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I want to say he invited so many people and the house is (full of man?!)

Rabbits mate very fast and Australia gets (full of rabbits?!)

What is the phrase which use in this cases? Something that is extremely much in numbers?


texts: Can I use "stand someone up" for a friend ?

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According to Oxford dictionary, stand someone up means:

  Fail to keep an appointment with a boyfriend or girlfriend

However, according to Cambridge, simply:

  To fail to meet someone you had arranged to see

Can I use it for an appointment with a friend? If not, what are the most used alternatives?


texts: Which of these two had been VS. Which of these two was?

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My boss and I were having a discussion over a certain point in a line of dialogue, "Which of these two do you think was class valedictorian?" In this case, the dialogue is discussing a specific class which two people (who were referred to in previous parts of the dialogue) were both a part of.

I say this sentence is correct. However, my boss insists that it should be, "Which of these two do you think had been class valedictorian?"

Any clarification would be appreciated!

EDIT: Context was requested in a comment, so I will provide some. The individuals in the line of dialogue were both taking part in a race. Some information is provided about their activities and achievements while in school. The question mentioned above is then posited to the user.


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Can I use the expression "follow the path" + of with a person? e.g. Follow the path of the old master. Or would it sound better: Walk the path of the old master?
It should be the title of an article about China and the thoughts of Lao Zi and the meaning I want to convey - exploring China following the paths of the old master (his path and thoughts)


texts: In ways (that/which/in which) you can't imagine

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Here's a quote from Doctor Strange (movie).

  You're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. You've spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole to see more. to know more. And now on hearing that it can be widened in ways you can't imagine, you reject the possibility.

Can the boldfaced phrase be re-written as follows, without changing the original meaning in context?

  (1) in ways that you can't imagine

  (2) in ways which you can't imagine

  (3) in ways in which you can't imagine


texts: What did Donald Trump mean when he said "Baldwin impersonation"?

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Just tried watching Saturday Night Live - unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad

  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/805278955150471168

Definition of impersonation -

  an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud.

How does that relate to a tv show on CNN? What is the meaning of impersonation in this context?


texts: What does "constantly wearing masks" mean in the context?

texts: Over the centuries various writers and thinkers, looking at humans from an outside perspective, have been struck by the theatrical quality of social life. The most famous quote expressing this comes from Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; / They have their exits and their entrances, / And one man in his time plays many parts.“ If the theater and actors were traditionally represented by the image of masks, writers such as Shakespeare are implying that all of us are constantly wearing masks. Some people are better actors than others. Evil types such as Iago in the play Othello are able to conceal their hostile intentions behind a friendly smile. Others are able to act with more confidence and bravado—they often become leaders. People with excellent acting skills can better navigate our complex social environments and get ahead.


texts: Could I come over on "a Saturday" sometime?

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Use a with the names of days of the week when not referring to any particular day. Education First

What does "not referring to any particular day" mean?

the website provide the following example:

  Could I come over on a Saturday sometime?

Doesn't the above statement mean the **next Saturday **? which is "particular day"?

if it means any Saturday (not any particular day), shouldn't they use Saturdays?

  Could I come over on Saturdays sometime?


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I recently wrote a sentence similar to the following one in a scientific context:

  They are more similar to real-word problems,
      which [make / makes] them ideal benchmark domains.

I initially used the singular form "makes", because I thought "which" relates to the whole main sentence (i.e. "the fact" (it) that they are more similar to [...]). However, my supervisor told me it should be the plural form (make), because it relates to "problems". With German being my mother language, I find this odd, as we use the singular form in this case.

Which of the two versions is correct?


texts: Difference between "spelling errors" and "spelling mistakes"

texts: Lately, I've had a discussion with a friend. I said that spelling mistakes is the same thing as spelling errors. He doesn't agree with me. So, what's the difference? Are both correct?


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Could anybody explain to me why we can say "make corrections" and "make a payment" but we can not say "make a registration", even though the grammatical rules are the same in the context (make + noun)

thank you in advance


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What I like about her is that she never gives up- after an exam had not gone well, she just goes ahead with renewed zeal .

Is the sentence correct? I m confused about the clause-(after an exam had not gone well).Should it be -(after an exam has not gone well)?


texts: I can't break down this sentence "The rules capture practices generally held to be beneficial"

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This is full of the sentence (from Effective Java, by Joshua Bloch):

The rules capture practices generally held to be beneficial by the best and most experienced programmers.

I can't break down The rules capture practices generally held to be beneficial. So I can't understand.


texts: Some word meaning difference and word choice

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Is there any difference between go over there, come over there, come there, come here, go there, go here, go over and come over.
If it’s appropriate I ask customer “please come to the line at the counter to pay”,”please wait in that line at the counter.”?

Thanks a lot for anyone who could explain these to me.


texts: My dictionary has a definition for the word "teen," but I am not sure how to describe it in a full sentence

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I have never used the word "teen" in a sentence, so I looked it up in the dictionary. The dictionary has this explanation for it:

  the period of years between 11 and 19 in any century.

The explanation is not in a full sentence, so I tried to rewrite it this way:

1:

  According to Cambridge Dictionary, teen is the period of years between 11 and 19 in any century.

2:

  According to Cambridge Dictionary, the teen is the period of years between 11 and 19 in any century.

Which of the above two sentences is more grammatical?


texts: "Conforms" or "Complies" as a table record in an official quality check document

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From an example Quality Overall Summary (QOS) document by FDA:

Can we use "conforms" in such cases (in the final column), or is "complies" the only option? What are acceptable synonyms for use in such table cells?

I know the meaning of the two words, and it does overlap:

  The substance conforms to the requirements.
  The substance complies with the requirements.

Here both options seem okay. I'd like to know if "conforms" is okay in a formal document like the one quoted above.

  Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms,
  And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms.

Here "complies" would look strange. "Complies" is a more active verb, it seems. You can comply with rules, but not with a shed.

  Dear is that shed with which his soul complies,
  And dear that hill which lifts him to the skies.

^_^


texts: Is there any word that describes male equivalent of bimbo?

texts: Dictionary meaning of bimbo seems to be 'an attractive but unintelligent or frivolous young woman'. So the question is if there is an equivalent term for 'an attractive/handsome but unintelligent or frivolous young man'?


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Let me go.
How to change this sentence into passive voice? Are they correct?

  I am allowed to go.
  I should be allowed to go.
  I may be allowed to go.

Please define it with solid reasons


texts: The function of this "ing" form; What does it mean?

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Nine in 10 of the 1,288 girls and young women interviewed for the Girlguiding study said women are judged for their looks more than their ability, causing one in five girls as young as seven to go on a diet.

Does this "causing" mean, "which causes ...."

I mean like this.

This "which" means the fact that "women are judged for their looks more than their ability."

Is my understanding correct?


texts: What word/phrase includes furniture,home appliances, architectural features?

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Is there any word or phrase like that?

Example:

  Ichikawa’s in a one-bedroom apartment with typical __: table, futon,
  refrigerator, bathroom.

I can't use furniture because of refrigerator and bathroom.


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Just in that farthermost angle, where

  You see the remains of a winding-stair,

  One turret especially high in air

  Uprear’d its tall gaunt form;

  As if defying the power of Fate, or

  The hand of ‘Time the Innovator;’

  And though to the pitiless storm

  Its weaker brethren all around

  Bowing, in ruin had strew’d the ground,

  Alone it stood, while its fellows lay strew’d,

  Like a four-bottle man in a company ‘screw’d,’

  Not firm on his legs, but by no means subdued.

In this poem, what does bolded strew'd describe? A man or a company?


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What does growing cold mean said in the following passage?

  She checked the other bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs. She went up to the attic, checked the guest room. She went back downstairs and opened the basement door and called his name. No answer. She went outside, yelling his name now, running through the backyard, the pool area, the garage, the driveway, the front yard. Her heart thudded against her chest, her neck, her temples, her hands growing cold, but she told herself that she was being silly to worry, that he was a big boy, not a toddler. She imagined Alex laughing at her paranoia.

Does it actually mean that the body parts become cold as a natural humanic response to fear, or does it mean something else?


texts: Meaning of "It’s stuff like that" in a sentence

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In episode 8 of Friends, four of them are waiting for Chandler and Joey. They all are going to a funeral. One of Monica's relatives had died. Then, Chandler and Joey arrive and say:

  Joey: Morning. We ready to go?

  Chandler: Well, don’t we look nice all dressed up? It’s stuff like that, isn’t it?

So they went away. I couldn't understand what Chandler meant in the bold expression. Between his two questions, the others react as like that time was not a good moment to Chandler's comment. Therefore I guess in the second question he shows that the first one hadn't been pertinent. If someone could help me, I'd be grateful! Thanks a lot!


texts: Have your birthday in December,Birthday in December

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Someone was conducting a survey on people who have December Birthdays. So he said:

1.What does it feel like to have you birthday in December?
2.What does it feel like to have a December birthday?

3.What does it feel like if your birthday is in December?

What should be used:#1,#2 or #3?


texts: How to pronounce a name you see for the first time?

texts: Could you please tell me how to pronounce a name (interpreted from other languages) for the first time you see it? In English I find it difficult to do so because of the flexible pronunciation of letters and different stress on syllables. For example, like the name Powhatan (I see it in a story).


texts: A question about how native speakers learn prepositions

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There are several prepositions which can be placed after an adjective. So I wonder which one should be chosen. Are they the same, or are there some nuances among them? Given a single sentence without context, how can a native speaker understand the sentence correctly? I want to know the process of understanding the different usages.

For example,

  disappointed adj ~ (about/at sth); ~ (in/with sb/sth);sad or
  dissatisfied because sb has failed, some desired event has not
  happened, etc

  be disappointed about/at sb's failure
  I was disappointed with his performance.
  I'm disappointed in you: I expected you to win.

As you can see, after the adjective "disappointed", you can use different prepositions,like "about" "at" "with" "in". Are they the same? Which element can decide the usage of preposition?

How do the native speakers learn the preposition at the beginning?


texts: how and when to use a preposition for the verb ' make it '?

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Considering the use of this verb meaning in : 'manage to arrive'  . How and when do I use the preposition 'to' ?

Please take a look at the following sentences and explain which one makes sense in both examples to mean in the mentioned definition.

  Sorry, I can't make it home for dinner tonight, I've got my hands full with a bunch of work.
  Sorry, I can't make it to home for dinner tonight, I've got my hands full with a bunch of work.

Here is another one :

  There was heavy traffic but I finally made it to work.
  There was heavy traffic but I finally made it work.


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Is the following sentence grammar correct ?
"Her acting career officially began in 2002 when she landed her first TV role. Other small parts on TV and in a few films followed."
Does "followed" in the sentence need an object ?
If no, I thought it should be "Other small parts on TV and in a few films is followed". Is my understanding correct?


texts: a role in whatever Western diplomatic effort might eventually bring the war to an end -- why is there no "that" after "effort"?

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Source: Russian media is spinning the downing of a Russian jet fighter into a wider conspiracy theory

Example:

  In Given the alternatives, that’s good news: It means that Russia is unlikely to respond to the Turks militarily and unlikely to drag NATO into broader conflict. It could also mean that Putin still hopes to be part of a larger coalition in Syria, or that he still wants a role in whatever Western diplomatic effort might eventually bring the war to an end. After all, he needs evidence for another one of his narratives: That he has brought back his country’s “superpower” status and its international influence.

Don't know about you, but my brain really wants to plug that in there to make the clause sound like this:

  he still wants a role in whatever Western diplomatic effort that might eventually bring the war to an end

whatever Western diplomatic effort (A) being what he still wants a role in and might eventually bring the war to an end (B) a descriptive phrase that tells us what kind of Western diplomatic effort he still wants a role in. So, effectively my rewritten clause has the following structure:

  he still wants a role in A that is B.

And it has the following semantics: he doesn't care what the diplomatic effort is going to be except that it be one that might bring the war to an end. That's the sentence I would have no problem understanding, but they don't have that included in there. Thus, A in the original clause is whatever Western diplomatic effort might eventually bring the war to an end.

So, my question is really twofold: are my version and the original one the same where the only thing that's a little different is the grammar or do the two differ significantly? And if they are different, how are the semantic structures of the two clauses different? In either case, back your thoughts up with a good explanation. Help me make sense of this mess.


texts: We are making a thank you sign for our donors. Regarding text: when thanking them do we say "we wish to thank all our donors" or is it "we wish to thank all of our donors"


texts: Is it correct to say: "How did you know how much time he spent there"


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I understand the explanation in an ell post about "want to be reading", though I guess this is a different context.
From a tutorial

it is fairly important
because some of you may have used that
time to be reading ahead section one
section two ...

"May have used" indicates that the audiences had done that (used that time) in the past. So, "to be reading" doesn't seem to imply a sense of "right now".
I guess it's the speaker's misspoken. She should have said

used that time to read ahead section one section two ...

Is my understanding correct?


texts:
I've read in dictionary that romance can be an adjective that same as romantic is only adjective. So when I what to say that someone is talking about love, using specific "love" epithets, can I say

  It's romance language

or should I say

  It's romantic language

I know that languages from Roman empire (Spanish, Romanian,French etc) are called Romance languages, I'm curious can I apply this adjective to a person's speech?


texts: Commas in and after bracketed statement at end of clause

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I jogged once a week (not to lose weight, obviously), so I caught up with him in no time.

Do I need those two commas? Would I be enough if I just wrote:

  I jogged once a week (not to lose weight obviously) so I caught up with him in no time.


texts: Use of and differences between "could be" and "could have been"

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Source

I was studying today's newspaper and this appeared:

  How did the metals get there?
  Metals are used in practically every product we use. Even detergents and shampoos have traces of them. Nanoparticles are used to limit body odour in socks, for instance. A lot of this is absorbed by the body and discarded as waste, which enters the sewage system and treatment plants.

  So I could have been a millionaire by now?
  Since the idea isn’t to sift through individual toilet refuse, no, you would still probably be where you are now. To actually mine the sewage, wastewater is treated through physical, biological, and chemical processes, resulting in treated water and biosolids. The biosolids, says US researchers, may be as good as a gold mine.

Is the usage of could have been correct? If yes, then how does it differ from I could be a millionaire by now?

Please explain this to me.


texts: Usage of double "your" in "what is your favourite place in your hometown?"

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Is this question correct?

  what is your favourite place in your hometown?

It’s confusing because a double ‘your’ seems wrong


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Someone's ex is a person who was their wife, husband, or partner in the past. Cambridge Dictionary

I noticed some usages for word ex with things (not person). e.g. Ex Machina movie.

Some people say: this is my ex car, my ex office. ... is it kind of kidding or we can use it with things?


texts: Wish Followed by Past Continuous and Past Simple

texts: Yesterday I had and exam in English. I wondered very much for the following sentence - "I wish it ... (snow)now. It's Christmas". My question is if we can say "I wish it snowed now. It's Christmas" or it has to be "I wish it was snowing now. It's Christmas" and this is the only way it can go. I'll be very thankful if you help me.


texts: What does "time" mean in football/soccer context?

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What does "time" mean in football (soccer) context?
77 min Dzeko with a golden opportunity to make it four! Rooney lost the ball in the City half and Silva burst forward. Silva timed the ball to Dzeko perfectly, and the Bosnian lashed a shot across De Gea's body. De Gea saves with his feet and it goes for a corner.


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Keo recognized the scent of a black man and tried to raise his head high enough to bite him. Seeing which Gouie spoke in the hippopotamus language, which he had learned from his grandfather, the sorcerer:
"Have peace, little one; you are my captive."

Source: https://americanliterature.com/author/l-frank-baum/short-story/the-laughing-hippopotamus

I found the usage of "which" in the sentence above a little bit odd. If there were "it" this would make more sense: When he saw it, Gouie spoke… But why "which"?


texts: "I used to watch his music videos and repeat his moves" vs "I used to watch his music videos and copy his moves"

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Let's say I used to watch a particular musician's music videos, and try to do the same dance moves as him while watching the videos. If I am telling someone about that while we are talking about that musician, can I say either of these interchangeably?

"I used to watch his music videos and repeat his moves"
"I used to watch his music videos and copy his moves"

I think we can use the word "copy" here, but I am not sure if we can use "repeat one's moves" to mean we are copying someone's moves. It doesn't sound very correct to me. I think we can say something like "I repeat these moves 3 times a day", but I feel like we can't use "repeat his moves" to mean "copy his moves".


texts: Can I use "further" with "in time", as in "further forward in time"?

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further (from Oxford Dictionary)
2 a longer way in the past or the future
Think further back into your childhood.

Having considered the explanation above, would you show me if my sentence below is correct? And, would you please give me other(s) alternative or interchangeable word or phrases instead of the bold parts?

If we go further forward in time....


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This may sound extremely stupid, but I've never ever stumbled upon any punctuational rule in the English language.

The only rule I know is that one has to put a comma after a linking word. For example, 'To my mind, this book is very interesting' or 'What's more, lots of people are of the same opinion'.

Don't think I'm new to English, not at all. I've been studying it for more than ten years and throughout all that time I've hardly met one or two such rules.

Are there any general punctuational rules in English? Are there any recourses where one can learn them?


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As shown in the picture, my son often lets his body hang freely by holding my hands. His weight thus pulls my hands down and I feel like I am lifting a very heavy thing.
Is it correct to say "my child likes to swing / dangle / hang from my hands" in this case?
I am not sure if "from" is a correct word, can we say "my child likes to swing / dangle / hang ob my hands"?


texts: What is the meaning of "well done" in this sentence?

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I read a sentence in Word by Word by Kory Stamper which was:

  The idea that "poor" marks quality whereas "bad" marks morality is truly a peeve beyond all other peeves--a real peever's peeve. Well done.

I want to know what author wants to convey by "well done" in that sentence? I mean we use it for praising someone? Who is he praising in that sentence?


texts: What is the difference between "I just got out of the bathroom" and "I have just gotten out of the bathroom"?

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If I want to tell someone that I just left the bathroom, could I use the following sentences?

  1 I just got out of the bathroom

  2 I have just gotten out of the bathroom

If both they are wrong, then what is the difference between 1 and 2?


texts: A question about the usage of the articles "the" and "a"

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I have been told that the following sentence should be corrected as follows:

Original sentence

  In a world of increasing environmental awareness, governments around the
  world face the decision of how much money should be
  allocated to the protection of wild animals

Corrected sentence

  In a world of increasing environmental awareness, governments around the
  world face a decision regarding how much money should be
  allocated to the protection of wild animals

What is the original sentence wrong?


texts: "God help the outcasts"- lack of direct address comma?

texts: I was listening to various Disney songs, including "God Help the Outcasts", which got me wondering- why is there not a comma because of the direct address? From what I understand, if it's speaking about God in the third person, it should be "God helps the outcast", and if it's asking God to help the outcasts, it should be "God, help the outcasts". Is it grammatically correct without it and why?


texts: Sara loved to read or sara loved reading?

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Plz, check expirations below

  Sara loved to read

is grammatically correct but would it be incorrect if we say it

  sara loved reading

read in first expiration is verb I think but secound one is noun obviously


texts: Why using present perfect tense in "In the US, race has always mattered."

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When I read that sentence, I get a feeling that this sentence is incorrect and must be in present simple tense, because it points to a "habit" in the US.

On the other hand, I thought a little about that, and I suppose that the writer knows what he is doing, and he used the present perfect to tell that race mattered up to now and it could be changed.

Is my second conclusion valid? and if it's not why using present perfect in that sentence?


texts:
I look at her smiling.

From what I know

present participle can be used:

•after verbs of perception [I heard you talking, I heard as you were talking]

•for two actions at the same time [He walked outta the room laughing]

So who's smiling in this context?

She is or I am?


texts: I would like to check if someone did something, which expression should I use "did you do" or "have you done"?

texts:
This post is discussing an OpenCV problem.

there is a guy made some comments.

I guess he did't run the code himself.

to make sure he ran the code himself and his comment is valuable.

which expression should I use "did you do" or "have you done"?


texts: "Today current local will be rain" makes sense?

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I'm studying English listening to CNN student news.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/26/studentnews/sn-content-weds/index.html

At 5:54, the audio sounds like "Today current local will be rain" (also the script).
However, I think, but not sure, the sentence is grammatically broken. Shouldn't it be something like "Today, current locale will be raining" ?

FYI, The robot speaking the sentence is made in Japan, and that could be the reason why the sentence is grammatically wrong, I guess.

Anyway, I'd like to make sure if I am correct.


texts: Is there a word for the state of being just out of bed?

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As the title implies, I'm looking for a word that results in the meaning of being in the state of "just out of bed", not concentrating and cannot talk regularly.
The usage would be something similar to I'm sorry I didn't pickup the phone, I was still ____ and my mind was a bit fuzzy.


texts: What is the verb which means "put together (a plan)" and sounds more formal?

texts: I often hear people saying "putting a plan together" or "working on the plan", but they sound too colloquial.  In the context of business documents, what is the verb that sounds more formal and means making a plan?  Is "formulate" the right verb for it, for example "The division allocated 3 dedicated resources to formulate Business Continuity Plan by the end of the quarter"?


texts: What do the letters Dx - of diagnosis- stand for?

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I always see the letters Dx as the abbreviation of diagnosis, but I never understand how does this letter relate to the word diagnosis which doesn't contain the letter x. Therefore my question is

  What do these two letters (Dx) stand for?

An example using these letters:
Dx: atrial fibrilation and right bundlebranch block. (in cardiology)


texts:
I have read "costs a pretty penny" before.

Is it okay if I instead use "costs a pretty dollar" or "costs a pretty yen"?


texts:
can someone tell me what does "a tax write-off" and also "consigned to specialty sections" mean in the following text:

  Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that prior to Nirvana, "alternative
  music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major
  labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)#Legacy


texts: "Next year we will have been married for 30 years" and "Next year we will be married for 30 years."

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What's the difference between these senteces?

Next year we will have been married for 30 years.
Next year we will be married for 30 years.


texts: Difference between "if I can be of any help" and "if I am of any help"

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What is the difference between "if I can be of any help" and "if I am of any help"?  For example:

  Please let me know if I can be of any help.

or

  Please let me know if I am of any help.

This really beats me. All I can say is both seem to offer help.


texts: Is it OK to say *inflation is one of the most important in UK macroeconomics issues*?

texts: Is it OK to say inflation is one of the most important in UK macroeconomics issues?


texts:
When the German army rumbles into town, Provost shows Séraphine scraping away at her canvas, her hymns replaced by the thunder of mortars while Uhde, the "dirty German", is forced to flee.

Source.

Just one question regarding the review of the French movie Séraphine. I catched myself by hesitating the term "the thunder of mortars". I dont't know if it is meant literally or in some metaphorical way. Yesterday I watched this movie so I know that a trademark of the protagonist was her naive spiritual faith in St Mary the Virgin and angels which was expressed by her declaiming "the hymns". Firstly I thought that "the thunder of mortars" is some kind of the opposite of the hymns, e.i. some sort of swearing. But she did  not behave in such a way as I can remember. The second meaning that occured to me is that she changed her painting technique and material but this is strange too and I didn't notice this in the movie. So what is your opinion?


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A) Last night I ____ (lost) my keys - I had to look for them.
  B) I ____ (lost) my keys - can you help me look for them?
  C) Last night I ____ (lost) my keys - can you help me look for them?

I know that for question A we use Past Simple because we know the specific time the action was completed.

  Answer A: Last night I lost my keys - I had to look for them.

For question B we use Present Perfect Simple because the specific time the action was completed is not mentioned, and the consequence of the action is visible in the present moment.

  Answer B: I have lost my keys - can you help me look for them?

So! The question C is a combination of question A and B. What tense should we use?


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I wonder which form(s) are correct amongst the following:

we work on a research problem at the intersection between biology and computer science.
we work on a research problem at the intersection of biology and computer science.
we work on a research problem in the intersection between biology and computer science.
we work on a research problem in the intersection of biology and computer science.


texts: Is this sentence on CNN wrong with two relative pronouns:"There has been no American that has needed a ventilator that has not received one."

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I heard the following sentence on TV at a speech by a native speaker.

"...There has been no American that has needed a ventilator that has not received one."

As you can see, there are two relative clauses(two "that"s) in this sentence, which refer to the same name(an american). But there is no "and" between these two clauses. So the second "that" seems as if it refers to "ventilator", whereas it refers to the word "american".

This is against what we are taught at school, because at school relative clause should be placed right after the thing it refers to.

1-Is this sentence grammatically correct like this; being not connected without "and"?

2-What would be the correct version of this sentence?

Regards,


texts: Can we use passive gerund like present perfect?

texts: Can we use passive gerund like present perfect i.e action just completed before saying like if I'm fired yesterday then can I say like this "I'm still angry about having been fired".


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Look at this sentence:

  He heard the things that they would say bleeding in his ear.

What does would mean? I do not think this is an unreal situation, a past habit, or a conditional construction.


texts: "whatever" as an adverb in American English

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Is "whatever" in the following sentences correct in American English? I only saw such use in British dictionaries.

a. He will finish the project by himself whatever.

b. He will back us whatever.


texts: What is the difference between sorry and afraid? Are they interchangeable?

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Can anyone help me with the difference between "I'm sorry" and "I'm afraid"?

In the four following sentences, should I use "sorry", "afraid" or can I use both? And why?

I’m ________________ , I’m _________________ I can’t speak Spanish very well.
I’m ________________  , can you say that again please?
I’m ________________   his line is busy.
I’m ________________ but he’s in a meeting at the moment.


texts: How to express "I am not in the office" using one word?

texts: I am going to put a text board on the door of my office to show others that I am not in the office, when needed. Can I just write "Outed" on it? Any advice?


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Should I add "at" in the following sentence?

I drove to the hotel my friend was staying (at).

Should I add "at"? Why or why not?
I found both versions on Google:


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I repeated it after him.

I would like to ask whether the preposition "after" is used properly. I want to express that I repeated  exactly the same words that he had said. The preposition "after" suggests that I repeated it after some period of time and I am not sure if I can use "after" in my context.


texts: What is the difference between “yep” and “yeah”?

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What is the difference caused by using “yep” instead of ”yeah”?

Is it used because “yep” sounds better and not straight like “yeah”? In some situations, it feels like "yes" is better to use than no even though it adds more formal. What is the reason why many use "yep" and "yeah"? When should one use over the other?

What is the difference in meaning among the common words yes, yeah, ya, yep, and yup?


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The following sentences is an example of how I get confused when writing English.

  When will it be convenient for you to come over tomorrow?
  When will it be convenience for you to come over tomorrow?

I seem to make this mistake often.  Is there any simply rule to follow that can help me straighten this problem?

Other words I use wrongly include owe-owed, relevant-relevance etc.


texts: "certain" in "This guy has certain reputation in this community"

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Is the word certain appropriate in this sentence?

  This guy has certain reputation in this community?

Is that alright? Or is there a better way to put it?


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I want to translate the name of my college from Chinese into English.

The translation is like that "Guangxi Vocational and Technical College of Communications", but if I wish to make this name shorter, I think "&" is interchangeable with "and", but I am told that it is informal if you use a symbol rather than a word.

So what is the difference?


texts: Is the word "crosshair" almost a "slang"?

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I was reading this article.

Says

  Years after the death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, it is now Hamza bin Laden who finds himself squarely in the crosshairs of world powers.

I consulted dictionaries and googled too and most of the definitions were same as Merrian Unabridged puts it,

  :  one of the fine wires or spider lines mounted as a reticle in the focus of the eyepiece of optical instruments and used as a reference line in the field or for marking the instrumental axis

But only this dictionary, no, the thesaurus, helped me understand article correctly.

  Noun   1.  crosshairs - a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"

Is this word, "crosshair", a not frequently used word but some kind of slang type word?

Thank you in advance.


texts: What's the difference between "could", "may" and "might"?

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I knew that these auxiliary verbs mean the low possibility though. Should I use this one?

For example:

  Even if you can not pick up English...

  you might be able to work abroad.
  you may be able to work abroad
  you could work abroad.

Which one is correct?


texts: Indefinite article in question answer with the same singular countable noun

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Text is

Is this a pen? - No, it is not a pen.

Why do we use indefinite article in the second case instead of definite article before pen?


texts: Verbs corresponding to 'showed' for other senses

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Consider the sentence:

  The teacher showed the students what an elephant looks like.

(This sentence is perhaps more naturally written as 'The teacher showed the students an elephant.' but I need to phrase it this way to explain my question.)

What would be the corresponding verbs for other senses? For instance,

  The teacher   ______   the students what a rose smells like.
  The teacher   ______   the students what a fire alarm sounds like.
  The teacher   ______   the students what a mango tastes like.


texts: What does verb+ing form in this sentence?

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I was listening to a video from Ted, and he said the following sentence.

  In the last few days, the leaders of the world, meeting at the UN in New York, agreed a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030

I understand the meaning of the word in this context but why he used verb+ing form rather than just past tense like met? or is there something omitted?


texts: Is this sentence correct? ""although, that response was different in my expectation"

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When I received some idea from A person, I'd like to say like this

"although, that response was different in my expectation".

But I'm not sure about this is correct or not.


texts: What is funny about an American joke about the British actor Daniel Day Lewis

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Comedy Central(viewable only to the U.S and other limited countirs) is a favorite channel through which you may say you see only cheap shots but to me a new "spot" for just an an "English(what country ever)" "oriental" jokes learning.
Well...when I was watching this, from around 0:43,
The narrator

Now it's time for one of our favorite segments. Singing on motorcycles in traffic. Now, today's guest is none other than two time Academy Award winner, Daniel Day Lewis.. Let's see how he did!.

I don't know what is funny about this line even after reading Lewis Wiki page.
What is the main point?


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This is from an article in the CBC news:What parents need to know about Facebook's new messenger app for kids

  "That's why Facebook is doing this, of course — it's a safe way to get
  their brand into the family young."

Is using 'young' after a noun 'family' in this sentence a right usage? I've googled but without an answer. Can you, for example, say 'the family rich', 'the family poor', 'the family old'....etc.?


texts: Can the comma be omitted after "during 1983"?

texts: In the sentence, "During 1983 temperatures set records," would it be okay to omit the comma after "during 1983"?


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I received this morning the records you sent two days ago

Today I received the records you  sent or had sent  last year. It took almost one year to arrive!

In the first sentence you don't need past perfect both action are almost simultaneous and the meaning is clear
In the second sentence am I obliged to use past perfect or is the meaning clear enough without it. I think because of took it is better to use past perfect


texts: I don't remember what this phrase was..!! help me out

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I can't remember what this expression was...
Here's the situation:

A) Hey, I've got a job, finally!
B) Congratulations! But just make sure to __________, so people can't cheat you.
A) Of course!

So, I guess it was something 'trace the money?' or 'track the bill/money'???
I don't really remember, please help me!


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I have recently learned about subjunctive mood. I am very confused about it. Consider these sentences

If he were driving, we would have reached the town by now.

If he were to drive, we would reach the town by now.

Rule : The subjunctive mood of the verb to be is be in the present tense and were in the past tense, regardless of what the subject is.
Question 1: Both these sentences are in past; and I want to know what will be a present form of such a sentence? Please include an example from your side to explain hypothetical condition in present.
If he be driving, If he be to drive both sound incorrect to my ears. So please tell me its possible present form.
Question 2 : I think, the second verb or main verb in a subjunctive mood sentence can be in its base form or Verb + ing and it can never be past participle. Is it correct?
Question 3 : How to change to be to be?


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I don't understand what this "in order to" explains in the following sentence:

"Focusing on access reveals potential vulnerabilities that could be even more effectively exploited when used in combination with vulnerabilities of character or credibility, or both, of the message in order to shape the perception of the messenger as well as that of his followers," the document argues.
-- Huffington Post (2013/11/26): Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'

Does it explain, "they are used in combination with....."?
Is this talking about "in order to shape the impressions we get about the messenger and his followers?"


texts: How to do reference to the floor in a building that's right below us?

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I want to refer to the floor in a building that's right below us. I thought it is called "down stair", but not sure about it.

Do I need to provide more information to make my question clear?


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But time by time lots of theory and experiments made their assumption wrong.

Is there anything in using time by time in the above sentence whereas it refers changing things with time.


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In my county, I learned that beneath means the underside.
When the ball sticks to the base of the table, we say that the ball is beneath the table.Is that right? I want to know the exact meaning of 'beneath'?


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What is difference between two sentences below?

  I stopped to talk to her.
  I stopped talking to her.


texts: Difficulty in understanding the sentence

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I translate games into my native language and am currently working on a new project and have difficulty understanding a certain sentence. The sentence is:

Anyway, there's always more eggs to crack somewhere - heck, if you squeeze enough chickens into a small enough cage who knows what'll happen?

The problem concerns the phrase "there's always more eggs to crack". I guess that's some kind of idiom, but it doesn't make sense to me. An additional difficulty is the fact that the text is loosely scattered throughout the file and is not related to each other in any way, so it is difficult for me to grasp the context of the statement.
Would someone be so kind as to help me understand the meaning of this sentence?


texts: What does move forward with frameworks mean here?

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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/framework?q=framework
“To enable further digitalization, establishing single standards is a prerequisite, so this is a good initiative,” Andy Lane, port expert and partner at CTI Consultancy, told JOC.com. “It might require a separate or neutral entity to drive it, however, which might be an existing association such as [the International Association of Ports and Harbors] or a new entity. The primary challenge will always be reaching fast consensus and moving expeditiously forward with frameworks.”
Source: https://www.joc.com/port-news/european-ports/port-rotterdam/major-ports-begin-aligning-data-networks-cargosmart-tradelens_20200728.html


texts: Can I say "it barely can not to be noticed, that "?

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Can I say:

it barely can not to be noticed, that there are already a sufficient number of ...

?


texts: Understanding the meaning and usage of ‘until’

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Which is the more common clause after the following sentence? A or B? (Or, are A and B equally common?)

  Q1. She would have to wait until Wednesday,
  A. so she will tell me the results on Wednesday.
  B. so she will tell me the results on Thursday.

  Q2. He continued to practice as a vet until 1960,
  A. and he changed his job in 1960.
  B. and he changed his job in 1961.

  Q3. I have to study until tomorrow,
  A. so I can go to the movies with you tomorrow.
  B. so I can go to the movies with you the day after tomorrow.

  Q4. I will work here until next year,
  A. so I can change my workplace next year.
  B. so I can change my workplace the year after next.

  Q5. I will stay here until next month,
  A. so I can visit your country next month.
  B. so I can visit your country the month after next.

  Q6. Our office will be closed until the 5th of May,
  A. and our office will reopen on the 5th of May.
  B. and our office will reopen on the 6th of May.

  Q7. Tom will be away until Monday,
  A. so he’ll be back on Monday.
  B. so he’ll be back on Tuesday.

Do you think all the seven questions have the same answer? If you think so, then, whether the same answer is A, B, or both of them, there is a consistency in the usage of ‘until’, which is easy to understand, I think.

Even if you don’t think all the questions have the same answer, it’s not a problem for me. As long as all of you give me the SAME RESULT (for example, if all of you insist that the answers to Q1~Q5 are B but the answers to Q6~Q7 are A), then the same  consistent result verifies that there is a consistency in the usage of ‘until’.

However, if each of you have different opinion on the answers, and, as a result of that, there come several different results, this is a big problem for me because it’s really hard to understand the complicated usage of ‘until’.


texts: "a company which name is" or "there is a company whose name is"?

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"a company which name is..." or "there is a company whose name is..."?

which one is correct?

I know I need to use 'whose' when the preceding noun is living thing.
For example, there is a boy whose job is a teacher.


texts: "$x USD" vs. "x USD": does the $ serve any purpose?

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Sometimes I read $x USD. E.g.:

$900 USD purchase price

Why not simply write 900 USD, without the $ symbol? In other words, when writing $x USD, does the $ serve any purpose?


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While playing a game, I stumbled upon a sentence containing a usage of "even" that left me quite confused. The sentece said:

  "Hey, it's me, Mallow! That's a fine Revival Herb! Its bitter bite is
  even a shock to Pokémon, but that's what will add depth to the
  flavor!"

I understand the meaning of the word "even" but here it sounds weird. Wouldn't the sentence sound more natural if it said:

  "Its bitter bite is a shock even to Pokémon, but that's what will add depth to the flavor!" ?

I'm aware that my question is really vague and perhaps it has more to do with style than grammar, but there is something about that sentence which sounds really off to me


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I'm studying infinitives being a verbal that can function as noun, adjective, or adverb.
I'm somewhat confused that the following sentences are correct. If so, what is difference between them? If I had some tasks, I would prefer to go with second one.

I have some tasks to do.
I have some tasks to be done.


texts: What is the difference between a "Reflexive pronoun" and an "Emphatic pronoun"?

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I did it myself.

What is the difference between a "reflexive pronoun" and an "emphatic pronoun"?

What's the definition of "emphatic pronoun"?


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Last week we worked on the new feature for our product.

  The following issues have been closed for the latest week.

Are both phrases correct? If they are, then why we don't use any article with "last week", but use "the"-article with "the latest week"?


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I wrote:

  In my case with the same problem the following solution worked!

Is it correct to use "with" for "in my case"? I am trying to say:

  I had the same problem and in my case, the following solution worked.

But I am actually looking for a shorter way to say this sentence. or

  In my case, having the same problem the following solution worked!


texts: Is there any difference in meaning and usage between the phrase "judging from" and "going by"?

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Is there any difference in meaning and usage between the phrase judging from and going by? For example:

Judging from how you look, you have completely recovered from the illness.
Going by how you look, you have completely recovered from the illness.

By the way, do the sentences sound natural?


texts: What does "Where would you retire to?" mean?

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I would like to ask "Where do you want to spend the rest of your life after your retirement?"

Does "Where would you retire to?" have the same meaning?


texts: Should I use the conditional continuous or simple?

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Should I say:

  If I was a detective, I would ask

or

  If I was a detective, I would be asking

Is the second one ("be asking") only a form to stress politeness?


texts: It suits him, to mean: That him to a tee

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There are three people A, B and C. A makes a comment about a thing, this reminds B of a parson C. So he says:

  What you said suits C. (this means that what A said is exactly what C looks like, and this may look good or not.)

Like : That's C to a tee.

So is the use of  "suit" natural?


texts: Error correction : Be careful so that you are not be caught by the police

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Be careful so that you are not be caught by the police.

The above sentence is from an error correction exercise of my book. The book suggests to change are to may

  Be careful so that you may not be caught by the police.

but another correction sounds fine to me which is to omit be from the sentence.

  Be careful so that you are not caught by the police.

Which of the two corrections is correct/better one?


texts: "It was wrong earlier" or "… earlier wrong"?

texts: For the sentence, 'It was wrong earlier.' and 'It was earlier wrong', what is the correct usage?


texts: "It is the category where most of the processed data falls into" - is it correct?

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Is the following sentence correct? I have some doubts about "category where ... fall into" phrase.

  It is the category where most of the processed data falls into


texts: What part of speech are "answer" and "enough" in this sentence?

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Sirius suggested once, without any real conviction, that they all go to bed, but the Weasleys' looks of disgust were answer enough.

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I don't understand the grammar about "the Weasleys' looks of disgust were answer enough". Is 'answer' here a noun word, and 'enough' an adverb or a determiner? If 'answer' is a noun, why doesn't it take any articles? E.g. "the Weasleys' looks of disgust were the answer enough".

Another question:  is it the same to write it as "the Weasleys' looks of disgust answered (that) enough"

Any thoughts?


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There used to be a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time ago
  There used to be a hotel near the airport, but it was closed a long time ago

In English Grammar in Use, the first one is used. Why?


texts: My question is about Either or/Neither nor

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I am  not watching the movie on TV. I am not watching the movie on my laptop.

Should I use either-or or neither-nor?


texts: Is the following "which" descripting a singular subject or plural subject?

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This is a correcing-gramatial-error question from the IELTS OG. the relavant picture is provided here

Acccording to the answer, error No.10 "is extending" is replaced with "has been extended", which sounds incorrect to me.

In my view, the subject being described by "which" is " the supermarket and the hotel", so the correct answer should be "have been extended".

I would like a second opinion on this.


texts: Using "the" before a nominalised adjective "small"

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Instead of putting:

  You're a giant in the land of small people

could I say:

  You're a giant in the land of small

(referring to the Lilliputians in Gulliver's travels?)

Or should I use “the” before a nominalised adjective “small”:

  You're a giant in the land of the small


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When we see someone in such a rush to do something or in such a hurry to say something like good/bad news and they act all weird moving or talking fast and loud we say

  'Have you brought a head?!'

  'Look at him. Looks like he's brought a head.'

I think it refers to the wars in past where after defeating the enemy's army, they would cut off the enemy's leader's head and send it to the king by a soldier. The soldier rode his horse fast to the palace not wasting a second. Entering the palace, he loudly shouted the news while he was out of breath or talking fast.

What would be the best equivalent for this in English? Any idioms or idiomatic expressions?


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1) Trish enters the restaurant to find Jack sitting at a table.

2) Trish enters the restaurant and finds Jack sitting at a table.

What is the difference between these?

Should I use "to find" if Trish knew Jack was in the restaurant before she entered it?


texts: In this sentence, is the word "dominating" adjective or gerund?

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there are three decades of evidence that dominating instruction with a system of controlling external rewards may contribute to inferior learning

In this sentence, is the word "dominating" an adjective or a gerund?


texts: How can I know the correct pronunciation of any word?

texts: Can you tell me any website which has best pronunciation of the words. I, frequently, find many words,of which I want to know the pronunciation.But, I can't know because of non-availability of any source. thanks.


texts: Passing off other people's accomplishments as one's own

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Is there an idiom that expresses that someone claims other people's accomplishments as their own?

  A: "So, you remember how Craig claimed to have found the bug in the software? I know for a fact that it was Paul who found and fixed it!"
  B: "Oh well, it's not the first time that Craig ____."

The german language has the idiom "to adorn oneself with borrowed plumes" or "to adorn oneself with someone else's plumes" - isn't there something similar in the english language?


texts: How should I describe someone's experience being "diverse"?

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I would like to describe someone's experience as diverse. I am not sure if diverse can be used to describe someone who has had many work and education experiences in different fields. I was thinking diverse, meaning showing a great deal of variety. But it appears from dictionary definitions and examples that diverse is only used to describe a group or groups of people as different from each other or data being different.

So can I say

  He has a diverse experience (or diverse experiences?).

  He has a diverse professional experience (or diverse professional experiences?).

What words would fit in this context?


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I'm wondering whether doesn't or wouldn't should be used.

Dad doesn't / wouldn't let Joanne watch TV as a punishment because she hasn't done her homework.

I'd appreciate your help.


texts: Interpreting the statement based on the situation

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I got a statement like this today "I am also to blame here" - Does it means the guy came to blame us? or He is also part of the blame?
Also could you please help me to frame the sentence in the both case.

How to frame this statement if the guy came to blame a group of
people?
How to frame a sentence if he is also part of the blame and he is accepting in a group.

Please help to correct this.?


texts: "When" + past simple or "while" + past continuous to introduce "used to"

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I was doing grammar exercises with a friend and I tried to make an example, but the tenses got me confused. Here are two possibilities:

  While we were living in Paris, we used to eat croissants every morning

...and...

  When we lived in Paris, we used to eat croissants every morning.

Are both of these correct or just one or neither? Could we explain grammatically why or why not?


texts: that vs one: The Olympic Games have grown from a one-day affair to _____ sixteen days each time it is held

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I saw it here.

  The Olympic Games have grown from a one-day affair to _____ sixteen
  days each time it is held.

  A. that which lasts

  B. one which lasts

In my opinion, both are correct, but I can't tell why...

one and that (and it) always confuse me, can anyone make it clear when to use which? Thanks.


texts: Meaning of "of" in the sentence, "This song reminds me of your children"?

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What is the meaning of "of" in the following sentence,

  This song reminds me of your children.

Why should we use "of" after "remind me"?

What is the difference between "This song reminds me your children" and "This song reminds me of your children" and "This song reminds your children to me"?


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This is the context:

We cannot, however, be so flippant about asserting that space is discrete and not
continuous. The world certainly does not look discrete. Movement has the feel of
being continuous. Much of mathematical physics is based on calculus, which assumes
that the real world is infinitely divisible. Outside of some quantum theory and Zeno,
the continuous real numbers make a good model for the physical world. We build
rockets and bridges using mathematics that assumes that the world is continuous. Let
us not be so quick to abandon it.

Source: The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us By Noson S.Yanfosky

What is the meaning of "some" in this context? Does to mean "in some parts of"? If not, What?


texts: Oxford comma when two last items in a list are "merged" into a single one by omitting the repeated word

texts:
Colons, dashes, question marks, and exclamation marks are ...
Colons, dashes, question marks and exclamation marks are ...
Colons, dashes, question and exclamation marks are ...
Colons, dashes, question, and exclamation marks are ...

The Oxford comma is usually optional, but personally I prefer to use it whenever possible. However, I'm not sure it will be correct to use it in the 4th example. Is it correct or not?


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1.Etiquette requires that the bride's father makes a speech.
2.The situation requires that he go there.

UPDATED: These are two different sentences. My questions are about those, not only one of them. No one has explained anything as to the latter.
I am wondering the reason for--in the first sentence -- there has been used the s on makes.
Basically, I meant although the two sentences are subjunctive, in fact, why the first one has used s.


texts:
This has done nothing except______ an already delicate situation.
a) to inflame
b) inflaming
c) inflame
Which one is correct?


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(1) Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty
  silver. (2) Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened
  wide like a mouth - and the hat began to sing: (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

Is the ‘misty silver’ a predicative adjective that denote the result of the intransitive verb like in the second example? Or is it an object of the transitive verb?


texts: difference between someone was ill vs someone became ill

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I would like to know if there is any difference between these two sentences:

  My friend had drunk some contaminated water and she was ill.

  My friend had drunk some contaminated water and she became ill.


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I've been reading a online book where I saw this sentence:

Even though I'm living alone, just by looking at your lifestyle which everything has to be done perfectly, personally I wouldn't follow it but I understand how you feel.

Is there "which" in "your lifestyle which" the correct relative pronoun to use there, or does it need changing?
Thanks for your help!


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this post says

  The noun architecture can be countable or uncountable.

  In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be architecture.

The post didn't mention other form before, it seems that there is no need to use "also" here, is my understanding right?


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In fact, very many people think differently.

I read that very can be used to intensify "many", but I don't often come across it in the texts. Where can it be used, in formal or colloquial speech?


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Is "risk" always a bad thing? I have heard it used in context that could be good, as well as when it implies something is bad.

He risks losing what he has.

Vs.

He risks gaining something more.

The second seems strange to me though.


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Is “So beautiful a day was it that...” grammatically correct? Does such a weird case of inversion even exist?
I know that this question doesn’t hold up in terms of pertinence or practicality but the Vietnamese’s EngLish curriculum sometimes forces you to resort to such ridiculous outlandish grammar. I tried looking many ways on the net yet no blogs or articles showed up.
I am aware of the other types of inversion that can resolve this problem with ease, such as “Such a beautiful day was it that...” but like I said, Vietnamese curriculum, if you know you know.


texts: Why do we need the first "as" in comparative structures like "The apple is *as* big as a watermelon."

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Why do we need the first "as" in the sentence "The apple is -as- big as a watermelon."?

What's wrong in saying "The apple is big as a watermelon" in the same meaning of "The apple is as big as watermelon?

Is there an explanation for this structure of comparative sentences?


texts: The meaning of (she has had,she has ,she had had) a baby

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what do mean these three sentences:

She has had a baby.
She has a baby.
She had had a baby.

thank you


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He now furtively raised his eyes: he glanced at me, irresolute,
  disturbed: he again surveyed the picture. (1)    “That I should like
  to have it is certain: whether it would be judicious or wise is
  another question.” Since I had ascertained that Rosamond really
  preferred him, and that her father was not likely to oppose the match,
  I—less exalted in my views than St. John—had been strongly disposed in
  my own heart to advocate their union.  It seemed to me that, (2)
  should he become the possessor of Mr. Oliver’s large fortune, he might
  do as much good with it as if he went and laid his genius out to
  wither, and his strength to waste, under a tropical sun.  With this
  persuasion I now answered— “As far as I can see, (3) it would be
  wiser and more judicious if you were to take to yourself the original
  at once.” (Jane Eyre)

All (1), (2), and (3) are future-subjunctives: (1) and (3) take speech time as their reference times; (2) takes event time as its reference time, aren’t they?

Answer (1) is the response corresponding to the question whether he would receive a picture as same as the one he now sees if Jane Eyre would draw another one in the future.


texts: What's the difference between "the waiting" and "the wait"?

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I've just completed an application to a university. Now I'm writing an e-mail to my friend and was wondering whether finishing with the sentence

  And now the waiting begins.

or

  And now the wait begins.

is more appropriate with respect to the long time it usually takes for an answer from a university. As I'm not a native speaker I gathered two possible connotations from the ELL questions below.

  waiting connotes a duration and something that ends at some point.
  wait connotes a point in time and something recurring.

Those are in respect to the verb form, but does this also apply to the noun/gerund? Or is it related to gerund vs infinitive verbs mentioned here ("Verb + to or -ing")?

Personally I would probably choose "the waiting" to emphasize the duration rather than "the wait", which would emphasize the frequency if the above is correct. On the other hand, the second phrase sounds to me more like assuming that everyone knows "the wait" (after submitting something).

Is this correct? Or am I maybe overthinking the issue?

Possibly related:
I wait for Vs I'm waiting for
“while they wait” - why not “while they are waiting”?


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I have found that in BrE, 'the team' is either singular or plural, while in AmE, it is always singular from here: Team as singular or plural

I read the following line in the article:

  Given the right conditions, and the team playing to its potential, Kohli will be disappointed if his team don’t win the series.

Now, my question is: Should we put 'doesn't' in place of 'don't' as looking at the context, here 'team' looks singular? Why?


texts: Can I use "since" in past simple sentences?

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Can I say:

  I didn't see him in Malta since I moved there from Egypt.

Specifically, can I use since with past simple?


texts: When to use the uncountable form of a noun?

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I understand that certain nouns are both uncountable and countable at the same time.

Some of these nouns have different meanings in different form so choosing which form to use is relatively easy.

However, what if the countable and uncountable forms are actually quite similar in their respective meaning(s)? Or the difference may be so subtle that I can't meaningfully distinguish the two? How could I pick the correct one?

E.g. (the examples below may not be perfect and better examples are always welcome!:D)

  (1) The programmer is working hard to enhance the functionality/ functionalities of the software.

(Cambridge dictionary: functionality (C or U) means the tasks that a software is able to do)

  (2) The quality of this report, including its appendix and abstract, is/are disappointing.

(Cambridge dictionary: quality (C or U) means how good or bad something is)

  (3) I dont know what my personality is/are. Sometimes I am warm and nice, sometimes I am arrogant and harsh.

(Cambridge dictionary: personality (C or U) means the type of person you are)

To clarify my question, I understand that a noun can have a number of meanings so this problem can be easily avoided by resorting to its other meanings (functionalities can be taken to mean a range of functions, but even functionality could mean the same thing, so let's focus on this meaning). However, picking a different meaning would effectively circumvent, instead of directly resolving, my dilemma.


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Can we use the word teacher as a form of address to our teacher?
As in "Excuse me, teacher! Can I ask a question"
I've heard different forms of address like sir, or Mr. Connor, ...
Doesn't calling your teacher "teacher" sound weird or maybe not appropriate?


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What happened last night? Trent told me you were in a really bad mood. What's going on? Why couldn't you just have (had) a good/nice evening with him?

I have two questions:

Would it be more natural to include "had"?
Do "good" and "nice" mean the same here? Are they equally natural here?


texts:
I ran into the following context:

[humankind: human beings considered collectively (used as a neutral alternative to “mankind”)]

Also, I have read another article about it.
But still I am confused! Do they mean that "mankind" is often used in a gender-specific way or this separation is just for being on the safe side?


texts:
This is a statement being used as a stand-alone on a website.

  Are you someone to whom values are important?

or

  Are you someone for whom values are important?

Which of these is the correct usage of the conjunction before whom?


texts: What is the meaning of "grief could be borne one day, one chore, at a time"?

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Rose, who spoke for the first time about her own lost children, had
showed Elsa that grief could be borne one day, one chore, at a time.

I know the meaning of the words separetly but I don't understand the meaning of the sentence.
I think it means:
Grief could be borne once - like one chore - one by one.
but I am not sure that I am right.
So could you please explain it to me?
The fuller text is here:

When Elsa had lost her third child—a son who never drew breath—it was
Rose who held Elsa and let her cry, and said, Some lives are not ours
to hold on to; God makes His choices without us. Rose, who spoke for
the first time about her own lost children, had showed Elsa that grief
could be borne one day, one chore, at a time.

The Four Winds by kristin Hannah


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I came across this usage in the novel Lost Horizon by English writer James Hilton,Chapter 4.Here is the context.

  Her concession evoked a formal bow from Chang. "But why not, madam?"
  he replied in his precise and flavored English. "Must we hold that
  because one religion is true, all others are bound to be false?"


texts:
The following text is from the Black Sabbath song "Ironman":

  I am iron man
  Has he lost his mind?
  Can he see or is he blind?
  Can he walk at all,
  Or if he moves will he fall?
  Is he alive or dead?
  Has he thoughts within his head?
  We'll just pass him there
  Why should we even care?

What does "We'll just pass him there" mean? Is it slang or not?

It certainly sounds like it.


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I visit the pharmacy yesterday, and I asked the pharmacist to give me a special kind of oil (use to care the baby skin).

He told me that he don't have it and I can find it in chemist shop.

While I was using google map to find nearest chemist shop, I noticed that these kind of shops look exactly like pharmacies.

So did I misunderstood the Pharmacist? or is there different between them?


texts:
Imagine one of your close friend was going to take an important exam and you would like that exam happen in a way your friend gets happy, what would you tell him?

  I wish, you would pass the exam well
  I wish you a good exam
  I hope that you will pass the exam well
  Hope you pass the exam well

Which one is better?


texts:
I was reading this article by Forbes, and the structure of the first sentence confused me:

When Citigroup opened 2020, the most ambitious projects at the $2.2 trillion in assets lender involved major partnerships with technology companies best known for their internet, social media and ecommerce platforms.

I understand the meaning of the sentence as a whole, but not specifically the in assets lender part.
At first, I thought the most ambitious projects at the $2.2 trillions in assets is read as an explanatory phrase, and the subject of the next part would then be 'lender'. But, if it is the case, shouldn't there be a comma after the phrase and a 'the' before lender? Like this:

When Citigroup opened 2020, the most ambitious projects at the $2.2
trillion in assets, the lender involved major partnerships...

Another option would be to consider the most ambitious ... in assets lender combined as the subject. So, then the text should be read as

... [the most ambitious projects at the $2.2 trillion in assets lender] involved major partnerships with technology companies best known for their internet, social media and ecommerce platforms.

This case seems a bit strange to me and I don't get the meaning. Is "assets lender" a concept (in this context)? I searched but couldn't find any meaning for it.
So, what is the correct way of reading this text and its meaning?


texts:
I'm confusing between "product" and "item"

Which word do you guys think it's better in the below sentence?

A tool for searching free shipping items on Amazon

or

A tool for searching free shipping products on Amazon


texts:
Which of the spans in 1.1 is the stronger? Be assured, you are in numerous company if you pick the left one at first glance, where the struts and wires are doing nothing useful at all.

Could you please tell me what is "Be assured" here?

I mean whether it is an adverb, adjective, so on?

And, would you please show me some examples exactly like such the following, considering my original sentence?

  Be assured, ...


texts:
What is the difference between it is broken and it has been broken please?

Thanks.


texts: The difference between "said to" and "told" while turning the direct speech into the reported

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I have the following:

  "I may not be able to meet you at the airport", he said to her.

I made up next sentence:

  He said to her (that) he might not be able to meet her at the airport.

The key says I could use he "told her". Since we can't tell "say to someone" from "tell someone" exept for the fact that the first one may not take a personal object and "say" is usually followed by particle "to", I wonder if I'm able to use them in the same way?

Or, maybe, I can make out which to chose by the initial verb. I mean, the example is "said to her", thus I should have written "told her". Similiar to that, if I had "he said", I would write only "he said (that)...".


texts: Can one reminiscence comprise many items?

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Can a reminiscence hold many items? Example sentence:

  A reminiscence I'll never forget are the days I started noticing her.


texts: Why is the past simple used in "As soon as I started the car I realised..."?

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As soon as I started the car I realised that something was wrong with the engine

I thought it would be possible to use present perfect "As soon as I've started the car...", meaning the action has been finished. It is a question whereby I need to complete with past simple or present perfect. The question answer says simple past is the correct answer.


texts: rollover -- what does this word mean in the following context?

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Source: The ABCs of IP Addressing by Gilbert Held (2002)

Example:

  The actual entry in the Sequence Number field is based on the number of
  bytes in the TCP data field, i.e., because TCP was developed as a byte-oriented
  protocol, each byte in each packet is assigned a sequence number. Because
  it would be most inefficient for TCP to transmit 1 byte at a time, groups of
  bytes, typically 512 or 536, are placed in a segment and 1 sequence number
  is assigned to the segment and placed in the sequence field. That number is
  based on the number of bytes in the current segment as well as previous
  segments, because the sequence field value increments its count until all 16-bit positions are used and then continues via a rollover through zero. For
  example, assume the first TCP segment contains 512 bytes and a second
  segment will have the sequence number 1024.

I looked it up in a dictionary and I don't think there was a meaning that even remotely matched what I've got there in that paragraph.


texts: When is the past perfect exactly needed?

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I have never had this problem before. But after seeing some questions posted on ELU, I started to doubt. I have been through links1, pages of grammar books2, a lot of questions3 posted here and ELU. I now still can't seem to understand how the past perfect is exactly used. The references sometimes even contradict each other.

What I had understood so far was

  The past perfect is not necessary if we are not 'going back' to the earlier past, and simply moving from one event to another.

but I then saw a lot of other 'rules' including

  If the sequence is clear, the past perfect is not needed.

which is slightly different, less 'narrow' and can be applied in more situations than the first ruleA, and

  The past perfect is optional only when talking about an action at a specific time.

This is confusing. Can anyone here clarify things out please?

A For example, for

Doing the survey [completed] -> Showing the result

  We showed the result of the survey we did.

If the second rule is applied, the sentence above is fine (the sequence is clear), but not if the first rule since we are not moving from any event to the next and possibly even going back.

1 English Pages and English Grammar Secrets

2 Practical English Usage (2005) by Michael Swan, Collins Cobuild Student's Grammar (1991). Upper-Intermediate Cutting Edge.

3 including Is it possible to be grammatically correct without using past perfect?, When is using the past perfect tense not necessary?, Past vs Past Perfect, Past Perfect sentences with “before” etc.


texts: 'Elizabeth I made of England a true and mighty nation.' why does this sentence have 'of'?

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'Determinedly molding herself into the image of a mighty prince, Elizabeth I made of England a true and mighty nation.'

("Elizabeth I" is pronounced "Elizabeth the First".)

I wonder why that sentence has 'of' in it? Consider these two versions:

  Elizabeth I made of England a true and mighty nation.
  Elizabeth I made England a true and mighty nation.

In my view (non-native speaker), #2 is more plausible.

Is #2 possible? If so, what is the difference between #1 and #2?


texts: What’s a word for a motif which is being overused and became boring

texts:
I want to say a film band is a very boring motive for a film production company logo because every other production company uses it. Is there a single word for it?

In Czech, we call it "ohraný" which translates to "corny" by the Google Translator (which isn't anywhere close) and literally means a song has been "ruined by playing".
It's like "worn-out" for a music, therefore "ruined". I guess I'd just like to add the negative emotion in the "commonplace".


texts: Trapped with this language. Answering with 'yes' OR 'no' is not working!

texts:
This is a trap. How is it possible that putting 'yes' or 'no' does not change the meaning of the sentence?

  _________, I don't have brain (yes/no)  __________, I'm not a man (yes/no)

Is it grammatically wrong? If not, why the meanings remain the same by putting two extremely opposite options.


texts: Is there a difference in meanig between "as someone told you to" and "as someone told you"

texts:
a. You didn't come home late last night, as your Dad told you to.

  b. You didn't come home late last night, as your Dad told you.

Do these mean:

  Your Dad told you to come home late last night
  Your Dad told you not to come home late last night

How about this example:

  You didn't come home late last night, as your brother did.

Does it mean:

  Your brother did come home late last night
  Your brother did not come home late last night


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This is the house where I grew up.

If we accept the (debatable) rule that a sentence should not end in a preposition, are phrasal verbs an exception?  After all there is no other place in the above sentence where "up" might fit, for example:

  This is the house where up I grew

Or, must we eschew the phrasal verb in favor of a synonym,

  This is the house where I was raised

  This is my childhood home

  This is the house where I spent my childhood

etc.

(Note: I am aware of this similar question, but since it is not actually about a phrasal verb, it does not answer my question.  I'm also aware of the famously misattributed Churchill quote, but feel free to repeat it.)


texts: "Our mission is not to __, but (to) __." Should there be a second "to" in this sentence?

texts:
Which one is correct?

Our mission is not to prevent you from seeking a lawyer, but to educate you on your rights.
Our mission is not to prevent you from seeking a lawyer, but educate you on your rights.


texts: In this sentence, Does "missing child" mean 'The child who goes away or is taken away somewhere where nobody can find them'?

texts:
Mr Orban said that "for the West", the answer to falling birth rates in Europe was immigration: "For every missing child, there should be one coming in and then the numbers will be fine.
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47192612

In this sentence, Is "missing child" used literally('The child who goes away or is taken away somewhere where nobody can find them') or as figurative expression?


texts:
I only play tennis in the summer.
I play tennis only in the summer.
I play tennis in the summer only.

It there any difference in these 3 sentences?


texts:
As per the subject-verb agreement, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular

  He sings.

if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

  They sing.

I have seen some examples of "cut" on the internet that created some confusion.

Tom has cut his finger.
Tom often cuts classes. (Tom is singular - so cuts are used)
Tom cut classes again. (why is cut used here and not cuts. Tom is singular)
My mother cut the cake.

(My mother is singular, then shouldn't we use cuts here)
This knife cuts well.

(knife is also singular)
Each cone cuts out an area on the surface equally inclined to the
cone axis.


texts: "I was waiting at the train station when the rain had stopped."

texts:
In the following sentence:

I was waiting at the train station when the rain had stopped.

Is it correct to use the present continuous with the past perfect, or should I use the past simple?

I was waiting at the train station when the rain stopped.


texts: Would a native speaker append "or" to a statement to turn it into a question?

texts: I hear it all the time from my colleagues: But that's correct, or? However, my colleagues are all German, and in German, one can turn a statement into a question by adding oder (which means or). Does this sound natural to a native speakers ears?


texts: Mostly played online or Played mostly online

texts:
Which version is the best:

Mostly played online
Played mostly online

Can we say both?


texts: What date format does an American prefer while writing a letter to a British? OR Vice versa

texts:
I know that the US English uses mm/dd/yyyy and the Queen's English prefers dd/mm/yyyy (and so InE).

Now imagine Mike from New York City is writing a letter to Joe in London. And the letter is official, to be filed for future reference. What format would Mike choose?

Will he stick to his format OR will understand that this is for Joe's future reference and since he knows the UK format, he'd prefer writing dd/mm/yyyy?

While it's easy to identify it from the numbers used, it is impossible to make out when the months and dates are below 12. Say...

  4/8/2014 - Is it August 4 OR July 8?

I'm asking to both the native speakers -The Americans and Brits.


texts: What's the difference between "noun to verb" and "noun that verb" in meaning?

texts:
Is there a subtle difference between those sentences in meaning?

  A hero is a brave person who does things to help others.
  A hero is a brave person who does things that help others.


texts: Can anyone explain this quote in a simpler way?

texts:
This is the context:

  So there's two ways of thinking about ethics and one is outcomes-based. Only utilitarianism-consequentialism. And another way of thinking about what we as selves and persons care about goes beyond just happiness maximizes an outcome, but the kind of processes we live our life through. Are we autonomous, are we agents? And I would say even more than autonomy and agency, what is our relationality? How we relate to others and how to others, how we encounter others and make decisions and be with others?

  Source: The evolution of Consciousness. Panel Discussion at the WEF Annual Meeting.

So, I have a few questions.

First question:

  "And another way of thinking about what we as selves and persons care about goes beyond just happiness maximizes an outcome, but the kind of processes we live our life through."

This sentence, I think, has a very poor structure. What is the meaning of "through" in this part? Does it mean "via or by" or does it mean "the processes that we live with them in our lifetime? My take on it is this: another way of thinking about what...care about... is the kind of processes by which we live our lives.

Second question:

  "And I would say even more than autonomy and agency".

Does it mean that I would say that there are some processes that are more important than autonomy and agency?

Third question:

What is the meaning of "relationality" in this context? Does it mean having relationships with others?

Fourth question:

I always have problem with the word "relate". In this context, does it mean that how we make relationships with others or how our relationships with others are?


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What does 'manage that much' mean here? And, please, explain why 'much' is used in this case and its meaning.

  Then the door to the cafeteria/gym opened, and a Mr. Jenkins came out. Which Mr. Jenkins? There was no telling them apart. Meg looked to the cherubim, but he had de-materialized again, leaving only a shimmer to show where he was.

  Mr. Jenkins came to her. She checked his shoulders. There was the dandruff. She went closer: smelled: yes, he had the Mr. Jenkins smell of old hair cream and what she always thought of as rancid deodorant. But all three of the Mr. Jenkinses could manage that much, she was sure. It was not going to be that easy.

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


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My horse paints beautiful photos. {Here I understand why the "s" is used}

These pigs usually cook[s] dinner. {Why the "s" isn't used here?}

Your dog, cat and chicken get[s] along well. {Neither here}

P.S. I'm learning English by my own, so any tips are welcome.


texts: Thank you for **sharing us** the screenshot

texts:
Is the following sentence correct?

  Thank you for sharing us the screenshot.

Nobody can share us, isn't this sentence incorrect?

Ideally, it should be "Thank you for sharing the screenshot with us."


texts:
“There being” is allegedly an absolute phrase. Moreover, because “there being” is the present participle of “there be”, I'd like to learn how to parse/unravel “there be”, to determine/deduce this definition de novo. Please explain the steps or thought process as well, so that I may do this by myself in the future.

For example, this page on absolute phrases says that “an absolute phrase combines a noun. . .”. What's the noun here? Are there any grammatical terms that describe this use of “there”? To what does this “there” refer?

  However, [. . .] merely submitting a derogation would not
  have solved the shortcoming as, in any event, the provisions of the Act were disproportionate,
  there being no reasonable relationship between the means employed and the
  aims sought to be pursued by the State.Source: p 60, The English Legal System 2012-2013, Gary Slapper


texts: Are there other idioms that mean "do someone the favor of x"

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I wrote the following, but I find it a bit unnatural, I can't really think of many other ways to say this.

  If you choose to ask me questions about my work instead of questions
  about my personal life, I will indulge you in giving you an
  interview.

Is there a better and more simple, natural way of saying this? Any slang you can think of?


texts: Why do my "How to" questions often get renamed to "How do I"?

texts:
On the other hand the edit that fix mistype in "How to" got though community approval.

What is the rule about "How to" and "How do I"? Why are some tutorials called "How to"s?


texts: Tense use in the Rolling Stones song "As tears go by"

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Is the use of the Present Simple grammatically accurate in these lyrics, or is it an example of so-called poetic license that allows for violating grammar rules for the sake of rhyme:

  It is the evening of the day
  I sit and watch the children play
  Smiling faces I can see, but not for me
  I sit and watch as tears go by

If we read the lyrics as a prose text, wouldn't the Present Continuous be a more correct choice here since the text describes an ongoing process at the particular moment? The whole scene can also be seen as a picture requiring the Present Continuous for its description too.


texts: Is it OK to mix American and British English?

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I normally write using the American English forms, but for some particular words, I tend to naturally write it in the British manner (like with the word favourite rather than favorite).

Is it wrong to mix both styles? If not *wrong*, does it looks weird?


texts: I'm really confused between THAN OTHERWISE and THE OTHER WAY AROUND

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my sentence is

If you learn English while working, it would definitely take a lot of
your time to complete the task than the other way around.

Or should I say

If you learn English while working, it would definitely take a lot of
your time to complete the task than otherwise.

In both sentences, I'm trying to say you should not learn English while working.


texts:
I am wondering Which one is correct "I had a traditional Filipino dish that is called tinolang manok." or "I had a traditional Filipino dish that was called tinolang manok."

Are both sentences correct?


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What is the difference between "make a case for" and "present the case for"? In Chapter 33 English Collocations in Use Intermediate, the author give each collocation an example(but doesn't explain its meaning) as follow:

  This makes a case for re-examining the assassination of President Kennedy in the light of evidence which has emerged since 1963.

and

  The book The Eye of the Universe draws an analogy
   between the birth of the universe and a lottery. It also
  draws parallels
   between the formation of new stars and the birth and death of flowers. It presents the case for a
  complete rethinking of how we understand space. The author, Patrick Rivaux, puts forward the argument that the
  universe is as it is because we humans are here looking at it. The author takes up/adopts the position that the
  universe cannot have any beginning or end, and states his opinion that we can never understand the universe
  using the human ideas of time and space. He argues convincingly
   that the universe has a unique nature. He
  draws attention to new research which suggests that other universes may also exist alongside ours. He briefly
  summarises
   the views of leading physicists and mathematicians, disagrees profoundly
   with some of them and
  draws the conclusion that science alone cannot solve the mystery of the universe.

In this exercise section the author use make a case over present the case.

  Kerr takes up a controversial position in his latest article. He puts forward the argument
  that differences in behaviour between the sexes can be explained totally by the genes. He
  attempts to make a case for educating boys and girls separately in their primary school
  years. He argues, occasionally convincingly, that both sexes would benefit from this. He
  draws attention to recent research which, he claims, lends support to his argument.
  However, he fails to take a number of important factors into consideration. He also
  makes no reference to the important work of Potter and Sinclair in this field. I am sure
  that I will not be alone in disagreeing profoundly with many of his conclusions.

I searched the meaning of "make a case" and found several meaning such as to explain why something should be done or is the best thing to do. But I can't find any meaning of "present the case for" on the internet.


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your hanging flower pots might get blown down in this storm.

Could we use “by storm” instead of “in storm” ?

Since the storm could blow down something, I think, it means we can use “by storm” in passive?

Don’t you agree?

Could you tell me the difference between “by the storm” and “in the storm”?


texts:
Can I use 2017 in the middle of the sentence? For example:

  The platform was launched in 2017, with an extensive support of our venture fund.


texts: Should I use 'is' or 'are' with this complex subject?

texts:
What form of to be would be right to use in this case?

  Why drug abuse in general and cannabis consumption in particular is/are dangerous for your health.


texts:
Is there any difference using the expression "Later on" vs "More later"? for example:

I will work later on

and

I will work more later


texts:
Here are two sentences related to money.

  The clothing is $30.
  The clothing costs $30.

What is difference in meaning between these two?


texts: Misdrank/leaked out of the mouth/spill on the floor(word choice)

texts:
This is a word choice question-describing a minor mishap when a person is drinking any liquid.

  While I was sipping some of my coffee out of a cup, I misdrank it, and then it leaked out of my mouth causing some coffee to spill on the floor.

I don't think you can find this in a grammar book or any english book because what they teach are all basics and academic. Anyway, is this how natives describe a situation when some coffee out of a cup accidentally leaked and goes to the floor.


texts: What kind of music has vocals but no words

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There is a type of music that has vocals, but they don't actually sing words. An example is this: https://youtu.be/8Jc2j2cjoz4?t=10

Does anyone know what the name of this type of music this is?


texts: What is the meaning of "than" in the following sentence?

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What is the meaning of "than" in the following sentence,

  "I wish we could," said Dot.

  "Can we look for one tomorrow?"

  "Not tomorrow," said Dot's daddy.

  "It would take more time than I will have"

?

Does "It would take more time than I will have" mean " It would take more time in order that I will have" ?

Does "than" in the sentence mean "in order that (in order to)" ?


texts:
Global markets are waking up to an upbeat report on the U.S.- China
  trade talks. Asian markets fell hard following the sell-off in the
  U.S. yesterday, but a report out of Bloomberg News this morning
  suggests the two sides are actually making progress despite the
  inflamed rhetoric of late. That has U.S. futures set to open higher by
  0.5% or more as of 7:00 am ET.

I feel the writer should have written that in the sentence "suggests the two sides are actually making progress, to be "suggests that the two sides are actually making progress." Sometimes I see "that" in such sentences, sometimes not. What is the rule here?
Thanks


texts: What is the context which the phrase "blow over" has been used in here?

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I read a sentence in a chapter named "Poet and Pancakes" which was:

  An extremely talented actress, who was also extremely temperamental, once blew over on the sets.

Most of the dictionaries define this phrase as - (of a situation) to calm down or to pass with little effect. But that doesn't seem to fit here.


texts: What is the difference between 'only by' and 'by only'?

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In the following examples:

A: Would you know if a shop was a woman's or man's only by looking at the clothes?

B. Would you know if a shop was a woman's or man's by only looking at the clothes?

Is there a difference in meaning? If so, what is it?
Which is preferred (i.e. 'more correct')?


texts: Why the verb 'are' is missing in the following sentence: Face Masks Mandatory in All Public Spaces

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Why the verb 'are' is missing in this news headline:

Face Masks Mandatory in All Public Spaces.

Why it is not something like: 'Face Masks Are Mandatory in All Public Spaces'.
I checked by using Google and the 'Face Masks Mandatory in' form is much more common than the 'Face Masks are Mandatory' Why? Where is the verb in this sentence? The word 'mandatory' is an adjective, isn't it?


texts: "grab some lunch" versus "pick up some lunch"

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Do the two phrases mean what I proposed below?

  Let's go grab some lunch

Meaning: go and have a quick lunch, maybe sandwiches or something similar.

  Let's go pick up some lunch

Meaning: go and pick up some take-away and have it at our home or office or whatever.


texts: Differences between in and on the market

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"The monitors in the market" or "The monitors on the market". What is the right way? The software I use says "in" is wrong and it suggests "on".

To give context: I am talking about the computer monitors that I could find in the market.

Can someone explain the two options here, please?


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What are the similarities and differences? OED on '-ity, suffix'  doesn't explain.
OED's definitions for potential and potentiality look identical (and are too long to replicate here).

Footnote: I encountered potentiality while reading The Four Causes by Prof S. Marc Cohen PhD in Philosophy (Cornell), about which I question here.    I don't quote the context because I wish to ask this question in general.


texts: Using they to reference non-person entities?

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Suppose the following situation where I'm talking about artifacts.

"Debit and credit notes are" ... Is it correct to reference Debit and credit notes later on by using the subject "They are ..."?

It might be a simple answer but for non native english speaker it makes me wonder if is it correct or not.


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I've seen at least one blog entry that used a bytecode hack to
  replace a CALL opcode immediately before a RETURN opcode with a jump
  to the top of the function body.

I looked up the word "entry" on google translate. It means

  an item written or printed in a diary, list, ledger, or reference book

in such a case. But it seems not a must. If we remove it from the above sentence, it doesn't affect the sentence's meaning yet. So why do we put it there?


texts: Have you visited here within a month / within the last month? Which is correct?

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I'm learning English from a TV show and a textbook.
I showed some dialogues to a native speaker and she pointed out a sentence.
This is the context.

  Officer : Have you visited Vietnam within a month?

  Dave : No, I haven't.

  Officer : Okay. How long are you staying in Vietnam?

  Dave : For 12 days. I don't need a visa, right?

  Officer : That's correct. You can stay in Vietnam for 15 days without
  a visa. Do you have a return ticket?

  Dave : Yes, here it is.

She said - It should say "within the last month". We would understand it but it would be better to say "have you visited Vietnam within the last month" or "the past month"

I think if she is correct, it's because 'within a month' means 'before a particular period of time has passed from now' so it's not allowed to say with present perfect. Am I correct or are there any other reasons?

A native speaker is a co-host of the show and I heard there are some proofreaders before the book publishes. That's why I am confused and double-checking.

Thank you so much in advance.


texts: CM stand for cervical mucus VS CM standS for cervical mucus

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What is the correct way?

CM stand for cervical mucus (without s in the end of stand)
CM standS for cervical mucus (with s in the end of stand)


texts: Meaning of "Look at me still talking when there's science to do"

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It's a famous video game song.
I really can't break it down to normal sense (being non-native). Also, I feel it's slightly glitched grammar.
Anyway, what does it mean?


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It`s always snowy in the Himalayas. Parts of the Asian mountain chain
  never see a day without it.  It's easy to find pictures of these
  majestic mountains looking up. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1503/10/sn.01.html

What's meaning of "pictures of mountains looking up"?

Does it mean the picture of mountains that a person took while looking up the mountains?


texts: I heard that Oh and O don't mean the same thing, and O is used to add a syllable to a verse and doesn't have any meaning attached while Oh means that the person feels an emotion, sadness, regret, etc. Is this true?