texts: what does ''one of" mean in this context

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Hunt and Lipo’s vision, therefore, is one of an island populated by peaceful and ingenious moai builders and careful stewards of the land, rather than by reckless destroyers ruining their own environment and society.
  I thought it is used before a plural noun.

  ( Source: http://mini-ielts.com/394/view-solution/reading/what-destroyed-the-civilisation-of-easter-island )


texts:
If you are a male, with 95% certainty,

  Your Maximum Natural Height in cm (inches) =
  (F + M + FF + FM + MF + MM) / 6 * 1.08 + 8.8 cm (3.5 inches)

  If you are a male, with 99% certainty,

  Your Maximum Natural Height in cm (inches) =
  (F + M + FF + FM + MF + MM) / 6 * 1.08 + 14 cm (5.5 inches)

What does "certainty" mean in this context?


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I want to use 'this' at the start of my sentence. I mean the word this is in single quotation marks, but I'm not sure about the starting letter! Should I write 'This' or 'this'?

'This' is used to introduce people.
'this' is used to introduce people.

Should I go with 1 or 2?


texts: Is "I have been to Italy two years ago for 2 months" correct?

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When someone asked me "Do you like to go on another/foreign country trip?" or "Have you experienced to go another country?"

Can I answer using one of these:

"Yes, I do. I have been to Rome in Italy two years ago for 2 months."
"Yes, I do. I have been to Rome in Italy for 2 months two years ago."
(I came back my home country.)

I heard the fact from someone "that have been is not used with specific time or period." If it is incorrect, what should I answer and reply it?


texts: Meaning of "cross" in "While the cross has corrected slightly this week, we expect the uptrend to continue and recommend a buy-on-dips strategy"

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From an article titled "Euro to US Dollar Exchange Rate Will Go Higher, Analysts Say, Buy On Dips":

  “While the cross has corrected slightly this week, we expect the uptrend to continue and recommend a buy-on-dips strategy,” says Henneberg.

What is the meaning of cross here?


texts: "load 40 mcg" vs. "40 mcg load" - are they synonymous?

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Vertical electrophoresis under reducing conditions (40 μg load)
Vertical electrophoresis under reducing conditions (load 40 μg)

These are two variants of a legend under an electropherogram. The bolded phrase indicates that 40 micrograms of the product were loaded into a well in the electrophoretic gel.

Are these two usages acceptable, or is one better than the other? I used load 40 μg but a fellow translator said she would prefer option 1.


texts: Whoever objects to me going to the Convention ought to state his position promptly

texts:
A.Whoever objects to me
B.Whomever objects to me
C.Whomever objects to my
D.Whoever objects to my

What will be the right answer and why??


texts: What do "resonate with" mean in this sentence?

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Modi’s defence of demonetisation in Parliament fails to resonate with Opposition.

See the link
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-defence-of-demonetisation-in-parliament-fails-to-resonate-with-opposition/story-Y1V0VKpVC74DOQRviLx7IO.html

What do the words "resonate with" mean in this sentence? Do they mean "satisfy"?


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A lot of times, native speakers use proper nouns like movie names, fictional characters as the verb while speaking. I have heard these statements in a lot of movies and youtube videos.

I will give an example here but I dont have a very clear understanding of how that works so it may be wrong but I think you will get an idea of what I'm asking here.

  So let's study chemistry and Walter White(Breaking Bad reference) our way out of this exam.
  Some students are PRISON BREAKING our campus. They are trying to leave without attending the classes.
  Let's JOHN WICK our way out of this. (Referring to a violent situation)
  That was a classic Jon Snow move.

These are hypothetical statements.I just want to understand the correct usage and what mistakes I'm doing here. And how would a native speaker construct such sentences.

If you have any of your any examples of your own along the lines of something like this, please let me know.


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Suppose I wrote the following:

  She did well in the test but Tom didn't.

Why there is no comma before "but" whereas we put it in the following example:

  I saw him before war, but I haven't seen him since that time.


texts: "run the opposite direction" or "run in the opposite direction"?

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Tell me please which one of the following srntences is correct.

  The player grabbed the ball and ran the opposite direction.

  The player grabbed the ball and ran in the opposite direction.

I have heard a native say a similar thing without the preposition. Was it is a mistake?


texts:
Dave and his team protesting against war on Vietnam:

Dave: If the police try to arrest me, I'll do what I always do and
what I taught you to do, which is what?
Man: Very calmly and very politely…Fuck the motherfukers up! They
leave us alone and  everything's cool. They tangle, disrupt,
intimidate, play fast and loose with the First Amendment, start
breaking heads, then we will not be on our way.

What does "not be on our way" mean?
Source: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)


texts: What is the name for different variation of a word?

texts: What it would be called if we have words like "history", "histories", "historic", etc? I mean, for example we have words that are synonyms, homonyms, etc, but how about words that can be stemmed to a root word? What should we call such group of words?


texts: 'set in' 'coming out of' 'got out' 'those' cause difficulties in context

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PLease, explain meanings of all indicated words and phrases?

set in one year coming out of winter into spring - I can not understand the meaning both indicated words and the whole phrase.
got out his cleats
Do Those mean they in the preceding sentences?

Mom calls the doctor:

  "It really set in one year coming out of winter into spring when he
  got out his cleats for spring baseball and he put them on, and they
  fit. And they never should have fit. Those were from the spring
  prior."

Healthy Children Not Growing Properly May Lack This
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/healthy-children-not-growing-properly-may-lack-this/4729295.html


texts: What does "that of" stand for in a comparative sentence?

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What is the difference between

  My skill is better than that of Tony's.

and

  My skill is better than Tony's.

When to omit or add this "that of"?


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In Harry Potter:

  “But why don’t you leave? Escape?”

  “A house-elf must be set free, sir. And the family will never set
  Dobby free . . . Dobby will serve the family until he dies, sir. . . .”

Why does he say "he dies" but not "they die" since I think "the family", which is the Malfoy family, is plural?


texts: What does it mean by “I’m happier than in a long time”?

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What does it mean by “I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time”?
Does it mean I’m “happier” than ever(like the happiest in my life) or “as happy as” before?


texts: "Vietnamese girls like white skin" or "Vietnamese girls like white skins"?

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Ok, see

  Vietnamese girls like white skin

and

  Vietnamese girls like white skins.

Which one is accurate?

Searching for "they like white skin" returns 14000 results while "they like white skins" returns only 1 result.

It seems that below is correct.

  Vietnamese girls like white skin

But can we say

  Vietnamese girls like white skins?


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I waited for him about 1 hour.

I told him:

  "I am waiting for you so long."

  "I am waiting for you for a long time."

Do they sound grammatically correct?


texts:
Example with a context:

  Mr. Yashin told the BBC that Mr. Nemtsov had not been a prominent critic of radical Islam and had concentrated his attacks on President Putin and his government.

My understanding is that if he was speaking to the BBC at the present moment, the sentence would sound as follows:

  Mr. Yashin tells the BBC that Mr. Nemtsov has not been a prominent critic of radical Islam and has concentrated his attacks on President Putin and his government.

But since we shift the whole shebang to the past, the verb tense sequence must shift accordingly. Am I correct with this? That's my first question.

On the other hand, if I changed the verbs to simple past tenses, do you think the sentence would still sound equally fine? That's my second question.

  Mr. Yashin told the BBC that Mr. Nemtsov was not a prominent critic of radical Islam and mostly concentrated his attacks on President Putin and his government.


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There is a question in which I have to identify the type of adverb. Question sentence is

  The railway station is far off.

What my analysis of the question is

Here off is an adverb which means away from a particular place and far is also an adverb which indicates the amount/degree so far must be an adverb of degree/quantity, but the answer given in my book is adverb of place

Please help me clear my doubt


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Consider (Source, See: Sample Sentences):

  He was never reticent to lampoon the egotist in order to bring him down with alacrity.

Some time ago, I heard from Charles Harrington Elster that we should avoid using reticent when we want to imply reluctant.

I know that to lampoon means some kind of reprimand, rebuke or, in general, criticize.
As far as I know, criticism is an act that usually is done with speaks and talks. On the other hand, since when you criticize someone or something you do do something. Shouldn't it be:

  He was never reluctant to lampoon the egotist in order to bring him down with alacrity.

Note: Currently, I am concentrated completely on the formal English.


texts: Why is this structure described using the word "jacket"?

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From an answer on Engineering SE:

  It's very likely they are jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines. The excellent 4C Offshore has a database of such vessels used on offshore wind farms. It also has a list of all offshore windfarms under construction by country, and tells you which vessels are working on it, so given that you know where the photo was taken, you may able to work out which farm it's supplying.

But why is such a foundation a "jacket" foundation? I looked up the meanings of "jacket" in Merriam-Webster, and none seems to fit. I know that usually the word is used in industrial texts to describe some kind of cover. Example: "jacketed vessel." But in this case, it's just a frame supporting the wind turbine.

A picture containing a "jacket":


texts: Why is there a subject - verb inversion here? "Also under discussion...were the causes..."

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From the Order of Malta's website (https://www.orderofmalta.int/press-release/migrants-refugees-rome-meeting-order-of-malta-european-project-managers/):

  "Also under discussion over the two days were the causes and consequences of the mass movement of people, destined to increase with the population growth in the southern hemisphere, the continuation of wars and climate changes."
  "Completing the European picture of a shared commitment were Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary"

I don't understand the reason for the inversions in "were the causes and consequences" and "were Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary", since I don't see any negative adverb, nor conditional, nor a question of any kind.

What am I missing?


texts: What is the meaning of "decade" in the following context?

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I came across a "pharmacology book for practical classes for foreign students". In this book on the first pages (page 3), there is a place where the students should fill their name, course, group, decade, faculty (medicine / dentistry / pharmacology) and teacher's name and finally academic year (2017/2018).
look at the picture below. It is marked by red arrow.

Now, I am not sure about the meaning of the word "decade" in this context, therefore I've consult a Cambridge dictionary which gives one meaning for the word "decade":

  "Decade: a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019"

Does it says that the students should write there "2010-2019"? (it seems to me weird because I didn't see it in such context in the past, also I don't understand what it's needed for.)
.


texts: Should I write "considered" or "considered as" in the following example?

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Example:

  He was very plain. He could be considered (as) the standard of the average.

Do I need the "as" in the following sentence? Why or why not?


texts: what does "the sense in which" means in this context?

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Can someone please explain the highlighted sentence in image to me? What does the sen in which means? If we reformulate the sentence it becomes parties are as attentive ... in this sense.
I explored the meanings of sense but I can not decide if it is: way, aspect, ability of what?.
Can someone write highlighted sentence more explicit?


texts: "The first lesson" vs "The first lessons"

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How to correct?

I would like to say:

  It's the first English lessons.

But my teacher says it should be:

  It's the first English lesson.


texts: Is the sentence, "I'd have owed you were you not my friend." correct?

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Imagine you're talking to your best friend and she's done something for you and you want to make a casual, light-hearted remark about it...
You owe your friend a favour but since she's your best friend this quid pro quo system is out of equation. So you decide to say that if she wasn't your best friend you'd have owed her. What is the best way to say this?
Is "owed" the word to use here?
Can one say, "were you not my friend I'd have owed you one"?


texts: "Don't be such a Phoebe." (The Simpsons)

texts:
A conversation between two young schoolgirls. From The Simpson's 10th season.

  – Is that perfume?

  – Oh! Don't be such a Phoebe.

What does it mean to be a Phoebe? Does Phoebe refer to a bird or the character from Friends?


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How do you form -able words? Which root do you have to attach the suffix to in order to make the new word?

For example, is the word 'restrictionable' correct?

restriction + -able ⇒ 'that may or should be restricted'?


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I had an English exam and there was a question that says to correct the sentence:

  They will have a meeting about concordance and patience reassurance.

I corrected "patience" to "patients". Is it correct?


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Fraud, forgery, a financial planning scam at Australia's biggest bank that cost customers millions and a timid corporate watchdog that failed to act: These are some of the charges a powerful Senate committee has levelled against the Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) that have led it to call for a royal commission into the scandal. (Aussie ABC)

If it said "planned scam" instead of "planning scam", I wouldn’t have asked this question, because a scam could be planned. I’m wondering how scam can be an agent. Does the phrase make sense in a way I'm not thinking of?


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What is a derogatory adjective in singular form, to address to someone from the countryside, a single person, as opposite to the idiom "unwashed-masses" that would require a more elaborate construction, e.g. "You are part of the unwashed-masses" or similarly.

Surely I do not need it to offend a real person, I assure you! It is a character in a short story, and the one who is meant to use this line is the bad guy, thereby I do not consider people from countryside "unwashed". I grew up in the countryside myself. :))

Could I use simply "unwashed" with the same meaning/effect? e.g. "You unwashed... something..."

I did search Thesaurus and other dictionaries, only that they don't tell me much in particular.

Thanks.


texts: What is a noun for "a person holding the first rank” (in school)?

texts:
Ranked by total GPA, The [ noun here] of our school is Jack.

Does "forerunner" or "first-ranker" work?


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This question was originally two questions, and has now been split. The other part of the question can be found here

It is a thing that is attached to a desk and onto which we can place our feet. Can I call this a "footrest"?
Is it correct if I say "You can place your feet on the footrest"?


texts: "Would have liked to take" versus "Would have liked to have taken"

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I'm reading Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and I need something clarified.

When they were married, Pitt would have liked to take a hymeneal tour with his bride, as became people of their condition.

I want to know what the difference in meaning is between the original sentence and this one: "When they were married, Pitt would have liked to have taken a hymeneal...


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I heard an old song by Scooter where he sings "How much is the fish?", realizing that it sounds so irrelevant and stupid that it might be something idiomatic with it.

Turns out it's an expression implying that the previous statement is hitting off-bounds from the current topic. Great - I learned something new.

Then, I got nerdy and wanted to learn where that expression originates from, as I was hoping for an interesting story behind it. However, I got jack when I googled it.

Anybody knows about the etymology of the expression and what it's referring?


texts: What's the difference between the simple past tense and the present perfect?

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The simple past tense indicates that an activity or situation began
  and ended at a particular time in the past.

  The present perfect expresses the idea that something happened (or
  never happened) before now, at an unspecified time in the past.The
  exact time it happened is not important. It also expresses the
  repetition of an activity before now. The exact time of each
  repetition is not important.

Even though I understand the explanation above, I can't figure out: If the present perfect states the idea that something happened in the past, why not use the simple past?

For example, would you please explain the following sentence to tell the difference between these two tenses?

  The plane crashed there.
  The plane has crashed there.

What is the biggest difference between them?


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"They set out with an innocent, excited anticipation of the journey to come, but the five men quickly encounter reality in the form of blizzards, lighting, thirst, starvation and snakes" (An example sentence from a Chinese grammar book)

I find another source (The Guardian) that may be more credible:

But my diary is quite good on nature notes: the first time I saw a fox in the garden in 1986, the first time I saw a fox in the street, the first time I saw fox cubs in the garden, all recorded in excited detail.

Why is "excited" used to describe "anticipation"? I think "excited" or structures like that can only depict people. Shouldn't it be "exciting" in order to describe a thing, in this case, anticipation?
Or is metaphor used here to compare anticipation to humans? but it doesn't seem to make sense to me.


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I am not sure if there is any difference of meaning between

Our whole life is a struggle of return to ourselves.

and

Our whole life is a struggle to return to ourselves.

Are they both correct? Could you explain why any of them is incorrect? Is "return" a noun in the first sentence and a verb in the second?


texts: unsure if that's Vs. unsure whether that's

texts:
should it be 1. Our AI is unsure if that's your real name.

Or 2. Our AI is unsure whether that's your real name?


texts:
According to Murphy's English Grammar in Use you can use "have to" in all forms, and he offers an example in the past simple and another one in the present perfect tense. Hence, I was wondering if had to followed by a perfect infinitive would be feasible.

In Spanish, there are two constructions very similar in meaning:

-Si querías aprobar el examen, deberías haber estudiado más ("If you wanted to pass the exam, you should have studied harder.)

-Si querías aprobar el examen tenías que haber estudiado más.("If you wanted to pass the exam, you had to have studied harder.) However, this one sounds odd to me, and wanted confirmation.

Given the tendency the English language has to simplify (He apologised for being rude is far more common than He apologised for having been rude) I thought that perhaps "If you wanted to pass the exam, you had to study harder." might also be consired as correct.

Thank you


texts: Is the usage “to not be swayed” in the following sentence proper?

texts: Is the use of “to not be swayed” in the sentence "The Court therefore did well to not be swayed by the groundswell of support..."  right ?  (Please see the sentence as the fourth one in the editorial.)


texts: How to parse and understand the sentence in bold?

texts:
It's only 4 hours flying time from Sydney, but a world
  away.What better place to rest than a country where the only
  place people hurry is on the football field and things are done in
  "Fiji time"?


texts:
I have a question about the verb "harness".  According to definitions of many dictionaries, including definition 2 for the verb "harness" in this dictionary, "harness" should be used according to pattern "harness something to do something".  But, then I saw this in some book:

  He had an intuitive feel for the tribal and ethnic dynamics, but instead of exploiting them to tear the nation apart, he harnessed them to the task of forging it.

, which does not use the pattern "harness something to do something"  . So, is the example in the book wrong?


texts: What kind of structure is: "... that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast."?

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I can't see where "that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast" is connected in the sentence below.

  However, it is precisely because, in an everyday sense, the Internet is seen as a tool, or as a vessel/conduit ‘highway’ (see the discussion below of Meyrowitz’s three metaphors of media), rather than an environment, that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast. An appreciation of how the Internet might be a medium-as-environment is less common in an everyday sense.

Source: Communication Theory; Media, Technology and Society belonging to David Holmes


texts: Help with converting active to passive (or vice versa)

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Active: I want him to write the letter.
Passive: I want the letter to be written/written by him(?).

Can I use 'by him'? My grammar books didn't use it.

Passive - The poor girls are married at a young age.
Active - The poor girls' parents marry them off at a young age.

Is the active voice correct? And in the passive voice, shouldn't there be an 'off'? My book left it out.


texts: Difference between might have not and mightn’t have

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Is there any difference between:
might have not received
and
mightn’t have received ?
During a contest I got "0" points for using the first one instead of the second one.


texts: wishing something at a moment in the past

texts:
Someone wrote:

  Over the last days , I’ve read a couple of my friends’ entries on the web about how tremendously picturesque places look in snowy winter, and I wish it snowed and got colder in Warsaw too.

I refined it to:

  Over the past few days, I’ve read a couple of entries from my friends about how picturesque places look in a snowy winter, and I wished it would snow and get colder in Warsaw too.

For the last part, I thought to mention a wish in a moment in the past, he should use "wished" plus "would", is it right?


texts: why don't we use present perfect simple to explain that the action is still in progress

texts: When we say   " he has written many books" it does mean that he began in the past writing books and goes up to now , but it does not say that he will write another book or if he is not dead he will obviously write another book So why don't we say"  he has been writing some books" (which indicates clearly that the action is not complete and still in progress)


texts: What does "much less forgiving reactions" mean?

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I met the following sentence in a dictionary.

In this respect, the outcomes of these cases may be contrasted with the much less forgiving reactions of juries in livestock theft prosecutions.

I'm a little confused by much less forgiving reactions. Does the author mean the reactions are forgiving or not forgiving? As I understand, less gives a negative sense, so less forgiving probably means not forgiving? But I doubt if I'm right. Hope someone could clarify a bit. Thanks in advance.


texts: How do we tell countable vs uncountable noun from OED?

texts: I am referring to the online OED, how can I tell whether a noun is countable or uncountable from the page? Thanks.


texts:
I saw the following in a Facebook post, but I don't know what it means:

Make parents of how much I earn.

Make parents of how happy I am.

Is something missing?


texts:
I have a scenario wherein I need to tell my friend that my nose is blocked. I am bit skeptical about the usage of above sentence. Could someone tell me in the above context, of the below two sentence which is more accurate and recommended.

My nose is blocked.
My nose has blocked.


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English is not my main language, but I'm pretty sure I have a rock solid foundation since I learned it in high school.

If I recall and memory serves, one cannot use past tense verbs twice in the same sentence, for example:

  Why didn't you came last night?

This is completely wrong (I do not remember why, I just know it is) and it should be changed to this:

  Why didn't you come last night?

That would make it valid.

I have this other sentence:

  "well you did this to me, and that's why I did that."

Does the same "rule" apply to the above sentence?


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I heard it a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure whether it's correct to say, or not.
For instance, if I wanted to explain something similar like 'so-so'?

Can I reply 'more less' for the following question?
"Did you prepare for your exam?"
 - More less.
 (and assume, that I would like to say 'so-so'. )


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The following line is taken from Sin City 2005,

  Bad guy: John Hartigan, Mr. "Law and Order", Mr. "By-The-Book", Mr.
  High and Mighty.
  I got to give you credit. Being such a straight arrow
  for so damn many years without it catching up with you. It's catching up with you now, friend of mine. It's catching up with you but
  good.

Is but here an adverb, meaning 'only'? And is good here also an adverb, meaning 'well'?

I think straight arrow is a metaphor. What does it stand for?


texts: The usage of prepositions “about, with, at” after the adjectives expressing irritation, touchiness

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Are there any firm rules of how to pick out the right preposition to use after the adjectives expressing irritation, touchiness, annoyance (fractious, nettlesome, peevish, petulant, testy, tetchy, irritable, cross, grumpy, huffy, touchy, feisty)?

For example: huffy (grumpy, peevish) about somebody/something but irascible (irritable, cross) with... and mad at/with...


texts: Which word is more proper to be filled in the blank in this sentence，"it" or "he"?

texts:
The questioned sentence is:

  In order to find out who _______ might be, they agreed to hang their straw hats up before the door, and he whose hat was blown away was to yield himself up to his fate.

The exact word in the original article is "it", but I am not sure if "he" can also be used.

Which word is more proper to be filled in the blank，"it" or "he"?

Are they both OK here?

Why?


texts: "with" preposition at the beginning or at the end of a sentence

texts:
Which is correct:

  This is the most beautiful programming language with that I ever worked!

or,

  This is the most beautiful programming language that I ever worked with!


texts: Can we begin a sentence with a 'number'?

texts:
3 more votes from other users are needed to close this question.

This is the message I got hovering the mouse over close voting tab.

I wonder can we begin any sentence with a numeric value? Is it good practice?


texts: Why we use a singular name "part" instead of "parts" in sentences like what I've mentioned?

texts:
I found this sentence as a sample for the word "indispensable" in the Longman dictionary:

  "Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives."

(we say: ...phones have become an indispensable part ... lives)

Indeed I've always struggled deciding where to use a/an and singular nouns in sentences like this; now I'm sure that "an" is true, I, however, need someone to explain me according to which grammatical structure this sentence is correct.


texts: GMS is an open source technologies based platform. (Is it correct)

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Got confused about this line.

GMS is an open source technologies based platform.

Is this sentence is correct?

  Friend A (Arguing): GMS is an, open source technologies based
     platform.(is right so no prob with sentence)

  Friend B (Arguing): GMS is ,an open source technologies based
  platform.(is wrong so sentence is wrong.)

Who is right?

Please help me. Thanks in advance.


texts: What's the meaning of the expressions "take no issue with" and "starting beef over"?

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However, when it comes to making a complaint in a restaurant, our national propensity for politeness seems to short circuit. A recent study found that 49% of Brits feel uncomfortable sending food back, and from our own (unofficial) findings, it seems that those who take no issue with starting beef over an undercooked steak don’t always go about it in the best way.

I'm assuming they are two independent expressions and could be used separately in other texts but I'm not sure about it.


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I have already asked this question from some teachers and student, some say these are present simples but in present simple we use "do/does" and etc. I want to know which type of sentences these are.

  what is your name.

  who are you.


texts: Relationship between aspects and a particular usage of "away"

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The 6th entry for away in MacMillan:

  [usually progressive] used for showing that someone does something
  continuously or for a long time

    Molly was at her desk working away as usual.

    The children were all chattering away happily.

I think this definition is a restricted usage of away, and it has to collocate with a dynamic verb.

However, not all dynamic verbs can work in this way:

  laugh away /
  jump away
  /
  hit away
  /
  dance away
  /
  ponder away
  /
  wave away
  /
  make away
  /
  push away
  /
  submit away
  /
  integrate away
  /
  explain away / warn away / protect away / help away / shoot away

I think verbs with the atelic aspect can always work with this definition of away, is it true? What about other aspects?


texts:
“Sir,” said Harry, reminding himself irresistibly of Voldemort, “I
  wanted to ask you something.”

  “Ask away, then, my dear boy, ask away. . . .”

In this sentence, I don't know what does 'away' mean?

I understand what 'away' means in these sentences:

  Go away.
  Jason was away on a business trip.

But when we use 'ask away'... What nuance of meaning of the word  'away' is here?

Is it possible to omit 'away'?  Would it still be the same meaning?


texts:
Is it correct to say "in wild" instead of "in the wild" (= in natural conditions)?

I've updated my initial question: is it possible to use "in wild" in titles, as in this article?


texts:
The analog environments of Industrial era economies
  were linear. Small efforts provided small returns,
  large efforts provided large returns, and successful
  products and strategies often realized a sustained
  competitive advantage over years or even decades.
  Driving efficiencies helped add incremental success
  and scale into already successful models, and the
  bell curve portrayed average, above average, and
  below average performers. But the world operating
  by those guidelines is fading away.

What does scale into mean in this context?


texts:
He disagrees death penalty "arguing" that it does not deter crime.

I don't know if "arguing" is present participle of penalty or if it from omitting disagree (by) arguing that.


texts: Online discussion section or online discussion session?

texts: In an online course, there are sessions every, e.g., two weeks in which the teacher and the students hold an online Q&A meeting. It seems that both "online discussion section" and "online discussion session" are used to refer to such a session, but I myself think that session is more correct and section may be a common mistake. Am I right?


texts: Replace Sentence with phrase or particular word?

texts:
I have following sentence,

"This morning the sun was shining"

What can possible replacement.

I tried

In a fine morning

In clear morning

but both of these doesn't look suitable.

Any suggestion

Thanks


texts:
I've just wanted to make a sentence then my sentence is like that

  I am an athletic person, which means probably I won't need crutches TO BE HELPED for walking in the future.

I feel like this sentence is a bit odd because of to be helped. Is this sentence correct or should I make some corrections, if so what should i write instead of TO BE HELPED .
Thanks for responses.


texts: Is "improve/enhance formats" proper English?

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As we know, when we edit posts in stack exchange, we need to fill Edit Summary area:

I didn't realize improve formats may not be proper English until searching google improve formats and enhance formats, then finding few results appear.

To find out the right expression, I looked for others' Edit Summary area. Finally, from https://stackoverflow.com/posts/15357935/revisions I found fix formats is valid.

Is improve/enhance formats proper English? (Ok, the answer is virtually no)
If not, why cannot improve/enhance be used on format.
What other kinds of terms cannot use improve/enhace to describe?


texts: "Of the mutinous forces that lie so thinly screened behind life.." - what does "screen" mean here?

texts:
In a story by A. Blackwood, I am unable to find out the correct meaning of "screen" in the following sentence:

Of the mutinous forces that lie so thinly screened behind life,
dropping from time to time their faint, wireless messages upon the
soul, Field-Martin hardly discerned the existence.

In addition, how "upon the soul" can be understood? Messages that are left for the souls, or messages that are, as it were, left "on" the souls (as if written inside them)?
I would assume, from the rest of the sentence, that it could mean something like "thinly explored?"


texts: "no registration needed" or "no registration required"?

texts:
Which of the following, should I write?

  no registration needed
  no registration required

I am trying to promote some web game to the people who see my ad (that they don't need to register before trying it out).


texts:
What’s the difference between the sentences given below?

  He is a God-worshipping.

  He is a God worshipper.

To my knowledge the first one (God-worshipping) is a compound adjective, but I can’t distinguish.


texts:
Which of the following sentences is correct?

  What medicine should I take for neck pain?
  Which medicine should I take for neck pain?


texts: Can I put a comma after "may I ask" in a sentence?

texts:
Can I put a comma after "may I ask" in a question ?
For example:
May I ask, do you help people with applications ?


texts:
A grandmother is going to a store and making a list of what to buy. She's discussing the list with her friend.

Candy. I'll buy messy candy. That's what my grandchildren would like. Messy candy. If you'd had grandchildren, Mellie, they'd have been children who never ate between meals, who were sickly.

Now, basically, dictionaries indicate that "messy" is somethning dirty or causing a mess. But the last sentense makes me think that "messy" could mean some sort of food which makes children not "sickly", but roly-poly or something.


texts: what is the correct expression of the two below?

texts: Is is right to say "I have a pen" or  "I am having a pen" ?  I keep hearing people using the latter.


texts: Why is "the xxx authorities" in plural form?

texts:
E.g. The American/Russian/Chinese authorities. I think the subject should be one unit, unless the country was split.

Or should I compare this expression to "the committee", to which some elements agree with in plural form, since "committee" has a plural meaning semantically?


texts: What is the pronoun to refer back to 'humans'

texts:
Consider:

Although humans have highly developed brains, most animals have more
acute senses than them.

A test book says that "than them" is incorrect, but I can't understand why it's incorect and what is the correct way to say it


texts: Wondering what "get by" means in this context

texts:
He tries to get by with the least amount of work possible.

Could you tell me what this sentence means?


texts:
The books available for borrowing in this library do not interest us.

Is the sentence above a reduced relative clause?

Can "which were" be understood to be between books and available?


texts: what does "look hard" and "a suit of armour" mean in this sentence?

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I am so confusing why one has to "look very hard to see" here. why to see "a suit of amor" in them? and why "any" of them?

my own guess is "one has to be careful with these guys" ??

here is the sentence:

Nathan was staring at the cans of lager. I had to admit that you’d have had to look quite hard to see a suit of armour in any of them.

here is the context:

'I' found some ex-soilders to help us to lift a  wheelchair stuck in mud. They are the only men 'I' could get although they are drunk with beer. Nathan is my company, waiting for 'me' to get some help.


texts:
I came across a sentence in a product description:

  We recommend it is configured according to the Standard.

I would have written the sentence as

  We recommend configuring it according to the Standard.

Which version is right/better/wrong? Why?


texts:
I am reading one of P.G. Wodehouse's cricket stories and I came across  these words.

  Sharples, our fast bowler, will insist on sitting up to weird hours on the night before an important match, smoking strong tobacco and drinking whisky and soda; with the natural result that his pace on the next day lasts for a couple of overs, and then fizzles out, and he continues with slow medium.

Why "weird hours"? When are they? I think after midnight or is it the dawn? I couldn't find such an idiom,so it might be a metaphor.


texts:
If anyone looked out of their window now, even beady-eyed Mrs.
  Dursley, they wouldn’t be able to see anything that was happening down
  on the pavement. Dumbledore slipped the Put-Outer back inside his
  cloak and set off down the street toward number four, where he sat
  down on the wall next to the cat. He didn’t look at it, but after a
  moment he spoke to it.   “Fancy seeing you here,
  Professor McGonagall.”   He turned to smile at the
  tabby, but it had gone. Instead he was smiling at a rather
  severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape
  of the markings the cat had had around its eyes. She, too, was wearing
  a cloak, an emerald one. Her black hair was drawn into a tight bun.
  She looked distinctly ruffled.  (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
  Stone)

What does the word ‘fancy’ mean, used when meeting someone you know on a place you’ve not expected? I don’t find any right meaning in OALD or Merriam-Webster’s.


texts: How do I ask a question about ancient thing or people?

texts:
Do a slave get flogging when he be found cheating?

or

  Would a slave get flogging when he be found cheating?

Normally, slave is an ancient thing. But, there could be slave in the future.

So, I am confused about the tense.


texts:
I was taught that we should always put ourselves last to make our sayings more polite.

For example,

"You & I should discuss this problem" ("you" first & "I" last makes it more polite)

"This is for you & me" ("you" first & "me" last makes it more polite)

However, when watching an American movie, I heard a lady said to a man "This is for me & you" (they were fighting at that moment)

So,

Do people say "I & you" or "me & you" when they hate each other?


texts:
Which questions is correct:

"Where am I and my sister?"

or
"Where are I and my sister?"


texts:
In The Netherlands it is possible that you get paid extra (above your hourly wage) if you have 'irregular' working hours, e.g. you work at uncommon times, like Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays etc.

This is called onregelmatigheidstoeslag, which Google translates as irregularity allowance. Its official abbreviation is ORT.

Is irregularity allowance the correct English translation*, and what would its abbreviation be?
(If there's any difference, we prefer American English in our software translations).

* I do find that term online, but it's on Dutch sites, so I don't consider that decisive.


texts: The use of the phrasal verb "step up" in context

texts:
Tell me please if I used step up correctly in the following sentence.

  Step up closer to the car and try to budge it.

What I am trying to say by the phrasal verb is come up closer. If the way I used it is correct, then could just I say step up without mentioning the object.


texts: Which is correct: "building 1 and 2" or "buildings 1 and 2"?

texts:
Suppose there are two buildings, numbered 1 and 2. Which of the following is correct?

Residents in building 1 and 2 ...
Residents in buildings 1 and 2 ...

And how about

Building 1 and 2 are ...
Buildings 1 and 2 are ...


texts: Is it natural and correct to say "correct something to something"?

texts:
Could you tell if it is natural and correct to say correct something to something? For example:

In your last sentence I corrected the word "left" to "laughed" because it makes more sense.

If it's not natural, what would you say?


texts:
There is a phrase in Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad which seems to me an idiom, but I can't find it is. Here is an excerpt from the story with the phrase in question in bold:

Lingard, a rich merchant, has just asked the main character to marry his daughter, and he is evaluating the prospects of seizing the fortune of Lingard through this marriage.

  The consideration, the indolent ease of life - for which he felt himself so well fitted - his ships, his warehouses, his merchandise (old Lingard would not live for ever), and, crowning all, in the far future gleamed above char, where, made king amongst men by old Lingard's money, he would pass the evening of his days in inexpressible splendour.

I think it is clear that 'gleamed above char' is expressing that what follows next in the paragraph is the most precious thing to him about that future, just as the contrast of a flash of bright light over charcoal.

Is this an idiom or did Conrad just make it up?


texts: When you are looking for someone or something far away while it has been just beside you

texts:
Please imagine you're  looking for something or somebody; you go around everywhere and are asking everyone in sorrounding area to find out whther they know where it/he/she... is! After awhile (it can be a long time, but not necessarily), you "usually" bump into what/who you where looking for just in a place you even didn't imagine you could find them which was too close to you, while you've already searched many other places far away!

As the saying goes in such a situation, the person as though finds themsleves in midstream looking for water; in other words, what they were looking for had been just beside them or too close to them while they had been in many other places looking for the lost person or thing!

In my language, in such a moment and when the person finds what they have been looking for, they might say (sarcastically or even out of surprise):

  The water was in the pitcher and I was looking for it all around the world! [which literally seems to be clear by itself]

The only English equivalent I found for it is:

  I was looking for water in the sea!

What I need is to discover if it works in today English or there os a current alternative for that.

I would appreciate it if you help me find the closest proverb or expression in common use about this meaning.


texts: Difference between using the infinitive form and the gerund form

texts:
difference between

  "We don't want everybody to know about it."

and

  "We don't want everybody knowing about it."


texts: I am writing a card to a (female) colleague who is leaving for another position. Is it inappropriate to use the phrase "go get 'em, tiger"? Does this phrase have any bad "connotation"?


texts: Should I write "toward" or "towards" in the following sentence?

texts:
Mary peered at the red counter. And sure enough he stood there,
  craning his stick-thin neck toward(s) her direction, squinting his
  non-existent eyes at her.

Should it be toward or towards? And why?


texts:
Is there any difference between these two questions? Is the second one grammatically right?

  How do I know?

vs

  How am I to know?


texts: Commute - IS the usage in the sentence right?

texts:
Here is my sentence.

I have my own car that I use to travel to work.

If I say that I have my own commute, will it be right?


texts: Difference between logoff, logout, signoff and signout

texts:
Is there any serious difference between logoff, logout, signoff and signout?

Websites seem to use the phrases interchangeably. Is this just a difference is style, or have they made a deliberate choice?


texts:
What is the meaning of the following sentence-----

  He rushed into the field, and foremost fighting fell.

Does the bold part follow any grammar rule?


texts:
Excerpted from this website:

  There are two ways PayPal makes its money.  The first way is the fees they charge to a payment’s recipient.  Although most transactions are free, merchants pay a fee for each transaction.

I don't know wether this question fits here or not, but I can't understand the above article, in my understanding, merchants pay a transaction fee, how can it still say most transactions are free?

Or does it mean "Although most transactions are free, some merchants pay a fee for each transaction"? It's extremely confused to me, do "some merchants" = "merchants" automatically?


texts:
May I know is could be appealing/attractive to him in the below sentence grammatical and idiomatic?

  I guess an opportunity to come to Singapore could be
  appealing/attractive to him, as I remember he told me that Singapore
  is a great country previously.


texts: How to correctly use 'on', 'in' and 'at'?

texts:
I've researched a bit about the use of these prepositions, but 99% of what I found refer to the use with time and place, but that's not what I need. I've read once that 'on' is used when you're 'on top' of something and 'in' when you're 'inside of something', but that doesn't apply to everything, take this phrase for example: I work in/on/at a company.
What would be the correct word in(is this the correct one?) this case? Why? Is there a rule of when to use each one?
My native language is Brazilian portuguese.


texts: To + verb, bare verb or verb + ing in noun phrases

texts:
Which one is the correct verb form in the following sentence?

  The craziest thing I've ever done is go / to go / going scuba diving in Belize

Some people say that both the to + verb and the ing forms are correct, because you need a noun there and the bare form is a verb; other people say only the to + verb is the correct one here, because the ing form only applies when you reverse the sentence (going scuba diving is yadda yadda) and not when you place the subject in the end.

I know many people would use the bare infinitive to be quicker while speaking, but that just sounds wrong to my ears as it's a verb!

Can you please tell me, once and for all, which is the correct verb form?


texts: "doing something on command" or doing something after one's command"?

texts:
Tell me please which is the correct and natural way to say that someone wants someone to do things only after the person tells that person to do the things. Here is the context:

  Do not do anything with the bar until I tell you to do something. Every move must be performed after my command/on command.

I am in doubt that my options are natural, but I cannot come up with something that is sounds native, so tell me please natural phrases to convey the meaning.


texts:
I wonder if my knowledge is right regarding the following phrases being prepositions:

  i) over here

  ii) over there

Both having the same construction= over (preposition) + here/there (adverb)

Perhaps, I'm wrong about this.


texts: "To reschedule a date" vs "To set up a date" vs "To line up a date"

texts:
Which is the least formal and more common way to say that you will plan a date (Romantic encounter) with someone again?

Ex 1:

  Suzy and I didn't get a chance to go on a date this weekend because of her job. We'll reschedule our date for next weekend.

(I think this sounds a bit too formal, I don't hear people saying "I have to schedule/reschedule a date with this girl I've been talking to" it sounds to me that the word schedule/reschedule is only used for more important situations such a visit to the doctor or a school meeting.)

Ex 2:

  Suzy and I didn't get a chance to go on a date this weekend because of
  her job. I'll have to line up another date for next weekend.

(Line up might be the most common way of saying this as I've heard many native speakers using this expression before.)

Ex 3:

  Suzy and I didn't get a chance to go on a date this weekend because of
  her job. I'll have to set up another date for next weekend.

(This is a little tricky, I've never heard Let's set up a date unless it were an unspecified date for something completely different than a romantic encounter. For example: Let's set up a date to play soccer at your house or Let me set up an appointment with the doctor")

Also I would like to ask whether any of these could be used for any situation. Not only a date, but for other stuff such as planning a day so you can go out with friends or planning a date to go to someone's house.


texts: "if we will be talking in english it shall take more time."

texts:
Please, help me with correct variant!

if we will be talking in english it (our conversation) ...

  shall take more time.

  or takes more time.

  or is taking more time.

I'd like to say that I prefer to talk in my language for time economy.


texts: Should I use "on", "when" or "where" with "day"?

texts:
From Improbability Principle by David Hand:

  The really unusual day would be one where nothing unusual happens.

An event happens on a day (e.g. On this day section of Wikipedia), so following this reasoning it seems that the sentence should be:

  The really unusual day would be one on which nothing unusual happens.

Am I right? Are both correct? Can I use when instead of where? Also, it seems highly odd that even though a day is something related to time and not space, still words like on and where are used with it.


texts:
"Im more than convinced,  she didn't attend the class."
 What does this phrase mean here? I googled it too,  but the effort went all in vain.


texts: How do you use phrase named "get along "?

texts:
I have learned one English phrase recently but i am facing doubt of it's using.
According to dictionary "get along" means be friend or deal with something.
So aren't these question right written below?
★i can easily get along with friends.
★ our government fails get along with the situation.
★ Do you get along with your friends?
★Communication skills help you to get along with peoples.
Thank you.


texts: "and build upon that, but build they have": Should that 2nd "build" be "built"?

texts:
From the book Thinking in Java:

The .NET platform is roughly the same as the Java Virtual Machine (JVM; the software platform on which Java programs execute) and Java libraries, and C# bears unmistakable similarities to Java. This is certainly the best work that Microsoft has done in the arena of programming languages and programming environments. Of course, they had the considerable advantage of being able to see what worked well and what didn't work so well in Java, and build upon that, but build they have.

I'm not sure how to properly understand that part. First of all, is that even correct? I mean build, shouldn't it be built?

and build upon that, but build they have. -- [original]

and build upon that, but built they have.

Is version #1 with build, as in the original, correct? Or is version #2 with built correct? Or are both correct?
Clear things up for me, please.


texts: When to use “one other” and “each other”

texts:
According to one resource online, it said that “one other” refers to two people/two groups of people interacting.
Also said that: “Each other” means more than two people/two groups of people interacting.
Some resources agree while others are contradicting.
Please give some example sentences too.


texts: Difference between might not and may not

texts: I understood that "might" represents a weaker possibility and "may" represents a stronger possibility. But I can't understand when I have to use "may not" and "might not". What's the difference between them?


texts:
Tell me please why an article is dropped after "of" in the following sentence.

  Studies indicate that many patient and doctors are uncomfortable with the idea of having cost-of-care factor into end-of-life decisions"

The word "factor" is a countable noun, so an article is supposed to be
 there, but it is not.


texts: Why is there no article after "no" in "I have no car"

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Examples. "I have no car", "I have no TV". BUT "I have not a car"

There was a thread on it, but the answers were pretty superficial to say the least and only based on someone's opinion. I read a whole book (by Seonaid Beckwith) about articles and there is not a single word about that, which is amazing to me. Does anybody actually know the rule? Please, no opinions :)


texts:
What does "She went on the swing" mean?

Does it mean "She rode on the swing and she was swing on the swing"? Or does it mean "She was walking to the swing and she sat down on the swing" ?

Does "went on" in the sentence mean "was playing on" or "was walking to on"?


texts:
The following question was in my test, where I had to choose the correct answer out of the options suggested.

I was not disturbed _______ her anymore after I taught her a lesson.

Options were

with
by

I think it should be with because with is usually used for people, like I disagree with you. But the correct answer was by. I don't get how?


texts: How to include one's affiliation within a text?

texts:
Mr James, who works for BBC, has reported on this.

What else can we use in lieu of who works for BBC? How else can we express the same meaning?

Can we say from BBC? What is the most formal version?


texts:
I came across this expression "sneak around with someone". What does it mean? Does it have to do with "date someone"?

Here is an example:

  We all know that John has been sneaking around with Jenny for five years now.


texts:
'The process is to mention the fact you work largely from personal   introductions, as a throwaway line, at the first meeting.'
Could you please help me to know the exact meaning of "throwaway line" here?


texts:
What is the difference between the use of prepositions in the following sentences:

Recently Helen Keller moved to a new apartment.
Peter Pan moved over to a new home.

And

Linda Hamilton moved in to live with her parents.
James Cameron moved into another house.


texts:
What is meant by the following sentence?

  What colour dress did you buy?

Does it mean the same as what colour is the dress you bought? Could that mean that colour means that the dress was full of colour?
This sentence is from this dictionary.


texts: Does "resume from standby" phrase sound natural?

texts:
I need to describe a mode of a machine or a device when it is ready for work but it is in kind of a sleeping mode. Also I need to put it in a context of "awakening" from such mode.
The rough example is below.

  Tap on the screen for the system multimedia features to resume from standby.

The context is slightly technical, so I sought for a formal expression.
Even though the phrase "to resume from standby" is from the Microsoft site, I am not sure whether it is okay to use it in the context of some multimedia system.

Also there is the similar topic on ELL, but it couldn't answer my queries fully.


texts: What is the most commonly used expression for "launching a factory or plant on an experimental basis"?

texts:
I've already looked up phrases like "pilot commissioning", "test launch", "pilot launch", and many more. I can't think of anything that doesn't sound weird. Any comments?
This is the sentence I'm trying to compose: "10 percent of the contract price after ... and provisional handover". What should I replace the ellipsis with?


texts:
I heard this song played on the radio.

I heard this song (finite clause)

So 'I heard this song' feels like it requires more information alone, but you could say it in speech or:

  I heard this song. It was played on the radio.

  I heard this theatre now shows films.

You can't hear the theatre in this sense, but as written, do we still class it as finite clause?

Could you have:

  I heard this theatre. It played such loud music.


texts:
What distinctions can I draw between using 'then' at the start and the end of a sentence in the following context?

A: "It doesn't matter either way." B: "THEN why did you do it?"
A: "It doesn't matter either way." B: "Why did you do it THEN?"

I understand that in some constructions, 'then' at the end of a sentence may be regarded as no more than an end-of-sentence marker, the kind you use to finish off a sentence e.g. See you at lunch then. However, in my case, 'then' conveys consequence or result, following on from the previous sentence, and both positions seem to pop up in conversations. Is it just a matter of preference/emphasis, or is one position a better fit than the other?

Finally, perhaps a slip of the tongue, every now and then I find myself speaking sentences bookended by 'then'. Going back to the same example:

THEN why did you do it THEN?

Is this correct English? Or is it a case of redundancy?

Many thanks in advance.


texts:
Scene 1 from the movie Big Trouble

00:34:04 I'm not long for this place.
00:34:06 my brother's working security at the airport.
00:34:09 Big time.
00:34:10 Oh, yeah. Check this out.
00:34:13 Well, we're not supposed to carry guns.

Scene 2 from Rocky

01:18:32 One call from me, you're a celebrity.
01:18:36 - You need exposure. - Don't breathe on me, Paulie.
01:18:39 That's the big time... I know about these things.
01:18:42 - What do these guys want from me, huh? - To watch you train.
01:18:45 Hey, what is the matter with you? This is private.

Scene 3 from Rags

00:57:54 But this is the Rags guy from the party last night.
00:57:56 Kadee, i am the guy that's always looking for the next best thing.
00:57:59 But clearly Rags isn't ready for the big time, or else he wouldn't ran out like he did.
00:58:03 Besides, i'm more concern about you.
00:58:06 Irma tells me you've been missing meetings.

All these conversations involve big time. I don't think it's used here for emphasizing how extreme or severe something is. Right?
Can you please walk me through these?


texts: Is there a way to say that "you weren't somewhere for some time that wasn't enough to do sth"

texts:
If somebody asks:

  A) Could you do your homework last night/on the weekend?

The following response seems wrong, but I don't know what the right answer is!

  B) No. I wasn't home enough (which means I needed 2 hours to do them
  but I was home only for 30 minutes)

Can you please share a correct response with "enough" in it?


texts: Is there a difference in telicity between "to run for the bus" and "to run to the bus station"?

texts:
I would like to know if there is a difference in telicity:

to run for the bus

to run to the bus station

I am asking because "to run to the bus station" is telic, because there is definite endpoint. I feel "to run for the bus" is different, but I can't put my finger on it.


texts:
Sometimes, I confuse a little bit about the position of "appositive".

The competitive environment is increasingly complexe and unpredictable , demanding flexibility and quick response to its chellenges.

vs

The competitive environment, demanding both flexibility and quick response to its challenges, is increasingly complex and unpredictable.

Is "demanding both flexibility and quick response to its challenges" appositive here?

Thanks to you.


texts: Is "we talk later time" correct in "Until we talk later time, take care."?

texts:
I know both Until we talk at a later time, take care. and Until we talk later, take care. are correct.

But the situation is that when we get to start the talk someday, the talk will take place everyday and the talks will last more than a week, as it will be discussing an important project for a considerable period of time.

So regarding the circumstances above, I somehow felt that later time seems to be more appropriate than at a later time, because "at a" somewhat feels that it indicates it is just one time thing. I know I can just use later instead. But I want to know if I can use later time as in the following sentence in order to reflect the circumstances I explained in the above paragraph.

  Until we talk later time, take care.


texts: Is "vegetable base" a common term in English?

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How do they refer to big roofed places, in which vegetables, having been brought from fields, are kept before being taken to various outlets to be sold?

I thought "vegetable base" was a good term, but it looks like Google doesn't return many results. Besides, Wikipedia doesn't have an article on "vegetable base"


texts: Is the epistemic "will have + past participle" construction compatible with "past adverb"?

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I asked this question one year ago. Nico gave an excellent answer, but I still have some confusion.

    A: We saw a police helicopter overhead yesterday morning.
    B: Really? They would have been looking for those bank robbers.

  As Nico mentioned in his comments, in the original context, only
  "would have been looking for.." applies, because the use of "we
  saw..." (simple past) implies that the search is also in the past and
  doesn't extend to the present (at least in BrE). Whereas "will have
  been looking for.." suggests the search extends to the present or is
  relevant at present.

  Besides, he pointed out that in the OP's example, B isn't pretty
  sure, B isn't expressing certainty. Note that B starts the
  sentence with "Really?". B is expressing a belief. B believes
  that the police had been looking for those bank robbers.

I suspect "They will have been looking for those bank robbers" applies to the context as well.

My main argument is taken from F. R. Palmer's Modality and the English Modals:

  Generally the modality is in the present only, because the  judgments
  are made in the act of speaking, epistemic modals being in this sense
  usually 'performative'. The modal verbs are not normally used,
  therefore, in past tense forms to refer to past judgments. Past tense
  forms are normally tentative with present time reference. It is, of
  course, possible to report past judgments, but this requires verbs
  such as THINK, BELIEVE, etc.

Based on this, I think "They will have been looking for those bank robbers yesterday" is a grammatical sentence, meaning "I'm sure they were looking for those bank robbers yesterday". Is my understanding correct?

This use doesn't seem to be very productive. I got a couple examples from the Internet:

  Countless hearts will have been blown open yesterday; both in
  Ireland, and wherever in the world literature is loved.

  In terms of the GC Contador, Uran and Aru will have been
  relatively happy with their rides yesterday. Contador's team
  in fact led at the intermediate time check at 9.9km but lost ground -
  and their leader briefly - and had to settle for second place on the
  stage.

I don't know if they are standard English or regional variations. Even the present perfect can sometimes be used together with expressions of finished time, but we know that's not standard English.


texts:
West Ham 2-3 Leicester City: Rejuvenated Foxes secure first away league win in 342 days - 5 things we learned.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/west-ham-united-2-3-9643165

Can you explain to me what "first away league win in 342 days" means? The title seems to me to tell that the win over West Ham United was Foxes's first winning match in PL in 342 days, which is of course nonsense.


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In a scientific context I want to say that if there are devices in the idle mode, there shouldn't be any overloaded device. I have written this sentence like this:

There is no overloaded device in the network while other devices are
in the idle mode

but it sounds not good and doesn't convey the meaning I intend. How can I correct this sentence?


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I have a hydraulic model which I want to use for a new study,
I want to say that I need to check the extend of my model to find out if it is neither big nor small for the new study. How can I say that in a formal report? I have used the word appropriate.  Is it correct?

The extend of the model will be reviewed to make sure if it is appropriate for the current study.

Thanks


texts: How to translate this Chinese "一点都不少" elegently?

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How to translate this Chinese "一点都不少" elegantly? Google translate doesn't help a bit.

The general meaning of this sentence is that the stuff you have is no less at all than before. The context I want to use it is that I have a component which contains lots of stuff, and it is name changed at some point, but the stuffs are no less, maybe even more. So, this Chinese sentence just emphasize this meaning. I am not sure how to say it in English elegantly.


texts:
Andrew was performing on the stage when suddenly an angry fan hit him
  with a stone for not playing his favorite track.

vs

  Andrew was performing on the stage when suddenly an angry fan hit him
  by a stone for not playing his favorite track.

  He was hit by plastic bottles too.

vs

  He was hit with plastic bottles too.

Which preposition follows hit?


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A has many years of experience in material design and production technology.
  A has many years of experience with material design and production technology

I have seen both 'with' and 'in' followed by 'experience". If I want to convery the meaning a company or a person has worked in the areas of material design and production technology for many years and is experienced, which preposition should I choose?

.


texts: Which on is correct? "Having said that, why we should select an old job?" or "Having said that, why should we select an old job?"

texts: Which one is correct? "Having said that, why we should select an old job?" or "Having said that, why should we select an old job?", and why?


texts: Is there any difference between "this night", "last night" and "this past night"?

texts:
Is there any difference between this night, last night and this past night? For example:

  I didn't sleep well last night.

  I didn't sleep well this night.

  I didn't sleep well this past night.

If there is no difference than, which one is more common?


texts: Use and meaning of "over" in "move over to the corner"

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In the following sentence:

  We have to move the bookshelf from the middle of room over to the corner.

Is "over" used here as part of the phrase of "move over" or not?
If not, what is the meaning of "over" in this sentence?
What is the difference between the version with "over" and the one without "over"?


texts: 'due' is an adjective or what in this case?

texts:
I find this sentence from the online Merriam-Webster dictionary:

  everyone's right to dissent … is due the full protection of the Constitution

I'm a bit confused by the structure of the sentence. I think a 'to' after 'due' is missed. If so, the sentence means 'everyone's right to dissent comes from the Constitution'. If not, then what is 'due' here?

I don't understand why there is a noun 'full protection of the Constitution' following 'due' directly. More precisely, what is the grammar for a structure like subject + be + adjective + 'the' + noun?


texts: Can Present Perfect with a stative verb be used to describe a finished action?

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I learned that if a stative verb was used in present perfect form, this would indicate an unfinished/continuing action, i.e "I have liked pasta since I was a baby."
However, there are also cases such as "I have been to this place before", where I use the stative verb ("be") in present perfect form but still describe a finished action.

Is the verb considered dynamic in this case?
Thank you!


texts: Is 'The something product' equivalent to 'The product of something'?

texts:
I was reading the news during lunch, and this sentence in a sports article about Johnny Manziel jumped out at me:

  The Texas A&M product completed 147 of 258 passes for 1,675 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions.

After thinking about it, I believe the author's intention was to say "Manziel, the product of the Texas A&M football program, completed...". That would mean that his ability as a football player was shaped or demonstrated by playing for Texas A&M.

However, my first impression was that the author was intentionally disrespecting the player by calling him a product because his bad behavior off of the playing field has caused his team a lot of grief. Manziel never graduated from Texas A&M, so we can't say something like "The Texas A&M graduate" and be accurate. This may have been a way to stay below the number of characters or words allowed for the article.

Is this just ambiguous wording and perfectly acceptable, or is the phrase "the product of X" not able to be rephrased "X product" without changing the meaning?

I think "Texas A&M product", which seems like a possessive relationship, is different from "product of Texas A&M", which seems like "a result of" relationship, but I don't have any grammatical foundation for it.


texts: Making a Tactful Comparison using "as....as"

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Anne is as old as Lucy.

The use of the word old here is usual because it shows that they have the same age.

Anne is as young as Lucy.

The use of the word young here is unusual because it puts special emphasis on the word young.

Could someone please elaborate why it's unusual to use the word young when you compare people? Thank you!


texts:
does this sound right to ur ears ?

Through what ways could audiences watch film back in the day?

if not, how would you express the same idea ?

Many thanks


texts: Using "the more you do" at the beginning and end of a sentence

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Can I use this form? Are those sentences grammatically correct? I understand them perfectly but not sure about the grammar construction.

  1- You can understand this subject better the more you read and
  listen.

  2- The more you read and listen, you can understand this subject better.


texts:
He's too _____ person to say no to your offer

Options

A. nice
 B. nice a
 C. a nice
 D. so nice

I could understand neither the options nor the question.

Could someone please explain what the sentence say and why b. option is correct? And should there be a comma in between nice and a?


texts: “The page address” or “the address of the page”?

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Which would be more correct: “The page address” or “the address of the page” in the sentence:

“Check the page address, or use the form below to search the site:”

in the meaning of the URL?


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Are "If all goes according to plan" and "If all goes as planned" interchangeable? The latter is what I would have written if I was the author. I am not sure they share the same meaning.

On 18 February next year, a NASA spacecraft will plummet through the Martian atmosphere, fire its retro-rockets to break its fall and then lower a six-wheeled rover named Perseverance to the surface. If all goes according to plan, the mission will land in Jezero Crater, a 45-kilometre-wide gash near the planet’s equator that might once have held a lake of liquid water.

Source: Nature  How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water    (Dec.9, 2020)


texts: What is the difference? "I wanted her to stop" vs "I wanted to stop her"

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Are they identical or not?

  I wanted her to stop.

  I wanted to stop her.


texts:
I was talking to a friend then she started complain that she was tired. I said "As am I"; later she asked "Don't you mean So am I?"

Am I right, or is she right?


texts: What does "punch the physical clock" mean?

texts:
Here is the piece:

  Each workout is performed for the purpose of producing a stress that satisfies the immediate needs of the exerciser: burning some calories, getting hot, sweaty, and out of breath, pumping up the biceps, stretching – basically just punching the physical clock.


texts: Are prepositions necessary along with verbs in this context?

texts:
In the book by Samuel Liao on Microwave engineering, a phrase is as:

  The electrons travel the length of the tube.

I was wondering if it should be presented as:

  The electrons travel along the length of the tube.

In a Wikipedia page, a sentence was as:

  Next film she starred was M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. Source

Should it be present as:

  Next film she starred in was M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.


texts: "How much is it important" or just "How is it important" (without much)?

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Which among the two sentences is correct?

  1) How much is it important?

  2) How important is it?

Context: my friend told me that something is very important to him. I need to ask him again how (much?) important it is.


texts: Does "even more so" mean the same as "much less so"?

texts:
Google Translate gives me the following two translations of the same phrase:

I wouldn't vouch for it in winter, and even more so in summer.
I wouldn't vouch for it in winter, much less so in summer.

I am a little puzzled here. The phrases "even more so" and "much less so" strike me as being direct opposite, but Google Translate uses both of them in translating the same phrase. Why is it so? Do they really have same meaning?


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I had always had the impression that when people say, "correct me if I'm wrong", their underlying meaning is not to ask for correction but to stress that, "I'm 100% sure of what I'm saying", especially during heated debates.

Is that so?  Please "correct me if I'm wrong", hahaha.

(there will be a follow up question if it is indeed so)


texts: Meaning in context - "if not where that curiosity comes from,at least how you can best satisfy it"

texts:
It seems that basic nosiness is a natural part of the human condition. If it weren’t, why would people watch the endless string of reality shows on TV? Peering into the lives of others seems to satisfy a deep yearning, if not just idle curiosity. It’s perhaps for this reason that so many of us enjoy chatting with strangers when we’re thrust together by circumstance. Whether on line in the supermarket, waiting in a waiting room, or sitting next to a fellow passenger, it seems almost endemic for someone to initiate a conversation. New research shows, if not where that curiosity comes from, at least how you can best satisfy it.

What does “if not where that curiosity comes from,at least how you can best satisfy it”mean?


texts:
What do we call this part of the room?

I am looking for the correct word for this part of the room. I have always called it a “low-roof room”. However, I am not sure whether it is correct.


texts: Which word should we use before "lack of rain" -

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In this story is taken from The Panchatantra

  They talked about birds and animals, about the villages nearby and the difficulties villagers faced in raising good crops for lack of rain.

( I think there should be "Due to" why "for" sounds like indirect)


texts: "the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts" meaning?

texts:
I google(define euphemism)

Then I found this sentence "the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts"
Could someone help me to understand this sentence?

I tried translating it to my native langauge, but it didn't work.

I understood the meaning of the words:-

euphemism = words used intead of other words which are rude

jargon = words particular to certain field or  profession


texts:
When do we double the last letter in the past tense?
Is there any rule for that?


texts:
This passage is from Macmillan English Grammar in Context by Michael Vince.

"Every year thousands of children go to the doctor because of back pain and in fact this kind if problem is rapidly becoming one of the most common childhood complaints. And what exactly is causing (or causes) this outbreak of back strain and muscle fatigue? Most people are simply not realising (or simply don't realise) what is happening to their children.

I think both "cause" and "is causing", "don't realise", and "are not realising" are  correct since the book says the progressive is used to express a trend.


texts: What does "the mistrustful way he acts around Will" mean here?

texts:
I am wondering what "the mistrustful way he acts around
Will" means in the following sentences:

I watch Charlie until his gaze snags on mine – I make sure I’m the
first to glance away. And I wonder: is he now the jealous one? I’ve
seen the mistrustful way he acts around Will, as though he’s
trying to find the flaw. I caught him observing the two of us over
drinks. And I felt it again, how good we look together, imagining it
through his eyes.

Lucy Foley, The Guest List, Chapter 14

This is a thriller novel published in 2020 in the United Kingdom. One hundred and fifty guests would be gathering at some remote and deserted fictional islet called Inis an Amplóra off the coast of the island of Ireland to celebrate the wedding between Jules (a self-made woman running an online magazine called The Download) and Will (a celebrity appearing in a TV show program called Survive the Night). The day before the actual wedding day, during the rehearsal dinner, Jules sees Charlie. Jules once had a crush on Charlie when she was sixteen, and was secretly envious of Hannah for having married to Charlie, who once worked as a sailing instructor and is now working as a geography teacher for fifteen-year-old students. And she presently wonders whether Charlie is the jealous one now, because Jules is going to be married to Will. (The narrator here is Jules.)
In this part, I wonder what "the mistrustful way he acts around Will" means.
Would that mean Charlie's behaviour itself was mistrustful, like his behaviour contained many suspicious aspects?
Or, would that mean Charlie's behaviour towards Will revealed his mistrust towards Will, like Charlie does not believe Will is a good person...?


texts:
We have walked 1500 meters when we have reached the Eiffel tower

Will it be possible to use reached (past simple) or reach (present)

If I use past simple for reach it will be better to write:

  We walked 1500 meters when we reached the Eiffel tower.

But for reach present it seems to be not possible as reach express a future something that will be done in a future time


texts: What do you call the non-narrative aspects of a novel?

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There are different aspects in a novel and one of the major aspects is the narrative aspect of a novel. What do you call the other aspects? I am thinking non-narrative, but non-narrative aspects of a novel is vague and non-descript. I, honestly, don't know what all of the aspects are, but I think there's only one another aspect aside the narrative aspect of a novel and that it encompasses worldbuilding, so that's why I wouldn't choose "non-narrative" as an adjective.

What would be a better word than "non-narrative"?


texts:
Is it correct to use the following sentence

  Heat makes the particles evenly spread

in a sense that the particles are evenly spread because of heat. Or should we use "be" after "the particles", something like this: "Heat makes the particles be evenly spread"? I mean normally with an adjective I would not use "be", like in the sentence "this music makes me happy" but in the sentence above we do not have an adjective so I wonder how it works. Thanks for an explanation!


texts: Word choice: scooted for? Eyes are weary/drooping with sleep?

texts:
Is it right to say 'Kayla got out of bed and scooted for the toilet?
I checked the Longman and Oxford dictionaries which explain that 'scooted' may be used with 'off' or 'over', but I'm not sure if it can used with 'for'.
Can I also say 'my eyes are weary/drooping with sleep'?
I think I can say that my eyes are 'heavy' with sleep but are 'weary' and 'drooping' acceptable?

Thanks!


texts:
Prison Guard talking to Senior prison Guard.

  Goddamn it, we're gonna get one thing straight. I don't work for you.
  You may have worked here for many years and done all manner of things,
  and I suppose that's because you're a hard worker. Most of you people
  are. All your women keep your little bungalows clean, sweep off the
  dirt floors- keep the papooses in order and all- but I'm my own boss,
  all right?

What does he mean by "all your women"?


texts:
In emails and on the internet, sometimes people write signature with full first name and last initial, sometimes first initial and full last name. Is there any difference between the two or is it purely personal preference?

E.g. for the name John Smith, when would one use John S and J Smith, respectively?


texts:
Which of these two word should I use when I want to say something like that:

My hometown is located in the northwest Italy (or another county's name in general)

or

My hometown is located in the northwestern Italy (or another county's name in general)

Which is the difference between "Northwest" and "northwestern"?


texts: Difference in sentence meaning between present continuous and simple present constructions

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What is the difference between the following sentences?

  He is always shooting his mouth off about how good he is. (present continuous)
  He always shoots his mouth off about how good he is. (simple present)

In texts they usually use number 1, but I do not see a difference in meaning.


texts: "no one apart from her sister" or "everyone apart from her sister"

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The outing was canceled and no one apart from her sister, who wasn't up-to-date, came.

I'd rather say - 'everyone apart from(=except for) her sister ......'

I'd be grateful whether someone could agree with me that who is the relative to she, which is subject agreement(relative clauses).

If 'no one' is correct, does it mean that no one came?

I think that just sister came.


texts:
He sat under the shade of a tree.

  He sat in the shade of a tree.

Why is the first sentence wrong?

This was a question on an exam where I was given a sentence to fill up with appropriate preposition. The question was:

  He sat UNDER/IN/INTO/ON the shade of a tree.

The answer to this is IN the shade of a tree but I am not sure why? Because I marked UNDER the shade of a tree.


texts: Would "fabricate" indicates "on bad purpose" or "on bad manners" in terms of meaning of "make up"?

texts:
To give some background for a post (Should I use simple present or simple past in a tiny story to illustrate a scenario of the usage of some words?) I said

  I made up a tiny story to illustrate a scenario of the usage of "just" in a post (In terms of meaning "recently", what is the difference between just & only?).

I was trying to use the word "fabricate" instead of "make up" though, I was worried "fabricate" indicates meaning like "on bad purpose" or "on bad manners", so I didn't choose it there.

So, would "fabricate" indicates meaning like "on bad purpose" or "on bad manners"?


texts: Can the comma be used to create a pause in a (long) sentence?

texts:
I'm studying for TOEFL and saw some punctuation rules online.
Some sources mention the pause for comma, while others don't.
Is there a canonical source for questions like this?


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"With ISTPs, had the lowest mean level of coping resources; ranked 16th out of 16 types on total resources." (src: http://www.discoveryourpersonality.com/intp.html)

I would like to know what coping resources means in this sentence.


texts:
Isn't the word " anyways " a plural form of the word " anyway "?
I don't see why it's not.
I'll wait here to be corrected.


texts:
When you say "Pick up your toys", do you say "pick" and "up" with the same stress or is "up" stronger/louder?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a word that means "to cause (an image) to appear in the air" like a hologram? By image I mean a 2d image and not a 3d image like a hologram, but I don't mind if the word doesn't distinguish which kind of image. Is there any such word? I know that project means "to cause (an image) to appear on a surface", but I can't think of a word that means "to cause (an image) to appear in the air".


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On the Definition of in school page of Merriam-Webster, the US tag is used.

While the Definition of at school page uses the British tag.

Does that kind of tag indicate where the item is being used? In this example, Americans use "in school" while "at school" is more common in BrE.
Is my understanding correct?


texts: Is the first sentence redundant in the paragraph?

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I wrote the following sentences.

I have read Prof. XX’ s work “AAA” and I am excited about his great achievements on data mining. I believe that my passion and experience in these areas will have a great impact on the university. With this degree, I am confident that I can succeed in my career objective and dreams. I believe that my outstanding academic background, valuable research experience and desire to take on challenges will bring this program new research insights and engineering ideas.

I want to ask that is the first sentence redundant because the two bold sentence seem to convey the same meaning?
If the first sentence is redundant, should I remove the first bold sentence? Or can I change the last bold sentence to “With my outstanding academic background, valuable research experience and desire to take on challenges, I will bring this program new research insights and engineering ideas.” and retain the first bold sentence in order to avoid redundancy?
And if I use "I believe that my experience and passion in these areas will greatly contribute to your works" to replace the first bold sentence, is it redundant?


texts: Can this clause be used with both present and future reference?

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I don’t mind what you do.  (1) Let me know who wins.   (2)
-- Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

CGEL says the two examples’ subordinate clauses are written as ‘deictic futures’. There would be no ambiguity in (2), but there seems to be one between present and future time in (1). Can (1)’s subordinate clause be used only as a deictic future, or can it be used as a deictic present in some contexts?


texts: Communicate your pending payment/per hour charges to someone

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I am tutoring some students on a subject. Recently a friend of them also wanted to take session with me. Now he has scheduled a second session. As it was a reference from someone so we didn't discuss pricing n all. But now I need to discuss it. I am not sure how to make it sound polite.
Could I message him simply - I charge $xyz/hr ? or there is a better way to communicate this ?


texts:
Can we construct below sentences?

a) System does not calculating it correctly.

b) System is not calculating it correctly.


texts:
Do rappers sing raps or say raps?

sing, because raps are songs.
say, because you don't really sing a rap, you say it.


texts: Do you have an account on Facebook/ on YouTube/ on Twitter/ on Intragram/ Google+?

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Is it correct to use 'on' before all the social networking sites?
Can I use any other prepositions?


texts: What is the difference between "thermal" and "thermic"?

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Definition of thermic by Google:

  adjective
  1.
  relating to heat.

  e.g. thermic effect

Definition of thermal by Google:

  adjective
  1.
  relating to heat.

  e.g. thermal conductivity

Honestly, I also don't really understand what is thermal other than the vague definition "relating to heat"


texts: Is there such a thing as the imperfect past tense? If so, can you give me some examples?

texts: I'm sure I was taught that there was at school. But someone recently asked me the difference between 'learned' and 'learnt', which is a nice little conundrum that receives plenty of attention elsewhere on SE. I tried to explain it by saying the former was the perfect past tense - as in 'I have learned', and the latter was the imperfect, 'I learnt', and that one oughtn't say (properly) 'I have learnt'. However, I began to think I was talking nonsense. I confused myself and we resorted to looking up the answer together online. It seems one is preferred in UK English and the other in American English. But in my search, I noticed that none of the pages I looked at so much as mentioned the mentioned the 'imperfect' - and I started to search for that. It's as if it does not exist. Have they stopped teaching it? Did they ever? Did they change its name? Did I imagine it?


texts: What is her shoe size vs. what shoe size does she take

texts:
Let's say you are a shoe seller. One day, a buyer approached you and told you that she wanted to buy her daughter a new shoes.

You then asked her this:

  Shoe seller: What is her shoe size?

Or

  What shoe size does she take?

Do both of them of the same meaning? Because I think sentence1 is a bit off and unconventional...


texts: What is the difference between "I am wondering ~" and "I wonder ~"?

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Sometimes in English, distinguishing the differences between Present Tense and Present Progressive Tense is not easy for me who is not native English speaker.

Especially the verb "wonder" confuses me.

From what I have seen, the verb "wonder" seems to be used as "I wonder whether Neo is the one." instead of "I am wondering whether Neo is the one.".

But obviously, I have sometimes seen "I am wondering ~" form as well.
What is the difference?


texts: What's the meaning of "punch to the gut"?

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Could you please what the meaning of "punch to the gut" is?

The text is here:

  Two hours later Dad had blocked off half the kitchen
  with plywood sheets. The owl convalesced there for several weeks. We
  trapped mice to feed it, but sometimes it didn’t eat them, and we couldn’t
  clear away the carcasses. The smell of death was strong and foul, a punch
  to the gut.

Educated Tara Westover


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the SOURCE WAR AND PEACE

  "And the fete at the English ambassador's? Today is Wednesday.

"S" is of possession, means should ambassador followed by a noun.

Where is the noun?


texts: May I call greetings between people who don't know each other well an "exchange of politeness"?

texts:
What can I call a situation when people don't know each other well, but just say hello to each other our of courtesy, so to speak? Can it be called exchange of politeness by analogy with exchange friendly visits?

EDIT Google Ngram shows exchange of courtesies is in order of magnitude more common. The same goes for exchange of civilities. Does it mean what I am talking about?


texts: What is the significance of the word "it" in sentences about people, like "it is her political achievements [...] that make her memorable"?

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"It is her political achievements and the way her public behaviour reflected American values that make her memorable."

In this sentence, there are two qualities of the person, but why is the pronoun "it" okay to use? Or is it okay?


texts: Built-in, In-built, Inbuilt and Builtin - I'm confused

texts:
See various definitions here:

  Built-in (adj): included as part of something and not separate from it.
  In-built (adj) is used less frequent: Meaning is the same as above. (So, both can be used to describe that Siri is an in-built/a built-in feature of an iPhone. BUT... then it says compare...

  Inbuilt (adj): an inbuilt quality exists as an essential part of something/somebody. BUT...then...
  Built-in = In-built (adj.): integral. On the other hand Builtin returns no results on Oxford but redirects to in-built. Isn't it a word if inbuilt is?

Is saying "Siri is an inbuilt feature of an iPhone since its inception" correct? Inbuilt php functions is quite common phrase used in technology. Is it its natural functionality? Is it correct to use builtin anywhere?


texts: Can I delete ‘it’ in ‘Everything was as he remembered it.’?

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Everything was as he remembered it.

Can I delete it in the sentence above?
I feel it is weird to contain it in the sentence.


texts: Fill in the blank help - present perfect or *past simple?

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Stephen Hawking was known the most because he ______ many things while living with this terrible disease, ALS.

a. accomplished
b. has accomplished

it is tricky because his accomplishments are still influencing other people.

I think it's A because he died recently, and also I recalled the Grammar rule which talks about past simple + past progressive interruption (e.g While I was eating, John came)


texts: What's the meaning of "where" in this sentence?

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"That's the one(=DVD) where this man, a car salesman, hires two criminals to kidnap his wife to get money from her rich father."

The above introduces the DVD 'Fargo'. What I couldn't understand is, the meaning of "where". What's the meaning of "where" here?
Could you help me with that, please?


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Donald Trump said that http://prntscr.com/duslay

Obama replied: At least I will go down as a president.

I know what he meant by that, but I don't get what's the context hidden between the lines, I don't get the roast, why did people find it so funny? Don't all presidents go down anyway? (be recorded or remembered in a particular way.)

Does he mean Donald Trump wont be remembered? or something?


texts: Should I choose "come out of the room" or "come out from the room"?

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context:

  You just come out of the room.
  You just come out from the room.

I am confused with "come out of" and the "come out from".


texts: What's the difference between the word only and every in this context?

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This is a question taken from a aptitude test but I am confused with the answer .

  Only fish oil contains Omega 3.
  Only foods that contain Omega 3 help with brain development.

Which conclusion can be derived from the combination of these two statements?

  All fish oils help with brain development.
  Only what contains Omega 3 is fish oil.
  All that helps with brain development is fish oil.
  There are fish oils that help with brain development.

What would it mean if the word "only" was replaced with "every"

  Every fish oil contains Omega 3.
  Every foods that contain Omega 3 help with brain development.


texts: I have no ideas whether it's an appositive case or relative-pronoun case

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I went the distance she went.

Is this sentence kind of an appositive case?
Can we think of "that" as omitted in the sentence as in "I went the distance (that) she went?
Here, "that" is leading a clause as well as referring to "the distance".
Like this, if "she went" is used appositively, can we grammatically omit "that"?
This case seems to have something to do with this case in which "the way (that)" is used because we normally don't include "that" when we use "the way (that)" as in "I like the way (that) you're.

But there seem to be also some people who argue that this "that" is just a relative pronoun. But as for the verb "go", I wouldn't agree with them in that generally most native speakers tend not to regard "went" as used transitively in my sentence and if "the distance" is really the object of "went", this sentence (I went the distance, which she went) must sound correct to all native speakers, but as far as I ask them about it, just only few of them would think of the sentence as grammatically correct.

To sum up,

Is my sentence an appositive case?
If 1 is right, is it grammatically acceptable to omit "that" in the sentence?
If 2 is right, can you answer on when to able to grammatically omit "that" or not?
Does that sentence have something to do with "the way (that)" usage?


texts: Difference between laughing (gerund) and laughter(noun)

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May I know if the sentences below are correct. If not, why? Is there a difference between laughter and laughing? Thank you.

Make laughing a habit.
Make laughter a habit.
Make exercise a habit.
Make exercising a habit.


texts: What does "weighted pass" mean in soccer sense?

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With roughly 15 minutes remaining in the first half, Christian Volesky was in clean on goal after a well-weighted pass in the right channel from Matt Polster, but didn't get the contact he wanted and allowed the Louisville goalkeeper to save.

Does it just mean its a good pass? or actually this is a type of technique in soccer?


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I'm wondering what is the difference between the examples below:

I want to clean my table. Because of this, I bought a dish detergent
I want to clean my table. Because of that, I bought a dish detergent
I want to clean my table. Due to this, I bought a dish detergent
I want to clean my table. Due to that, I bought a dish detergent


texts: What does the phrase “as_____is to ______” mean?

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For example:

  A is a basic thing for B as C is to D.

Is it correct?

Please explain with examples if possible.


texts: What does "out there" really mean here? And how common in spoken English? Does it have a fixed meaning all the time?

texts: In this interview, we hear out there three times. At 00:35  the women says : "finding my way of getting out there" , and she repeats somethings like that at 00:44  and , 00:51. What do they mean? Do they mean different things?


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This man looks like it was cut off and then pasted onto the picture.
The rest of the image looks like it was drawn with crayons while the
man looks like it was taken from a photograph.

What do phrasal verb do you use for the act of cutting or copy pasting on Photoshop?
I am not sure if you should use "cut off" or "cut out" and if there's a simpler phrasal verb for "pasted onto". What are the various options?


texts: "I told you DON´T go" vs. "I told you NOT TO go"

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I told you don't go to see that movie because it was not good.
  I told you not to go to see that movie because it was not good.

Can both be used? If the answer is yes, how do I know when to use "don't", or "not to"?


texts: Which one is right, "I decided to pursue it as dream" or "I decided to pursue it for my dream"?

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Which one is right,

1. "I decided to pursue it as dream"

2. "I decided to pursue it for my dream"

If both of these sentences are not right, can you suggest better sentence for me?

Thank you so much.