or not.


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Let the gentle, kindly phantoms haunt us as they will; we are not afraid of them.
   Source

I an confused about the phrase "as they will" – does this "will" means an intention?
Like, "all they want?"


texts:
Do the following sentences mean the same?

  He seems to have not eaten for ages.

  He does not seem to have eaten for ages.


texts:
If I am a manager of restaurant, and I am keeping logs, can I write down something that happened in the past:

If the guests had ordered some food, normally they would wait for 20 minutes

Thanks a lot!


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Is there a semantic difference in the following two sentences?

  A brief account on the different techniques is given below.

  A brief account of the different techniques is given below.

Or is it just a matter of preference?

Source examples:

  A phenomenological account of the different perspectives of physician and patient.

(Google Books: The Meaning of Illness)

  For a brief account on the different approaches to collective intentionality see, F Hindriks […]. Hindriks advocates the importance of collective intentionality for any adequate analysis of social institutions.

(Google Books: The Idea of Authorship in Copyright)


texts:
"I think he has done it [cranked up the air-conditioning] so he can crackle a fire and force us together under the blankets".

What does the author mean with crackle a fire? Or more specifically, what's the meaning of crackle in this context?


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Which is the correct option to replace bold part of sentence ?

  I won't be able to leave for office until they arrive.

A) have arrived

B) had arrived

C) will have arrived

D) no improvement

This question may be a duplicate or similar to previously asked question but I tried hard searching through ELL SE  for previously asked queation and clear my doubt from them but I am still confused . I learned from those questions that the tense after until is same as tense before until but FUTURE tense is an exception so that rules out option C but what about option A, B and D ? The given sentence is in future ( won't =  short of will not ) but future tense can't be used after until so what should I use ? I googled for the answer but got more confused as a site mentioned option A as correct option and other one mentioned option D as correct answer. In case of past and present the rule is simple to use same tense on later side of until but what's the rule for future tense ?


texts: How often do English speakers mishear an important and unimportant?

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I know it's silly, but it's been bugging me for a while. Namely, the word unimportant and combination "an important". Whenever I pronounce them I cant' get rid of a feeling that they sound the same, at least when speaking fast.

Do native English speaker ever notice this perceived similarity?


texts: Difference between "Industrial" and "Industrialized world"

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How do these phrases differ?

  Industrialized world

  Industrial world

Do both the phrases give the same meaning, or are they different?


texts: What's the meaning of "as much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation"

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I'm reading Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People.

There is a quote that says, "As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation."

What's the meaning of this?

EDIT:

The author of the book was trying to elaborate that criticism is a bad idea.

How is this sentence related to criticism?


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Potential hazards of hurricanes:
  Storm surges
  Possibility of persons being swept off their feet
  Drowning

(https://www.sagaftra.org/files/safety_bulletins_amptp_part_3_9_3.pdf)

There is a similar idiom, but that doesn't fit in this context. What does "swept off their feet" mean? Does it mean they could fell off by the wind?


texts: How can I use just--only, just--justice, just--recently

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Just--only is adjective.

Just--justice is adjective.

Just--recently is adverb.

How can I know what is justice or only?

Below, I refer to only, but someone told me this is justice.

  You are anti girlish, so you distort girlish man, by your just opinion.


texts: How to parse this sentence "I heard him drop his keys."

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"I heard him drop his keys"

I = subject

heard = verb

"him drop his keys." = direct object.

But how can I understand 'drop his keys'?

  "I heard him singing in the shower."

Here, "singing in the shower" is an adjectival participle phrase.

  "I wanted her TO sing in the shower."

"to sing in the shower" is an infinitive phrase.

But in 'him drop his keys", drop is not a participle, and it's not quite an infinitive with an understood 'to' either (who would say, "I heard him to drop his keys"?) and it's not a truncated phrase like "as he dropped his keys."

"drop his keys' answers the question 'what?" which is a noun sort of question, as opposed to the adverbial "when?", "how?, "where?"" questions, or the how many?", "what kind of?" adjectival questions.


texts: This paragraph (is taken / has been) taken from book

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We usually write this e.g

  "this paragraph is taken from book" or "this paragraph has been taken from book".

and

  "this poem is written by" or "this poem has been written by"

Could you tell me which one is correct of both and why?

And why the first one of each sentence is correct, although the action of taken and written is done in the past?


texts: What does 'truck' mean in 'truck in magical thinking'?

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para 4: Around this time last year, as part of an effort to rebrand feminism – a notion that comes up in far too many discussions, as though there might be a magical combination of words and images that will make gender equality more palatable to the masses – Elle UK invited three British ad agencies to develop campaigns to promote feminist messages. I recognized the motivation behind the campaign but I resented the idea that with a better marketing message, the world might get right with feminism. I don’t truck in magical thinking.
ODO page 1: [chiefly North American] 1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] [informal] Go or proceed in a casual or leisurely way
ODO page 2: [with object] [archaic] Barter or exchange.

How do you determine/deduce the right definition? The second seems apter, because the writer mentions 'discussions', 'message', but it's supposedly archaic. Please explain the steps, thought processes; I’d like to try to resolve this myself in the future?


texts: What's the difference between slob vs lazy?

texts: I couldn't find the difference in Google and the dictionaries entries are similar. Actually one definition included the other term.


texts: "since you don't tell me anything"/"since you're not telling me anything"?

texts:
1) I talked to your mom yesterday, since you don't tell me anything.

2) I talked to your mom yesterday, since you're not telling me anything.

Is the first sentence the best choice if I feel that he hasn't shared anything with me over a long time?

And is the sentence natural?


texts: How can "the number of times" be abbreviated?

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This circuit reduces the number of times data is sampled.

I named the circuit as follows:

  A sampling number reducing circuit

I think "sampling frequency reducing circuit" may be better but too technical. I am afraid that "sampling number" is misinterpreted as the order of sampled data". If the context is clear, is "sampling number reducing circuit" acceptable?


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If I take a look at the usage of the verb "notice":

  As noticed by some customers, the store does not stock the ...
  Some customers noticed that the store does not stock the...

I will find that I cannot write the following using the verb "spot":

  As spotted by some customers, the store does not stock the ...
  Some customers spotted that the store does not stock the...

It seems that the verb "spot" cannot be followed by a that-clause.

But then, I saw this usage of the verb "spot" in this article:

  As spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple will trim its iPhone return window from 30 days to 14 as of tomorrow. Carriers had previously offered 14 days, so now at least it's consistent across the board. Still, for Apple Store customers, that's less than half the time to decide if parallax effect is right for you.

Could the sentence in the article be wrong?


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Are all sentences below correct?

I parked in the parking lot.
I parked on the parking lot.
I parked at the parking lot.

My understanding is that I can use "to park in" if the parking lot is indoors and "to park at" with any kind of parking lot, but I'm not sure if "to park on" is usual for both indoor and outdoor parking lots.


texts: Meaning of the phrase "you are on" in context

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I have come across this usage in the 18th episode of the 10th season of Friends. Here is the scene. It's at 2 minutes and 41 seconds.

Gate attendant #2: I'm sorry, you cannot go any further without a
boarding pass.
Ross: No, no, no, but...
Phoebe: (screaming) RACHEL!!
(Rachel comes back to the gate.)
Rachel: Oh my God... What.. What are you guys doing here?
Phoebe: Okay, you're on.

No definition in this dictionary and others, it seems, doesn't fit.


texts: primary stress of "flying doctor" and "flying officer"

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Do you know why the primary stress falls on the "doctor" of "flying doctor" but on the first component of "flying officer"?

In case you don't know what "flying doctor" and "flying officer" refer to, here are the definitions:

  flying doctor: (especially in Australia) a doctor who travels in an aircraft to visit patients who live far from a town

  flying officer: an officer of fairly low rank in the British air force


texts:
"It is not metaphorical, but only literal."

In the sentence above, am I allowed to use "but"? It sounds fine, in my opinion, without "but", but I am a foreigner and thus very inept when it comes to legitimacy of sentences. Do I have to use "but", or is it okay to leave it out?


texts: "This often happened" vs "this happened often"

texts:
My editor changed "this often happened" to "this happened often."

I checked on ngrams and discovered that their frequency is almost the same.

Maybe the order doesn't matter? Or one is more common than the other in certain situations?


texts:
I am not sure, which one is valid. I feel "on" is more appropriate, but I often hear both. Strangely enough, "in" is wrong when "on" is ok. Like, we say "on the bus" and never "in the bus", so I might think it's the case, but I have heard "in the highway" often enough to have a little doubt.

For example:

  Do a sharp U turn in the highway, or we're doomed.


texts: Says or Said in this context, which one is correct?

texts: My answer is said while the solution gives says. No idea why it's says, bacause I think Kate has already said that.


texts: Are they interchangeable: "I'm sorry that.." "It is too bad that..." and "It's a pity / shame that.."?

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There is a sentence in a textbook.

  I'm sorry that the trip was cancelled.

I can think of several sentences similar to this, meaning-wise, but I'm not sure.

  1) It's too bad that the trip was cancelled.  2) It's a pity that the trip was cancelled.  3) It's a shame that the trip was cancelled.

I'd like to know if these four sentences are interchangeable or not. if so, which sentence sounds the most natural in daily conversation. If not, could you please explain the difference?


texts: Which of the two is correct? - have been or had been

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Which of the two is correct? I mean that in the past i had no defence mechanism and i was (verbally) poisoned for some time.

I haven't developed a defence mechanism and I have been poisoned for quite some time.
I hadn't developed a defence mechanism and I have been poisoned for quite some time.

Thanks in advance!


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I'm confused with the different pronunciations of "calm". I'm using lexical sets to understand the differences between Received Pronunciation and General American.

According to Wikipedia, the pronunciation is different using RP /pɑːm/ and GA /pɑm/. But according to the dictionary (Cambridge, Oxford), the sound is the same: /pɑːm/. Using this tool, the difference in the pronunciation reappears, but I can hear /pɑːm/ for American English, when it should be /pɑm/.

How Should I pronounce "palm" in General American /pɑːm//pɑm/ or /pɑlm/?

I found a similar question here, but it doesn't answer my question.


texts: "Full-fledged" and "not full-fledged" adjectives: What are they?

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In a book on  English adjectives, I came across a term I'd never met before —  "a not full-fledged adjective".
As an example, there was chosen the word fun used as an adjective in the "fun trip" collocation.

From all I had read there,  I could conclude only that a word that can be used in speech both as a noun and an adjective, when it is used as the latter —  may be called "a not full-fledged adjective".

My questions are these:

Is my interpretation of the term "not a full-fledged adjective" right or wrong? If it's right, is there anything more to be added to it? If it's wrong, what is the right one?

Is this kind of adjectives the only one to be called "not full-fledged"?

How can "full-fledged" adjectives be defined?

I really appreciate any help you can provide.


texts: What is the best way to describe "fixed, routine gag" by comedians?

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I think every comedian has "the fixed patterns of actions or lines" or "the routine way of getting a laugh", which are repeated many times. What is the normal way to call them?

Basically I want to say "Doing something is someone's famous _____." or "This line is known as a _____ to English-speaking people.", and I need a phrase that fits here.

My research yielded several candidates: "shtick", "formula", "gag routine", "signature gag", etc., but I have no idea about the nuances.

In particular, the word "shtick" seems good according to this Wikipedia article, but this term is new to me. Googling shtick basically lists the definitions in many online dictionaries and glossaries, rather than the actual occasions of this word in news headlines, etc., which gave me the impression that this word is used rather infrequently.


texts: Which is correct, [Does fluorine has] or [Does fluorine have]?

texts:
I want to google if fluorine has more s-character. So which one is more correct 'Does fluorine has more s-character' or 'Does fluorine have more s-character'. Both sound unnatural to me when I read them.
Also, are there other ways to ask this same questions without adding new chemical terms?


texts: What do you call refreshments seeds, like pumpkin seeds?

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In Arabic, we have an umbrella term, lib, for a specific type of seeds; the one people eat as refreshments, namely sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds and watermelon seeds. Such a word would be useful for the time when I ask my brother to go buy us some lib, he'd automatically understand what type of seed I want and exclude fruit seeds, for example.

(Edit) I've included a picture of where roasted lib and other light snacks, such as roasted peanuts and chickpeas, are sold. Nuts are very expensive (A kilogram of cashew costs around 1/6 of average salary) that we don't rely on them as snack food. Shops like this one is almost everywhere. People taking a stroll around would usually turn into these shops and buy lib.


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I was surprised a bit today, when one of dishes for lunch today were bangers.

I never heard this name before...

I would like to know is this name common in other english speaking countries or is it specific to Ireland only?

By the way, maybe you know why they call it like this - I found it rather strange in relation to verb "to bang"


texts: Is there any difference in meaning between "work" and "work out" when used in the sense of having a positive result?

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Is there any difference in meaning between work and work out when used in the sense of having a positive result? For examle:

  My plan to make easy money didn't work.

  My plan to make easy money didn't work out.

I see no difference between the sentences. But why would native English speakers add out if it didn't add anything to the meaning?


texts: problem with present perfect and simple past

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I failed to understand the difference between two sentences mentioned below.

a) My father has worked at this company for 35 years.

b) My father worked at this company for 35 years.


texts:
I need some clarity on the usage of who and whom, and which is the correct sentence between these two?

The man WHOM I thought was thoroughly honest proved to be a swindler.
The man WHO I thought was thoroughly honest proved to be a swindler.


texts: the meaning of "be it as" in the context

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Crucially – although he is identified as “philosopher” (and be it as a “maverick” one) – he does not bother to enlighten us what “truth” is meant to mean here.

Source: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/unfinishedbusiness/blog/2011/07/24/the-fatal-attraction-of-jacobinism/

I am not sure what "be it as" in the sentence above means. I guess that the author wants to say that Zizek is a philosopher despite the fact that his thinking is non-conventional but the phrase is not familiar to me.


texts:
What does "down" mean in football (soccer) context?
75 min: Another corner for Everton, this time earned by King down the right. Digne sends a dangerous in-swinger into the six-yard box. Mendy flaps but just about fingertips away, then he’s clattered by Godfrey and the whistle goes for a foul.
80 min: A simple long ball down the right opens Everton up. Werner eases Godfrey out of the way and he’s one on one with Pickford, albeit facing a tight angle. He goes for the bottom right and Pickford kicks out for a corner.


texts: "Hit someone on the arm" vs "hit someone's arm"

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As I recall, some grammar books recommend using the pattern of "someone hit someone else on the shoulder/cheek/arm etc." while avoiding the use of "someone hit someone else's shoulder/cheek/arm etc."

I did a search in Google Books. There are indeed some but not many instances of "he hit my shoulder/cheek/arm".

Does the latter use sound unidiomatic? Or, does it carry a different connotation?


texts: "Just as my money was the first in, it will be the last out." - Elon Musk. Can someone explain it to me? Thanks in advance.


texts: Any difference between "Good morning, Brian" and "Good morning to you, Brian"

texts:
I often hear it on TV when they are talking to a guest.

Normally, if we want to greet Brian in morning, we would say "Good Morning Brian". But many times TV presenters say "Good morning to you Brian".

Why is that? Why do they add "to you". There seems to be no need to do it.

Regards,


texts: Can comma by replaced by the conjuction "and" here?

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On his arrival in America, Wilde stirred the nation with his flamboyant personality, wearing long silk stockings, long flowing hair which gave the impression of a general air of wittiness, sophistication and eccentricity.

Which kind of comma is that in the bold part -listing, bracketing, joining or gapping according to source .

Can it be replaced by conjuction and?

On the side note, long seems to be unnecessarily used twice here.


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This area of science as complicated as it is.

What does it mean? All instances I have found on the Internet have something at the end, e.g. "Buying gifts for men isn't nearly as complicated as it is for women," "It isn't even a quarter as complicated as it is made out to be."

May I suggest that in my sentence it means that the area of science is complicated but it's because it has to be this complicated, by no means we can make it simpler.


texts: What exactly does "doing something for the xth time in y hours" mean?

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I had always used the present perfect tense for sentences such as "have done something x times in the last y hours" until I came across the following sentence:

"I'm eating pancakes for the fourth time in 6 hours"

Does it mean:

1)I'm eating pancakes for the 4th time in the last 6 hours (I have eaten pancakes thrice in the last 6 hours, and now I'm eating them for the fourth time in the same time period)

2)I will be eating pancakes for the 4th time in 6 hours time (will happen in the future)

Similarly, "I'm playing fifa for the second time in 4 hours"

1)I'm playing fifa for the second time in the last 4 hours (I have played it once in the last 4 hours, and now I'm playing it for the second time in the same time period)

2)I will be playing fifa for the second time in 4 hours time ( will happen in the future)

Also, I'm not sure whether (1) is grammatically correct. Present continuous doesn't sound correct some reason.


texts: How do we ask someone about the days of their routines?

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Which one is correct? If all are, which one is more common?

1. What days do you go swimming?

2. What day do you go swimming?

3. On what days do you go swimming?


texts: in/at one fell swoop(=at one time) What's fell here?

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in/at one fell swoop (=with a single action or movement, all at the same time)
What's fell here? I think 'swoop' is a noun and if it should be modified, then 'past participle' or adjective should do it.
Let's look at the below. 'fell' is past of fall and infinitive of 'fell'.
No adjective element is found.

fall-fell-fallen (intransitive)

fell-felled-felled (transitive)

What's the fell here?


texts: "Don't place it to their sides / at their sides / on their sides"

texts:
These boxes should not have any other boxes at their sides

What are the correct words to use here? Boxes are being placed side by side, but some of them must not have any boxes to their left or to their right.


texts:
1.In spite of her thinness, he loves her.

  2.In spite of her being thin, he loves her.

Which sentence is grammatical, thin or thinness? I wanted to know whether "thiness" can use for a person's body.


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Used to emphasize that what you are saying is true, and should be believed:

I'm telling you, he's the best player in the American League.
We’ve been waiting a long time for this, I’ll tell you.

I would like to know if it would be perfectly natural to use "I'm telling you" in this example:
Person 1: They stole my phone.
Person 2: Come on, they didn't steal your phone. Are you sure you didn't just leave it at home?
Person 1: Yes! I'm telling you, they stole my phone.
?


texts: Is "He has gone for playing cricket" correct?

texts:
"He has gone to play."
  "He has gone for playing cricket."

The first sentence is correct. Please explain if the 2nd one is right?
If so, then why? If not, then why not?


texts:
Is it possible to tell:

  They have begun (to) being checked.

?

The meaning: The police started to check people some time ago. But I can not
mention "police" in the sentence.


texts:
Active: He has to pay the money.

Passive: The money has to be paid by him.

Active: He is having to pay the money.

Passive: The money is having to be paid by him.  (I'm not sure)

Please explain.

Thank you.


texts: What sort of verb is "had been used to do"?

texts:
Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn. In a moment the dogs came bounding back. At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately. Though not yet full-grown, they were huge dogs, and as fierce-looking as wolves. They kept close to Napoleon. It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to MR Jones.

I am wondering if the bold part is a passive form of a verb?

What is more, would you analyze that in a more readily way so that I could get it better?

Thanks


texts: Ikey hitched his wagon to such stars as his firmaent let shine

texts:
My quote is from "The Social Triangle" by O Henry:

At any rate Ikey toiled and snipped and basted and pressed and patched and sponged all day in the steamy fetor of a tailor shop.  But when work was done Ikey hitched his wagon to such stars as his firmament let shine.

My question is whether "such stars" refer to star-shaped something he could hitch his wagon to?


texts: Chain of failures, betrayals and ingratitudes "against" or "towards"?

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I am proofreading a translation and although the literal translation of the original says towards, I am tempted to put "against" instead because of the three nouns enumerated. The sentence is:

Her life was a chain of failures, betrayals and ingratitudes towards/against her benefactor, yet he never recoiled and went on consoling her and investing in her.

Would against be correct here? Is it appropriate for failures, betrayals and ingratitudes?


texts: Words to describe a video thats not working

texts: The only words I know are “buffer” and “lagging” but are there more words to describe “the video is/has _____”


texts: difference between "take responsibility for" and "accept responsibility for"

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“There is also an option for a DHL delivery service at an additional
  cost of £15.00 per address. This service is strongly recommended to
  ensure safe delivery. The University does not accept responsibility
  for items lost in transit.”

  From https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/your-course/graduation-and-what-next/degree-certificates-and-transcripts/degree-certificates

  Accept responsibility for:

  If you accept responsibility for something that has happened, you
  agree

  that you were to blame for it or you caused it. (Collins)

  https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/accept-responsibility

I didn’t find “take responsibility for” in dictionaries.

What is the difference between “take responsibility for” and “accept responsibility for”? Why  is the Cambridge using “accept” instead of “take”?


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Can someone please direct me to sources, systems, or a way of measuring the weight or substance a word holds. Its synonymous value. Also without considering sentencing, just general.
Although the sub categories of poetic, novel, speech, humor, and or literature ect. apply
Like if a word has multiple origins and uses does it hold more value? Or does context overrule value?


texts: What does "which" refer to in this context?

texts:
If a device is disabled from an account, then the information about
  that device will become unavailable to the member unless the device is
  enabled in the member’s account, which requires the member’s email and
  password.

Does "which" refer to "the member's account" or "enabling in the member account"?

I read this post: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-before-which/
and it seems that the "which" refers to the member's account but want to be sure.


texts: What is the difference between "stay home" and "stay home from work"?

texts: I'm a native spanish speaker, and I'm trying to understand if there is any semantical difference between the two expressions or they are equivalent.  Automatic translation makes no difference, but I'm interested in any subtle meaning.


texts: put forward in explanation or put forward to explain

texts:
A hypothesis is a supposition put forward in explanation of observed facts.

Is this sentence wrong??and if it is then why?

In a grammar book the right form of this sentence is given by this way - "A hypothesis is a supposition put forward to explain observed facts." or "A hypothesis is a supposition put forward as an explanation of observed facts."


texts: What do you call the part of a roof that opens up?

texts: I know that some houses have these things, and it's not called a window, because there's typically no glass, so I was wondering if there was a name for these things. Maybe there's a generic word you can use for them, but I can't think of a single one.


texts: Decided and arranged: "He is being..." vs. "He will be in the office on Monday morning."

texts:
According to my "Cambridge - English Grammar in Use" app, Present Continuous ("I am doing") is used for "things" which are "already decided and arranged". The examples are:

  He's playing tennis on Monday afternoon.
   He's going to the dentist on Tuesday morning.
   He's meeting Kate on Friday.

Unfortunately, there is no example with the verb "to be".

Provided that "he" has decided and arranged to be in the office on Monday morning, and according to the explanation above, it must go like:

  He's being in the office on Monday morning.

But this sentence sounds weird to me.

Furthermore, the Google Books Ngram search by "he's being in,he is being in,he's being at,he is being at" results in "Ngrams not found: he's being in, he's being at" or in extremly few hits for "he is being in"/"he is being at" not corresponding to my schema "to be in/at some place".

Hence my question:

Are the sentences

  He'll be in the office on Monday morning.
  He's going to be in the office on Monday morning.

the only possible forms in this case?
If so, then there is no possibility to express "decided and arranged" with "to be"? According to the app "he's going to do" expresses the decision that may be arranged, but may be not; and "he'll do" expresses a decision made right now.


texts: Does the word "amount" have any particular meaning here?

texts:
"In previous eras, such as the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, the
discovery of new elements brought forth seemingly unending
numbers of new inventions. Now the combinations may truly be
unending. We are now witnessing a fundamental shift in our
resource demands. At no point in human history have we used
more elements, in more combinations, and in increasingly refined
amounts."
Q. What's the exact meaning of the word "amount" here?
Is it the same meaning as in "a small amount of sugar"? Or some other meaning?


texts: What is the passive form of "we will let it pass"?

texts:
I have this sentence where I want to use the phrase let [something] pass in the passive form:

  Mentioning this topic casually may get passed(?), but getting deep into it will only lead to conflicts and hard feelings.

If I translated what we use in my native language in such situations, it would be get absorbed, but I found that it means a totally different thing of what "let it pass" mean.

So, what is the passive form of "let it pass? If there isn't, then is there a phrase that means the same thing of "let it pass" and in the passive form?


texts: How can you determine which side of an interview you are on?

texts: If you say "I will have an interview with Bob", it does not say whether the interviewer is you or Bob. How can you state that?


texts: How to understand "Ginny's things second-hand" in this context?

texts:
"Well, we'll mange," said Mrs Weasley, but she looked worried. "I expect we'll be able to pick up a lot of Ginny's things second-hand."

I think "pick up" here means "to buy". However, Ginny's things second-hand looks odd. Maybe, second-hand, as an adjective, is used as a complement? Otherwise, I think it might be better to put it as: pick up a lot of things second-hand for Ginny. Does it make any sense?


texts: "to be" or "to be in"... which one should I use?

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Assuming the sentence below makes any sense (which I'm not sure about) would I have to include the preposition "in" after the verb "to be" at the end or is it not necessary?

  And therefore, because of her mother’s illness, she was forced to live
  years and years in a place where she could no longer stand to be / to be in.


texts: What is the difference between using an adverb + verb vs adjective + noun?

texts:
Here are two sentences:

He deeply appreciated art.

He had a deep appreciation of art.

What are the differences between the two sentences — more specifically, between "deeply appreciate" and "had a deep appreciation"?  Does one give more emphasis than the other? Or are the differences too small and subtle to fuss over?


texts: Meaning of the second negation after a negative question

texts:
Below is a dialogue from the film "The Invitation" (2015):

  – Hey, no one cares what I think?

  – No.

  – Come on, really?

  – No.

What is the meaning of the second "No"? Is it negation of "really?" und thus - "no, not really, there are actually people who care what you think". Or is it "no, no one cares what you think" - repetition of the first "no"?


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In the following passage, is "One common topic that has been discussed with increasing regularity" considered good style? Would it be advisable to rewrite it as "One increasingly common topic"? Also, is "running and managing a household" wordy? Would it be better to remove either "running" or "managing"?

  The #MeToo movement that took center stage in 2017 brought with it conversations that went beyond rape and sexual assault. One common topic that has been discussed with increasing regularity is the extra effort that women put into running and managing a household. More often than not, this discussion will include the term emotional labor. However, the way this trending term is used is incorrect.


texts:
Speak English.
  Speak in English.

Which one is correct?

Please tell me. I don't know how to define them. I don't know which sentence is correct.


texts:
The book I'm using writes vegetable in a plural form.
I don't think this is correct.

  Do you like strawberries or lettuce?

  No. I like neither fruit or vegetables.

Should it be written as:

  No. I like neither fruit nor vegetable.

(like a mass noun, for it is referring to lettuce, too.)


texts: Terms for two different kinds of payments in a private school

texts:
In a private school they separate the payment that parents have to make into:

1) paying for utilities - that is, paying for electricity, textbooks, lunch, teaching tools, uniform, etc;

and

2) paying for the very process of teaching;

I wonder, what are the two idiomatic terms (one or two words each) for those two different kinds of payments?


texts:
"In this article you realise/recognise Esperanto, the constructed language basic to the Latin, (which) has been invented by L. L. Zamenhof."

Can I say it like this?


texts:
We were taught that we should not use contraction like she's or she'd in formal writing.

However, a newspaper editorial uses these.
Is the above rule not widely accepted?
Or newspaper editorials are not formal writings?

Here is from the New York Times editorial "Mrs. Clinton, Show Voters Those Transcripts".

  Public interest in these speeches is legitimate, and it is the public
  — not the candidate — who decides how much disclosure is enough.
  By stonewalling on these transcripts Mrs. Clinton plays into the hands of those
  who say she's not trustworthy and makes her own rules. Most important,
  she is damaging her credibility among Democrats who are begging her to show them
  that she'd run an accountable and transparent White House.


texts:
I have recently discovered this beautiful forum to ask my questions as a student learning English as a second language.

Today, I have read a BBC article with the following title: "Spain to allow children outside after six weeks" and I am not sure about the meaning regarding "Spain to allow" as it sounds weird for me as a learner. Does it refer to the future like "Spain is going to allow [...]"?

Furthermore, how can I differentiate when to use the form "to + infinitive" or just the infinitive in a sentence?

Thank you!

Kind regards


texts: What does "to the extent that you give it" mean in context?

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What does the it refer to? What does the give mean?

  Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give it. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible claim about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence what so ever

-- Sam Harris


texts:
It is not good for you and (I/me) to be seen together.

What is proper grammar: I or me?


texts: What does "the pebble-dashed walls of number two" refer to in this context?

texts:
... He had sensed rather than heard it: someone or something was standing in the narrow gap between the garage and the fence behind him.
  Harry squinted at the black alleyway.
  If only it would move, then he'd know whether it was just a stray cat
  or – something else.

  'Lumos,' Harry muttered, and a light appeared at the end of his wand,
  almost dazzling him.
  He held it high over his head, and the pebble-dashed walls of number
  two suddenly sparkled;
  the garage door gleamed, and between them, Harry saw, quite distinctly, the hulking outline of something very big, with wide, gleaming eyes.

As the title says, I don't understand "the pebble-dashed walls of number two". Is 'number two' the address number of someone's house or something?

-- From Harry Potter.


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I want to reduce the length of this sentence by adding a comma. However, Grammarly is indicating me that I should avoid it. It is not clear to me since the comma is connecting two independent but subordinate clauses. These two phrases are used in a bullet-point.

Finding reliable sources of food in Tripoli to use in the dry season, and exploring the possible consequences on its crops because of climate change.


texts: "one more step" or "one step further" or "one more step further"?

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The analysis of intentionality needs yet to take one more step.
  The analysis of intentionality needs yet to take one step further.
  The analysis of intentionality needs yet to take one more step further.

I've already taken a couple of steps in analyzing intentionality. As the steps mean advancing the analysis of intentionality, I think 3 is the best choice. What do you think?


texts:
It is worth noting that the section of the wire coming from the
positive terminal of the battery to the first fuse is
effectively unprotected. If this was ever too short, it could cause an
electrical fire. For this reason, you should fit the first fuse for
each electric circuit as close to the battery/power source as
possible.

How I understand the second phase: if wire is too short, it could cause a fire.
How I understood the third phrase: we must make this wire as short as possible for safety reasons.
Either there is a mistake in the text, or I don't get the meaning of the expression.


texts: Is the first sentence acceptable in English?

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You are the guy who we are trying to learn from.

is the ordinary sentence structure I make when I talk. But I know that the standard English is

  You are the guy from whom we are trying to learn.

To be honest, the second one is a bit hard for me. I want to know, is the first acceptable, and could you give me some methods about how to make the standard attributive clause in which a verb-preposition combination exist?


texts: How can I translate this phrase? " To break with the past"

texts:
In 1791 the French nation, in the midst of a revolution, wished to break with the past, especially with those aspects of it which they considered illogical and useless.

This phrase is the topic of my text and also use in the text. Please help me. Thanks


texts:
public static int[] copyOf(int[] original, int newLength): Copies the specified array and length. It truncates the array if provided length is smaller and pads if provided.

This sentence is from the field of programming - arrays. What does pads mean in this context? Which other word could there be used with the same meaning?


texts: About the verbs, which can take three or more objects

texts:
Recently, I have come across this sentence,

  "She bet me £20 that I wouldn't do it."

, which is, for me, very unfamiliar in that I have never seen any verb that can take three objects at once.

So, I want to know more about the verbs, which can take three or more objects like 'bet'.


texts: Meaning of word 'synonym' in the given context

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What is the meaning of Synonym in this context?

  Nowadays modern mobile users are very exigent – they want great,
  unique Material design, in-app maps, fast and precise geolocation,
  social (let’s use synonym – Facebook  ) sign-in and so on…

I didn't look up a dictionary because I already know what "synonym" means, but I can't fit that meaning to this context. I was expecting "let’s use app– Facebook".

Why does the author use the word "synonym"? What do they want to imply?


texts:
Saw a movie today and there was a guy who said

  It's important he reads this.

Its beautiful and confusing to me at the same time. What's the grammar structure behind this sentence? Where I can read more about this so I can use it?


texts: What does "those toil at the lower employments of life" mean?

texts:
The first sentence of the preface of the Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson
is as follows

  It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to
  be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect
  of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be
  disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect, where success would
  have been without applause, and diligence without reward.

"It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather ..."

What does "toil at the lower employments of life" mean? is it talking about  the people who work hard for long time to obtain low-level jobs?
"It is the fate of those ....., to be driven by the fear of evil" In order for me to better understand the sentence, I try to change it a little bit. So, if I said  "It is the fate of Carl/somebody to be driven crazy/something" Here I am saying that his fate is as follows. Am I right? So, in the original sentence, he is saying that these people who toil..., their fate is to be driven by... Is my interpretation right?


texts: "WHAT do you want to be?" vs "WHO do you want to be?"

texts:
I came across this

  What do you want to be when you grow up?
  [...]
  Are you right now who you want to be?

and the first sentence sounds weird to my English learner's ear. Specifically, I am questioning why what was used instead of who.

  What do you want to be when you grow up?
  Who do you want to be when you grow up?

I was taught that what usually doesn't refer to a human being.

Does it sound OK to you?
Is there any difference between the two?
Is there anything what puts emphasis on there?

The author is an American.


texts: How to describe a melody? --in a question of simulated TOEIC

texts:
Here is a question in simulated TOEIC.
Due to its __ melodies and upbeat rhythms, Taylor Swift's music has broad appeal.
(A)simple
(B)funny
(C)kind
(D)common
I chose B that isn't the answer. A is correct, the reason in the official analysis is "simple" can describe melodies. I don't think it's convincing for me. So how do native speakers think? Is there a definite answer to this question? And why?
Thank you first.


texts: What do you call a scene of a music clip where the singer is seen singing? I think clip is the generic word for a sequence in a music clip, but I can't think of the word used for the clips where the singer is seen singing. Is there a special word for it? I am pretty sure there isn't. If now, how do people refer to it in a quick way, because "clip where the singer is seen singing" is a big mouthful?


texts: Is amplified by a "factor of A" correct?

texts:
I was reading about electronics and amplification and I wonder if it correct to say

  the signal is amplified by a factor of A

A represents a number here.


texts: "What it does is {VERB / to VERB / VERBing} ..."?

texts:
For these expressions

What a paper shredder does is tearing the paper/tear the paper in small pieces which can be easily disposed.
What he wants to do is to become/become a ballplayer.

Which of these two forms is correct here to become/become, tearing/tear?


texts:
I am confused which of the below sentences is correct.

I know which book Roy sent to me  belongs to Tomy.

I know the book that Roy sent to me belongs to Tomy.

I think both of these are correct.  The difference is that the first sentence contains a noun clause, the second an adjective clause.  What is the difference in meaning?


texts:
Does not many imply a very small number or just a small number?
Imagine many is around roughly 100, then what does not many equal?


texts:
He went to work.
He went to the work.

Is #2 correct as used differently from #1 (Verb vs. noun)?


texts:
Ok,let's create a scenario. Imagine you're talking to an immigration officer in a foreign country and he / she asks you "Why are you here?"
Would these three responses make sense?

I've come on business.
I've come for business.
I've come for holidays.


texts:
While the use of allegory has traditionally varied from texts which “abstract the narrative . . . into the theological or doctrinal structure that informs it” to more ironic allegories which “challenge the authority of the pretext by drawing it into history and so marking its lapse into semantic mutability” (Clarke 23), the form and content of allegory itself has transformed in response to technological developments. (source)

Can this verb be used like this?
Like "I changed this from A to B?"


texts:
They added that some consumer-sector stocks offer effective exposure not just to emerging-market economic growth, but also to the burgeoning consumer class's spending growth.

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/21/mark-mobius-this-is-how-to-play-emerging-markets-in-2017.html


texts: "I can't say as ever I was lost" quoted Daniel Boone

texts:
I saw the text below, yet I don't get what the sentence mean:

  A woodsman in the back of the crowd spoke up. "If'n he was lost and
  thou wandered by and found him, wouldn't that make thee lost too,
  Danal?" All eyes turned back to Boone.

  "I can't say as ever I was lost, John, but I was bewildered once
  for three days." The crowd had a good laugh, releasing some of the
  tension brought on by the talk about the Indians.
  (from Russell Lunsford's Benjamin Nathan Tuggle)

Would anyone please explain what Boone meant?
Is it that he had been lost before yet couldn't admit that anymore, or that he had never been literally lost? (Then what's the difference between "lost" and "bewildered"?)


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Indolent means lazy, slow or averse to activity. I was reading an article where I read this particular usage. The sentence is

Bicol Express is another classic, pork grown indolent in coconut milk and needled by chiles.

What does grown indolent mean here? My interpretation is that pork is grown slowly in coconut milk. Then another question is why the writer has used grown instead of cooked, marinated any other word?
Does grown indolent has any specific meaning?

Some other sentences mentioning the same words :

He has grown indolent because, from this perspective, imagination seems pointless; any pain that is to be suffered and any defense against that pain lie within the actual self.

Her brain had not grown indolent, whatever her outward demeanor.


texts: Bogged down in understanding the subject of the “meaning it would take …. ”

texts:
What is the subject of “As well as they ever do, meaning it would take a miracle to make historians out of them,” in the following novel? And the subject of “meaning …,” for that matter.

I also have been wondering if “As well as they ever do,” means that sixth-formers are shaping up this year as well as at any time they have ever shaped up, and if this also implies they are among the best. If so, there seems to be a contradiction between the first half and the second of the sentence. Give me some advice.

The following is taken from the mystery novel “A Fine End”
The story starts here:

  They returned to the drawing room, and when Andrew had joined them, David Sanborne said,

  “Nice choice, the Handel, I believe that’s what the Somerfield choir is doing at Christmas this year — am I right, dear?”  He glanced at his wife.

  “Our Nigel’s hanging on to his soprano part by a hair, I’m afraid. We’re all praying his voice will hold another few months.”

  “It must be frustrating for boys that age, being neither fish nor fowl,” said Winnie, her color still high. “And then just when they’ve got themselves sorted out, grown a bit of hair on their chests, they have to move up and deal with Andrew.”

  “I do what I can,” Andrew said. “Vile, back-stabbing little buggers, most of them. Your son excepted, of course.” He nodded at the Sanbornes.

  David Saborne grinned. “Sixth-formers shaping up this year, are they?”

  “As well as they ever do, meaning it would take a miracle to make historians out of them.” He gave Jack a malevolent glance. “Montfort here is an amateur historian of a sort — why don’t you tell them about your interest in the history of the Abbey?”

Here are some characters appeared here and some information.

Jack Montfort: architect, amateur historian, forty years old, single, no family,
               Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid’s brother-
               in-law
Winfred Catesby:thirty-six years old, single, priest
Andrew Catesby: Winfred’s brother, in charge of sixth-form history class,
Suzanne Sanborne:archdeacon (a priest of high rank in the Anglican Church who
        works under bishop), Winnie’s superior,
David Sanborne:Suzanne’s husband, physician,

Winfred invites four people for dinner at the vicarage.

Andrew Catesby doesn’t get well with Jack Montfort.

Winfred and Andrew become particularly close after they have lost their parents quite young.

Everything has changed since Winnie has become involved with Jack Montfort.


texts: The use of "next month" or "the next month" in context

texts:
Let's say it is January and I forgot what month is after it. Which one of the following sentences is correct?

  What is next month?

  What is the next month?


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According to wiktionary, the British pronunciation is  /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/ and American pronunciation is /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/.

Recently I watched a British show, one of the people on the show, who is from England, used the later pronunciation. Are both pronunciations used in British English.

(In case someone is curious, the show was 10 O'Clock Live, in the discussion about Edward Snowden, Jimmy Carr was consistently using the pronunciation ˈpɹaɪ.və.si and David Mitchell pronounced it as ˈpɹɪv.ə.si.)


texts: "At my end" and "On my part" and similar expressions

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I would like to know the difference in meaning between "At my end" and "On my part". On the internet, I think it's something to do with responsibility but I need more clarification about the differences in meaning. Can I use them interchangeably in most of the cases?

I would appreciate it if the answer suggested me similar expressions that almost have closer meaning to add to my vocab.


texts: Further questions with a question about inversion in a conditional clause

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It's unlikely that anyone would have considered this project had the computer costs been 10 to 100 times higher, as they would have been 15 to years earlier.

Question 1. Is there a reason or a specific situation that one should use inversion in a conditional clause? Does that sentence sound different from "It's unlikely that anyone would have considered this project if the computer costs had been 10 to 100 times higher."? Since I am a foreigner, I can't get the difference..

Question 2. In the following sentence "as they would have been 15 to years earlier.", why can't I use a simple past tense. Like "as they were 15 to years earlier." Does this sentence have different meaning or is it not just not correct in terms of grammar?


texts: Is there a better way to say "radio signals of morse code"?

texts: I am asking, because in a science-fiction setting you may need to differentiate between morse code sent telepathically and morse code sent through radio signals. Is there any way we can shorten or improve the awkward-sounding "radio signals of morse code"?


texts: How would you interpret the meaning of this proverb

texts:
There is an old proverb which is:

  When arguing with a fool, first make sure that the other person isn't doing the same.

Does it mean that, before arguing, we should see to it that what we are saying is totally correct or not? Or is it something else?


texts: "it depends on region" or "it depends on the region"?

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Tell me please why the speaker omitted an article before the word region in the following sentence.

  Just keep in mind that people use different words to mean the same thing. It depends on (the) region.

It is from this video. It is at 3 minute and 53 second.

I am confused because the word region connotes the region people live in. Or perhaps it is common to drop any article after the phrase depend on. For example, could I leave the article in the following sentence?

  Generally politicians are not bad people it depends on (the) person.


texts: Is there any specific reason why the speaker here said 'our moment of education'?

texts:
The right to know, the power to act, the will to love -- that is what I think my kids would ask of you if they were here, welcoming you to the world ahead. It is true of our moment of education; it is true of America's story.

It's a convocation speech at Harvard.
And I want to ask if there's any reason why the speaker said 'our moment of education', instead of just 'education'.
Is he emphasizing the 'current' education or is it ok to just understand that as 'education'?


texts: what's the meaning of "at its own peril"?

texts:
i don't undersand the meaning of this expression "at its own peril"
for example
the outside world neglects these conflicts at its own peril.
or
 State neglects tourism at its own peril


texts: What does 'surgery' mean in the following sentence?

texts:
A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the
  way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The
  emergency room surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is
  this possible?

  the surgeon was his dad. the surgeon was't related to
  him. the boy died. the surgeon was his mother.

Does it mean 'operation' or 'a place where surgery is performed' ?


texts: "This is considered..." vs. "This is considered as..."

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Does this "as" change the meaning or correctness of this sentence?

  This is considered as socially desired.
  This is considered socially desired.

Are both of them grammatically correct? Why or why not?


texts:
Does both kidneys work together.

  Do both kidneys work together.

Are both sentences correct?


texts: "Of the two sisters she is the best." Is the statement grammatically correct?

texts:
Of the two sisters she is the best.

Because there are only two sisters, 'better' should be used but can we, in some instance use 'best' in this sentence? Would it still be grammatically correct?

Is there a rule which specifies when we are allowed to use superlative degree while comparing two people/things?


texts:
I'm reading an English text written by a non-native speaker of English, and now I've come across the following:

This idea will be discussed again later on, if from a different point of view.

Now I'm wondering whether this use of if is correct? The intended meaning is 'albeit', and personally, I would prefer this word in place of if, but perhaps if is just as correct?
Thanks again :)


texts: present perfect continous or past perfect continuous in this case?

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Wild Zeros started in Bordeaux in late 2007 - first gig in December of that year. Just a bunch of friends (ex or current members of Magnetix, Pneumonias, Mean Things, Skeptics, Wylde Tryfles…) who wanted to play Garage Punk music together and pay a tribute to their long time favourites such as The Troggs, DMZ, Penetrators and way more. They’ve been touring all over France playing with bands such as The Zeros, Sonic Chicken 4 or Jerry Spider Gang and releasing a 7’’ and a 10’’ on Frantic City Records as well as a split 7’’ with The Baxx Sisi’s from New York on Brooklyn-based Chickpea Records before taking a long break.

  Five or so years later the same Chickpea Records is putting out an ‘Early Recordings’ tape as well as organising a release party in Brooklyn and the band is hitting the road again, still with the three original members, celebrating their 10 years with a new recording session done with none other than Trash Master Lo’Spider in Toulouse

I think it should be had not have here, because they have not toured for a long time and have not planned to do it again


texts: I hear people say this often time. Which is correct

texts: "I will visit you today, come rain come shine" or "come rain come sun shine".


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Which of these prepositions sound more natural in the following context?

  Translate to me this word to/ into English, please.

or

  Translate for me this word to/ into English, please.?


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I know that when writing a sentence in past tense we should not use present tense in the same sentence without a proper reason. But I'm not sure which tense to use in the following sentence.

Kristy cautioned us not to judge womanhood by the way it dresses or dressed.

The sentence is in the past, so it dressed makes sense to me. But at the same time, the subject was giving an advice that should always be followed. Does this make it dresses acceptable in the sentence?
Could someone please help me decide which tense to use in this scenario.


texts: Question about meaning of "fair share" and "programmes of excellence"

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They play hard, they play often, and they play to win. Australian sports teams win more than their fair share of titles, demolishing rivals with seeming ease. How do they do it? A big part of the secret is an extensive an expensive network of sporting academies underpinned by science and medicine. At the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) hundreds of youngsters and pros live and train under the eyes of coaches. Another body, Australian Sports Commission, finances programmes of excellence in a total of 96 sports for thousands of sportsmen and women. Both provide intensive coaching, training facilities and nutritional advice.

I am not sure what fair share means here, and I have my doubts whether programmes of excellence simply means excellent programs.


texts: "This is a beautiful pants" or "This are beautiful pants"?

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How should I refer to things that are necessarily to be in pair but they are as one, such as pants, trousers, tweezers, scissors, glasses? Should I refer them as singular or as plural in the sentences as follow:

  "This is a beautiful pants"

  "This are beautiful pants"?

  This is the best tweezers that you can have.

  These are the best tweezers that you can have.

  It is a nice glasses.

  They are nice glasses.


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The sentence is:

None but the brave _________ the fair.

Where the blank is to filled with deserve or deserves. My understanding is that it should be filled with deserve since the sentence here refers to more than one person i.e. many brave people and not just one, so it's it in the plural form, and hence, we should use deserve.
But I am confused as more than half of the children in my class are using deserves.

Also, I checked the internet and found this article using deserves but the free dictionary using deserve.

Can someone please clarify my doubts on this one.

Thanks a lot.


texts: Combine vs join vs unite vs link differences in meaning

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Explain, please, in detail exact differences in meaning between:

1 to combine
2. to join
3. to unite
4. to link


texts: Difference between "product" and "article"

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Can someone explain to me is there a difference between "product" and "article" terms?

EDIT: For example: When the T-Shirt is "product" and when "article" ?


texts: I want to express my appreciation to someone who helped me, Can I say: I feel grateful to this person for his help on the project? (I don't want to use thank)


texts: Word order with multiple relative clauses

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I was about to ask a question in this site and I am confused how to ask that question. I wrote a part of that question that made me confused on how to ask.

  This is a sentence which is a short version of a long one (1- that I re-wrote) (2-with no difference in the sentence structure) that I'm confused with.

Where should number "1" and "2" be in this sentence? Are they ok?


texts: Is it ok to say that  "I am happy for a volunteer position as well".


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Is it a right sentence
  "They would have found it recently"

This sentence   "They would have found it recently"  can be used to explain in such scenarios were information provided  is quite contradict or advanced than mine

So in order to justify myself,I could use this sentence...


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What's the phrase or word used to say that you bought a dog from a pet store and started raising it?
I am thinking that "adopt" would be the word, but I am wondering if there are phrases or words that are more commonly used to describe it.

The family adopted a new dog from a store.
The family adopted an old dog from a dog shelter.


texts: Why do we use "what" or "how" after "we talked about"? Trying to explain to an English learner

texts: I can't seem to find an answer to this question anywhere, and I'm trying to explain it to one of my adult ESL students. I understand the rules of reported speech, but what about saying "I/we talked about..."? I realized, when I said some example sentences to her, that we often use words such as "what" or "how" after this phrase, as in "We talked about how important it was to wash our hands" or "I talked about what I was going to do on the weekend." I'm especially confused about how to explain the use of "how." Can anyone help me? Thank you very much!


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I'd like to know which part of the sentence is modified by the "to infinitive" enclosed in parentheses?

  Facebook's free Wi-Fi plan includes not only drones, but also low earth orbit satellites and even laser beams (to boost Internet connections in remote areas).


texts: What are the differences between the usage of 'it' and 'they'?

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I need to understand the following with respect to correct grammar not everyday usage:
1. The number to the antecedent that both pronouns can refer to (Singular/Plural)
2. Can the pronouns refer to living and non-living creatures both?
3. Any other rules that distinguish the two.


texts: sentence structure; "how I was surprised" vs "how surprised I was"

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What is more rightful/ natural sentence structure:

  I could not even describe how I was surprised when I found these
  books.

vs

  I could not even describe how surprised I was when I found these
  books.

Thanks


texts: From the third week ( when does it actually begin)

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This describes a certain natural process that takes 15 weeks

It describes what a certain component looks like at some point in time during a naturallly occurring process

What I don't get is if it means it appears this way starting in the third week or after ?

Here's the full sentence

"The malleus first appears as a cartilage model from the third week"

Thanks again for you support guys


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I would like to know what is the meaning of the word "careening" in the following context:

  And yet the great debates of history are important because at least
  the first generation of these gods would be shaped by the cultural
  ideas of their human designers . Would they be created in the image of
  capitalism , of Islam, or of feminism? The answer to this question
  might send them "careening" in entirely different directions.