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God, do I miss being in Europe !/.

Or

  God, do I miss Europe !/.

I think both the sentences mean the same thing. What i'm concerned about is what punctuation to put at the end of the sentence.

And one more thing, do the sentences mean the same as "God, I miss being in Europe!", or "God, I miss Europe!"


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But once we began to work hard, poverty would vanish.

What happens if we use begin instead of begin and will instead of would, means like below:

But once we begin to work hard, poverty will vanish.

What about other combinations like

once we began to work hard, poverty will vanish.

once we begin to work hard, poverty would vanish.

Which among the 4 sentences is correct and what is the difference in meaning between them, especially difference between sentence1 and sentence2 ?


texts: Flock, Swarm, Throng, Platoon, Gang: What is the difference?

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What is the difference between words like flock, platoon, swarm, throng, and gang?

Many of them are applied to groups of specific people or animals, but they are also used in other cases.
Swarm can mean a large number of people or things, so can I use swarm (or gang) in this sentence?

  She got lost in the throng.

If I look at swarming I mostly see animals (insects) mentioned but it also mentions sailors swarming the ship's deck.

So in a sentence like:

  People have been flocking to the exhibition.

Can I use swarming instead of flocking? Or other similar verbs?

Are they synonyms or not?


texts: Is this a case of implicit "but", or a comma-splice sentence?

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In a computer book (Programming in Haskell, second edition — Graham Hutton), I found the following sentence.

  This new edition not only adds many more concrete examples of concepts introduced throughout the book, it also introduces the novel Haskell concepts of foldable and traversable.

Since the first clause contains not only, I read it as follows.

  This new edition not only adds many more concrete examples of concepts introduced throughout the book, but it also introduces the novel Haskell concepts of foldable and traversable.

Is this a case of implicit "but", or is the sentence a comma-splice sentence?

If it's the first case, is not only sufficient to assume there is an implicit but in a clause?


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Source: JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford (2008)
Example:

My goal here is to help you to learn to think in JavaScript. I will show you the components of the language and start you on the process of discovering the ways those components can be put together.

Although it is usually the case that you mostly hear people say something like "this will help you become a better person", is there any particular reason as to why he chose not to leave out the to and say help you to learn instead? If you've got something interesting to say, could you please elaborate on it as well? I would very much like to receive some coherent explanation and get this thing finally straight.
The only time I know of, though, that you would use the to is when you say it like this:

It helps a lot to think of the rather difficult concept of classes used in modern software development as mere blueprints that architects and builders use to build houses.
In life, it really helps to know your times tables by heart because not all the time do you have a calculator on you.

Because the aspect of the verb "help" is a little bit different here. But in all other cases, help do or help you do something is by far more common.


texts: Preposition choice - Project [in/at/for] my company

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Is this acceptable to say the following:

  I am working on a project in my company

Will 'for' keep the same meaning?

How about 'at'?

Is there any rule of thumb to make such choices more easily?

I looked at Working in / for / at?  but I have a feeling that my case is slightly different. Because here we have an additional noun before "company". I understand that saying: "I work at XYZ" is preferred but what if we have something else coming before? If somebody is working on a project, is he working for or at company?


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Could someone tell me what's the difference between:

  By the time we got here, the place was barricaded.

  By the time we got here, the place had been barricaded.

The same question about these examples:

  By the time we get there, the supermarket will be closed.

  By the time we get there, the supermarket will have been closed.

For some reason, it seems a little confusing to me, as I'm not a native speaker. Thanks in advance.


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Is there any grammar to explain how some irregular verbs like "input" and "output" have two past forms? I've seen both "input/inputted" and "output/outputted" in written and spoken English. Based on that "in" and "out" are just prefixes and the core verb is "put" that is only irregular, how is that correct and possible?

I found this article Verbs with two different past tense forms by Oxford Dictionary and so I just guess they are exceptions, right?


texts: Usage of phrase like "The friend of mine"

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Referring to a friend like: "the friend of mine" is a common way.

But what about referring to something else, like car, fork or plant i.e. the something of mine? Is there any restriction of using subjects only?


texts: I would like to know if my sentence is correct

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Can I say " I was going to have a swim earlier"?
I was told that I have to put "Earlier" at the beginning of the sentence?


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"The airline industry is not happy with the government's decision, it says/they say $20 billion is not enough"
I know the industry is singular but is it ok to use "they" since it's a group of companies?


texts: Is it idiomatic to write “have been having a holiday”?

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Is it idiomatic to use "have been having a holiday"?

We have had a vacation since last week. / We have been on vacation since last week.
We have been having a vacation since last week.

Are they the same in their meaning? How would be better to say it?


texts: Why is it "to your face" instead of "on your face"?

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I saw in a movie subtitle.

  Let's see if you laugh after five or six shots to your frickin face.

Now I understood the meaning narrator said but why didn't he say "on your face" instead of "to your face"


texts: Can I use a "would + was" structure in a conditional that refers to a real situation in the past?

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I am trying to describe a protocol in the Methods section of my paper (protocol: refer the patient to hospital X if the test is positive). It is something that happened in the past and I consider it a real situation in the past. So, should I say:

  A) The patients would be referred to hospital X if the test was positive;

  B) The patients would be referred to hospital X if the test were positive;

or

  The patients were referred to hospital X if the test was positive.


texts: I want to know whether you understand '...period of the day, in the morning' (?)

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I have waited for the period of the day, in the morning.

Can the 'period of the day' and 'in the morning' be the apposition?


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Is possible to use the prefix multi in combination with an adjective that describes time frequency?
More in detail, does "multi-daily solution" mean "a solution that spans multiple days"?
Is there a better way to express the concept?


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This is the quote from a website.

  If you are in need of experienced professionals for adequate translating and interpreting, and if you care about the quality and the cost of translation, you have come to the right place

Is it correct to use translating and interpreting in this context? Aren't translation and interpretation more suitable in this case?


texts: Them instead of Him/Her formal reference

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"Sir, Mr. Grapefield is waiting at the door"
"Invite them in then. I will see them shortly"

Can such a reference exist in English? Can we formally address somebody as "them" instead of "her" or "him"?


texts: 'Into' more formal than 'in' in following context?

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I placed the cake in the fridge.

  I placed the cake into the fridge.

Is into more formal? To me in is sufficient because the movement of the cake into the fridge is implied, but I wonder whether in formal writing, into would be more appropriate.


texts: “Learn the ropes” when do we use this idiom?

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Can I use this idiom when I talk about “studying”?
For example:

I’m going to Canada to study and learn the ropes of English.

It doesn’t seem right to me, but I don't know.


texts: Access applications are widespread in the enterprise -- what is meant by "enterprise" in this sentence?

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Microsoft Access 2007 is a powerful database application that allows you to build standalone and client-server database applications. Access applications are widespread in the enterprise.

I'm not sure how to understand in the enterprise. Does it mean in the industry (in the IT industry, that is)?


texts: What’s the difference between “what you had to say” and “what you said”?

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What’s the difference between
“I really loved what you had to say”
“I really loved what you said”


texts: Can you correctly drop auxiliary verbs in writing?

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While creatively writing, I found myself dropping an auxiliary verb (I believe?) in a description. The statement went: "He seemed to be a freak of nature, his mutilated feautures artificially altered, his parchment skin impossibly white."
Is this grammatically correct or should it be, "He seemed to be a freak of nature, his mutilated feautures were artificially altered, his parchment skin was impossibly white"?
To me, the second example doesn't really read right, but I honestly don't know whether or not the first one is correct. I couldn't really find an answer online, as I wasn't sure how to word my search (though it's probably better I ask here anyway, because I can show what it is that I'm writing). So, did I write this correctly, or should I word it differently; is it okay to drop auxiliary verbs? (Oh─ and is it 'while creatively writing' or 'while creative writing', haha?)
These may be stupid questions, but I'm a bit confused and could really use some quick help, so forgive me. ♡


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Consider the sentence:

  The shop is located near the bus stand.

Is it  present tense? Doubt is ---- is a helping verb presentence
and located is past tense.


texts: What is the right place for the word "probably" in a future perfect sentence?

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For example: "By the time these clothes fit me, they..."

  will probably have been out of fashion
  probably will have been out of fashion


texts: make + object + complement + for sb to do sth

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Alexander's efforts to unite all of the Scots, and his concern for their welfare, made him the standard for his successors to emulate.

I think 'made him the standard' means definition 11-13. Then what is 'for his successors to emulate'? Do 'for his successors' and 'to emulate' just modify noun complement 'standard' respectively? Does 'for somebody to do something' have its own meaning?


texts: What type of the word is "be + past participle"

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In sentence:

  A growing set of on-line applications are generating data that can be viewed as...

What are the words be viewed? For me they sound like passive voice (be viewed by someone), but that cannot be as this sentence is already active. So in which situations I can use be + p.p.?


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I was best man at a friend's wedding.
Can we use "best man" without an article? Thanks.


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What is the imperative form of the verb to prove?

The English dictionaries do not list up the imperative form.


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Do the following sentences mean the same? which one doesn't sound natural:

  Please don’t walk into my room without knocking.
  Please don’t come into my room without knocking.


texts: Difference between "lightning bolt" and "lightning flash"

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A. I was frightened by a bolt of lightning

  B. I was frightened by a flash of lightning

Here are two sentences above, and I chose B as my answer, but answer in my book turns out to be A. I found that there are both expressions available in my dictionary, which makes me confused and not know which one is more acceptable. I’m wondering whether there are some nuances in two sentences.

The definitions:

  bolt: lightning that appears as a white line in the sky

  flash: a bright light that shines for a short time and then stops shining


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In each of the following sentences, what are the natural English verbs/phrases you would use?

You are using your computer and then a power cut "happens?".
You were beside your computer doing nothing, then your friend walked in and asked you why you were not typing the document. You wanted to tell them: "the power is gone/the power has gone"?


texts: What is the difference between "I bet" and "I'm betting"?

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Could you tell me the difference between I bet and I'm betting? For example:

I bet Kate will get a job.
I'm betting Kate will get a job.

I'm aware of the general difference between the present simple and the present continuous, but this context gives a hard time seeing it.


texts: helping with a relative clause and impersonalization

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If reviving traditional music is facilitated, one is seemed to use the results to understand traditional arts as much as possible, since all arts are traced back into cultural and traditions of the same nation.

I have written all of these by myself. Would you please show me if the bold parts mean the same thing? And, whether or not the sentence above is correct grammatically and semantically?

it seems that one can use the results to understand traditional arts as much as possible,

By the results I mean: the consequences of if reviving traditional music is facilitated.

Any comment would greatly be appreciated


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I was reading a question on Personal Finance & Money Stack Exchange: What does it mean to long the convexity of options? One of the answers there reads:

The answer is wrong, but notice the comment:

Yeah, but where do I catch a crosstown bus?

What does "catch a crosstown bus" mean?


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"Nothing  that  happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths"

Whenever I see this quote,I always enter into an ambiguity, I tend to interpret that quote with two different meanings.

1)Things that happens on the surface of the sea,doesn't affect its calmness.

2)If the surface of the sea is being silent( which means nothings happen over there) can affect the calmness of its depth.

Can anyone say which one is correct...


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I heard this in a movie:

  he looked me off getting cheated at an old dealer's game at the old rancher.

"Looked me off" doesn't make much sense here. My understanding of the phrasal verb "look off" either means this or this. But neither seems to fit.

What does this sentence mean?


texts: What does the word "ken" mean, and how should I use it?

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I was trying to find a way to use ken in a sentence

  I want to extend human ken of the biodiversity on earth.

Oxford Dictionaries defines it as

  [IN SINGULAR] One's range of knowledge or sight.
  ‘politics are beyond my ken’

But when I translate my sentence, Google is not translating "ken" and creates nonsense.

So what would be the proper use of the word ken? I want to say that

  I want to expand the range of human knowledge on biodiversity
  sciences.


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As Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) guides the glee club to soaring
  heights, his personal life grows increasingly complicated, his
  nemesis Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) devises new ways to derail the
  gang, and several standout singers encounter devastating dilemmas. (https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/videos/glee-season-2---volume-1/p/9321337130156)

I searched, and it doesn't seem to be an idiom. What does it mean?


texts: Best way to describe this: "There is only one of this bone in a human body."

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For example there is only one nasal bone in a human body. While teaching bones in a human body to student before the skeleton model which sentence should I say by showing nasal bone? Or can I use both of them? Especially I wonder if the first one is correct or not.

There is only one of this bone in a human body.

There is only one example of this bone in a human body.


texts: Why not Indian fisherman? Article headline: "India fisherman killed as Pakistan navy opens fire"

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I read an article which has a title (but it's now changed):

  India fisherman killed as Pakistan navy opens fire at two boats off Gujarat Coast

My questions are: Which word is correct in this context, 'India' or 'Indian'? Why?

Thanks for your help.


texts: Twining his hands "in" the spider thread - why "in" instead of "around"?

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Twining his hands in the spider thread, Kandata laughed aloud as he had not in all the years since he had come to this place. — The Spider Thread, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated by Jay Rubin

Why is in used here instead of around?


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Could anyone please let me know whether in the following example we can substitute "records" for "background" without any change in meaning in idiomatic English:

I had a job interview yesterday and at the beginning of the meeting, the interviewer told me: "Tell me about your background."

I think although these two words are used interchangeably in many cases (e.g. employment records / background,) using "record" here is a little odd-sounding, however I cannot explain the reason.
Please kindly help me to clear my doubt up.


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My son pointed my car's tail lamp and asked,

"What is this?"

"This is car lamp."`

What is the correct word to be use, car light or car lamp?

If the light is off. We call it lamp.

If the light is on. We call it light.

Was that right?

Is this car light?

Is this car lamp?


texts: Which is correct - "while chapaties are being made" or "while making chapaties"?

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I have to change the voice of the following sentence

  Our mothers use tongs while making chapaties.

I think its answer would be

  Tongs are used by our mothers while chapaties are being made.

But the answer in my book is

  Tongs are used by our mothers while making chapaties.

Which one is correct?


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Of course, I tried to look it up in a dictionary, but it didn't help. I assume it some kind of slang.

  "Hey, Lip. Everything okay?"

  "What, you got beak trouble, Charlie?"

(from the 2018 movie Green Book)


texts: This earring "menaces with spikes of...": is the earring just dangerous or menacing?

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This is a native aluminum earring. All craftsmanship is of the highest
  quality. It is studded with bismuth bronze and decorated with water
  buffalo leather. This object is adorned with hanging rings of red
  zircon and dragon bone and menaces with spikes of red zircon, cow
  leather and clear glass. On the item is an image of two trillion cut
  gems in native aluminum.

  Adek Arek "The Sides of Church" : native aluminium earring : 177 600 ; on display, dining room

This legendary artifact description is generated from a game1 and the construction menaces with spikes of is typical for this sort of artifact decoration description. A menacing spike also refers to something functionally different altogether and is used in the game as a trap component. Here the earring menaces with (this object is adorned... and menaces...).

The construction is not necessarily casual. The verb to menace is said to be a bit formal, and often used with be; menacing as an adjective is quite common (Merriam Learners). From the NED, the intransitive form is simply to utter menaces/be threatening. But we're talking jewelry here. There is also a transitive construction to hold out as a punishment, penalty, or danger ; to threaten to inflict. (3b trans. with inf. or object clause, i.e. Quarles Jonah C 1 b Great Ashur minaces with whip in hand, To entertaine thee (welcome) to his land.). This feels slightly different (to me) as in less like "is making threats/is dangerous" and more like "reaches outward" figuratively in some way...

Can "with spikes of red zircon, cow leather and clear glass" be
some object clause or is this use of the verb to menace just an
extension of meaning from the intransitive construction i.e. is that
really a threatening/menacing earring? If not, what else?
Can to menace with sth. usually denote reaching outward; does the
construction yield a meaning similar to the spikes "highlight" this
object, or protrude?

1Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. The object properties reflect game events and are consistent with my material experience of the game world and crafting orders. As in I mined such rocks, used a glass furnace, smelted metal, cut gems, had cattle, killed megabeasts and most likely some water buffalo in the fortress surroundings etc.


texts: That’s what I’m talking about / That's what I am saying

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In Inside Out animation we have Joy that says:

  And... we’re out.
  That’s what I’m talking about: another perfect day! Nice job everybody! Let’s get those memories down to Long Term.

What does it mean: That’s what I’m talking about...
Can we replace it with: That's what I am saying...


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Is the following sentence correct?

  He is just buying a gift for his mother.

I am not sure if it is all right to have that "just" there and this lead me to believe that maybe the tense is wrong.


texts: Is this example sentence in the New Oxford American Dictionary wrong?

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I found a maybe erroneous example sentence under the entry "shuffle" in the New Oxford American Dictionary(3rd Edition):

  a change of order or relative positions; a reshuffle:
  the president will deliver a speech short on economic details Cabinet shuffles but long on fight.

You may also find it online: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-shuffle.html

I think "economic details Cabinet shuffles" in this sentence is not only just awkward but also definitely wrong. It hardly makes any sense.

And about "long on fight" at the end of the sentence, I also think it's doubtful in meaning.

What do you say?


texts: What's the meaning of 'to take bullshit'?

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And I love you, I don't love nobody else, yeah

  Tell them they can take that bullshit elsewhere

Another phrase I cannot to understand. How I undestand he lets a media to tell about it in their papers...


texts: Which sentence is grammatically incorrect?

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It is fun to talk with foreigners.
  Do you have something to eat?
  This is a deep lake to swim.
  She must be warm-hearted to help you.
  She lived to be ninety.

On the answer sheet, the answer is number 3. but I don't agree with that answer because it is a correct sentence in dictionary opinion that "I swam a lake". Thus number 3. is OK.

I think the incorrect sentence is number 4. because there must be a noun after "warm-hearted". Thus I can correct this sentence to "She must be warm-hearted person to help you."

Regarding number 5.: is she still alive or dead?


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This really seems to be a strange question, but I just came cross a word valediction, I looked it up and found out that vale means "farewell". Even though I'm not that keen into etymology, this word is so beautifully constructed and I never felt this way about a word before.

Is there any word that also has the root vale in it?


texts: How to parse the sentence " I never really peaked because my life is still growing because I shoot different paths "

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The following sentence is from the VOA Leaning English program:

  Lou Ferrigno also is known for playing a superhero. The former bodybuilder was “The Incredible Hulk,” a green-skinned comic
  book character on the television series of the same name. The show was
  popular in the late 1970s and early 80s. Lou Ferrigno says he has
  dealt with the ups and downs of fame by doing different things.

  “Well, for me, I never really peaked because my life is still
  growing because I shoot different paths, like bodybuilding, like
  the movies, like I became a deputy sheriff. So everything is spread
  out.”

How to parse this sentence which is in bold? It has got two "because" here？


texts: Labels are confirmed - A passive voice or an adjective?

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I'm rather confused regarding the following sentence:

  Labels are confirmed.

are confirmed represent a passive-voice or 'confirmed' is just an adjective, describing the labels?


texts: "Have you had a breakfast" or "did you have a breakfast"?

texts: Which one is correct "have you had a breakfast" or "did you have a breakfast"? And should I use the ‘a’ s, is it necessary to use it?


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While describing an all-women rally raid, I want to mention that participants compete by teams of two, but I believe there is a better / shorter word for that. Which would be best:

As duos
In pairs
Anything with doubles / double?


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I'm learning English and I have question about how to use when in a question.

for ex- if I want to ask someone when is the child school closes for holiday. how should I frame the question and which is the correct sentence structure to use.


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From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Lake#Death

  Lake died on July 7, 1973, of hepatitis and acute renal failure
  (complications of her alcoholism) in Burlington, Vermont's Fletcher
  Allen Hospital.[35][36] Her son, Michael, claimed her body.

What does "claimed her body" mean?


texts: Usage question: "point being" vs "the point is" and "point being is"?

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I hear a lot lines like below.

  I think there is no solid rule for this. Point being, (is?) there are many exceptions in English Grammar that keeps one from claiming a universal rule for articles and determiners.

That's a self-made sentence, but I have heard many times similar sentences.

Q1: Is that grammatically correct?
Q2: If so what is the difference between "point being" and "the point is"?
Q3: What about "point being is"?


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From chronicle.com:

  While the Sunstein of today still believes that the individual’s preferences can be transformed, and that politics is the transformation of those preferences, the subject of those preferences and the instruments of their transformation have been recast.

Sunstein is a person, why is there a the before it?


texts: What does hallucinatee signify grammatically?

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I was watching an Episode of the medical drama "House MD". When there was this conversation:

  House: I never called Wilson by his name.
  Jack: Oh, yeah, right. The hallucinator is going to tell the hallucinatee what happened.
  House: You’re not the hallucinatee, Wilson was the hallucinatee.

Is hallucinatee here a noun? The things you are hallucinating?
Is it some kind of special noun construction from the noun "Hallucination"? So, the hallucination is the act of hallucinating things, the hallucinatee is the things you are hallucinating.

Like for example, calling is the act of call, and caller is the one doing the call, can we say "callee" to describe the thing being called by applying the same logic of hallucinatee? What is this process called in Grammar? Or is it special case for "hallucinatee".


texts: Commas with 'in comparison with' and 'compared to'

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I was wondering if I should put a comma, using structures like  ' in comparison with ' and ' compared to '. Let's, for example, look at six sentences. There are some options in each section. Which one is correct, according to the punctuation rules?
Section 1:

The result, in comparison with the price, is almost unnoticeable.
The result in comparison with the price is almost unnoticeable.

Section 2:

The result, compared to the price, is almost unnoticeable.
The result compared to the price is almost unnoticeable.
The result is almost unnoticeable, compared to the price.
The result is almost unnoticeable compared to the price.

My prediction is that the most appropriate options are the first one in Section 1 and the first and third ones' in Section 2.


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Do I use the singular or plural form – letter/letters?

In the paragraph if there is a cross above the letter A or B, highlight them blue.
In the paragraph if there is a cross above the letters A or B, highlight them blue.

There are many A’s and B’s in the paragraph and I’m not sure if I need to use the plural. If I use the singular should I say  ‘highlight them blue’ or ‘highlight it blue’?


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Does it mean 'show an identity?'
I looked up the phrase in a number of dictionaries, but I haven't found an appropriate definition.

Give yourself permission to improvise, to mimic, to take on a
long-hidden identity.


texts: Which is correct, to be built or to build?

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Robots are too complex to be built.
  Robots are too complex to build.

I'd like to know which is correct.
Thanks a lot.


texts: Difference between words ‘cycle' and ‘loop'

texts: What’s the difference between words cycle and loop in English? Why do we use loop in a programming and when do we use cycle?


texts: As a means of distributing patronage to vested interests

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I am reading a report and encounter this phrase: "as a means of distributing patronage to vested interests". What does it mean exactly? I am particularly confused about the word "patronage".

Here is the whole sentence from the article (last paragraph):

  It remains to be seen how effective the 1BR will be in achieving its various objectives: as a tool for domestic economic stimulus; as a means of distributing patronage to vested interests; as a framing for China’s enhanced economic diplomacy abroad; and as an effort to more deeply entrench a Sino-centric economic geography across Eurasia.


texts: Is "performance" countable in the sentence below?

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I wrote a sentence: "The model performance of other sites is similar to that as presented."

Question:

(1) Should I use "is"? I think "performance" is uncountable (refer in This question), so I use "is". But there are "other sites", should it use "are" instead?

(2) In this similar question, Mark Foskey says "...But you will definitely find that phrasing in the scientific literature...." in the end of his question. Does that mean both "performance" and "performances" are correct in the scientific literature?
 (I should have asked him directly, but I don't have enough reputation to "add a comment" to him)

(3) Is the expression "to that as presented" correct? What I want to say in a longer sentence is "The model performance of other sites is similar to the model performance of these sites that are presented in this paper." How can I simplify this sentence?


texts: Does **accomplish** have an object in the following sentence?

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Does accomplish have an object in the following sentence?

  The stability of this growth over extended
  periods, during which policies and circumstances varied, is quite remarkable
  and again raises questions regarding what economic policies are able
  to accomplish.

I think it is the stability of this growth but I am not sure. I am not sure it has an object at all.


texts: Is there any difference between the expression "be on for something" and "be up for something"?

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Is there any difference between the expression be on for something and be up for something? For example:

Hey, are you still on for lunch?
Hey, are you still up for lunch?


texts: Meaning of "but for" as in "But for your support..."

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The following is a question in my book where I am given 3 options from which I have to select one which may improve my question sentence

In the absence of your support, he would have lost the election.

Options are

But for your support he would have lost the election.

He would have lost the election, if you had not supported him

I think both of the options are same and I cannot distinguish between them.


texts: Correct grammar when listing objects with an attribute

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I have three cars, all of them are white. I wish to form a sentence where I list the cars separately as: first, second and third, and then say they are all white. I'm unsure what is the correct form:

First, second and third car are white.
First, second and third cars are white.
First, second and third car is white.

I do not wish to change the structure of the sentence. Unless none of them are correct, what is the closest possible correct form?


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I know you would use but to combine two opposite ideas, and use and to combine two similar ideas. And I understand that similar would imply that the relationship between the two should not be cause and effect or one that explains the other, so they are two separate thoughts.

The two sentences below are similar, but the second one explains or details the first, and so, I think, it does not lend itself to coordination using and.

  Saturn has about twenty moons. Titan is the largest.

In other words, what do you think of combining the previous sentences with and?

  Saturn has about twenty moons, and Titan is the largest.

The example was a run-on sentence from the book Elements of Language, and was fixed by splitting the two ideas. However, I would like to find out whether the approach was the only way or just a matter of preference.


texts: What is the difference between two sentences? What is the wrong part of this sentence.From whom, that I can receive the money is very important

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I wanna know the difference between two sentences bellow.

  From whom, that I can receive the money is very important.
  From whom I can receive the money is very important.

And if you make the sentences, what do you prefer and what is the reason why you chose the sentence?

I will wait for you kind answer. Help me, please


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The context: Anne with her brothers and they all have their sandwiches.

"Where do you mean to have lunch ?" asked Anne. "If we stay here much longer, I shall really have to have something to eat - and it's not nearly time yet. I wish I didn't always feel so hungry in the open air".

1-Why is "shall" being used ?
Does it have a special meaning or is it simply expressing future ?
Can 'will' be used instead without any change in the meaning ?
2- What does it mean "I'll have to have something to eat ?"
I can't figure out why there is the second "have".
How is Anne's sentence different than: "If we stay here much longer, I'll really have something to eat ..."


texts: Is "I wish I knew who you are?" grammatical?

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I wish I knew who you are?

Is the above sentence correct?


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I came across a sentence where a modifier seemed to be modifying an possessive adjective. These are not the same sentences but they work similarly (the article's and adjectives I'm wondering about are in italic and bold respectively:

"The teacher's exam is hard"
"A man's hat fell off the bridge"

I think you see what I mean. If the article is not modifying the adjective what is it modifying. Also what about something like this:

"A tall man's hat fell off the bridge"
"The fat cat's bowl is empty"

If anyone knows the answer please let me know.


texts: What does mean "to get {somebody} {something}"

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Could you say if I'm correct translating the following sentence:

  And I'd like to see about getting Harry some contacts.

like

  And I'd like to see about providing Harry with some contacts.

I'm asking this because I couldn't find any hmm... evidence of existence such a language construction (to get {somebody} {something}), and not sure about the accuracy of the interpretation.


texts: What does 'at the cost of' mean in this sentence?

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So I was reading a history book. Here is the paragraph that confused me.

  Regarding the speed and measures of reforms, the opinions of the progressive factions were divided into two groups. While discussing their position toward Qing and Japan and addressing the issue of lack of finance, the ones who advocated a gradual change, the so-called 'Moderate,' believed that modernization should not proceed at the cost of the cultural values of the Orient that had been upheld by both Joseon and Qing for many years. They thought that a certain level of protection from a stronger country like Qing would be inevitable, in the midst of all those international competitions

For clarification, 'Joseon' and 'Qing' are two different dinasties. 'Orient' was the name of something that I wasn't sure.
To me, it seems a little contradict between these two sentences: The first sentences said "...modernization should not proceed at the cost of the cultural values ...that was upheld by Qing and..." And then second sentence said "..protection from a strong country like Qing would be inevitable..."

I was trying to guess the meaning from the context, but I had completely no idea.


texts: What's the meaning of "dry up and blow away"?

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The following is from Salem's Lot:

  It is not the first town in American history to just dry up and blow away, and will probably not be the last, but it is one of the strangest.

What's the meaning of "dry up and blow away" in this sentence? Is it a idiom?

And also what type of sentence is it? Could you please elaborate?


texts: What's the correct way to say the action of someone playing on a swing?

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I'm doing an English assignment and came across the part where I want to tell the time I had an accident on the swing, but can't get my head to think of the correct word to describe the action of playing on the swing,
I've heard of:

Swinging on a swing
Swung on a swing
etc

but they all sound wrong to me.


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In the following sentence I am wondering if the word what functions as a sentence complement.

What time is it?

Thank you.


texts: What is the meaning of " It's a bit of a no-brainer "

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http://www.promo.cymru/use-captions-subtitles/

If you’re producing a video, it’s a bit of a no-brainer to use captions and subtitles, because:

What is the meaning of the phrase " it's a bit of a no-brainer " in the above context. What can be used instead of that phrase.


texts: What is the word for the document containing the questions of an examination?

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What do you call the document containing the questions, exercises or problems that students taking an exam are supposed to answer ?

I thought about "question sheet" by parallelism to "answer sheet", but I am looking for a word or expression that does not contain "question" because I am going to use this word later in the same sentence.

In French we say "énoncé" (lit. "utterance") or "sujet". I found about "subject" in relation to exams, but it seems to mean the topic/notions/field of knowledge the exam is about rather than the precise document and set of questions asked for a definite exam session.

I need to tell a student to better read the [énoncé] because they seem to have not seen or payed attention to a very easy question.


texts: "connect artist and listener" VS "connect artists and listeners""

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A STEINWAY intimately connects artist and listener, and invites its owner to join a tradition of musical perfection, making it an invaluable investment.
  A STEINWAY intimately connects an artist and a listener, and invites its owner to join a tradition of musical perfection, making it an invaluable investment.
  A STEINWAY intimately connects artists and listeners, and invites its owner to join a tradition of musical perfection, making it an invaluable investment.

I am confused about which form will the words artist and listener should take? What are the differences.


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I need a single word that describes someone who has become successful through their own efforts, especially when they started the success path alone and without anybody's support? Such people build their personality and their lives themselves; they experience many things and go through lots of ups and downs of life to reach where they want to be.

Here, the word "successful" represents success from the financial, educational, emotional, experiential etc. point of view and not only "financially"!

I know the two terms "self-made" and "self-taught", but Cambridge Dictionary says that this "self-made" mostly refers to someone who financially has made themselves, and the term "self-taught" is used to describe someone who has learned a particular skill him/herself.


texts: Pronunciations of "class" as found in Collins American English Dictionary

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The Collins American English Dictionary gives

class two pronunciations, presumably with respect to American English.

Does this mean American English speakers use both equally and that both are okay?
(Btw, English is a second language for me.)


texts: Why isn’t “reasonable” used in “The landlords raised the monthly rent for the first time in several years, and REASONABLY so”?

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Could somebody explain me why we use reasonably instead of reasonable:

  The landlords raised the monthly rent for the first time in several years, and reasonably so.

Quite confuse this grammar.


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Based on the American sitcom Friends S04E10: Transcription of "The One With the Girl From Poughkeepsie"

Have I got the 50 guys for you!

From the construction, I thought it should be a question. But it's an exclamatory sentence, actually. Why? Could any question be seen as an exclamatory sentence, only depending on the context?


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I'm preparing for IELTS by writing some essays and then correcting those using Grammarly.
In the following sentence,
"shopping malls would be even a better place to spend time at",
the app suggests deleting the last preposition ('at'). Why is it so?
Many thanks!


texts: Do native speakers of English really ask "What is your mood"?

texts: Is it perfectly natural to ask someone what is your mood? when someone wants to know how the person is feeling. If it is not natural at all, as I suspect, then what would they ask instead?


texts: Ask correctly about something in the future : "Will candidates get accommodation ?"

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I always find difficulties in asking properly in English. Can you help me to correct the following :

  Will the selected candidates for both fellowships get accommodation
  and/or any financial support?

I have used the following form: Will + subject + verb in infinitive. Is this the correct grammar to ask about the future? Are there any other forms? The auxiliary "to do" is not needed to ask about the future?


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1- I would appreciate it if someone could tell me that what the natives call the official sheet of a company, with the name and address of this company printed at the top?
Please consider the following image:

Meanwhile I would be thankful if you could let me whether the following terms are idiomatic in English or you use some other equivalents for them:

-2- Company statute

-3- Gazette (an official newspaper which contains the latest changes of the company's officials and responsible)


texts: He continued to talk and he continued talking

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I know that some English verbs can be followed either by the -ing form or by the infinitive form, with a little difference in meaning though.
Could you tell me what is the difference between these two examples?

He continued to talk.
He continued talking.


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Please help me with the exact meaning of the phrase "any one time" in the text below.

You don't think he'd had a good look at me any one time and thought
the original was even worse than that poor picture, so he backed off?
"Casting away" by Alice Munro

I searched other forums and found out it means "at any given moment" but I think it's not true for this particular context, I think it means "even for once". Am I right?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I changed the title and content by dropping at because according to snailplane's suggestion, at is not connected with any one time in this context.


texts: Sentence meaning: "be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research"

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Here, it states that "... that the paper should: ... be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research. "

What does "be appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research" mean in this context?


texts: Technically, is a comma between an attributive adjective and a noun acceptable?

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There's a, handsome, boy.
Yellow, butterflies fly away.


texts: Using the verb need through non affirmative structures

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Longman:"
 Verb patterns
 You can say that you need to do something
• I need to clean (NOT I need clean) the house".

As we normally use this pattern need +verb about non-affirmative structures and in accordance with  the explanations above, would you tell me if I have written the following correctly?

I only need clean the house.

I need clean only the house.

I need only clean the house.

If I need clean the house...


texts: Can I use "Have been" with "Until" in this sentence?

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My intention is to explain that I used to be stressed and depressed but then I read an article about stress relief techniques and that helped me.

Is this sentence using "Have been" and "Until" grammatically correct? If not, what's the best way to write it?

  I have been dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression until I stumbled upon a writing on stress relief techniques involving meditation and yoga.


texts: Meaning of a sentence in Wilfred Owen's sonnet

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I don't understand the meaning of one sentence in Wilfred Owen's sonnet titled On Seeing a Piece of our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action:

  Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm,
  Great Gun towering towards Heaven, about to curse;
  Sway steep against them, and for years rehearse
  Huge imprecations like a blasting charm!
  Reach at that Arrogance which needs thy harm,
  And beat it down before its sins grow worse.
  Spend our resentment, cannon,-yea, disburse
  Our gold in shapes of flame, our breaths in storm.

  Yet, for men's sakes whom thy vast malison
  Must wither innocent of enmity,
  Be not withdrawn, dark arm, the spoilure done,
  Safe to the bosom of our prosperity.
  But when thy spell be cast complete and whole,
  May God curse thee, and cut thee from our soul!

I understand the first half of the sentence as:

  Yet, for the sake of men whom you must subject to shelling ("wither") until they are  "innocent of enmity" (cease to feel enmity?), do not withdraw, oh the piece of artillery ("dark arm").

But what is "safe to the bosom of our prosperity"? Do not withdraw in safe condition? What is "bosom of our prosperity"?


texts: What's meant here by "funked it" and "bolted off"?

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In "The Man with Two Beards" by G. K. Chesterton, the author was describing a situation where Mr. Bankes family were assembling in their house while their son, John, returned in his car with his neighbour, Mr. Smith, who don't like cars at all:

  At this point, the conference was for a moment disturbed, by the return of John Bankes, from what appeared to be an abortive expedition in the car. Old Smith seemed to have been a disappointing passenger, after all. "Funked it, after all, at the last minute," he announced with noisy disgust. "Bolted off while I was looking at what I thought was a puncture. Last time I’ll take one of these yokels——"

Does "funked it" mean "got rid of it"?

And what's meant by "Bolted off, does it mean "escaped" as "bolted out"?


texts: What is the difference between "result" and "outcome" in that context?

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In the sentences below:

  The result of a man's jumping from the 10th floor is death.

  The outcome of a man's jumping from the 10th floor is death.

They seem the same in the sentences above, what's the difference between them?

edit: The answer that reads:

  "Result is preferable if you are describing what you get after following an organized or orderly process..."

It suggests result applies in a usual causation , but what shall it used when describing something abruptly happen like the one in my sentence mentioned? is it correct to say the death is an result of jumping off?

and

  "Outcome can imply something was happening but no one party was in total control of things."

So it implies outcome should be used when things are unpredictable, but in my sentence above, isn't the outcome of death inevitable? and is it prosper to use outcome to refer to the aftermath of jumping off?

So my question is, what's the difference between them(the two sentences in comparision above)?

Any comment and answer regarding the question are appreciated. Please help to clear this confusion, thanks.


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Is it correct to say:

"I have worked at Microsoft, Apple and currently Google"

meaning you've recently worked in the first two companies, and now in the third one?

Other examples:

"I have been a student in Paris, Rome, Madrid and currently London"
"I have written poetry, fiction and currently newspaper articles"


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a. Trees which fell in the storm have resulted in several accidents.
  b. Trees falling in the storm have resulted in several accidents.
  a. Teams which have completed the first round go into the quarter-finals.
  b. Teams completing the first round go into the quarter-finals.

Why is a reduced relative clause used in examples 1a and 2b?


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Why is the preposition to used here in this sentence? Does it go with effect or skin? I thought it's more common to say "effect on something" and "on the skin."

  The controversial image, taken by star photographer Steven Klien, shows Hadid with such a deep bronzing effect to her skin that many took it to be a racist overture.


texts: Is nataral to say "can you do any dances" meaning can you dance any dances?

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Is it natural to ask

  Can you do any dances?

meaning can you dance any dances like the walts, the tango etc. If so, can I use the verb do instead of dance. For example:

  Let's do waltz at the wedding.


texts: "which is what I did" vs "which was what I did"

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The following passage is in the first-person past-tense narrative:

  I decided to find out more about murder cases, which
  is/was what I did for the next couple of years.

Is is or was the correct option in this case?


texts: Can 'can't V' always have the opposite meaning of 'must V'(inference)?

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He has great calves. He must run very fast.

is a strong inference using 'must'.

Can the sentence using 'can't' always have the opposite meaning of 'must' (inference)?

  You said he's faster than an ostrich but look, he's limping his leg.
      He can't run that fast.

I'm not familiar with the above expression as the ones below.

  He must be a good runner
      That must be true!

  He can't be a good runner.
      That can't be true!

Am I using all the expressions correctly?


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I couldn’t understand why we use amount of debt before “in debt “ . I mean would it be wrong to use it like :

  I become in a $10000 debt .


texts: There hasn't been anyone living at a place/in a house/apartment for the last two years

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If something happened about two weeks ago, meaning it happened sometime during the second week before this week.

For example, the last time somebody lived here/there was two years ago. I do not remember when but I know it was in 2015.

Now is it is 2017. Is it correct to say, there hasn't lived anyone for the last two years/in the last two years?

+

If I say it like this: I haven't done much work for the last 2 weeks/in the last two weeks.

Does that mean that the last time I did some work was at some time 2 weeks ago (not exactly 14 days ago as of today, but any day two weeks ago as of today)

Do I understand this correctly?


texts: Do I need to use a before "few" in this case and why? or why not?

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I always do a grammar mistake with a. I would like to improve my understanding for a special case of using a. For example,

Most values are 0 or very close to 0, while a few of them are -1.

Here, I think I do not need to use a before few. However, I do not know why?

Could you help, me please?


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I would like know if I should use of or from to refer to a university a person belongs to, such as in the following sentence:

  We thank Dr. John and Dr. Tom of / from the University of California
  for their comments and discussion.


texts: What ways are acceptable to ask about the time (clock)?

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What ways are acceptable to ask about the times (clock)?
I know two or three ways such as: "what is the time?" or "what time is it?" + "What time is it now?", "what is the time now?"


texts: The differences between the meaning of "with/because of/about/of/on" in this sentence

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I am tired with this project.
  I am tired because of this project.
  I am tired about this project.
  I am tired of this project.
  I am tired on this project.


texts: Phrase request: Calculating with, counting with

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What is the best way to describe a possibility we are assuming? I'd like to start the sentence with something like:

  Counting with the rise of immigration, US population is on a rise.

  Calculating in the rising number of immigrants, US population keeps growing.

Thank you.


texts: What is the difference between exterior, external?

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I would just list some most confusing points in using these two words.

When external and exterior refer to the outside of something, say 'The exterior walls need a new coat of paint', apart from exterior being able to be used as noun, are these two used interchangeably?

When they express something coming from outside, like 'Low birth weight may be caused by external factors', 'information from external sources' external affairs' and 'external examination', can I replace external in these sentences by exterior?


texts: Factual conditionals: simple present or future?

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At times I find it difficult to decide whether to use a zero conditional sentence or a first conditional. Would you mind helping me with the following example:

  If they want to get there fast, they ....... (take/will take) the
  express train.

Thanks!


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According to the dictionary the word implied is an adjective.
It is is also the past tense of imply.

I have been trying to find some examples of where implied is used as an everyday adjective and only seem to be able to find it used as a technical description in law.

Actually, even the Cambridge dictionary labels it as an adjective with Law written beside it in parenthesis.

Is it possible that this adjective's usage is only limited to the field of law?
If not, can someone give me some everyday examples of how it is used.

Thank you


texts: Is "to wash the dishes" a wrong expression?

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Q1.I heard a native speaker say that the expression "to wash the dishes" is wrong, and that it should be told like "to do the dishes". Is she right? If so, why is that?
Q2. Also she said "to take a rest" should be "to get a rest". Is she right?


texts: How to decide the form of verb when the subject has "of"?

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Specifically, I am trying to write this sentence, and I am not sure whether I should use "was" or "were" in the sentence.
The order of probability features and amount features was/were counterbalanced across subjects.
My advisor changed "was" to "were", but I don't understand why. I think the subject of this sentence is "order", but "features".


texts: Can anybody suggest the usefulness  of Blakies Concise English dictionary as a reference dictionary for an intermediate level student whose native language is not English? My effort to find an online version of Blakies dictionary has  been unsuccessful. Blakies dictionaries are brought out by Blakie and sons in UK in the last century.


texts: Parse "take it easy" "take it seriously"?

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In "take it easy", "easy" is an adjective.
In "take it seriously", "seriously" is an adverb.
I'm baffled. Why not "take it easily"? Using an adverb to modify the verb makes more sense.
For the same reason, I should say "take it more slowly", instead of "take it slower", right?


texts: What is the meaning of "then you mean it" in this song?

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I wonder if you know,

How they live in Tokyo,

If you seen it then you mean it

Then you know you have to go.

Fast and furious! (Kitaa!) (Drift, Drift, Drift)

Fast and furious! (Kitaa!) (Drift, Drift, Drift)


texts: Is this a natural way of asking someone to confirm their name? "Frank, was it?"

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Frank, was it? Listen, Frank...
I believe I've heard something like this said. Is it natural? Is it asked for someone to confirm their name?


texts: only when qualities outweigh the dangers does

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I am confused when analysing the sentence below, especially the grammatical structure.

  He emphasized that only when the positive qualities outweigh the dangers does healthy psychosocial development take place.

I have these questions:

  I cannot justify the word does in the sentence.( Specially, its position )

  Why didn't the writer use a comma after does (to indicate a relative clause).

It must be noted that the sentence is taken from an academic text.


texts: Why does Google list "brief" as an antonym for "detailed"?

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brief means short, in few words

detailed means having many details

Why are they antonyms? A detailed thing can be brief too. And a brief thing can also be detailed (concise)


texts: May I know whether the two sentences have the same meaning?

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1) They come to help the boys.

2) They have come to help the boys.


texts: Two concerns with the terms "twee" and "dandy"

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NEW YORK — Perry Ellis is not a brand that makes men nervous or causes them to titter. Even if a work-a-day guy doesn’t wear Perry Ellis clothes, he probably recognizes the name from those times he has wandered through a department store looking to stock up on dress shirts. Perry Ellis is not niche; it is mass. And its creative director, Michael Maccari designed a spring 2016 collection that was welcoming to a wide swath of men. Board shorts, crewneck sweaters, lean — but not tight — suits. Rich colors but nothing too psychedelic.
Much of what Maccari put on the runway might actually have been better appreciated in a more intimate setting where audience members are able to put their hands on the fabric, see the details up close. But putting Perry Ellis on the runway during the inaugural season of New York Fashion Week: Men’s, served a larger purpose. It sent a message: This, too, is fashion. And there’s nothing to fear.
Perry Ellis lends a helping hand by showing a guy just how to wear one of those sheer shirts that designers are putting on the runway, with a man’s pecs on full display. He should wear it with the easy élan of a T-shirt: casually, understated. With shorts.
Men’s fashion has moved out of the realm of the obscure, the twee or dandy . It is the segment of the fashion business that has been steadily ticking upwards in sales. And this week has underscored the reality that there are a host of young menswear brands that have a strong point of view, a wellspring of creative energy and a desire to build real businesses, not just vanity ones.

I know the neaning of the word twee & dandy , twee means interestingly and differently perfectvand nice pice of art or design for instance. And dandy means just good. But I have two concerns here:

How does being twee or dandy refer to moving out of realm of obscure? What is the use of twee and dandy here?

Exactly in the nexf srntence, the writer has used the word it . What is the segment of the fashion business ? Which segment is being reffered to here?


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I heard in the movie Kubo and the Two Strings:

  I do so love the festival.

  We just need your other eye. Your grandfather admires it so.

It appears to function as an adverb, possibly meaning very much. Does it have the same meaning as:

  We are so going to fail the exam.

If so, I would understand the first sentence, but the second sentence where so appears at the end still sounds strange. What is this usage?


texts: Is it polite to say "what do you mean by ...."?

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How do you request explanation if are not sure what the speaker means by one specific word? I have noticed people barely say "What do you mean by ..."
I assume it is not the appropriate way of asking the meaning of something. Is my assumption correct? If yes, what are the potential substitutions to it? Is "what are you referring to by ..." a good choice?


texts: I am a male or I am male? Which one is correct?

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I want to describe my gender. I have two choices below:

I am a male.
I am male.

Which one is correct? Or both are fine?


texts: Understanding active voice (object/subject)

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Consider the sentence.

  The strains on your jacket won't come out.

Here, come out is an active-voice verb. But what is the object and what is the subject for that verb? I'd guess the object here is the strains. Since the object does, but subject recieves the object's action I'd guess that the object (strains) does the action (come out), but it seems completely nonsensical to me. How can the strains do the action ever? Maybe I have wrong understanding about object/subject concepts?

Couldn't you explain?


texts: How is sure different from yes? How is it different from other responses? When should I use it?


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In Fight Club (1999), Narrator hugs Bob, who is victim of testicular cancer:

Bob: OK, you cry now.
Narrator: No, wait. Back up. Let me start earlier. For six months, I
couldn't  sleep. I couldn't sleep...with insomnia, nothing's real.

What does "Back up" mean in this context?


texts: Is it okay to say "I wrote this article after reading many data"?

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What I want to say is that I write an analysis article about global population growth, and I worked on that with some public data. But I want to emphasis that I read a lot of data. Can I use "many" here?

Thanks!


texts: Laugh your heart out or laugh your head off?

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When intending to express that somebody laughed very loudly and for a long time, what is the proper expression to use? Are they both correct?

She laughed her heart out!

or

She laughed her head off!


texts: What does 'Can you tell us about a time you had to close a particularly challenging deal' mean?

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I can't understand the meaning of had to close a deal.
Does 'time' has other meaning in this sentence?


texts: How to understand this definition sentence

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arrogance:the behaviour of a person when they feel that they are more important than other people, so that they are rude to them or do not consider them

Oxford learner's dictionary

I think the meaning of the explanation is clear, but I don't understand the grammatical function of "so that.....them". Is it within when-clause？


texts: What difference between "you're working hard today" and "you've worked hard today"? I think these sentences have the same meaning, but I'm not sure.


texts: I have questions about **man’s pecs on full display** and **guy** in this context?

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NEW YORK — Perry Ellis is not a brand that makes men nervous or causes them to titter. Even if a work-a-day guy doesn’t wear Perry Ellis clothes, he probably recognizes the name from those times he has wandered through a department store looking to stock up on dress shirts. Perry Ellis is not niche; it is mass. And its creative director, Michael Maccari designed a spring 2016 collection that was welcoming to a wide swath of men. Board shorts, crewneck sweaters, lean — but not tight — suits. Rich colors but nothing too psychedelic.
Much of what Maccari put on the runway might actually have been better appreciated in a more intimate setting where audience members are able to put their hands on the fabric, see the details up close. But putting Perry Ellis on the runway during the inaugural season of New York Fashion Week: Men’s, served a larger purpose. It sent a message: This, too, is fashion. And there’s nothing to fear.
Perry Ellis lends a helping hand by showing a guy just how to wear one of those sheer shirts that designers are putting on the runway, with a man’s pecs on full display .He should wear it with the easy élan of a T-shirt: casually, understated. With shorts.

Who the word guy is reffering to? The model walking on the runway? Or the average person watching the show?

Could you simplify the phrase man's pecs ? What does pecs mean here?

How would you paraphrase on the full display ?


texts: Use of Possessive or objective case of pronoun

texts:
The car of (them/their) is just amazing!

What should I use, possessive pronoun or objective case
I like a thing of them/someone is sounding good to me.yet I'm perplexed!


texts: Can I use a plural noun before "on of the"?

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Is it correct to use a plural noun before "one of the" and in the following sentence should I use "are" or "would be"? if the sentence is incorrect please let me know the correct version.

Participating in extracurricular activities such as sport events and being a proactive student to promote my university in terms of attending conferences and meetings to talk about the features of my university are(or would be) one of my favorite activities.


texts: "Inside" in the role of an adverb or a noun?

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Consider the sentences below:

  wipe the inside of the fridge.
  wipe inside the fridge.

In the first sentence, inside is a noun but in the second one, is an adverb.

Now,what is the difference between the first one and the second?

Is the second sentence correct grammatically?


texts: What is the name of the style of jacket in this picture?

texts: I wanted to know what is the name of this kind of jacket, the blue one with golden buttons.


texts: What does it mean "In love’s service only wounded soldiers can serve."?

texts:
I just read this quote from nytimes's opinion section.

"In love’s service only wounded soldiers can serve."

What does this quote mean? I can faintly feel what it means, but I want to understand it more clearly. Can somebody help me?

Thanks.


texts: Error spotting : The drawings are very good ; almost everyone of them deserves a gold medal

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The drawings are very good ;(a) almost everyone (b) of them deserves a gold medal.(c) No error (d)

Is this sentence grammatically correct ?

I googled for this sentence but couldn't find any definite answer , although none of the sites is a reliable source some said error is in part A some said in part B and some even said it's error free.


texts: Bump into/against: The car bumped into/against a tree

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I don't know when to use against and when to use into, after bump:

  The cat bumped against the door

  The clumsy boy always bumps into the furniture

  While dancing, she bumped into me several times

  I ran after him, bumping against people in my hurry.

Bump into doesn't give me a headache when it means meet by chance, but it does only when it means physically hit by accident.


texts: Difference between 'online education' and 'distance learning'

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Is there any difference between 'online education' and 'distance
  learning'


texts: 【Idioms】 get something over with = get something over and done with

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/get-something-over-with
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+(something)+over+and+done+with
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20%28something%29%20over%20with
I have searched for the above idioms.
So I am curious whether both are same.
.
By Free Dictionary
*get something over and done with
-To finish something, typically something unpleasant.
e.g.)
The doctor told me that I have to get a shot, so let's get it over and done with.
I just want to get this ordeal over and done with!

.
By Cambridge's and Merriam's dictionaries
*get something over with
-to finish or reach the end of some unpleasant work, experience, or duty:
-to do or finish an unpleasant but necessary piece of work or duty so that you do not have to worry about it in the future:
-to cause or experience the end of (something) : to finish (something)
e.g.)
I’ll be glad to get these exams over with

I just want to get this ordeal over with!


texts: Go exercise/going for exercise/do some exercises

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Let's say you get to advice a teenager on how to integrate healthy lifestyle and somehow to outshine her peers.  And you say:

  You may outclass other girls by exerting extra effort if you go exercise.

  You may outclass other girls by exerting extra effort by going for exercise.

  You may outclass other girls by exerting extra effort if you do some exercises.

Which among these should be used to not sound awkward and ungrammatical?


texts: What's the meaning of the sentence in this New york Times editorial?

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When the Federal Reserve made its first tentative step toward ending its era of extraordinary monetary intervention, it earned a nickname: the taper tantrum. Global financial markets metaphorically bawled like a toddler on news that the Fed planned on “tapering” its stimulus program.
  That was nearly four years ago. Ever since, the Fed has moved to decrease access to easy money with the caution of a technician defusing a powerful bomb. After raising its interest-rate target above near-zero levels in December 2015, the Fed waited a full year before doing so again, the slowest pace of rate increases in the modern history of the central bank.

As far as I searched, easy money means a condition in which banks and lenders can loan money easier and borrowers can acquire money more easily from lenders. Then 'decrease access to easy money' means to make it difficult to acquire money? and I don't understand the meaning of 'technician defusing a powerful bomb'.


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Ok, It seems that "Printed Book" is more popular than "Print Book" but "Print paper" is more popular than "Printed Paper" (Printed Paper could mean paper that is printed with pictures on it, see http://www.papermojo.com/Printed-Paper_c_1.html) but "Printed Newspaper" is more popular than "Print Newspaper".

See the Ngram analysis:

Ngram 1

Ngram 2

Ngram 3

So, Which ones are accurate? "Print / Printed Book", "Print / Printed Paper", "Print / Printed Newspaper"


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I was writing a question on Home Improvement, when I realized that I don't really know how to use the two words floor and flooring.

Here's one example from familyhandyman.com that confuses me:

  How to Install Pine Floors: Complete instructions for DIY installation
  of easy-care wide-plank pine flooring.

Can someone please clarify what the correct use of these two words are? I would appreciate if all the different meanings of each word is explained. I have made an attempt below, but I'm not sure if it's correct.

"The second floor" - refers to level 2 (or 3, depending) in a building.
"The second floor I installed..." - floor refers to a general floor in a room (don't know anything about material)
"Pine floor" - refers to the type of material (pine) used on the floor
"Vinyl flooring" -  refers to the type of material (vinyl) used on the floor
"I haven't done any flooring before" - flooring refers to the action of installing a floor

I think some of them sound strange, but are the following correct sentences?

"I floored the floor using vinyl flooring"?
"I used pine floor on the floor."
"The house has pine floors."
"The house has pine flooring."
"I'm flooring with pine flooring"?


texts:
A dentist is a person who studied dentistry.
A civil engineer is a person who studied civil engineering.
What is a person who studied B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. in computer science called?


texts:
In a book I'm reading there is the phrase "semi-friendly arrangement" that I don't fully understand.

Here is the context

  He and I silently acknowledged each other, and although I wondered
  whether having been seen there would have consequences, I at least
  knew it wasn’t unheard of for an astronaut to seek help for a troubled
  marriage. The counselor wasn’t able to help us much, and our marriage continued to deteriorate. Meanwhile, I dropped the subject of our marriage
  each time Leslie threatened me. After Charlotte was born, and “child”
  changed to “children,” the stakes were even higher. So we settled into a
  semi-friendly arrangement in which she took care of our children and
  home and I pursued my career.

What does "semi-friendly arrangement" mean here?

Please explain to me.


texts: Is the usage of "ruling" in this case idiomatic?

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Here is a sentence I wrote:

  In 1937, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council struck down Bennett’s New Deal legislation, ruling the reforms unconstitutional and outside of federal jurisdiction (Struthers 1983; ...).

Problem:

Is the second part of it: ". . . ruling the reforms . . . outside of federal jurisdiction" idiomatic? I meant to say that the court ruled the reforms unconstitutional and affirmed that some of the reforms were not under federal authority, and so the federal government was not allowed to implement them.

Background: Bennett's legislation, called New Deal, consisted of several different policy reforms. The court "declared many of the reforms unconstitutional and outside of federal jurisdiction."

Source: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bennetts-new-deal


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1) The panel on the left side specifies the values of the context variables.

  2) It shows that the current section must be "full-text" and the current title (the last seen heading) must be "References".

However, now I think they would be better to be separated but just for the sake of learning, how could I combine them?

Could I say

1) The panel on the left side specifies the values of the context variables, showing that the current section must be "full-text" and the current title (the last seen heading) must be "References".
2) The panel on the left side specifies the values of the context variables, in which the current section must be "full-text" and the current title (the last seen heading) must be "References".
3) The panel on the left side specifies the values of the context variables, so the current section must be "full-text" and the current title (the last seen heading) must be "References".


texts: What are some usual responses to "Hey, you Okay?"?

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When I first started learning English as my second language, I was taught that when you greet someone you can say stuff like:

  "Hey, how are you [doing]?"

and the normal response would be:

  "I'm doing alright (or pretty much any sentence with the same meaning). What about you?"

However, in practice, I found out that people tend to use phrases like,

  "Hey, you Okay?" or "Hey, you alright?"

and I'm not sure what the proper response would be. I usually find myself saying something like, "I'm alright. Thanks" (I figured, saying "I'm alright. How about you?" wasn't really the proper response). But I feel like, by saying that, I'm being inconsiderate (I feel like I have to ask them how they're doing). What are some good responses that also ask about the listener as well?


texts: Can "said someone" appear at the beginning of the sentence?

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The film debuted at No. 2 in both France and Italy, generating the year's third-best box office return on an opening weekend in Italy. Said Roberto Proia, distribution chief of the film's Italian distributor Moviemax, about its surprisingly warm reception, "Almost two years after his death, Ledger has a huge fanbase which, along with the rest of the stellar cast, certainly contributed hugely. [...] We also found out that teenagers massively love Gilliam, and we did not expect this. He really has rock star status." (source)

The structure of this sentence strikes me as unusual. Can you say something like

  Said John, "I didn't like the movie."

Can "said" appear at the beginning of the sentence like this?


texts: Should I use HAVE or HAS in this sentence?

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All queues have been created.

I thought that "has" was the right choice, but I changed it to "have", because it sounds better. Although I dont know the right choice, so if someone can explain the right choice and why its, I'll be grateful.


texts: What is the simplest and correct version of "Tell me what I should be doing in that case if there is anything I should do"?

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What is the simplest version of this sentence which is also grammatically correct?

  Tell me what I should be doing in that case if there is anything I should do.

1- Tell me... if there is anything
2- Tell me... if there is
3- Tell me... if only

I just made this up to ask if there is some very sleek one word to refer to whole thing as I am quite used to reading such expressions...


texts: What do you call these types of windows?


texts: The achievement of my success was overshadowed by my elder brother's. (idiomatic?)

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The achievement of my success was overshadowed by my elder brother's.

Is this sentence idiomatic? What about this one briefly: My success was overshadowed by my elder brother's. or My success was overshadowed by that of my elder brother.


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Does it mean "will be lost fast"?

This link doesn't help, I think.

  "To any ordinary person, $3 trillion sounds like an awful lot of money. But if a bubble bursts in an economy the size of China's, the money goes fast. More to the point, China would have little incentive to defend the Yuan in the case of a burst bubble. The easiest way to deflate the (real) value of assets in China would be to just let the currency take the cut."

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/salvatorebabones/2018/05/24/china-is-sitting-on-3-trillion-in-currency-reserves-but-is-that-enough/#24a17a575fce


texts: Shouldn't "would be" have been used in this context?

texts:
I read this line in the description of a film on TV:

  Stu answers a call in a booth and is told that if he hangs up, he's dead.

I think it should be "would be dead". Please explain the bold part meaning.


texts:
Look the below sentence please:

  To be honest, I didn't do anything

Here, is "To be honest" a phrase? If it is a phrase, then what kind of phrase it is? I know phrase does not have subject verb combination and "To be honest" has no subject verb combination.


texts: Is the child that is not adopted your 'blood child'?

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We have two kids -- one is adopted and the other is not. He's our blood child.

Is it correct to say so? For real parents we say birth parents. For real children of your own, we say what?


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Let John and I go is correct or not? Or should I use Let John and me go?
Which one is correct and why?
Here "I" is the subject pronoun and "me" is object pronoun. Above John and me/I is the subject of this sentence so I think John and I is correct. Please correct me if I'm wrong.


texts: "The fact that there is no evidence for them counts for nothing" in context

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Excerpted from futuresymphony.org:

    All those assumptions involve an arbitrary intrusion of abstract thought into a realm of empirical knowledge, thereby upsetting wisdom that had been slowly acquired over centuries, and which was not in any sense the product of a single brain. The fact that there is no evidence for them counts for nothing, since they are philosophical, part of an a priori attempt to found an alternative to the existing music. For Adorno they promised the renewal of music, the break with a tradition that had become banal and cliché-ridden, and the hope of a fresh start in the face of cultural decline. Those thoughts were wound in to a philosophy that combined Frankfurt-school Marxism, the denunciation of popular culture, and a high-brow adulation of all that was recondite, unpredictable and difficult to follow. Adorno had the gift – the very same gift that Schoenberg had – of masking his idiosyncratic views as necessary truths, and clothing unsubstantiated speculations in the garments of priestly authority. He was the advocate of an intimidating orthodoxy. And yet the actual arguments, both in Adorno’s book and in Schoenberg’s original articles, are self-serving rhetoric, which assume what they set out to prove.

The bolded sentence is odd to me, since the whole paragraph is abasing those assumptions made by  Adorno and Schoenberg, I assume this sentence is not defending them.

But it sounds like "though there is no evidence of their assumptions, they don't need it at all in the first place, because they are philosophy, so they are not that useless" to me.

This make the tone inconsistent, with the whole paragraph reprehending but one sentence defending, do I misunderstand something?


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I know that we should use the past perfect for the verb in the clause following said in indirect speech if the verb refers to a state taking place or an action done before the action of saying, but what about a when clause? Does it also apply to it? Please consider the following:
She said he had dared to ask the lecturer a question **whenj his friends counted/ had counted on him.*


texts: "can" or "do" to use with the verb "like"

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She is so aggressive that people cannot like her.

  She is so aggressive that people do not like her.

Which is suitable for using with the verb "like", can or do?


texts: Is the structure of this sentence correct?

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I guess it's a poorly composed sentence, as I've read it 10 times and still can't get the main idea.

  One of these studies, which analysed 9 million emails, let drop that
   the average length of 9 million emails sent in February 2015 was 41-50
   characters, which seems to suggest that at marketing mail at that
   moment in time matches my average, or maybe slightly shorter.
   http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2016/02/17/are-email-subject-lines-getting-longer/


texts: “What does this mean?” vs. “What is this meaning?”

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Which one is correct?

When am I supposed to use above usages in a question?

For example, let’s say you’re having some lunch with your friend when you found something like a ring in your ice cream. In this situation, I think you can ask your friend “What does this mean?” but I’m not sure—how about this instead: “What is this meaning?”


texts: "The" for mentioning the time after mentioning the place

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I have a following question:

I know I have to use first place then time. But I want to make sure about following sentence :

  That was a great experience to teach them at Yale University in (the) winter semester 2017.

Do I need to say "the" winter semester?


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Someone asked "If the term ‘Kurds’ was changed to ‘Curds’, then would Iran, Turkey, and Iraq allow a new country called ‘Curdistan’?" which seems like a silly question.

I jokingly wrote:

  Wow!

  Why didn’t it come to anyone's mind before?! very subtle point!

Is it a correct usage of "come to mind"?


texts: Could you please help me with the these sentences?

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Suppose someone commits a horrible and inhuman action like a murder. The dead one's parents go to the court and ask the judge to do they best to revenge and according to the regulations throw the book at the killer. I was wondering if someone could tell me if in this scenario all the sentences in the list bellow are identical or they are different in meaning:

  Make him get what he deserves.
  Make him pay the cost for his actions.
  Serve him justice.

For me the sentences #2 and #3 mean the same and both are natural, but I'm a bit doubtful about the first case.


texts: Which is correct, "highly-populated" or "most populous"?

texts: For example, Shanghai is a "highly-populated city " or "one of most populous cities"in China. Are they both correct? If so, which one is more common?


texts: article before the noun before and after "and"

texts:
A simple question:

I have a dog and cat.

I have a dog and a cat.

Which one is correct? Should I add an article before the noun after "and"?

Thanks


texts:
I have a question about the phrase "share across" in this article:

  But what makes this so significant to China’s future -- and therefore global security -- is that the league has for decades functioned as one of two incipient political parties within the Communist Party. That President Xi Jinping has essentially purged it is evidence of his gradual, mindful push to become the country’s all-powerful dictator.
  Instead of sharing power across factions as his two predecessors did, Xi is consolidating power for himself.

How is "sharing power across factions" different from, say, "sharing power between factions"?  I thought that when different people/groups each has a portion of something, the pattern "share ... between" should be used, not "share...across".  What do native speakers think?


texts: "Have you ever seen anyone walk (walking) the streets like that?"

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Have you ever seen anyone walk the streets like that?
Have you ever seen anyone walking the streets like that?

Are both the above sentences grammatically correct?
Do they mean the same?

I saw him kiss her the other day.
I saw him kissing her the other day.

Are both the above sentences grammatically correct?
Do they mean the same?
And I'm sorry, if the latter two sentences come off immature .-.
I couldn't come up with better sentences.


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I wrote:

  To eliminate embedded advertisements or navigation links (e.g. links to the related articles) from the main article, the link density and text density features were used so that / in which / where a link density above 33% or a text density less than 10.5% was used as the indicator of boilerplate.

Which phrase can relate the the explanation of the experiment to its configuration setup? I think where is the correct choice? How about so that or other alternatives?


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Is the structure of this scentence sounds natural, or it is odd?

“Eating at fast food restaurants was a norm for 15% of peole.”

The context is that I am listing some information according to a study which was done 3 years ago.

Could you help me?


texts:
I was reading an article on "Pidgin English" a couple of days ago. It started like this:

" There is a story of a British consul in China who was asked to marry a young Danish sailor and a Chinese girl - no one of the three knowing the other languages.  ..."

This very beginning part of the article left a question in my mind. Here's the question:

Is " ... knowing the other languages" an adjectival participle clause which modifies the noun "three" or even possibly the whole noun phrase " no one of the three"? (I don't really think that it can be a relative clause.)
And IF I am on the right track, which one of the following re-written forms is correct? Why?

No one of the three knew the other languages
Or
No one of the three knows the other languages.


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Does it mean "retaliate"? I didn't find it here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dish

"Another tip? Don't be afraid to stop your colleagues when they are just repeating a point you've already made. Gates says she does it to her husband all the time (and he dishes it back, too).
"If a man is re-explaining -- or 'mansplaining' -- something a woman has done, stop them in the meeting, and say, 'That's okay, she already said that. Let's move on,'" she said."

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/19/news/melinda-gates-american-opportunity-women-poverty/index.html?iid=Lead


texts:
I get confused everytime I use which or that and refer to someone. For example, which one is the correct to say: 'that courage which takes him up' or should I say 'that courage which take him up'.
Appreciate everyone's help.


texts: Which wil be used between the colon and semi-colon in the below sentence?

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People are more horrified from the animal; tiger.
People are more horrified from the animal: tiger.


texts:
I have submitted a paper to a journal. One of the reviewers is asking me what is the difference between the current paper and a previous paper I've written. In the 2nd paper I have completed the work mentioned in the previous paper. In fact the first one is a general idea and in the 2nd paper I have completed this idea.
How can I explain this? Should I say something like this:

The current paper is the completion of the first paper.

Is there any better way to state this?


texts:
"The fan cann't on." he told me.

  "The plug hasn't plug in the socket."

  "The plug hasn't plug-in the socket."

I told him.

Which is the correct word? Plug in or plug-in?


texts: Native reader's perception of headlinese in scientific papers

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A fairly common English mistake I see on the part of ESL learners is the omission of articles. To avoid making this mistake, I tend to refrain from removing them if I'm not sure.

However, in a flow-chart style diagram, where concision is important, is it "more tolerable" to remove articles, similar to what some newspaper headlines do? More importantly, what "sounds" better to a native English speaker?

As an example, consider the two versions below:

"Full" version:

Select a property -> Establish its status -> Find the origin of the property ->
What is the origin? ---a human error---> Warn the user about it
                 \-----a system error---> Create a log file

"Headlinese" version:

Select property -> Establish status -> Find origin of property ->
What is the origin? ---human error---> Warn user about it
                 \-----system error---> Create log file

The second seems clearer to me, does it feel like the articles are missing for a native speaker?

(Just before posting, I found out about Headlinese in this question, but it is not clear to me if the style is actually frowned upon or not; I'm mostly interested in the reader's perception of it, in diagrams inside scientific papers, for instance, where brevity is not as essential as in a newspaper.)


texts: Repeated continuous action using simple present or present continuous

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What is the difference between the  meaning of the following two sentences.  (One is simple present and the other is continuous present).

He works every Saturday.
He is working every Saturday.


texts: China Finance Minister or China's finance minister?

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Today I was reading a newspaper and one thing bugged me that was the headline saying ''China finance minister sees more...''.
I mean, isn't it going to be "China's finance minister" or either of them is correct? I'm confused.


texts: What is wrong with "ethics was violating" in this passage?

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He added: 'Dean and Jerome are Bad Attorneys they dont (sic) now (sic) what justice is and they dont (sic) now (sic) what is a (sic) investigation is because if they did they would have done it for a (sic) innocent man like me!!!

  And I was on appeal and they were still talking about the case and that was there (sic) ethics was (sic) violating my appeal!!

(Source: dailymail.co.uk)

This is a transcript from the handwritten letter where the grammatical mistakes are marked with "sic". I cannot find out what is wrong with "was" in the second sentence.


texts: Could you simplify the following passage so that it won't be hard to grasp and more, please?

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Health care providers other than the vaccine administrator treating a patient for a suspected adverse event should notify the vaccine administrator and provide the information about the adverse event to allow the vaccine administrator to complete VAERS form to meet the vaccine administrator's legal responsibility.

When it says "other than" does it mean that someone else must intervene or not? Is it mandatory to a new doctor other than the administrator to complete the form? what does it mean?


texts: How should I understand the difference between a helping verb and an action verb?

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I am a learner of English and found these definitions somewhere on the Internet about helping verbs and action verbs. Are they correct? They sound fine to me but I want to make sure because I have not learned English through rules.

Helping verbs:

  Helping verbs are usable in tenses to tell us time frames and we call
  them as helping verbs because they do not have any meaning, they just
  help us to inform about time frames of actions.

Action verbs:

  Action verbs help us to complete actions and helping verbs tell us
  when those actions happened.


texts: Meaning of 'teenage' in 'teenage copywriters'?

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From Ad nausea hits the grey market, a BBC online article:

  The use of the famous, or nearly famous, is frequently seen as the last gasp of a
  copywriter running short of inspiration. In fact, argues Mr Treguer, celebrity
  role models – what he calls ‘generational heroes’ – can deliver the goods. In France,
  advertisers use a range of celebrities d’un  certain age [I don’t know why there’s French here. Does anyone?], but still with some va- va-voom: Catherine Deneuve, Johnny Hallyday, former cyclist Raymond Poulidor – at 66 still the country’s favourite sportsman.

  In Britain, meanwhile, the market is sewn up by a small gerontocracy of actors –
  notably former comic actress June Whitfi eld, whose perennial reappearance as the face
  of the elderly provokes cries of despair. ‘These are precisely the sorts of ads that are
  made by the teenage copywriters,’ groans Mr Starkey.

I recognise but am still confused by ODO's Definition 1.1:

  Relating to or characteristic of teenagers

I guess that Mr. Starkey's usage is not literal, but because teenage copywriters are rare,  why not use another apter word to disparage/deride the copywriters?

Or am I wrong? This quote confuses me, because in the first para praises the use of famous actors, which the second denounces. The article doesn't explicitly distinguish their use in France from England?


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Is this sentence correct?

  He gave them no money nor did he help them.

I know neither nor is followed by the same auxiliary verb. But, is this also true to the sentences which uses nor without neither?


texts: Replying to "Shall we…" with "…if we shall"

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My friend asked me:

  Shall we head up to the North again?

I'm wondering about the suggestion. Is it correct to answer with:

  I am wondering if we shall?

or:

  I am wondering if we should?

Also, I am having problems with my punctuation with the above. Are they correct?


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Hello which one of following sentences is correct? which one is more native and more use than the others?

Dr is an abbreviation for the word Doctor.

Dr is the abbreviation for the word Doctor.

Dr is an abbreviation of the word Doctor.

Dr is the abbreviation of the word Doctor.


texts: It is possible to use "to get" instead of "to be" in passive voice?

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Are the below sentences passive?

my car got stolen?
to get dressed.

It is possible to use "to get" instead of "to be" in passive voice, for any tense and verb?


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Which sentence is better one ?

  Harvard's MBA programme is regarded as the finest in the country.

Or

  Harvard's MBA programme is regarded the finest in the country.

Just like like the use of As with consider / considered is diminishing and its all right to use consider  without as, Can we omit as in the above sentence ? Is it grammatically correct ? I am not able to figure the difference in above given sentence but in the below given sentence its clearly wrong to use regard without as :

He regarded her as his sister.

Please don't suggest anything else like replacing regarded with considered as I don't have that privilege .Its a exam question , considering just those two sentences suggest which one is better.


texts: What do we say when we ask for an opinion to everyone in a group except the guy who just answered?

texts: Let's say we asked a question to a group of people and a person already answered. What do we say to ask the others to answer? I thought about "What about the others", but this sounds unnatural to me, because it as if the person was talking in third person. "What about you guys" also seem to be wrong, because it's too imprecise since one person in the group already answered. What expression should be used?


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Is "deflected to" grammatical? I think it is grammatical, but I am not sure if it means what I mean.

For example:

  He deflected the bullet to the shooter's face.

  He deflected the bullet back to the shooter's face.

I wonder if using "back" makes sense here, because the bullet comes from the firearm. Is there a better way to say this or is "deflected to" alright?


texts: Can you use comma in "I am not dumb, I am smart."?

texts: Is it a comma splice. I feel like the sentence has a sort of repetition to it, so a comma could be used. I don't know. It is like saying "I don't like to read, I don't like to write, and I just don't like English as a whole".


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I know learning grammar and vocab is so painful, but that's not the hardest part to me. What makes me feel most difficult is the English name for people and streets.

They are complicated, no spelling pattern, and some of them are not easy to pronounce.

So, I would want to know how native English speaker learns people and street names and naturally remember them?

Is there any way I can learn them?


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What is the difference between these 2 clauses?:

  1.-I've just seen a friend that I know since 20 years ago.

  2.-I've just seen a fríend me to know since 20 years ago.


texts: Back and forth, to and fro , what should be the proposition after?

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Eg:

  I had to carry it back and forth _ the office

Is it to the office or from the office or to and from the office?
Similarly for to and fro?


texts: What is the meaning of "25th Century Earth as a teacher's voice-over"?

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Source

  25th Century Earth as a teacher's voice-over describes the exodus from
  "Earth that was" and the terraforming and colonization of planets in
  the new 'verse.

I confused with the words: 25th Century Earth as a teacher's voice-over.

What is the meaning of this confusing sentence?


texts: Which is correct? I'm not a Trump or I'm not Trump?

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I'm not sure what to use.

The context is I'm telling that I don't have power like he. So, showing that I'm powerless, I say...

  I can't do that. I'm not (a) Trump.

Explanation is appreciated.


texts: What does "times" mean in the newspaper "Washington Times"?

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What does “times” mean in the newspaper “Washington Times”?

I have always wanted to ask about this, but feared it might be so obvious that I would look like a fool. For that many times, I haven't before experienced that level of hesitation with any other question, but I think now is the right time to ask, anyway.


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Here is a quote from another Stack Exchange question:

  How was a vessel ever constructed that actually flew through Earth's
  atmosphere without burning up, and then was able to travel around once
  it reached space without just freezing up?

  Source

What is the purpose of ever here?


texts: Is using across in these contexts wrong?

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He listens to music of all genres.
He listens to music across all genres.

His influence in the world of music is undeniable.
His influence across the world of music is undeniable.

Are the sentences with across wrong? How do the sentences with the word across differ in meaning from the other ones?


texts: Is "High life expectancy is needed by everyone" correct?

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If I would express an option meaning everyone wants to live longer, how to make such sentence with the phrase life expectancy? Does this one sound right?

  High life expectancy is needed by everyone.


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I have method A. This method has a limitation in high-dimension cases. This limitation leads method A to lose its flexibility in high-dimension.
Therefore, there is method B, which overcomes the limitation of method A.

I would like to say that:

Method B overcomes the limitation (of method A) of losing the flexibility in high-diemension

I feel that the grammar of my sentence is wrong. How could I present my sentence in a correct way?