texts: Why "annoying" uses double N but "anointed" uses single N?

texts: I kept mixing and confusing these two usage of N. Sometimes I spell "anoying", sometimes I spell "annointed". This is probably a silly question, and the answer is probably as simple as "that's the way it is", but I'm just curious why annoying using double N and anointed using single N, although (in my opinion) those two has similar structure, or at least, prefix. If I know why the difference exists between the two, I probably can automatically remember it next time. Thanks.


texts: What does "more so" mean in this context?

texts:
It wasn't as if he didn't work just as hard as I did --- more so, probably.

It's just an example sentence I quoted from a dictionary. I know the definition of "more so" but does more so in this case means that he worked even harder than me?


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As I know, dependent clauses must be separated with a comma. Below are 2 sentences from the University of Leicester website. I don't understand why there are no commas where I expect them. Are these sentences just wrong or is it something specific to British English?

When including a number in a file name [no comma] always give it as a two-digit number rather than one, i.e. 01, 02 … 99, unless it is a year or another number with more than two digits.

If using a date in the file name [no comma] always state the date ‘back to front’, and use four digit years, two digit months and two digit days: YYYYMMDD or YYYYMM or YYYY or YYYY-YYYY.

Another sentence on the same topic, from the different website; again, the author speaks British English:

Long file names are more difficult to remember and recognise. Some words add length to a file name but do not contribute towards the meaning, for example words like “the”, “a”, and “and”. Where the remaining file name is still meaningful within the context of the file directory [no comma] these elements can be removed.

Or maybe these sentences are OK even in American English?


texts: What does "conceive" mean in this context?

texts:
Here is the context:

"The Consultant acknowledges that he will receive or conceive confidential information pertaining to the activities, operations and business, past, present
and future, of the Company or its subsidiaries or related or associated companies, which information is not in the public domain."

I cannot understand what it does mean in this case.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Which should I use: music band or music group?

texts:
Which one sounds better? Music group, or music band?

It's a cuban hip-hop group/band, in case the music style matters.

Thanks


texts: What is the difference between "I don't believe you?" "I don't believe in what you are saying?"?

texts:
What is the difference between the following sentences:

  1 I don't believe you.

  2 I don't believe in what you are saying.


texts: Does "landing" strictly mean the area of the top of a staircase?

texts:
Ron was lying sprawled on his back with his mouth wide open, fast asleep. He did not stir as Harry crossed the room, stepped out onto the landing, and closed the door softly behind him. Trying not to think of the next time he would see Ron, when they might no longer be fellow students at Hogwarts, Harry walked quietly down the stairs, past the heads of Kreacher’s ancestors, and into the kitchen.

Does it also mean the area directly behind or in front of a door? Because the above paragraph states that Harry was still able to close the door even if he was on the landing. So it must mean something else of the landing is pretty close to his bedroom?


texts: smiles as if it is/was/were a compliment

texts:
Ian grabs Lili as she tries to leave.
Lili: Let go of me, you sociopath.
Ian: You think I'm a sociopath?
Ian smiles as if it is/were a compliment.

It should be 'were', right? Even though the sentence is written in the present tense?

Is the sentence written in a perfectly natural way? Could it also be: Ian smiles as were it a compliment.


texts: What is the term for person that cannot be honest with themselves and fakes happiness

texts: What is term for an emotionally void person who cannot be honest with themselves and fakes their own happiness? They obsess about a childhood that was terrible but they make it into a fantasy.


texts:
I learned the word worry contains two functions: one is as a transitive verb and the other is an intransitive verb.

However, in this two sentences, (from TOEFL)

  People have a variety of factors in their lives that cause them to worry, such as school, jobs, and personal relationships.
  Even during times when I was not actually studying, I found myself worrying about the tests and I was unable to completely relax.

I thought worry is a transitive verb, it must not go with preposition, such as about, whereas as an intransitive verb, it should involve preposition.

And I thought the worry in the first sentence is a transitive verb because it has object; a variety of factors in their lives.
Thus, I agree with this sentence has no preposition.

However, in second sentence, I thought worry is a transitive verb since it has object: the test. Then why preposition about is there if worry in that sentence is a transitive?

Or does this word function as an intransitive verb? if so, why an object the test is there?


texts:
Got boards tomorrow and I was going through some past years paper and one question stumped me.
The leader counted _______ the cooperation of his colleagues.
On/Upon both sound equally correct but I am not sure.
Could someone please tell me the correct answer and also explain when 'on' is used and when 'upon' is.


texts:
If I don't use the in the following sentences, would that be ungrammatical?

(The) students in this school are very smart.
(The) people in this town are very frankly.


texts: Two persons are in a room: Emily and James. James is closer to the center of the room than Emily is. In other words, Emily is closer to the wall of the room than James is. Can this situation be described that James is inside Emily in a room?


texts:
There's a doll inside that doll and inside that doll there's a doll
  and inside that doll there's a doll and it goes on to infinity.

  There's a doll inside that doll and inside that doll there's a doll
  and inside that doll there's a doll and inside that doll there's a
  doll...

Is the right expression "goes on to infinity". I am not sure if it's idiomatic. I don't want to say etc. or something along that line, I rather use an idiomatic phrase.


texts:
Then 15g/kg ethyl alcohol diluted.

I don't know how to pronounce "15g/kg".


texts:
I was given a question and I had to find error in it

  The priest class took upon itself the monopoly (1)/ of scriptural knowledge and interpretation (2)/ of the same to its own advantage. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer was part 1

I am not able to figure out the correct answer.

IS the error lies in the usage of take upon itself, take upon itself is usually used as **take upon itself to do something and hence in the sentence above it is used wrong.

Somebody help me understand this


texts: Is it correct to ask "who needs a dragons"?

texts:
According to the title of this question...

  Who needs a dragons

Is it "a dragons" or just "dragons"?

And "need" or "needs"?


texts: What does "feed" mean in the phrase "line feed"?

texts: In computer science or printers/typewriters, there is a concept called "line feed" (abbrev. LF). What does the word "feed" mean here?


texts:
Sentence belongs to The Giver (2014) movie:

  Giver: I've cried felt true sorrow, I've sung, danced. I've felt real joy.

  Chief Elder: Then you should know better than anyone.You have seen children starve.
  You've seen people stand on each other's necks.

What does mean by "stand on each other's necks" means?


texts: When "through" is interchangeable with "by"

texts:
I have this sentence

  Then, he specifies several anchors by selecting elements of the page.

Can I write it as follows ?

  Then, he specifies several anchors through selecting elements of the page.

I know sometimes we can use "through" means "by", but I don't know when!


texts: Can we use "dearest" to begin an informal letter?

texts: "Dearest Marta, hi" Is it correct to begin an informal letter using "Dearest"?


texts:
I've heard a lot of people said that teenager and adolescent are the same, but I'm not 100% sure about that. As far as I know, teenagers are from 13 to 19 (because of the "-teen"), and adolescents are between 16 and 19 (the period they're changing into an adult). Am I right about it? if not, please help me. :)

P/s: I also heard that "teenager" is more informal than "adolescent" and I doubt it.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Do I need to use "and" to add indirect details

texts:
I would like to add some information to my sentence, indirectly. So, I wonder, do I need to use and or not.

  In this research, and instead of doing A as in reference B, we will investigate...

or

  In this research, instead of doing A as in reference B, we will investigate...

Similarly,

  In this research, and through its sections, we will illustrate...

or

  In this research, through its sections, we will illustrate....


texts:
This site says:

  When two or more verbs have the same subject the verbs must be
  parallel. Parallel verbs mean the verbs used in a sentence should all
  be the same tense

  Yesterday Donna watched a movie, cleaned her apartment and was making
  lunch.:

  The sentence is not correct because watched and cleaned are the simple
  past tense, but was making is the past progressive. The verbs are not
  parallel.

  The correct sentence should be:

  Yesterday Donna watched a movie, cleaned her apartment and made lunch.

Is "This hat is small and has a nice color" grammatically wrong?

I am not sure "is" & "has" belong to the same tense?


texts: what the woman is saying in this conversation?

texts:
man: No, because it's really expensive to hire somebody in Canada to
come and clean  your house. And really people just take the chores on
for themselves because it's hard to  afford to get somebody to, to
come in and wash your, wash your laundry and wash the,  the windows
and all that kind of stuff. So.
woman: It's something that's really out of the question. It's out of
our budget. I mean, I think you're paying somebody 30 dollars an
hour. Usually, it's a cleaning company, though, so they have some
usually a woman that  is coming and she does the cleaning and the
company is taking their cut. (they're man and wife)

I don't know exactly what the woman want to say. Especially, why she said like the sentence in bold?
He certainly said it was hard to get somebody handle chores and that kind of things. i feel like her answer doesn't match the context.


texts: "I spent two years in this place and {it was/they were} the two worst years of my life."

texts:
On reddit, one person said:

  I spent two years in this place and it was the two worst years of my life.

I'm concerned about it was part. Is it correct?
If not, would the following be correct?

  I spent two years in this place and they were the two worst years of my life.


texts:
Is it correct to say 'you will hurt' or 'you will get hurt'? I read this quote on the net:

  “It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.”

  ― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

And another thing - the her in the last line it's meant a person or otherwise it should be 'pain has his wanton'.


texts: Difference between "Tired of Waiting" and "Tired from Waiting"

texts: I noticed that both "Tired of Waiting" and "Tired from Waiting" are in use, and valid. But what differences do they have, or are they identical? Thank you!


texts: What does "thesis" mean in this context?

texts:
Does it mean "direction"? I don't find anything here that fits. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thesis

  "Overall, he's optimistic about the increasing flow of dollars into health care, especially for efforts that support the shift from volume-based care (payment based on tests and procedures) to value-based care (payment based on outcomes). But he thinks that Silicon Valley has a long way to go to evolve its thesis, to ensure it's more inclusive of all Americans."

  (Source: this link)


texts: Should I say: She is 'no' student or She is 'not' a student?

texts:
I'm always confused with that issue. Should I say

  She is no student

or

  She is not a student

Or are both of them equal? If they are, what is the difference between them?


texts: Do "there is a long way" and "it is a long way" mean the same thing?

texts: Will it be correct if I say so "there is a long way from home to university"? Is it correct to use the construction "there is" or should I use "it is" instead? If so, why?


texts: Is it correct to say: I know sufficient about the subject, or would it be correct to say I know enough about the subject? I heard people use the first version, but however, I am not a native speaker, to me is is sound somehow unnatural


texts: “Who was… with?”, “Who was with…?”, “With whom…?”, and “Whom… with?”

texts:
Leaving to one side whether “who” is the subject or the object of the sentence, to the best of my knowledge all four questions below are considered grammatical and acceptable ways of asking who the person with Sarah was:

a) “Who was Sarah with?”
b) “Who was with Sarah?”
c) “Whom was Sarah with?”
d) “With whom was Sarah?”

I would like to know which form is considered the most natural in speech, I think it's a toss up between a) and b), and which the most “correct” from a native speaker's point of view. Can it please be someone who is currently living in an anglophone country.

I would also like to know if the following are acceptable. I'm not sure how to classify this type of question, the speaker is asking for confirmation because they either didn't hear the person's name or they cannot believe the statement is true, e.g.

Mike: Yesterday I saw Sarah with Adam (Lisa's ex-husband).
Mary: e) Sarah was with whom?
f) Sarah was with who?


texts: "Left dislocation" of object for emphasis

texts:
I admire her. (SVO).

  Her I admire. (OSV).

  The left dislocation of the object is due to emphasis on it.

"I know when he will come."

Here, the object is "when he will come".
Is 'left dislocation' possible here and can we say the following?

"When he will come I know."


texts: Is there any difference between 'unlawful' and 'illegal'?

texts:
unlawful

  Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.

(from here)

  illegal

  Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

(from here)

Does it all mean that 'unlawful' refers to something simply not mentioned as a permitted action (as a result, there's also no provided punishment), whereas 'illegal' means "explicitly forbidden" and, perhaps, always punishable by a fine, prison sentence, etc? What's the difference between the two words semantically?


texts: changing a sentence from "It is verb-ed that" to "subject is verb-ed to infinitive"

texts:
The Cambridge book let me know following transition of sentence valid except for the verb : 'remember','suggest','decide',etc.

  It is said that he was the manager of the company.

  He is said to have been the manager of the company.

So the question is, how can I apply this in similar way to the verb 'remember' that bringing the subject of 'that' clause to the front, in the following sentence.

  It is strongly recommended that the machine should be fixed.

Would it be going like this?

  the machine is strongly recommended being fixed.??

or is it impossible?


texts: News report sentences context hard to comprehend

texts:
The following sentences are from abc news.

Some top advisers expect a dominant performance by the president, despite the opposing narratives of attacks on Joe Biden's mental state and the Trump campaign's work to raise expectations for the Democrat ahead of the showdown.

I think I understand each sentence and phrase but I can't do the whole context.

Despite the opposing narratives of attacks on Joe Biden's mental state some top advisers expect a dominant performance by the president.

Guessing from 'despite' it seems that opposing narratives usually have negative effect but in the coming debate it will be different and effective.

Despite the Trump campaign's work to raise expectations for the Democrat ahead of the showdown some top advisers expect a dominant performance by the president.

This sentece is very difficult for me. I can't understand what 'to raise expectations for the Democrat' means. Literally it looks like that Trump's staff help the Democrat to win the polls.
In short Trump and his staff try to attack Biden negatively, and the Democrat likes it because usually it is not effective, but some experts expect that the Democrat's hope will be vain and the attack will be successful.
Is it right?


texts:
Found this article online and the title is:

China-U.S. trade war to ease but conflicts will persist - former finance minister

But then the person is quoted of saying "could ease". Are the two equivalent? Because in my book, they're not equivalent at all. "To ease" meaning it will ease and not could ease.


texts: What is a term for someone who either politely rejects an offer or doesn't make use of something that has been offered to him?

texts: E.g. a very rich and fortunate person offers you to use any amount of his wealth, however, either by or without saying, you will never want to use that person's money.


texts:
The investigation uncovered that he had taken bribes when he was/had
been governor of Maryland.

So the question is: is it when he was or when he had been?
I want to say "when he was" because it seems that we always use Past Simple with such phrases, but isn't this about the time before the investigation uncovered something??


texts: (went to / have been to / had been to) + last year

texts:
I went to Mexico last year.
I have been to Mexico in the last year.
I’d been to China last year.

The above sentences are taken from www.quora.com and www.englishpage.com. It seems that they are well-formed but do 2 and 3 sound natural to native speakers?


texts:
And it is also clear that the war is, as all wars do, moving toward an
  end of sorts.

  Source: "The Next 100 Years" by George Friedman

What does it mean - "end of sorts" ?


texts:
I've known you both since you were little, but little did I imagine it
would come to this.

The section that seems bizarre to me is here:

but little did I imagine

the rest is fine but this part appears to be wrong to me. Can you explain the tense or structure used here?


texts:
Source: CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition (Exam N10-006) by Mike Meyers (2015)

Example:

  To Travis Everett, Internet guru and writer: Such a wonderful addition to the team this go-round, not just as a top-notch editor, but as a contributor as well. Your understanding of the Internet and the Cloud added excellent additions to the book. Looking forward to the next one to see what other talents you bring to the table!

What exactly does that mean?


texts: passive voice sentence begins with wh- word

texts:
I am confused about a wh-- question.

who would you have me be loyal to?

I want to know what kind of sentence is this? A passive voice or a passive wh-- question?
what is the purpose of 'have' and 'be' in this sentence?
is "have" the auxiliary verb here or "be"?
if this is a passive voice what will be the active form of this sentence?


texts:
I had heard they started training exercises outside of town a few days ago.

Why (had heard) not heard ? Don't we use pp to talk about something that happened before another action in the same sentence in the past. They started training before he had heard about it.


texts: What does "switch off" mean exactly in this sentence?

texts:
I need some help to interpret a sentence. I would like to know what "switch it off" means here for a native speaker. The girl here is thinking about how some people have the ability (which she doesn't have) to remember music and to always hear music in their minds. (The garage is the place where the girl works):

  Whenever anything did get stuck in her head— a jingle from a television commercial, some popular tune— she found it claustrophobic and couldn’t wait for it to stop. When music was playing on a stereo or in the garage, she could tune
  it out or switch it off if it got tiresome, but now she wondered if this was a shortcoming on her part.

Does "switch off" mean "turn off physically the stereo or the music", or just the mental action of ignoring it?


texts:
Woman: What the hell happened to you?

Man: I was in a fight.

Woman: You're fighting now?

Is the last statement natural? She is surprised that he was in a fight, which he has never been before. She's not asking if he's fighting NOW, but just if he's started fighting now? Does it make sense?


texts: What's the difference between "on weekends" and "at weekends"?


texts: What do "the kitchen sink" and "farm" here mean?

texts:
I get stuck in understanding the way the author phrases his thoughts in this blog:

  We’ve already bet the kitchen sink on linear algebra and differential
  functions, we might as well just go all in and bet the farm on complex
  analysis.

I can grasp the point of the sentence but am not familiar with the analogy. I conjecture he means mainly that we can just take a plunge into unknown waters(complex analysis) since we already have benefited from the less powerful linear algebra and differential functions just for real numbers(real analysis).

Am I wrong? And how can I comprehend the "bet the kitchen sink on sth" and "bet the farm on sth else"?


texts:
It is not  the thousand beers you had

  there is something  in your eye

  which usually you are trying  to hide

  blaming the girls dancing around

why is "usually" following by gerund? it is a bit opposite continuous and usually .
In this case, does it mean that in fact the person can't  manage to hide what he woud like to and this state is an habit :that is why usually is used.


texts: There is no 'the' in 'in liver of rhesus monkeys'

texts:
I have read a title of a paper on pubmed like this: Aging increases mitochondrial DNA damage and oxidative stress in liver of rhesus monkeys.

(source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22027539)

Since articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific, and it has indicated this paper is about the specific liver of rhesus monkey, so what I think the correct title is: Aging increases mitochondrial DNA damage and oxidative stress in the livers of rhesus monkeys (or in the liver of rhesus monkey). Am I wrong?


texts: How does the word "screaming" modify the verb phrase "come out"?

texts:
I cannot see a certain syntactic structure of the sentence:

  "The parents come out barefoot and screaming, ready to buy ice-cream."

How does the word "screaming" modify the verb phrase "come out"（right?)? In other words,whether some words(such as "who" and "is" etc.) is omitted,then what is a complete expression of the sentence?

The question nagged me for days, could you people please help me with it?


texts: "personally" indicates that someone did the job himself, while not necessarily did that on his own, is my understanding right?

texts:
It sounds like the video is saying (link with a time stamp corresponds the following)

  Wienert revealed that during one episode he personally assembled a Polynesian-style bamboo
  raft off-camera only for Grylls to add the finishing touches and take the credit.

cambridge dictionary gives this explanation about personally

  If you do something personally, you do it yourself rather than asking someone else to do it

So, "personally" indicates that Wienert did the job himself, while not necessarily did that on his own. "personally" is being used here justify Wienert went through the whole procedure. is my understanding right?


texts:
No one had touched the box of chocolates that I had brought, so I opened it to make it more inviting.
Does the highlighted part make sense in the context? Can I use "inviting"?


texts: Is there any difference between “of who we are as a people” and “of ours as a people”?

texts:
Donald Trump appealed to the very worst, most base instincts of who we are as a people.
  Donald Trump appealed to the very worst, most base instincts of ours as a people.

The first sentence is from an article from The New Yorker. I understand what it mean but the expression is a little unusual for me so I wonder if I could replace "of who we are as a people" with "of us as a people".


texts: Converting "'You have been here for two years and we are going to stay another six months' he said" to reported speech

texts:
How can I convert this to the form of "He said that..."?

"You have been here for two years and we are going to stay another six months" he said.

My answer:

He said that I had been here for two years and we were going to stay another six months.

Is this correct? In particular, are the italicized phrases converted correctly?


texts: What is the difference between Essay and Report?

texts:
Essay is "a short piece of writing on a particular subject." based on Oxford Dictionaries definition
However I don't know exactly what a report is. is it "information about something:"(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/report)?
what is the difference between them especially in academia


texts:
Can enjoyment be used with an article "a/an" or should it always be a non-countable noun?

For example,

  Listening to her was always an enjoyment.

Among numerous examples of using "enjoyment" in sentences provided by Collins there is not one with "an".


texts: "The largest crime" or "The biggest crime"

texts:
English is not my first language, so sorry about my grammar. My question is which phrase is more proper?

  Theft is the largest crime in America.

or

  Theft is the biggest crime in America.


texts: Whats the difference between imitate and impersonate and mimic?

texts: do they mean the same ? Can they be used inter-changeably?


texts: How to say when waiters are busy in a restaurant

texts:
I was at the restaurant with some friends, waiting for someone taking our order but unfortunately it took so long.

Then I was about to comment the situation, but I realized that I don't really know how to formulate it properly.

The waiters are so busy tonight.(I don't like this tense because I want to use something stronger than just "busy"
The waiters are drown tonight
The waiters are so overwhelmed

Which one is the best?
thanks


texts: confusions related with infinitive and passive infinitive

texts:
I wrote a line in an exam

  Media should be controlled to prevent misuse.

But later I thought "to prevent" is modifying "Media". So I should not have written this because I was trying to say "Media should be controlled so that authority can prevent misuse". But my friends are saying it is a correct sentence. But i dont know why? "to" is working here like "in order to". is this a reason for this?


texts: When speaking of potential danger, is "potential source of risk" redundant?

texts:
Consider these two sentences:

  Some people believe that robots are a potential risk to humans.
  Some people believe that robots are a potential source of risk to humans.

Are they both grammatically correct? Do they mean the same thing? Is one better than the other for some reason?

(I'm really unsure about it, so if there is another way to express it, please let me know)


texts: Is this a correct analysis of an adverbial prepositional phrase?

texts:
I am trying to analyse what I judge a compound sentence with an adverbial phrase (in italics) placed at the beginning:

In what turned out to be a common experience for many people who tried to create Internet businesses, they had a successful website, but they didn't really make any money from it.

My answer is that it modifies one of the verbs (either had or make, or maybe both) that come right after in the independent clauses. I am also guessing that it complements the first, had.
Here's why:

“what turned out to be a common experience for many people who tried to create Internet businesses” is a noun clause:

it is introduce by an “-wh” word (what), and it is grammatically a noun; therefore, this entire segment functions as the object of the preposition In;
Supplements to the analysis:

“to be a common experience for many people who tried to create Internet businesses” is an infinitive phrase (noun), the object of the phrasal verb turned out.

“a common experience” is a noun and “for many people who tried to create Internet businesses” is an adjective prepositional phrase.

“who tried to create Internet businesses” is a relative (adjective) clause modifying the noun people along with the adjective many.

Is the evaluation correct?


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Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences?

She hesitated to accept the job

Or

She hesitated about accepting the job.

In Merriam Webster's Dictionary the word hesitate has two meanings:

to stop briefly before you do something especially because you are nervous or unsure about what to do
to be unwilling to do something because of doubt or uncertainty

According to the examples in the dictionary, with the first meaning, the sentence can take the preposition 'about', and with the second, we can use an infinitive.
So does that mean in the examples above, "hesitate about accepting the job" shows a short pause before accepting and "hesitate to accept the job" suggests reluctance?


texts: 17 billions of bottles VS 17 billion of bottles

texts:
What is the right form for these expressions:

"In 2000 Coca-Cola has sold 17 billions of bottles"

or

"In 2000 Coca-Cola has sold 17 billion of bottles"

Could you please, explain why?

UPDATE based on answers

The present perfect should not be used here — we know the exact year, so past simple should be used instead.

The example was inspired by the IELTS Academic Writing Task 1. Here is the relevant pie chart.


texts:
On Friday, Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, affirmed that Mr. Trump did use the term “shithole” during a White House meeting on immigration with lawmakers. Mr. Durbin rightfully described Mr. Trump’s words as “hate-filled, vile and racist,” and added,

  “I cannot believe that in the history of the White House in that Oval Office, any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday.”

From the context, it seems like the quoted sentence means "no president has ever spoken what Trump has said" or "Not a single one had said that til date except Trump."

So, my question is,

Does "Any + subject + has ever + verb" become to mean "no subject has ever done(verb) something"?


texts:
If I wanted to ask about the thing or things that made my son's clothes dirty, what would I say?

I know dirty works as a verb, but when I said:

  What dirtied your clothes?

It didn't strike me as a natural sentence, so I googled the question (with quotation marks) to be sure, but got zero results. That's when I realized this question format is not how you would ask about the reason for dirty clothes. I know there could be many ways to ask the same question. For example:

  Why are your clothes dirty?

I want to know the common and natural way of asking about this.


texts: What does "premise" mean in this context?

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I don't think this link can help: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/premise?q=premise+

"Big banks by attacking the very premise and the valuation of Bitcoin. Early in the week, for instance, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. leader Jamie Dimon called the digital currency a “fraud,” and a “tulip bulb.”"

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/09/14/why-big-banks-attacked-bitcoin/#2083d4926c53


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Someone wrote:

  Then again I came back to the taxi with completely wet clothes till the driver repaired it after 30 mintues.

The context is:

  the taxi became punctured ...
  I left the taxi and stood alongside the freeway in the rain to catch another taxi, but after 10 minutes had passed, no taxi had stopped for me in that rainy weather.

I know Then again is false  according to this. It could be simply "again", right? or any other alternative?

But I also think it lacks " and waited till the driver ...", because I think some activity should be performed before "until" right?

My suggestion is:

  I came back again to the taxi with completely wet clothes, and waited until the driver repaired the taxi after 30 mintues.

Also, what is the proper verb tense after "until" in the past or present sentences?


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Angry state of my father is very terrifying.

  When my father is angry He is very terrifying.

Does these sentence have nearly same meaning . I mean if I say the first sentence instead of the second one would hearer can understand me very well?


texts: Are these two correct? Do they sound okay?

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Q1. "He deserves his success."
I guess this sentence sounds correct. Am I right?
Q2. "His success is not deserved."
What about this one? Is it correct?


texts: don't be that away -- what does that exactly mean?

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From a science fiction movie entitled The Mist (2007):

  — Nobody else heard that sound?
  — What sound?
  — I don't know. Like a weird noise. Back there in the dark. Like something was, like, pressing against the door.
  — Did you hear it before the lights went out or after?
  — No, only after. But, look, I heard it, okay?
  — Nobody's calling you a liar.
  — That's what it sounds like.
  — No, no, no, no. Now, don't be that away, Mr Drayton. You had a scare, no doubt. What say we all go check it out?

What does that exprssion exactly mean?


texts: "How are they being supported?" vs "How are they supported?"

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I was wondering whether which one of these two phrases would be correct?

  How are they being supported?
  How are they supported?


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Come over here.
Get over here.
Do these mean the exact same with the only difference being that the second one sounds a little more like an order?


texts:
From Cambridge

  act

  something that you do

  practice

  something that is usually or regularly done, often as a habit, tradition, or custom

From a post

  Unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAPs) can cause significant financial injury to
  consumers, erode consumer confidence, and undermine the financial marketplace

From another post

  FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO
  CHINA’S ACTS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES

Both of them seem to indicate that 'acts' and 'practices' have different meanings. One of the differences is whether that "thing" takes place regularly. Is my understanding right?

Could someone give an act that is not a practice and a practice that is not an act?


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Miss Lin often helps us with our homework/English.

Can we drop “our” here?

  Miss Lin often helps us with homework/English?


texts: How do I say car is tilting/leaning in one direction in parking spot?

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Often parking spots have straight lines between which you have to park your car, parallel to the line. However, let's say, I see a car a parked diagonally between the two lines.

  How would I describe the car alignment wrt the parking spot?

Should I used the word lean/tilt?
And say I want to tell someone to correct the alignment, should I say

  Park your car straight?

This is the literal translation of the expression I would have used in my native language, I would like to know if this is how native speakers would say it?


texts: What is the difference between she wrote and she was to write?

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This is the sentence:

  Clare Atkins was to write two more books about her experiences in Africa before her death in 1967.

Did she write the books? Or did she intend to write them, but she died before she could write them?


texts: Is there a rule governing a switch from present perfect to simpler tenses?

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— Where have you been?
— I've been at a cafe. I was having lunch there.

I wonder when one should switch from the present perfect to simpler tenses. Is it a correct example (i.e. shouldn't it be "I have been having lunch there"? Is there a rule of thumb at least?


texts: Is there any difference between "by means of" and "with the help of"?

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Can we use the phrase "by means of" instead of "with the help of", and vice versa?

Example: I wrote above text by means of / with the help of a keyboard.


texts:
Do you mind if I join you?

and Do you mind if I join with you?

Which one is correct.

Thanks in advance.


texts: in an act which, outside of the context of this article, I generally applaud

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Example: (news story "Putin News: Will Vladimir Putin Declare Himself Tsar Of All The Russias?")

  What better way to bring back Russia’s imperial glory than to bring back its emperor? Russia, as you well know, was once an Empire—a real one, with an Emperor and all. In an act which, outside of the context of this article, I generally applaud, the communists killed the entire imperial family in cold blood, ending permanently the main line of the centuries-old Romanov dynasty (they have since become saints). There are still pretenders to the throne, of course, but none of them are terribly serious.

I don't understand what the author is trying to say. Why would he be applauding something horrible such as killing people?


texts: Life is where my heart is - "where" in the right place?

texts:
Have I used the word "where" in the right place in the following sentence?

  Life is where my heart is.


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I came across this sentence in Raspberry Pi's FAQs:

  Is there a buy-one-give-one program?

I try to google "buy-one-give-one", but I cannot find the meaning of it. Instead, I found the following usages of "buy-one-give-one":

  buy-one-give-one model

  buy-one-give-one companies

  buy-one-give-one glasses

  buy-one-give-one shoes

  buy-one-give-one gifts

What does buy-one-give-one mean?


texts: Can you say that 'something is rated lower'?

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Is it correct to say that

  'something is rated lower'

? I think you should be able to say that

  'something was given a lower rate'

but I am not too sure what about the first option. I guess you would need an adverb rather than an adjective but what adverb would that be in such a case - 'lowly'? Appreciate any help


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Sentence:

He helped hone President Trump's message of law and order and America first during the 2016 election, work that he continued as an adviser to the president after the election.
Source：Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Charged With Fraud

It seems two verbs in a sentence. Is it correct?


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a. She left while he took his bath.

b. She left when he took his bath.

Do these mean

She left when he was starting to take his bath.
She left while he was taking his bath. (He was taking his bath when she left.)

or

She left after he took his bath.

?

Many thanks.


texts: Can I use "that of" when comparing an adverbial phrase?

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I am not really sure that I know how to use the words "that of".

I wrote this example:

  Travelling long distances by plane is faster than that of train.

Is this okay?


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Could you please let me know how the two short request sentences below differ when it comes to ask someone to move over?

Stand aside please.
Step aside please.

I cannot explain the reason, but I have an intuition that "step aside" means move one step over while "stand aside" lacks such a connotation to me.
Also, I was wondering how shall one ask someone to sit a little over when he/she is sitting too close you that you feel uncomfortable?

Could you please sit over?
Could you please sit a little over?
Could you please sit aside?
Could you please sit a little aside?

These sentences all work for me logically and grammatically, but I have no idea if they are idiomatically natural as well.


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The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and
  stirring. In some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and
  pepper, streaked across the redness.

  Earlier, kids had been playing hopscotch there, on the street that
  looked like oil-stained pages. When I arrived, I could still hear the
  echoes. The feet tapping the road. The children-voices laughing, and
  the smiles like salt, but decaying fast.

  Then, bombs.

  This time, everything was too late.

  The sirens. The cuckoo shrieks in the radio. All too late.

  Within minutes, mounds of concrete and earth were stacked and piled.
  The streets were ruptured veins. Blood streamed till it was dried on
  the road, and the bodies were stuck there, like driftwood after the
  flood.

  They were glued down, every last one of them. A packet of souls.

  Was it fate?

  Misfortune?

  Is that what glued them down like that?

  Of course not.

  Let’s not be stupid.

  It probably had more to do with the hurled bombs, thrown down by
  humans hiding in the clouds.

  –– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

What leads the complement of predicator, and it is the syntactic subject in what-clause. When I interpret this sentence in my own tongue, I have two possible ways: (1) interpreting all the aforesaid meanings, complement leader and subject in its clause; (2) interpreting the whole what-clause as a nominal complement.

Which one is to be adopted to interpret the sentence well as an English aspect?


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In the following sentence, Who is the direct object and who is the indirect object?

  I know the woman in the blue dress.


texts: Is it wrong to use nouns when listing hobbies (as opposed to using verbs)?

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For example. Would it be wrong to say:

  My hobbies are singing, shopping, soccer, and stationery.

Why or why not?


texts: "I want to use my energy TO READ or FOR READING?"

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Which of these sentences is correct?

  1) I want to use my energy to read.

  2) I want to use my energy for reading.

Thank you very much!  Gerunds and infinitives confuse me.


texts: When and Whom are adverb, pronoun, or conjunction?

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In the following sentence, what are the "when" and "whom" grammatical roles? And what are the meanings of them?

  The texts to classical Greek plays were written down soon after the
  performance and possibly even before, though it is not always clear
  when or by whom.


texts: What is the meaning of “they are out of hit points”?

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I'd like to know the meaning of 'be out of hit points.'

For example like the picture below.


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Please wait 5 more minutes.*

Could I use fewer instead of more?

  He had taken 5 fewer apples.


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In Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), as Del Griffith met his close friend, Gus:

  Gus: Del Griffith! How the hell are you?

  Del Griffith: Well, I'm still a million bucks shy of being a
  millionaire.

This is a comedy bit, but what's the joke here?


texts: Is the expression "To think you would stoop so low" often misused?

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I found the following sentence in a fanfiction:

  To think you would stoop so low as to become that girl's second
  husband.

I am thinking it's wrongly used, because the sentence is incomplete. What should the second part of the sentence look like? I am thinking there are multiple answers to this, could you give me a few example of how to complete this sentence. I am seeing people use the expression in a similar manner, but I feel it would only be correct if they put an ellipsis (...) after it.


texts: What is the function of the expression being used in the following sentence

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In the following sentence I am confused about the exact function of being + used

We see the internet being used in many places.

My analysis is as follows: Subject = We , Verb = see, Object = the internet,  and in many places = prep' phrase being used as an adverb.

Is being used part of the object. Is it a passive construction. I'M CONFUSED


texts: Preposition "by": used to show the degree or amount of something

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I composed this sentence with meaning of by as shown above.

I need you to pull shipping date in early by any day.

What I am conveying by this sentence is...;
I need you to ship the goods earlier than your already confirmed date(e.g. 10-Oct-2021).
pulling the current ship date in earlier by one day or two days would be nice.
That's what I am trying to say by my composed sentence.
But I am not sure that my sentence is right.


texts: English equivalent of German word "Kampfblatt" (militant publication)

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The German language has the word "Kampfblatt" (rough translation: "militant paper"), which is pejorative for a (supposedly) politically militant publication, often a newspaper, but sometimes also a magazine. The word is mostly applied to publications seen by the user of the word as staunchly left- or right-wing.

What would be the best choice if I wanted to write something like

  The left-/right-wing Kampfblatt Podunk Enquirer published today a ...

The common ENG-GER dictionaries don't have translations for the word.


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•to like something means to find something agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory.

•to have philia of something (eg. bibliophile)

means to have friendly feeling toward something or have an abnormal liking for something

( I want to know what that abnormality is)

•to be maniac of something (eg. anthomaniac)

means to be obsessed with something.

So what is the nuance between

abnormally liking something and being obsessed with something.

to me they sound the same.


texts: What does the term "carrier code" mean in a mobile phone application?

texts: While filling in an application I found it had divided the mobile phone into three parts as shown: "Country Code", "Carrier Code", and "Phone Number". what do these parts mean?


texts: How do I interpret "not X any more than Y"?

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They do not relate to the present any more than they relate to the person.

I came across this sentence from the book The Fire Next Time and just couldn’t understand it. Than would indicate some sort of comparison, but it's not a construction I've come across before.
How do I interpret “they do not X any more than they Y”?


texts: Is it informal to use "so on " in the article?

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I have written this phrase

  The input of the DNN is the features extracted automatically by feature_extractor model, which are given to the first hidden layer, and the outputs of this layer are given to the next layer and "so on".

Is so on here informal? What should I use instead ?


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What are some words which can describe the feeling that everyone just dislikes you and doesn't want to talk to you. I think that it would be something similar to paranoia but a less extreme version of it. Although I am not really sure about it.

Can anyone please help?
Thanks


texts: Is it not correct to say "I have the brown eyes" instead of "I have brown eyes", and why?

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I encountered the following sentence in a Duolingo course (and there are no other sentences):

  I have brown eyes.

However, I was told that "I have the brown eyes." is not correct here. I don't understand the reason, so I would like to ask, why is the use of a definite article (the) not correct in this sentence?

The sentence is from a course that teaches French in English, and I’m not a native-English speaker


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I was told that "it is no use" is followed by a gerund, not an infinitive in current English. What about the "it is of no use"? Does it pattern in the same way?

Consider the following:

It is no use asking John for help.
It is no use to ask John for help.
It is of no use asking John for help.
It is of no use to ask John for help.

In this connection, note the following 19th-century English:

"To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. "

(John Stuart Mill, Considerations On Representative Government)

Would this be considered awkward in current English?


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I don’t feel like I usually do

Actually I don’t get how it is structured in terms of grammar.
But i guess it is the same as this sentence:

  I don’t feel like doing what I usually do

It seems to me that first one is wrong, but it is right.
Please, explain why


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You caught your child sneaking some cake from the fridge.
I asked some native speakers if "I will report you to your mom" is natural, but they told me they ofte say "I am telling on you" instead.
But that sentence is not completed because it needs a addressee like "to your mom" or "to your teacher".
I am not sure if "I am telling on you to your mom" is idiomatic but according to my research, it seems that people will say "I am telling your mom" instead.
Is "I am telling on you to your mom" idiomatic?


texts: "one of the upgrades that is/are being considered"

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I've run into this problem multiple times when writing the following:

  "one of the upgrades that is being considered is a ..."

Word spell check suggests that this is incorrect and it should be:

  "one of the upgrades that are being considered is a ..."

This correction seems wrong to me as "one of the upgrades" is essentially a singular noun; I am referring to one upgrade.

Thanks for any help on this!


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What is the meaning of this phrase?

  In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper, climate.

  Source:The Hound of the Baskervilles

The end phrase of the sentence seems a bit odd. How to comprehend it?


texts: Can we make a question with inversion sentence?

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In an essay, can I write the next question about free time? Is is grammatically correct?

  Seldom have I watched films on TV?


texts:
In the sentence "I have never seen it snow", what tense is the verb "snow"?

My coworker who is learning English asked me why "I have never seen it snowed" is incorrect, and I wasn't sure how to explain.


texts: past or past continuous with exact time period

texts:
They were playing(play) football yesterday from 13:00 to 15:00.
 They played(play) football yesterday from 13:00 to 15:00.

At 8.30am today I was driving(drive) to work.
 At 8.30am today I drove(drive) to work.

We were sleeping(sleep) at 11pm. when he came back home.
 We slept(sleep) at 11pm. when he came back home.

I was studying(study) English at that time.
 I studied(study) English at that time.

Should I use past or past continuous if I mention exact time period?


texts: could have - must have - may have - might have

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Why is John late?

  He could have got stuck in traffic.
  He must have been stuck.
  He may have been stuck.
  He might have been stuck.

Are there any differences (even subtle) between these answers ?


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Does "laundry list" have any negative connotation?
Or can it be used synonymously to "long list" in informal contexts?


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teachers!

I'd like to ask you something about conditional inversion.

I'd like to know my sentence is right.

I changed the sentence ' If you were able to see ...' to ' Were you able to see..'

I tried 2nd conditional inversion and I wonder my sentence is correct.

Thank you!


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Let's say I had a friend that died.

When talking about him,
should I now say:

  I am his friend

or

  I was his friend

What about marriage?

Should the wife say:

  I am his wife

or

  I was his wife

And when using the verb to know, can I say

  I know him

after this person died?


texts: using interchangeably these terms" to be / get used to

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Dian has a new job. She has to get up much earlier now than before - at 6:30. She finds this difficult because she isn't used to / doesn't get used to getting up so early.

I am wondering if there is any difference between those?

What is more, could you think if a situation where both the following phrases could be interchangeable?-- although I know almost the difference between their meanings.

to be used to

get used to

Any help would be greatly appreciated


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I have the following idea.

  In/when reconstructing geometrically and topologically correct 3D building
  models, to get the advantage of high level of automation, one can
  choose point clouds.

I feel the word order of the sentence is not smooth and would be good if it be

  To get the advantage of high level of automation, in/when reconstructing
  geometrically and topologically correct 3D building models,  one can
  choose point clouds.

and also

  To get the advantage of high level of automation, one can choose point clouds, in reconstructing geometrically and topologically correct 3D building models.

NOTE: not sure in or when is most relevant

Now I am totally confused what would be the most formal way. can anyone comment me on this.
all comments are welcome.
thanks


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One of my friends (not a native English speaker) told me this is a famous saying

  "it's hard to accept the truth because the lies sound so much better"

I doubt it is. So, I googled a bit and got some hits. None of them appear to be it is a famous saying.

Could you give us some examples of the contexts?


texts: What is an elegant way to manage references in English which avoids repetition and is clear?

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English is not my first language. Thus, every time I write an English sentence, my brain has to work at 100% efficiency, because there are so many things that I am not very sure of. For example, "If I create an English sentence like that, then can native English speakers understand the exact meaning of that sentence?"

One of the problems is the reference issue in English.

For example, read this sentence:

  When the buyer returns the item (if the return adheres to the return policy), the seller needs to refund as stated in its service.

So what does its refer to?

Of course, most people will say its means the seller's.

  When the buyer returns the item (if the return adheres to the return policy), the seller needs to refund as stated in the seller's service.

However, people can understand its because of the context, since only the seller has service; the buyer will not have any service.

But this can cause confusion:

  The teacher gave the student her notes

So her here means the teacher or the student?

If the note belonged to the teacher, then The teacher gave the student the teacher's note is rather repetitive.

I believe there should be an elegant way to control the reference ambiguity issue in English without repetition. I think it is an art, but I don't know how.

So what is an elegant way to control the reference issue in English which avoids repetition and is very clear?


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He pointed towards the outside of the room

I'm wondering if that's a grammatically correct sentence. It sounds a bit off, but after analysing it a bit, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

  He pointed towards the mountains.

That sounds fairly well and there doesn't seem to be any problems. "The mountains" is a location, and "the outside of the room" is also a location, yet the first example sounds slightly wrong for some reason, but I can't see which part is wrong.


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I wonder what phrasal verb/expression/idiom do you normally use in English for giving someone hope?

Please have a consideration in my examples:

  A) He is a very energetic and positive individual. He always helps his surrounding people. When I divorced I was very discouraged. He gave me a lot of hope. I'll never forget that.

  B) Yeah, I know him well. He always gives hope to people.

Are the defined sentences above natural?

Also, how can I thank someone who has been very hope-giving towards me? Can I say:

  Thank you for giving me hope.


texts: How to understand "who as a Squib could no more have Stunned the fireworks than swallowed them"

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"Don't Stun them, Filch!" shouted Umbridge angrily, for all the world as though it had been his incantation.

  "Right you are, Headmistress!" wheezed Filch, who as a Squib could no more have Stunned the fireworks than swallowed them.

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I don't know how to parse the clause "who as a Squib could no more have Stunned the fireworks than swallowed them". Hence, I'm not sure about the meaning either.


texts: Usage of 'this' in a sentence/punctuation

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The fight was well fought but violent--this made it a tough watch.

The car soaks up fuel and is tough to drive, that being said, it looks good.

The story has  surreal overtones-- there are parts that cross into fantasy.

On these sentences does 'there/this' constiutute a independent clause and need a semi-colon or conjunction such as 'and' or can em-dash be used.


texts: When should we use "how about x(something\someone )" and when should we use "what about x"?

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For example, when someone says "how are you", which one is better to answer?

I'm fine. What about you?
I'm fine. How about you?


texts: does "Which" refer to the correct part of the sentence

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I learned that I can use which to joint two sentences instead of writing two separate sentences. Sometimes, I feel that, which does not refer to the correct part of my sentence. How can I know that I use Which correctly in my sentence? For example,

  A is the model part of method B, which requires the following conditions.

I feel that which here refers to method B instead of part A.

Do I use which correctly?


texts: What word expression describing an annoying habit of preferring to eat fanciful food instead of regular food for a meal

texts: What word (ie. adjective) and any expression that can be used to describe a person especially a child has an annoying habit of preferring to eat fanciful food (i.e. Sweets, cakes, etc.) instead of regular food (i.e. rice, etc usually eaten as a meal) for a meal. Hope I am understood.


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Going by Raymond Murphy's English Grammar in Use, we can use the -ing clause when two things happen at the same time.
And it's also stated there, we use -ing when one action happens during another action.

Do two things happening at the same time, and one action happening during another, mean the same thing?

If I were to construct a sentence that read I wrote that letter to you,(while) getting yelled at by my mom. And that is probably why there're so many spelling mistakes in that., would it be grammatically correct?
Is not using the while in the sentence okay?


texts: Where is the exact position of the word that leads to subordinate clause?

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Please look at the two following sentences which make me confused:

I drove the lady who we saw the day before yesterday to her house yesterday.

I drove the lady to her house yesterday, who we saw the day before yesterday.

The puzzling problem is where should I put who and its subordinate clause? Just after the noun it describes, as in the first example, or after the main sentence, as in the second example?


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To consider the possibility that none of the people around you may be
  conscious produces an uncanny feeling. On the one hand it seems
  conceivable, and no evidence you could possibly have can rule it out
  decisively. On the other hand it is something you can't really believe
  is possible: your conviction that there are minds in those bodies,
  sight behind those eyes, hearing in those ears, etc., is instinctive.
  But if its power comes from instinct, is it really knowledge? Once you
  admit the possibility that the belief in other minds is mistaken,
  don't you need something more reliable to justify holding on to it?

[Thomas Nagel, What does it all mean?, p.24]

What does 'its' refer to? I think it refers to "your conviction"

Thanks


texts: "The met official has discarded possibility of the celcius breaching forty degree in coming days."

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I can not understand how the ing form has been used in the sentence with breach? Is it the shortening form?

The met official has discarded possibility of the celcius breaching forty degree in coming days.


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I have 2 meanings I confused with.

  A. If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other
  about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two
  people argue.

  Example: They were still arguing.

  B. If you argue with someone about something, you discuss it with them,
  with each of you giving your different opinions.

  Example: They are arguing over foreign policy

What confused me is whether the meaning of B suggests they are discussing in an angry way?

In other words if they are discussing in a moderate way over foreign policy.
Can I say They are arguing over foreign policy


texts: Would you use "that" or "it" in this situation?

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Could you tell me which sounds better?

Let's say you are  at a restaurant.You ask:

  What's today's special?
  The server answers, It's grilled steak. It comes with mashed potatoes and green beans.

Then would you say ,"I'll have that." or "I'll have it."?
Which is correct or is it OK to use both?


texts: The chances of you getting a good job are greater than (my chances) of graduating high school. -- grammaticality

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The chances of you getting a good job are greater than me graduating high school.

  The chances of you getting a good job are greater than my chances of graduating high school.

Are both the sentences grammatically correct?

And if one used, "The chances of your getting a good job are greater than my graduating high school." would that be incorrect?
And is the "greater than my chances of graduating high school" part necessary, or could i just leave that part out like i did in the first sentence?


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Consider these

  The high-tech industry does matter to our economic future.

  The high-tech industry does matter to our future economy.

Do they mean the same thing? Are they both correct?


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As a grammar hint, it is stated under the entry for "In case" within Longman Dictionary of Contemporary that we have to use simple present/past or should after in case, for example:

They locked themselves in their houses in case there was more trouble.

But do we have to use these tenses for all verbs in the clause which starts with in case? For example is the following statement correct grammatically?

You should back up your data in case there is a problem which will lead to a data loss.

Or should we write it as follows?

You should back up your data in case there is a problem which leads to a data loss.


texts: Meaning of the phrase "on something's face" in context

texts: What does that phrase mean in the following sentence. "Regressive taxes are applied across the board and on their face they seem pretty equitable."


texts: Use of "Could" vs "Would" for polite request

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Do following two lines can be used interchangeably for making a polite request.If not,why?

"Could you pass me the salt?"

"Would you pass me the salt?"


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I want to say to my colleague that, a few years back, he and I were working in same building.

Should I say:

  This is the same building where we were working.

or

  This is the same building where we had been working.

or

  This is the same building we would work.

or

  This is the same building we worked.

I am confused. Please bear with me and explain in simple terms.


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Which is more correct?

  How do you think about me? or How you think about me?


texts: does for a long time emphasize the beginning of an action

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He said he had wanted to see it for a long time

Just was wondering if wanted could fit to because at the time of writing he still had not seen the film and the action was not completed  or if "for a long time" implies that the desire to see the film began a long time before he said it and obliged the author  to use the past perfect. Does for a long time always emphasize the beginning of an action?
https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8469


texts: Does this phrase make sense? "excessive movements"

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I was writing a story about a bunch of talking puppets. In my story, there was a scene where the puppeteer first met his new puppet.

  The puppeteer had a very passionate reaction upon seeing her, and he
  had to make great effort to contain his excitement, in case it should
  turn into an unwelcome accident.
  His hands were even trembling when he
  took her out from the box, careful not to drop or ‘hurt’ her.

What I mean by the bold part is that the puppeteer doesn't want to overreact, for the puppet requires delicate handling.

As you know, sometimes when people get too stoked up, they tend to lose a certain degree of control of their bodies, which may result in a hug that is too tight, or a kiss that is too slobbery, etc.

And this is roughly what I am trying to communicate in my sentence. The puppeteer doesn't want to break the puppet because he is too excited.

However, I am not sure whether my sentence successfully gets that across. I originally wanted to write this:

  ... in case it should lead to excessive movements.

But then I thought perhaps this doesn't sound natural? I looked up this collocation on Ngram, but it doesn't seem to be used in the context that I intended.
Some of the examples are:

  However, instead of a delayed sleep phase, he tended to wake up early,
  with excessive movements in sleep, and did not show any considerably
  longer sleep time on weekends or holidays.

  "The last thing that young people need is to be priced out of the
  labor market by excessive movements in minimum wages," he said.

It seems that they focus more on the 'number' of movements or changes made, instead of the degree?

Is there any way to reframe my sentence to make it more understandable?

Anyway, eager to hear what you think.


texts: How to avoid repeated "each other" and "statistics" in this sentence?

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How can you avoid repeating "each other" and "statistics" in the sentence below?

  We're a tight-knit group of students, lecturers and professionals who
  answer each other's statistics questions and help each other with
  statistics projects.


texts: a Prince Charming, a rock, a man with whom... -- what do they mean by "a rock"?

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Source: ‘That terrorist is not your Prince Charming!’: Cosmo warns Russian women against ISIS temptation

  “A woman who is lonely or dissatisfied in her personal relationship is the ideal candidate for recruitment,” says the article, arranged in a helpful question and answer format. “All of a sudden fate will bring… a Prince Charming, a rock, a man with whom you can build a solid and happy future. This is not how it will actually work out.”

Any idea?


texts: spend the day bent/ bending over something

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It's shown in OALD that

  spend something doing something

  spend something in doing something

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

However, I've come across 2 sentences that break those rules

  She carries herself erectly, despite having spent the day bent over an ironing board [...]

  Millions of students in rural India spend their day bent over their books due to lack of classroom [...]

Why are they bent instead of bending? Are they cases of passive voice? If so, why is passive voice used in those cases ?


texts: Should I use "nor" in "It's inconvenient to access Facebook nor Google in China"?

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I want to express that it's very hard to access Facebook and it's very hard to access Google in another way, can I say "It's inconvenient to access Facebook nor Google in China" or "It's inconvenient to access Facebook or Google in China"?

Thanks


texts: I found the girl screaming in pain. This is the reduced form of the sentence, I found the girl who was screaming in pain or I found that the girl was screaming in pain. Anyway my question is not about what the sentence is reduced from. My question is regarding to the word 'screaming'. This is the present perticiple form of the word scream. Is it used here as an adjective as it modifies 'the girl'?


texts: why "based' is transitive verb in following sentence?

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a story based upon real-life events

source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base
Why "based" is a transitive verb in the above sentence?


texts: Can the "as..as" comparison work in the following way?

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I'm pretty much aware of how to use the "as..as" comparison in sentences like:

The apple is as red as a tomato.
The car is as old as my grandfather.

etc.

But I was wondering if in complex sentences "as..as" can work in the following ways (whether it is correct):

As many people there live as many opinions there are.
As big a tree can be as big a house we can build.


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If you have steak you can eat it rare; medium-rare (cooked a bit longer
  and just red in the middle)...

What is the role of "red" in this sentence? Is it a noun or an adjective?

What function does the expression "just red" have — is it like an adverb for cooking or something?


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Here is the situation:

I know one Russian woman named Oxana Volkova. She is a doctor dermatologist/cosmetologist and she has her own clinic.
We made a bet: How to translate her clinic name?

In Russia it looks like this:

  Центр медицинской косметологии Оксаны Волковой

If I translate it step by step we will get:

  The Centre of Medical Cosmetology (created/founded) by Oxana Volkova

But I feel it's wrong and I am not sure which one is correct:

The Oxana Volkova Medical Cosmetology Centre
Dr. Oxana Volkova Medical Cosmetology Centre
Oxana Volkova Centre of Medical Cosmetology
The Oxana Volkova Centre for Medical Cosmetology
Other(s) ?


texts:
A sentence from wiktionary: link

Explained in Genesis as referring to his mother Sarah’s laughing when she was told she would have a son at her old age.

I am rather confused about the sentence.
What is the role of Sarah's mother in this sentence and why is sarah referring to his mother?
Thanks in advance.


texts: meaning of "God made man in his own image"?

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What does the sentence

  God made man in his own image.

mean? Is the structure "make sth in sth" always valid? I can't find it in dictionaries.


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Reasoning about systems pose/poses a challenge

Should it be singular or plural? And, I'd be happy to know why.

Thanks!


texts: How to describe my "pistachios accident"?

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I don't know how to express this minor accident of mine precisely and concisely, and also sound natural in English.

I was enjoying my "Dry Roasted Pistachios", given to me as a New Year present, and one of its nutshell(?) slipped into a part of my left thumb just under the nail. It slipped hard enough so part of it was shoved into my nail about  one millimeter. My thumb was bleeding a little, and it is now a little sore. Luckily, not much harm done. :-)

Then I realized that I couldn't describe what happened precisely and concisely in English, even though I could describe it very concisely in my first language (within just about 6 words). How can I describe this in English? The expression should include these followings:

the part of that pistachio (nutshell?)
the slipping or shoving action
(optional) the fact that the shell went in about one millimeter deep
the part of my thumb just under the nail (nail nook? nail cranny?)
I was bleeding

Thank you.


texts: I felt 'disgust' versus 'I felt disgusted'

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Have you ever felt disgust at 'being more sociable' or 'having right connections' beating the merit?
I wrote the above sentence but the Grammarly is showing this sentence to be wrong. It asks to change 'disgust' to 'disgusted'. According to it , the correct sentence would be ,"Have you ever felt disgusted..."?
In my opinion, "Have you ever felt disgust?" is alright. Since I am using disgust as a noun it seems alright to me. Why to change it to past participle form? To me, both are alright! What is your say?


texts: Help understanding what the subordinate clause modifies in this sentence

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If the special committee for political reform at the Assembly
  disagrees on the proposal, which calls for cooperation to hammer out a
  final map, it is put to a vote at a plenary session.

I'm not sure what 'which calls for cooperation to hammer out a final map' modifies in this sentence. Is it the special committee or the Assembly? It depends on the context or can you determine it by just grammar or syntax?


texts: What is the difference between “I am not agree” and “I do not agree”?

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What is the difference between "I am not agree" and "I do not agree"?

Question: "I am not agree with your opinion." Explanation: The grammar is not okay because "agree" is a verb.We can use the adjective "agreed" to "I am not agreed with your opinion." (Correct or not? If not, why not?)
Question: "I do not agree with your opinion."Explanation: We use "do" in question and negative sentences.So, the "negative" sentence needs to add "do". (Correct or not? If not, why not?)

REFERENCE


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Sentence that needs correction:

  "Many believe that goats are not very discriminating in  nourishment, but although they may eat many types of plants, they do not actually eat tin cans."

What's wrong with in?

How should the sentence be corrected?


texts: "You have a good pronunciation." vs "You have good pronunciation."

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As I understand, it's needed to use article "a" in this sentence, but I saw examples where it's not used. Why? Is it mistake or it is possible to use both variants?

You have a good pronunciation.


texts: Connotation meant by "B of A" and "A's B". What would be the differences?

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Do you agree with the interpretation of the following three example sentences?

I don't want to be involved in the problems of my boss.The boss probably deals with some problems. e.g. slow
sales, product quality issue, customer complaint

I don't want to be involved in my boss's problem.This implies a similar case as above one, but with only one problem.

I don't want to be involved in the problem of my boss.Probably the boss himself has caused trouble. e.g. a misconduct

If you agree, then
Q1) Why is "my boss's problem" likely to mean that my boss has ONLY ONE problem?
Q2) why is "the problem of my boss" LESS LIKELY to mean that my boss has only one problem, but MORE LIKELY to mean that the boss himself probably has caused trouble?


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He is not satisfied.
  He is not profited.
  He is not injured by it.
  He is not controlled by them.
  He is not worried.
  He is not ashamed.
  He is not tied to it.
  He is not naked.
  He is not extended.

All of the above sentences are in the passive form. Then, why can't I say this?

  He is not started the meeting.


texts: This sentence is from 'How to Speculate like a Successful Trader',but I still can't understand what does that mean.


texts: Difference between on business and for business

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What is the difference between this two sentences?

  A: Go to New Zealand on business.
  B: Go to New Zealand for business.

Is there any difference in how these would be interpreted?


texts: What do the colors, Blue, Dark Grey and Red mean in Taylor Swift's song Red?

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Taylor Swift's song Red has following lyrics:

  Losing him was blue like I'd never known

  Missing him was dark grey, all alone

  Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met

  But loving him was red

What do all these colors mean in the song's context, especially the part "loving him was red"? I am curious about what they represent.

I am not actually sure about the tags, so I added the one I found appropriate for my question.


texts: How to know that in 'need to take a x', an 'x' does not serve as a noun?

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My question hails from a series of comments here in this answer.

  Take a piss is a light verb construction in which the actual verb is take, but the noun piss carries the actual meaning. It corresponds to the heavy verb piss.

I did not get anything!

Then,

  take a piss; take is not a verb with piss as its object, but "take a piss" functions together as a single verb. Thankfully, "I need to take a piss" is not grammatically the same as "I need to take an aspirin.

So, when we use

  need to take a/an [x]

I surely consider that 'x' as a noun because it is following an article.

The comments by native speakers say that in such cases, 'x' does not serve as a noun because it is different. You don't take a piss but you take an aspirin.

Now, how to differentiate in such phrases whether that 'x' is not a noun?

  take a look  take a piss  take a break

How to identify whether those 'nouns' don't function as 'nouns' though they are 'nouns!'


texts: Is 'You can do...' enough polite to provide options?

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Suppose that I send invoices to my clients recurrently.  Sometimes the amount is too small to pay alone. In that case, I don't mind they pay with next invoice.

  You can pay it together with next one.

Is that polite?  As for me, it sounds as if I am a boss and give them some permission. That is not my intention.

I usually communicate with some clients on email and others on text chat.  So I'd like to know suitable expressions for each case. (maybe chat is less formal than email)


texts: Write someone's name on the list - question

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Which one would be correct in terms of putting somebody's name on the list?

  Sign somebody's into the list.

  Sign somebody's name on the list.

  Sign somebody's name in the list.

  Sign somebody's name onto the list.

What would it mean if I actually wrote or said one of these above?


texts: The word "spirit"  when it refers to   an alcoholic drink,  and a soul is countable.  But "spirit" used in medicine is uncountable. Right?


texts:
They did create/created the first representative government.

Which one is better? Different non-native people think differently.


texts: Shall I remove "I am" in the second sentence if two sentences are connected by "and" in the middle?

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I am a student at State University and  I am pursuing a Master Degree.

or

  I am a student at State University and  pursuing a Master Degree.

Which one is correct?


texts: What does "a franchise-low debut weekend haul" mean?

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I don't know much about the film industry. So can anybody explain it for me, please?
And one more thing, do you have to pay for previews?

"The most recent 'Transformers' film, "The Last Knight," opened on Wednesday to lackluster results. The feature garnered $5.5 million from Tuesday night previews, and only $15.6 million on its opening day on its way to a franchise-low debut weekend haul of over $43 million. All the rest of the movies in the series have opened over $97 million"

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/25/the-real-reason-that-hollywood-keeps-making-transformers-films.html


texts: What does “the most widely translated 20th-century” mean in this passage?

texts:
Writing to the woman who would become his third wife, Hermann Hesse
  complained: “Life for me now holds almost no pleasures any more, in
  fact I am living in Hell.” The event that had reduced Hesse to this
  state of near-despair was that his wife-to-be Ninon Dolbin had moved
  some of his books without his permission. For him this was an
  intolerable disruption of the orderly existence he believed essential
  to a writer who had detached himself from the world. His independence
  required that he hold all of humankind, and even his closest
  companion, at a rigorously policed distance. Accordingly, although the
  two of them lived under the same roof, he communicated with Ninon
  mainly in writing. As his latest biographer, Gunnar Decker, relates:
  Their day-to-day communication with one another was conducted by
  “house letters”, like in a Trappist monastery, where one has to stay
  silent most of the time and jot down essential communications to one’s
  fellow monks on pieces of paper. This was the way Hesse managed to
  tolerate the presence of another person in his vicinity; he had to be
  sure he wouldn’t suddenly be spoken to. “How was it,” Decker asks,
  “that Hesse believed himself to be ‘living in Hell’…when he had a
  female friend who loved him more unreservedly than any before her, and
  who placed herself entirely at the service of his needs?” As he
  comments: “His note sounds positively hysterical.” It is a reasonable
  judgement. Decker is a scrupulous biographer with an unrivalled
  knowledge of his subject, and this is undoubtedly the definitive
  account of Hesse’s life and work. It is less clear what Decker finds
  of intrinsic interest or value in his subject. The most striking fact
  about Hesse is how he was embraced by the counterculture in the early
  Sixties – a development that secured him a posthumous reputation as an
  exponent of the hippie “drop out” philosophy and made him the most
  widely translated 20th-century German author.

what is the use of word “translated” here? Can you paraphrase the highlighted part please?


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When we say Two men were seen running after robbing the bank" it isn't like any ordinary sentence like "My wallet was stolen" or "The Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci". Like "She was made to work overtime"

Why? When we have two verbs in the sentence which one to modify?


texts: İ learned that might is also used as past form of may.What is the difference between may have done/might (past tense of may).İs it correct to use "may have done" as past form of "may do".


texts: Is there an adverb that means "without knowing why"?

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I am wondering if there's an adjective that means "without knowing why". Unknowingly seems to mean "without knowing", which is different.

"He killed her unknowingly" doesn't mean the same thing as "He killed her without knowing why (he did it)".

For example:

  They kept hurting each other without knowing why (without knowing the
  cause).


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Could anyone enlighten me on the difference between these expressions:

1) "So, what about it?"

2) "Oh, what about that?"

Is "what about that" the same as "how about that"? Or is there a difference?

EDIT: I'm particularly confused about the usage of these expressions in the following scenarios:

  Bob: A fight broke out between Jane and Julia the other day?

  Joe: Oh, what about that?

From this, it looks like "Oh, what about that?" is used to express surprise and to convey to the other that you might be interested in knowing more

  Bob: A fight broke out between Jane and Julia the other day?

  Joe: So, what about it?

Seems like Joe is not surprised by the news at all, like if it's something that happens every day. So, it looks like "So, what about it?" is used in the same sense as "So what?"


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I read an article with the conversation in it:

“Did you pick up the Sunday Times?”
“No, I’ll get it tomorrow.  The deli was closed.”

Does deli refer to the kind of shop that sells cooked food? Do those delis also sell newspapers? I'm confused about why the person would pick up Sunday Times from a deli.


texts: For someone not native to English, can you give your simplest guide on how to choose when to use between "in", "on", and "at" (prepositions)?

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I mean, I do read some articles about how to distinguish between those three, but I found that when I wrote stories or blog entries, the rules that I've read is impractical to remember. I found myself going over all the articles over again to decide which one to use, almost for every single sentence.

Can you give a very simple principal rule of thumb, which may cover a large portion of their usage rules? I understand that there's no single "one rule over them all", but at least "one rule over most of them", which I can remember while I write sentences, is already fine by me. :)


texts: "I need to dig deeper in hard disk" VS "I need to dig deeper in the hard disk"?

texts:
I need to dig deeper in hard disk

or

  I need to dig deeper in the hard disk.

Which one is right?

Is hard disk uncountable?

Is hard disk uncountable noun in the first sentence if the sentence is right?

Does the word hard disk countable in the second sentence ?


texts: What are the english words for positive/negative transactions

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To be more specific I am making an app where you can enter your transactions, but I want to differentiate them between when you pay for something (food, tickets, subscriptions) and receive money (paycheck, prize money).

What are the correct words for this ? Maybe for the latter it should be "payment".


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I have a question about the verb "hold" here:

  When in the hospital, more Medicare recipients are being held for observation rather than being formally admitted, a status that can leave them with big bills for items including rehabilitation services.

According to google searches, "hold", in the context of preventing someone from leaving a place, is normally used for police "holding suspects" or criminals "holding hostages".  So, is the usage of "hold" for hospital patients, specialty jargon?


texts: Difference between "don't have + noun" and "don't have any + noun"

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In negative sentences, what is the difference between the forms "don't have + noun" and "don't have any + noun"?

Here are two couples of examples:

(With countable nouns)

  I don’t have books
  I don’t have any books

(With uncountable nouns)

  I don’t have sugar
  I don’t have any sugar

Is one of each pair correct and not the other? Or is Is one of each pair idiomatic and not the other?
In case both forms are correct, when should I use one? And when should I use the other?


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Is "give" a rude verb?
Should I use only "let" with unfamiliar people?

For instance
Let me your phone!
Give me you phone!


texts: What does the word "they" in this sentence replace?

texts:
These chocolate-flavored muffins have got walnuts in them, and they smell really good.

Which word does the word "they" in this sentence replace? "Muffins" or "walnuts"?
(I saw this somewhere online so I don't remember the context that well.)


texts: Is there way to use `respected` in passive voice with object pronoun

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I want to say that there two persons who came to do something and I highly respect them and I want to call them by name in the same sentence.
I thought it should be like this: "Deeply respected by me, Henry and Jack are well known, they came there to tell you something."
or
"Well known people Henry and Jack, deeply respected by me, came here to tell you something."


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a. He dated two women in New York and Los Angeles.
b. He dated two women, in New York and Los Angeles.
c. He dated two women in New York and in Los Angeles.
d. He dated two women, in New York and in Los Angeles.
What do the above sentences mean?
Which of the following meanings could they have?

He dated one woman in New York and one in Los Angeles.

He dated the same two woman in the two cities.

He dated four women in all. Two in NY and two in LA.

It seems to me that the commas make it clear that he dated two women in all.
Other than that nothing seems clear to me!


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Over half of the domestic flights were delayed because of bad weather condition.
Over half of domestic flights were delayed because of bad weather condition.

First, Is there any difference b/w the use of "half of" and "half of the"?

Second, does it affect the use of singular/plural if we use "half of domestic flights"  instead of "half of the domestic flights"?


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I heard the sentence below while watching sitcom 'Fraiser' season4 episode1.

  Oh, well, don't I feel silly bringing over this thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle.

I'm so curious why this sentence ends with a period, not with a question mark.
I searched many grammar books to find the answer but I couldn't figure out..
I'd appreciate if you could help me with this curiosity.


texts: Question about this white regulatory sign

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Two way traffic ahead

I am wondering if you could help me defining the sign in simple English.

Is the word traffic noun or adjective?

This is a regulatory sign not a written thing on a board.


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I googled the term to no avail. What does it mean? I guess it has to do with IT technology, but I am not sure.

Many of the leaders I know in the upper echelons of media industry are
intelligent, capable, and upstanding people. But they are leaders of
companies that appear to have only one purpose: the single-minded
pursuit of short-term profit and "shareholder value." I believe,
however, that the media industry, by its very nature and role in our
society and global culture, must act differently than other industries
especially because they have the free use of our public airwaves and
our digital spectrum, and have unfettered access to our
children's hearts and minds. These are priceless assets, and the right
to use them should necessarily carry serious and long-lasting
obligations to further the public good.

The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children


texts: meaning of a sentence in this paraghraph

texts: A manager's core challenge is to blend the diversity (and imperfections) of their team into a group which wants to work together each day and produce results on behalf of the organisation. Yet for many managers the very concept of social within the enterprise still remains a vexed issue with scant recognition of how it could help. The fact is that an ESN, properly designed and implemented, provides the grease which lubricates the alignment of employees with an organisation's core values and beliefs. This provides a purpose to come to work and a reason to produce results on behalf of the organisation. An ESN also provides the same lubricant to the alignment of employees with the organisation's key objectives and strategy - this helps make a team's output effective.


texts:
This is strange!

Does this mean, "It is really strange!" or "This, as in This, not any other is strange!"
Or both?


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The following extract is from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I'd like to know why the present-tense verb "is" rather than the past-tense "was" is used:

If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me, that
the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded, and that a modern
system of science had been introduced, which possessed much greater powers
than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those
of the former were real and practical; under such circumstances, I should
certainly have thrown Agrippa aside, and have contented my imagination,
warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies. It is
even possible, that the train of my ideas would never have received the fatal
impulse that led to my ruin.


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I read an article this morning and I dont understand what is the mean of "typosquatting" excactly?

I have alread use some dictionaries but I could not find what I want.

The article : https://seld.be/notes/typo-squatting-and-packagist


texts: Mine and Riley's lives ...My and Riley's lives ...Riley and my lives?

texts:
You have made a difference in mine and Riley's lives ...

or

You have made a difference in my and Riley's lives ...

or

You have made a difference in Riley's and my lives

Not sure what to use here.


texts: What preposition to use after 'learn' in this context?

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"If you like to watch japanese movies or anime, I think you can learn some Japanese (from/by/with) them."
What do I have to use in this sentence? Is all of them correct? Or does it have a different meaning depends on what preposion I use?


texts: Are "Given the laws on education" and "Given the decree" the best phrases in this context?

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I am translating a typical French master diploma into English. The translation will be certified, so I am trying to use the proper terms.

I loosely take "Vu le code de l'éducation" and "Vu le décret" to mean "Given the laws on education", and "Given the decree", respectively. Is my English appropriate?

Here is an example of the context in French:

Corresponding text:

Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche.
Université Paris-Dauphine
Licence
Vu le code de l'éducation;
Vu le décret n ° 84-573 du 5 juillet 1984 modifié relatif aux diplômes nationaux de l'enseignement supérieur;
Vu le décret n ° 2002-481 du 8 avril 2002 relatif aux grades et titres universitaires et aux diplômes nationaux;
Vu le décret n ° 2002-604 du 25 avril 2002 modifiant le décret n ° 99-747 du 30 août 1999 relatif à la création du grade de master;
Vu l'arrêté du 25 avril 2002 relatif au diplôme national de master;
Vu l'arrêté ministériel du 30 septembre 2005 relatif à l'habilitation de l'université Lyon 2 à délivrer des diplômes nationaux;
Vu les pièces justificatives produites par M. Lin LI, né le 10 avril 1979 à ZUWHOU, en vue de son inscription au master;
Vu les procès-verbaux du jury attestant que l'intéressé à satisfait au contrôle des connaissances et des aptitudes prévu par les textes réglementaires;
Le diplôme de Licence XXX, mention XXX,
Mention XXX
est délivré à Mr. XXX
au titre de l'année universitaire 2007-2008
et confère le grade de Licence
pour en jouir avec les droits et prérogatives qui y sont attachés.

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What I have found so far:

this forum post advises to use
"With regard to the code of education"
this forum post advises to use "Having regard to the Education Code".
this forum post advises to use "In view of the decree".

Which is the best option, is there any better?

As a side note, according to this forum post written by Keith Bradford:

  The Council of Europe legal dictionary gives:

  Arrêté = order, decree, regulation, decision, notice
  Décret = (governmental or presidential) decree or order, regulations
  Décret-loi = legislative decree (enacted by the government under the authority of an Act and having the effect of an Act, i.e. modifying
  existing legislation)
  Ordonnance = order (certain provisional orders of a legislative nature made by the government...; certain orders made by a single
  judge...)

  So if you have several in the same document and need to distinguish
  between them, I can only suggest:

  Arrêté = decision / notice
  Décret = (governmental or presidential) decree
  Décret-loi = legislative decree
  Ordonnance = order

so I luckily don't have any issue regarding the translation of arrêté and décret.


texts:
I want to express the following information in one sentence:

  D-S
  D-P stand for difference of probability between the best and the second best match.
  D-R stand for difference of Reverse between the best and the second best match.

I wrote it as "D-S, D-R and D-P stand for difference of similarity, reverse and probability between the best and the second best match, respectively." Is this correct?


texts: is the past continuous with a duration better than the past perfect continuous in that case?

texts:
I was looking for him for 8 hours when I have found him

  I had been looking  for him for 8 hours when I have found him

Are both sentences equivalent in meaning? I think the second one stress the wait but I think the first one is better as the events are in order there is no need for past perfect


texts: what grammar is "if separate species we be"?

texts:
Science will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species—if separate species we be—for its reserve of unguessed horrors could never be borne.

I am wondering what grammar is the "if" in the sentence. Is it a parenthesis? And it seems to omit "should", why? It doesn't seem like a subjunctive clause to me because there is a "will". Also the predicative word is put forward. I am very confused. Thanks in advance for your help!


texts:
I've found two different versions of the pronunciation of "multiplicative".

Easier one for me from YouTube.
Difficult one for me from Merriam-Webster online dictionary.

And I also found that some dictionary doesn't include this word..., some is not clear . So my questions are:

Which one is used by native speaker? (Or which one I should avoid?)

When speaking quickly, would some syllable of it be omitted? In this case, how to recognize/pronounce it?


texts: Where to use could have and would have ? Is ther any clear specification to remember easily?

texts:
Where to use could have and would have ?

How can I specify it easily that when I will use could have and when would have? Expecting any practical example.


texts: I don't understand why in both cases future continuous is used

texts:
He hasn't told his boss that he won't be coming back after his vacation

John won't be driving to work any more after his arrest for being drunk at the wheel.

why not won't come and won't drive, it is something that is definitive not temporary or is the progressive here to show that it is  temporary, that in the first case he will return one day to work and the second case his suspension has a limitation


texts:
Do the following self-made sentences mean the same:

  May his soul rest in peace! I am sure that his soul has now reached heaven.
  May his soul rest in peace! I am sure that his spirit has now reached heaven.


texts:
It was in the 5th episode of the 5th season of The Office.

Here is the context: Pete: That’s perfect. You know what would be even
more hilarious? Remember that thing we did when Jim was in high school
with his girlfriend? Tom: Right! That would be hilarious! We should
totally dog her, about being an artist, never making any money!


texts:
From what know, every countable word needs to have an article. If I would write the sentences below, I would use the definite article after each "of" word.

.. end of the every sentence... end of the each month.

  Put a period at the end of every sentence.

  I pay the phone bill at the end of each month.

I know that there are some exceptions by generalizing or when a word is representing some class but I don't think that this is the case.

Why the author of these sentences just omitted the definite articles?


texts: The difference between status and status quo

texts:
What's the difference between status and status quo? My dictionary tells:

  Status could mean 'the situation at a particular time during a
  process'

  Status quo could mean 'the situation as it is now'

It seems that there could be some overlaps in usage because 'a particular time' could be 'now'.

If I understand correctly, will "maintain the status quo" == "maintain the current status"?


texts: When we talk about a noun in general it is not preceded by the definite article ' the' . As- Indian food is very delicious. But in another sentence it is - the food of India is very delicious. Why has here the definite article the been used before the noun food , while here also the noun ' food' has been used in general. Should this sentence be - food of india is very delicious. Please clear it