texts: Can I place "fright" before another noun, for example "the fright movie"?

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I got this question from my social media and nobody has answered for a month.

The original question.

  Rearrange the sentence :
  scary / fright / part /He /the /with / shook / movie /during / of / the .

I‘ve got:

  He shook with the scary part during the fright movie.

But I still not sure about fright and scary but fright is a noun form.

How does it place before another noun? Or maybe I just set it in the
wrong position.

I don’t have anyone who can suggest me. I saw many linguistics could help everybody.
So please do give me some advices.
I’m not good at English so please forgive me if there is any grammatical errors.


texts: "No, I didn't see him" vs "Yes, I didn't see him"

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Bob didn't come to office today.

I was asked "Didn't you see Bob today?"

Should I say "Yes, I didn't see him today" or "No, I didn't see him today"?


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This is a sentence as heading I came across in a video which she was talking about her attitude to the Trump's Tweet tirade After I looked crass up in dictionaries, I still confused about the meaning of the whole sentence. I am not sure what implication the speaking people want to convey, as crass I've got is like an synonym of insensitive. Does she not want to continue focusing on this related news? I posted the whole script she said below.

  My issue with this president, who I voted for, is the fact that he has something negative to say about every other leader. But you try saying one little comment that's negative about Trump himself, he jumps into a fit, and he has this Twitter tirade. You know, we have a lot of really -- I mean, I have to be crass about it, idiots who voted for him, including myself at one time


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Please read the following

This mission is almost impossible to achieve.
This mission is virtually impossible to achieve.
He was almost killed in that accident.
He was virtually killed in that accident.

Cambridge dictionary has given the meaning of virutally as 'almost'

But somehow I think that there has to be some some difference between them.

There are too many times that I come across this 'virtually' word in books and movies. I wonder if it can be used as a synonym for 'almost'? Is there any subtle difference that I should know about ? Are they exactly identical and interchageable in given situation ?

Thanks


texts: I don't know him yet - I haven't known him yet

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According to my teacher I can say:

  I don't know him yet.

However I should not ever say:

  I haven't known him yet.

My question is whether I can say these three sentences:

  I haven't know him yet that long

  I have known him for two years

  I have known a lot of people not speaking English very well.

In case I can say them, where is the difference in comparison to my original examples where my teacher doesn't use present perfect (in her opinion should not be used)?


texts:
Promotion price only available at XYZ store.

Is "promotion price" wrongly used here?


texts: Present tense or present perfect in 'once we receive/have received this data, we will proceed to notify you?'

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I want to inform someone that we cannot provide them with the data she requested right away since we still have not received it from a third-party. However, we are expecting it in the near future.

My first attempt was:

  Once we receive and process this data, we will proceed to notify you

(My previous sentence already explained what "this data" is referring to)

But, is that the correct structure and wording? What about:

  Once we have received and processed this data, we will proceed to notify you


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I was wondering about difference between "my" and "of mine" and have found some posts that say:

  "my" is definite form and "of mine" is indefinite one. So, "of mine" is the same as "one of my".

It makes sense for most usecases I've heard, but I still don't understand what "this heart of mine" means. Can you help me?

P.S. Please forgive me for mistakes in this question, I'm not an English-speaking man.


texts: What function is "that" in 'It wasn't many minutes after our weary heads struck the pillows that the whole crew of us were sound asleep'?

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It wasn't many minutes after our weary heads struck the pillows that the whole crew of us were sound asleep.

This is from a novel "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle". What function is "that" in this case? I don't think it is relative pronoun but I may be wrong.


texts: Deconflict/deconfliction: scope, register, casual use?

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This is about the (historically recent) use of deconflict/deconfliction. Out of the Collins, AHDotEL, Cambridge, M.-Webster, Dictionary.com, Longman, TFD, Etymonline and ODO, only the last one has it1:

deconflict
[with object] Military
Reduce the risk of collision between
(aircraft, airborne weaponry, etc.) in an area by coordinating their
movements.
The platoon deconflicts airspace during flight in the air traffic control chat room.
No longer satisfied merely to deconflict the activities of the several
services, we now seek joint interdependence.
Derivatives
deconfliction
1 noun
The various airspaces required by the heavy-lift vehicle, the delivery vehicles, and the airdrop cargo itself all require
deconfliction with other airspace users.
[ Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO), fragments from the deconflict entry, my emphasis ]

Clearly there is no conflict between opposing forces so this is not about deescalation and such. But that one example in bold feels out of place, strictly speaking; the sentence could originate from the military but it's no longer about the risk of collision, if but metaphorically; it is about streamlining, focus, coordination, jurisdiction and vision etc. It could be used in the business too.

In the ODO entry, the noun deconfliction is not labelled Military per se like the verb is; should I read in anything from that (i.e. that it's more casual/usual than the verb)?
In terms of scope and register, can you use deconflict(ion) to describe business re-engineering, processes and such when there's overlap, or will people think you're ex-military if you use that? It is about coordination as per the definition; but is the meaning shifting towards, or being used for, conflict settlement/resolution casually (my daughters had a fight, so I have to go and deconflict that; instead of settle etc.)? Is the word an euphemism for coordination? Is it casual, natural (de-conflict-ion) and expressive English at this point?
How do you generally distinguish deconflict/deconfliction from coordination, (re)conciliation, exchange of information, shared jurisdiction acknowledgement, or ultimately just planning ahead; is it the implied duties and/or the consequences of not deconflicting, which make this different?
Is that verb a term frequently used in civil aviation i.e. is it for instance how a native speaker could describe in practical terms what airport traffic control is?

1 In Canada, Termium has indexed the verb in a very specific context: Sea Operations(Military). They also have a specific application for deconfliction, a process of jurisdictional disentanglement so to speak, related to Security. The latter use is similar indeed to the sentence emphasized in the following ODO quote.


texts: Understanding the verb & noun relation (Define>Definition vs Combine>Combination)

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As an English language, I need help to understand the relation of noun with verb. In other words, derivation of noun from verb.

I found that the noun of Combine is Combination but for Define, it is Definition. So, Why they are differently deals with verb?

I.e Why is it not Combinition or Defination?

I just asked this question in order to understand the derivation of noun from verb. For instance, as given in above example, what principle/rule it follows? Why they don't follow same principle/rule?

Note: I'm talking about the noun which ends with "tion" and verb with "ine".


texts: difference of the use of which and -ing in a sentence

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The 1940s are known for its art, which reflected the agony of the human condition.
  The 1940s are known for its art reflecting the agony of the human condition.

Please help me understand the difference between the two sentences.


texts: Please help me to clarify a sentence on Ted talk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y

At 14:04, he said that:
"There are so great features on phone let us lemonade eliminate a lot of time"

Can anyone help me to declare what's his mean? "lemonade eliminate"? Or youtube is missing on the auto-generated transcript


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I came across the expression "modest IQ" in a book.

  Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, he shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well.

Which does this "modest" mean, average, or low?


texts: I need someone to paraphrase the sentence

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I did not understand the meaning of the following sentence:

  Great anxiety is shown, on the contrary, that certain statements be made, and great satisfaction is taken in the statements found, or alleged to be found, in the masterpieces. (Source - UK) (Source - US)

I guess reading it with a different syntax might help me.


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If someone says

  'I had a night out'.

Whether it means that he stayed up until the next day morning or just that day evening?


texts: Double zero, double zeros or double zeroes?

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What's the correct way to refer to two consecutive digits 0?

double zero?
double zeros?
double zeroes?

Here's an example phrase:

  The number ends with double zero[es].


texts: Depending on size of the calculator's display - why no article in front of "size"?

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An excerpt from Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number:

  The theme of this book is understanding π and some of its most beautiful aspects. So we should begin out discussion and exploration of π by defining it. While for some people π is nothing more than a touch of the button on a calculator, where then a particular number appears on the readout, for others this number holds an unimaginable fascination. Depending on size of the calculator's display, the number shown will be...

Why is it not depending on the size of the calculator?


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I look into my glass, And view my wasting skin, And say,
  Would God it came to pass My heart had shrunk as thin.

  For then, I, undistrest By hearts grown cold to me, Could
  lonely wait my endless rest With equanimity.

  But Time, to make me grieve, Part steals, lets part abide;
  And shakes this fragile frame at eve With throbbings of noontide.
   (Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Penguin Classics’ note.9)

Is the bold part a subjunctive mood –– would it came God to pass?


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To appreciate the effects of the applied CSS, it is worth copying this template verbatim at
  this stage, as that’ll help you understand the examples discussed. Note that the list of links will tie together further templates in this section, giving you a cut-out-and-keep mini-site for reference.

What exactly do yo think that adjective means?


texts: How to parse "one..., the other..." ? Is it a coordinate sentence, which should have a conjunction?

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One is Tom, the other is Tom, too.

  One lives in a big town, the other lives in a small town.

I think the sentence above are coordinate clauses. They should have a conjunction.
They should be:

  One is Tom, and the other is Tom, too.

  One lives in a big town, and (while) the other lives in a small town.

I wonder which version is right. Why?


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On the left were the sinks, on the right (were) the stalls.

Can (were) be omitted in the second part of the sentence?

I searched this construction on Google Books. They do add the second were/was:

  On the left were the bookcases, and on the right was a perpendicular
  stone wall.

But since my sentence is short, maybe I can omit the second were? Or maybe I shouldn't?


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I wrote this sentence

  curSection is a label used to specify a major structural part of the page. Example values are header, footer, sidebar....

As I searched google I didn't find much cases for "example values", what is the proper words or constructions to mention examples of something?


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This new television adaptation from the BBC production adheres A. Christie's novel.

I would like ask whether the verb "adhere" is suitable into the context of my sentence. I want to express that the adaptaion is accurate and that the authors of TV version did not make significant changes that would modify the plot or characters of the original novel.


texts: Correct possessive endings in names ending with 'y'?

texts: When using possessive endings in names which end in an 'y', which is correct, 'harrys' or 'harries'?


texts: Is "ing" with this verb (brim) form a gerund or a noun?

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I was looking for the definition of "brimming" and I found it "To be abundantly filled or supplied"
And those examples on it
A monument brimming with tourists.
Workers brimming with pride.
according to thefreedictionary.com
My question: Is "Brim + ing" a  verb or a noun?


texts: Can "Log registration No." be synonymous with "Registration No. in the log"?

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I have an official document with a header.
The header is not fully filled. One cell has a temporary mark:

  Registration No. in the log

When the preparation of this document is finished, the person who finishes the document will make an entry in the log, and create a number for this entry. He will then put this number in the document's header.

I want to make this reminder shorter, because the space is limited in the header. Would "Log registration No." be okay? Or would it mean "the code  under which the log was registered"?


texts: Prepositional phrases "to X" in "Y to X"

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The murderer spewed blood to a cheering crowd.

Is this construction valid?
Y being a phrasal verb and "to X" being a prepositional phrase.

To a cheering crowd, the murderer spewed blood.

I think both are ok, but I am not entirely sure.


texts: Which is more polite, "Would you" or "Could you"?

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Suppose you want to ask someone to do something, say to tell you the way to a station.
Which is more polite, "Would you tell me the way to the station?" or
"Could you tell me the way to the station?"?


texts: Wondering what the phrase "transformational moment" means in this context

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Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline, two of the world's top drugmakers, have struck a multi-billion-dollar deal to join forces and reshape their businesses.

  The deal involves swapping assets and combining their consumer health units.

  Novartis will acquire GSK's cancer drugs business for 16bn dollars (£9.5bn) and sell its vaccines division, excluding the flu unit, to GSK for 7.1bn dollars.

  In a separate deal, Novartis has agreed to sell its animal health division to Lilly for nearly $5.4bn.
  Novartis said the moves would help the firm focus on its key businesses.

  "The transactions mark a transformational moment for Novartis," Joseph Jimenez, chief executive of Novartis, said in a statement.
  "They also improve our financial strength, and are expected to add to our growth rates and margins immediately."

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27107416

What does Joseph Jimenez mean by saying, "It marks (the transactions would be a sign of) transformational moment (of change) for Novartis"?

And when he says, "They also improve our financial strength," what does the word "they" refer to? Does it refer to the transactions between GSK and Novartis? Or does it just refer to people and managers of GSK?

Could you also simplify the terms "rate" and "margins"?
A million thanks in advance.


texts: {You were to blame} vs. {You were to be blamed}

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You were to blame .

  You were to be blamed.

What is the difference between these two sentences in terms of meaning?


texts:
Which to say, become or becomes?

  After millions of years, fish began to grow teeth and becomes/become like the fish of today.


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"Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we'll find the perfect match here somewhere –– I wonder, now –– yes, why not –– unusual combination –– holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple."
  (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

There are dashes and commas mingled, so it’s very hard how to read by meaningful units. When the two punctuations are mixed, which has priority in grouping the units?


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Remember the chocolate and the scarf you gave me? I hadn't returned the favor for that until now.

Why is the past-perfect (I hadn't returned) used in this, instead of the present-perfect?


texts: The (adjective) (noun) Enigma vs The (adjective) (noun)'s Enigma

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This is the title of a short story I'm writing:

  The Washing Machine Enigma

But I was wondering if I should call it

  The Washing Machine's Enigma

Do both mean the same? Which one follows more proper English?


texts: Comma after coordinating conjunction and before fronted adverbial

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I'm not sure what to do with one of these commas. Which of these sentences is correct?

1) I'm sorry for even asking this, but, unfortunately, it's something that has to be considered.

2) I'm sorry for even asking this, but unfortunately, it's something that has to be considered.

My guess is that the first one is correct, but I'm not sure the comma after "but" is necessary.


texts: The use of "check" or "check on" in context

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Tell me please if I need to use check or check on in the following context.

  I am not sure if the facts he cited are true, so I had better check/check on them.

If both are correct there, then what is the difference?


texts: ODO prefers Ph.D. over PhD in US English. But at the same time, there is no B.Sc. and no M.Sc. entry in OED, which leads me into thinking that there is a mismatch: Ph.D. is typically written with periods, but MSc and BSc without in the US English. Am I right? Which forms are most widespread in the US? And in the UK?


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I read that sentences that begin with "Not Until" have the following structure.

  Not until [1st clause: subject + auxiliary verb...]  [2nd clause: auxiliary verb + subject...].

Of all examples I read, they are all events in the past, like

  Not until that evening was she able to recover her self-control.

which is synonymous with

  Until that evening, she was not able to recover her self-control.

So my question is, can we use "Not until" for an event that hasn't happened yet? For example,

  Not until she comes home will I have the dinner.

which in my opinion has the same meaning as

  I won't have the dinner until she comes home/ Until she comes home, I won't have the dinner.


texts: Passive voice, Present Simple, Present Perfect

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The washing machine was broken, but it is OK now.

>

  It is repaired.

vs

  It has been repaired.

>

Please explain the correct choice. Is it possible that both are correct here?


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For believers, the Koran is a transcript of the word of God as told to
  the Prophet Mohammed.

orginated from:the article

How to understand "as told" here?

What's the meaning of the whole sentence?


texts:
Blamed for a painful recession at home, hounded by Washington do
  deploy thousands of combat troops to Iraq and unable to resolve North
  Korea's pressing nuclear problem, President Roh is groping for
  political relevance.

what's the meaning of "groping for political relevance"?

I know 'groping' for means 'seeking for or looking for', but what is political relevance? Is it political insight or political ability?


texts: What's the meaning and grammar of 'while to'?

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As you say, replied ,Polemarchus: besides, there will be a night-festival, which it will be worth while to look at. We will rise after dinner, and go out to see this festival; and there we shall meet with many of our young men, with whom we can converse. Therefore stay, and do not refuse us. - The Republic of Plato

I've never seen a sentence which has no verb after conjunction while. Is it okay grammatically? And what's the meaning?

I presume it means "during looking at"


texts: Can "much noise" not only mean "very noisy" but also "many noises", such as bird noise, people noise and car noise?


texts: In the sentence "whom do you like most?", is 'whom' a direct object or an indirect object? I think its a direct object because there is only one object in this sentence to my understanding.


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I'm listening to "Save yourself" from Birdy.
She says: "Look at what we have become, empty hearts that spare no one"
What does "spare no one" mean?
I've searched in dictionary but I haven't find anything.


texts: Meaning of "I may have thrown in a little thing here or there...''

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I read this line in Merriam Webster word of the day-fastidious

  "I may have thrown in a little thing here
   or there, but I'm pretty fastidious about
  sticking to the script if I like it…."
                 —
  Michael Shannon, Screen International,
  21 Nov. 2016

Can someone please tell me what that line meant in the context. I'd like to know only the meaning of I may have thrown in a little thing here
 or there.


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I want to more productive.
I want to be more productive.

Which sentence is correct by English standards. I am writing my appraisal form.


texts:
Recently, my distant relative had a birthday. Is it proper to ask him:

  How old did you get?

In the question, I would like to emphasize the fact that his age has changed recently.


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I was checking out this link when I came across this idiom (#23):

  When you show the moon to a child, it only sees your finger.

So my question is should not there be he/she instead of it and if that is correct what is the context of it being used here.


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What is the difference in meaning between:

I remember having visited your sister in France.
I remember visiting your sister in France.

When should I use one, and when should I use the other?
Also, does the first form have a name?

--

This answer (Having+past participle as a gerund) seems to ask the same question, but it doesn't seem to address the difference between having + past participle, versus using a gerund.

This answer (When can I use "having + past participle"?) asks the same question, but the answer doesn't clarify when to use one vs the other.

Additional Extra Question: There is no stackexchange site for questions asking for comparison and contrast between two languages, but I had great success on one of my early questions here on ELL.stackexchange asking for a comparison between English and the Romance langauges, so I will risk asking this here.

The reason I even thought to ask this question is because I just learned that French has a similar construction. I didn't even realize that "having + past participle" was a construction in my own (English) language, until now!

If anyone can tell me if meaning and usage between these two constructions is identical, between French and English, I would appreciate that.


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I'm learning to communicate in English for a while, but I still have just a basic idea of how its vocabulary and grammar work.

When writing I've ended up facing a doubt in the following sentence:

(...) for persons that born before Oct 14th '95

Is that right to write a date like that (referring to 10/14/1995) or there are better or more usual ways to refer dates?

Thanks.


texts: What do you call the act of saying a word for another?

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I am pretty sure there is a word for that, but I don't recall it. Like, for example, the host of a show says "My fried over here." instead of "My friend over here." What is it called?

For example:

  The host said "fried" instead of "friend". It was a ___.


texts: There is a big offer of computers on the market?

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I am thinking about how to express this idea. I want to say that the market is saturated by computers. So:

  There is a big offer of computer on the market

or

  There is a big computer offer on the market

Which one sounds better?

Thank you all


texts: Last time I did something that I am doing now

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So I live in Switzerland, and I am on my way to Austria.
During a conversation on the train (having crossed the Swiss border), I mentioned that the last time I left Switzerland was in May.

I received the feedback that: "the last time you left Switzerland is now or when we crossed the border."

Help me out. Which is correct and why?


texts: Involuntary vs Passive, Voluntary vs Active?

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I was wondering what differences are between involuntary and passive,  and voluntary and active?

For example, a program can directly call a function to do something, or it can receive a request from another process and the request handler calls the same function to do the same thing. Would the action in the first case be called voluntary or active, and the action in the second involuntary or passive?

Thanks.


texts: How does the sentence "I had raised a tree" sound?

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What are the differences between the sentences below?

I was glad to see the tree that I had grown for years
I was glad to see the tree that I had raised for years.

If I say the second sentence, does it sound wrong to you?


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Can you help me to update the file？

  Can you help me updating the file？

Which one is correct?

A specific source of concern in the text is whether to use the -ing form or the infinitive?


texts: Differences "that" and "this" used to refer to something/somebody that has already been mentioned

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Since both "that" and "this" can be used to refer to something/somebody that has already been mentioned, I am wondering whether there are any differences.
In this situation, can "that" and "this" be interchangeable?

For example:

1A. The weather in Seattle is different from that in new York.

1B. The weather in Seattle is different from this in new York.

2A.--I feel ill. I'va got a stomach ache.
   --How long have you been like that?

2B.--I feel ill. I'va got a stomach ache.
   --How long have you been like this?


texts: What's the meaning of "I'm kind of between "Persons" right now."

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We're releasing everyone tomorrow.
  We need the name of the person or persons you want to authorize to pick you up.
  I, uh, I don't really have anyone.
  I'm kind of between "Persons" right now.


texts: meaning of "I don't love one human being more than another human being"

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What does the below sentence mean?:

  "I don't love one human being more than another human being"

Does the above sentence mean:

1: "I don't love one human being more than how much I love another human being."
OR
2: "I don't love one human being more than how much another human being loves the one."

I find English to be a confusing sometimes... help will be appreciated.


texts: could anyone tell me the meaning of "because it was his voice" in the following excerpt?

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"In the 1990s, the avatar was named Johnny Miller, and he would shamelessly brag about Trump’s wealth and sexual conquests, in a voice that was uncannily like the Boss’s—because it was his voice."

Does this mean that Trump's voice is uncanny? I dont know what "his" refers to.


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What does these form "respect someone as + .." means? What is the meaning of "as" in these sentences below?

  1- You know you are angry because I disrespected you as a
  boss.

  2- I respect you as a player and a person and I always
  have.

  3- An ideal girl first of all needs to know how to respect you
  as a partner.

  4- Be respectable and she will respect you as you are a
  good influence on her son or daughter. (I think here "as" means
  "because")


texts: the all the new and the old intelligence -- I can't make sense of this

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“This is the new ruling elite – the GRU military intelligence, which was the spearhead on the ground in Ukraine and the defense ministry,” says Sikorski, referring to Russia’s largest foreign intelligence agency, which commands its own special forces. “The removal of old elites has not started yet, but that’s the next logical step. … They have unleashed patriotic euphoria. They made this happen by exploiting the psychological and sociological resentment of the all the new and the old intelligence and security services toward the hated class of billionaires with their yachts and their mansions in London. That’s why they are so committed and loyal.”

Help me please make sense of that phrase.


texts: How to put "hearty" in the sentence negatively

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A few days ago,I found the word "hearty" has a definition of

  "with a friendly, noisy, and happy manner that is not sincere" in Longman dictionary

However,the dictionary doesn't give it  an example.  Also,I hardly find the example of that meaning on Internet.

Thus,can you tell me how to use "hearty" in this definition？ If possible, please give me an example.


texts: The implication of the definite article in the following examples

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What is the difference between the two sentences below? (Or is it the case that one is ungrammatical anyway?)

The Abduction of Elvis is a book I have been authoring for the last
ten years or so.

vs

The Abduction of Elvis is the book I have been authoring for the
last ten years or so.

Does any of them suggest there are other books I have been working on also?


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I have some question about the pattern "soar to something" here:

  Natural gas prices on Monday soared to their biggest one-day gain in nearly nine months, as traders and investors braced for below-normal temperatures that are expected to stoke demand for the heating fuel.

I was thinking that when prices increase, they increase to new prices. So, prices should "soar" to new higher prices, not to a gain.  "Gain" is the magnitude of the price increase.  Prices could soar by some magnitude, but not to a magnitude.  So, "soared to their biggest one-day gain" seems off to me.

Would "soared by their biggest one-day gain" be better?


texts: "I would have liked [to have seen / to see] John ..."

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I've come across the following sentence on a BBC Learning English page:

  I would have liked to have seen John before he left for Canada, but Mary didn't want to.

I was just wondering can we also say the sentences I wrote below? Do they make sense? If so what is the difference between these three sentences?

  I would have liked to saw John before he left for Canada, but Mary didn't want to.
  I would have liked to see John before he left for Canada, but Mary didn't want to.


texts: A comparison between the words "custom", "tradition" and "practice"

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I was wondering if you could let me know if the both choices below work in my sentence without any change in meaning:
- In my country, it’s a........for women to get married in white.

  custom
  tradition
  practice

For me, based on dictionary definition they all can be used, but I have no idea which one would be the most natural.

Asking this question I was going to find out when shall one use each one of these words and how they differ in meaning?

[source: Cambridge Dictionary]
P.S. I've manipulated the example.


texts: What is the meaning of "Maybe I should take up surgery on the side."

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I'm just reading "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser. I didn't get far - on page 5 he uses the phrase "Maybe I should take up surgery on the side."

From the context I would deduce it means something like changing/flipping the side, but googling for this sentence I only find references to the book itself. Is this an established idiom and what's the connection to a surgery here?

To give some more context:

  [...] it had never occurred to him that writing could be hard. I told
  him I was just as interested in his answers — it had never occurred to
  me that writing could be easy. Maybe I should take up surgery on the
  side.


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What punctuation should I use for "Can you imagine"?

  1) And then, can you imagine, I saw a monkey in this tree!

or

  2) And then... Can you imagine? I saw a monkey in this tree!

or

  3) And then, can you imagine? I saw a monkey in this tree!

or

  4) And then can you imagine I saw a monkey in this tree?

or

what?


texts: Is this use of "that" instead of "when" okay?

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Can you suggest a time that we can meet and discuss the problem?

Is there anything wrong with this sentence? I thought it should be when, not that.


texts: I can't understand the sentence from this video

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This is the video : Video (from 3:47 to 3:58)
The question for the homework is:

  What was the only flaw of the design of The Globe?


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It hardly requires[needs] to be pointed out that, in all of the above
  passages, the Father's "Fellow" and Equal is viewed in His official
  character, as the God-man Mediator. It is equally evident that those
  verses intimate that the Lord Jesus is righteous in His person, in
  the administration of His office, in the discharge of the great
  commission given to Him.

http://gracegems.org/Pink2/our_righteous_redeemer.htm

Is it like character?
How is different from this?

You look shabby in your person.


texts: What's the difference between usage of these two tense forms?

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I'm meeting John after class today.

  I will meet John after class today.

They differ in the tense form as present continuous and simple future respectively. But do they differ in usage or meaning in any way?


texts: How to tell your boss that the reason for being late is because you set your alarm clock incorrectly?

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Suppose you are an employee of a firm and you have a meeting tomorrow at 10 am and you set the alarm for 7 am but but you are very tired and you mistakenly set the alarm for 8 am. When you wake up next day, you take a look at the alarm clock, and get scared thinking how angry your boss will be and you have to explain this incident to your boss. How will you explain it?
I have tried but I think I am wrong

I: sorry boss for being late.
Boss: can I know what's the reason?
I:Boss for me i set the alarm at 7 am but mistakenly i set it at 8 am cause of tiredness.

Editing is valid to above context


texts:
I have a list of servers which should be backed up, but I don't know where they are, so a script tries to find them and logs this activity.

I've put this phrase in my log facility and now I'm thinking, "Is the adjective 'backuped' correct?"

  Search of servers which should be backuped is started


texts: Is it grammatical to say: "to ask [insert name] questions?"

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I know you can say:

  To make sure we had plenty of time to ask her questions, we took the
  morning bus to her house.

How about:

  To make sure we had plenty of time to ask Mary questions, we took the
  morning bus to her house.

Is that a valid grammatical short form of: To make sure we had plenty of time to ask questions to Mary...?


texts: Difference between "I failed' x "I've failed"

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I saw two episodes from different series and one of them says: I failed and the other says I've failed at that.

I know which senteces shown represents Simple Past and Present Perfect but I still do not understand the difference between the sentences.


texts: Limited duration, temporary action and current trend

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What's the difference between a limited duration, a temporary action and the current trend?

"She is learning English." (Limited and temporary)

"She is working in a bank." (Meaning temporarily but isn't it also limted?)

"They are living in poverty.' (current trend as one of my books says)

Does the first sentence express a limited duration and isn't it also a temporary action? Does the third sentence express the current trend only?
"The current trend" was mentioned in my book "English Grammar in Context" by Michael Vince.


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The purpose of this advertisement is to give an update on our recent activities / accomplishments to our stakeholders as well as to acknowledge/ admire efforts of our sponsors/ donors for helping us to reach our target of funding 750 underprivileged students in 2013-14.

Is the use of "as well as" correct in this sentence?


texts: What "upside down relative to each other" means?

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Sheet A is generally placed on sheet B, but sheet A can be placed under sheet B.

I am trying to rewrite the sentence above I created by using "upside down". My examples are as follows:

  ..., but they can be placed upside down.
  ..., but they can be placed upside down relative to each other.

I am afraid that the first sentence may be interpreted that each sheet is turned upside down without change in their relative position, so I created the second sentence. Does the second sentence express what I want to say?


texts:
Let's say someone doesn't feel fine at the moment when another person asks how he feels. But he's sure that he should feel better soon - which one is correct:

  "I will be fine"

or

  "I'm going to be fine"


texts: How is the word "power" used in mathematics?

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When I was researching on the Web, I came across the following expression in a sentence. (Because the entire sentence was technical, I didn't mention the entire sentence)

  "a base expression taken to a specified power."

Then I got curious to know how the word "power" is used in English (mathematics). You know, in math, when you take a number to a specific power, it is multiplied by itself and the number of times that it is multiplied by itself depends on the exponent.

Now I want to know more about how the word "power" is used in English. For example, how do you say a mathematical expression in which power is used? Or how do you ask somebody to tell the result of a number taken to a specific power?


texts: Help me choose a particular verb In Present Continous tense

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I was reading a tenses in the English grammar, and i was doing an exercise, i am confused about choosing a word for following sentence.

 I am not going to _________ you again.

Options : (1)meeting (2)meet (3)met

so exercise was on Simple continues tense, so which one is appropriate among the first two(Meeting or Meet) ??

Thanks..


texts: Is there a way to refer to a person (using a pronoun) without mentioning a sex?

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I just found myself in situation that I am telling about someone who added to me in Skype: because of the nickname I think that it is a girl and used all the time the word «she». But as she didn't say anything yet with exception the "hey :)", I can't even be sure it is a human (it is could be just a bot). So I am afraid that talking about her by using «she» could lead to misunderstanding. Shall I use the word «it»? Or is it wrong? Is there another way?

E.g. in Russian a sex have any noun, so I can say «she» and mean «the person» because the «person» have feminine gender. Either I can say «he», and mean «the one», because it is male gender. So, this way I don't confuse my interlocutor about my knowledge about a person's sex.


texts: what is the best? present or future in this case

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When the order is big enough he, then, sends it to me

  When the order is big enough he, then, will send it to me

As it is a general statement I think present sends is better


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I have seen a plane.

Here, what is the meaning of the sentence above? I understand the basic meaning of 'have pp'. The sentence above means that
I have just seen a plane? Or I have seen a plane before? Or both according to the context?


texts: Passive & Active Voice confusion sentence construction after "In addition to"

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Sorry for a not  very exact question, but I ask it because I would chose B or C according to the sentence meaning. If you don't do so, please choose your answer with explanation.

Phrase:

"In  addition to

A be banning
B banning
C ban
D being banned

for 12 months, he was ordered to take an extended driving test."


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I know the difference in general, but it still confuses me when it comes to certain contexts, including the following:
I love a girl and I'm wondering if she knows that I love her. I'm talking about now here. Should I ask

Does she know that I love her?

Or

Did she know that I loved her?

It seems to me that the latter refers to the past event


texts: What does "hold" mean in "hold accountable"?

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Example 1:

  He questions the coherence and purpose of departmental majors, describes programs of study abroad as little more than recreational excursions, criticizes lecturers for their indifference to whether students learn anything, and, in general, holds faculty accountable for ignoring research about which teaching methods are most effective.

which is from Bok, D.: Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More. (New Edition) (eBook and Paperback):

Example 2:

  Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions

which is from accountable definition | English dictionary for learners | Reverso:

I am not sure what the meanings of hold in these two examples are

I look up the dictionary

16 [transitive] to have a belief or an opinion about somebody/something

hold somebody/something + adv./prep./adj.

  She is held in high regard by her students (= they have a high opinion of her).

Does it explain the meaning of hold in those two examples correctly?

Thanks....


texts: concern, the concern, or concerns? Any difference in meaning?

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The definition of concern can be found in any dictionaries like this link.

Now, let's focus on a single example from that dictionary:

  Many people expressed concern over moves to restore the death penalty.

I can understand this, according to the dictionary it's an uncountable noun and hence no article, but my question is what change in meaning occurs if I rewrite the above sentence to

  Many people expressed the concern over moves to restore the death penalty.
  Many people expressed concerns over moves to restore the death penalty.


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I understand that the intransitive use of the verb "focus " is often followed by the preposition "on," but is it OK to say "focus at" instead of "focus on?"  If not, why?
 Below is one of the definitions of the verb I found in my dictionary.

to direct your attention or effort at something specific.


texts: the position of 'annually' in the 'as much amount of soybeans as' sentence

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If you were to say the annual consumption of soybeans by one American is about the same as that by one Canadian, where would you place annually?

[1] One American consumes about as much amount of soybeans as one Canadian annually.

[2] One American consumes about as much amount of soybeans annually as one Canadian.


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Please imagine a local soccer field in a neighborhood in which a bunch of youths everyday play in it. Once, when they gather together at the sight, they notice that there is a problem. Some people have put a metal net around it for some reason and they cannot enter the field. There is someone missing yet (e.g. he is an always late member of the group.) The guy calls one of the present friends at the sight and asks if they have changed their clothes to assure they are playing or not yet. His friend tells him (through the phone):

  Hey Mathew. There is something wrong today! Guess what?

  What?!

  Some people have put a metal net around the field.

I'm certain that the way I expressed my intention is not a natural way. I would appreciate it if someone tells me how shall I say it in a normal way?


texts: Can we use "no" and then say an affirmative sentence to a yes/no question?

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Take this question.

  Do you have two brothers?

For short answers we can say" no,I don't and for long answers we should say " No I don't have two brothers

Can I answer "No, I have 3 brothers."


texts: "They never.....I don't either" or "They never...I do neither."

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Could you please tell me, which sentence is correct?

  "They never go skiing and I don't either"

or

  "They never go skiing and I do neither."

"I don't either" kind of sounds more natural to me, moreover, "never" is a negative word and we need to use the negative form of the verb "to do" (don't).

Is my assessment correct?


texts:
Which is correct:

  "I think you should go on a diet.You are putting on weight."

or

  "I think you should go on a diet. You have put on weight."


texts:
What is the most suitable tag question used after the following sentence?

Everybody forgot to congratulate her, ...........?

By the way, l have found several different answers, such as "did they", "don't you think" , "isn't that so" and " didn' they". But l am not really sure of the most suitable one.


texts: "Some things are better left unsaid." -- What are the grammatical functions of 'better', 'left' and 'unsaid'?

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Some things are better left unsaid.

This is the way I understand the sentence:
[Some [things]] = subject
[better] =  predicative complement
[left [unsaid]] = predicative adjunct 1
[unsaid] = predicative adjunct 2

But I'm not sure.


texts: What does "send her/his fleeing for" mean?

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I've come across with the sentence below:

  Hitler's dream of empire had yet to crumble and send her fleeing for
  the shadows

.

I searched in online dictionaries but I didn't find any explanation for it.

So, could you tell me please what it means?

The fuller text is:

  She fired six times shots on the shore of the Lake Rusalka, not
  attempting to hide what she did. Why would she? Hitler's dream of
  empire had yet to crumble and send her fleeing for the shadows... They called her... The Huntress. She was the young mistress of an SS officer in German-occupied Poland.

The Huntress by Kate Quinn


texts: Does this sentence follow a correct subject verb agreement rule?

texts: The increased earth temperature cause increase in the global warming.


texts:
I'd like to ask if the following sentences are simple or compound sentences?

  She cooks very well and has a lovely cafe.

  Players are careful but they still get hurt often.

  She doesn't like art and he doesn't like philosophy.

In the first sentence the verbs shares the same subject, in the second sentence the same subject shares different verbs and in the third sentence two different subjects share the same tensed verbs. So how to differentiate a simple or a compound sentence by just look at the what/who shares what? What is the best way?


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From this post (made up of "development" or "developments"?) development can be singular or plural, which means it is countable, but how about software development?

Which might be correct?

to see software development from a quality perspective

Or

to see a software development from a quality perspective


texts: Which pronunciation of 'either' is preferred?

texts:
I pronounce 'ei' in 'either' like in German (so, like 'I' in English: /aɪ/). This is natural for me.
But I've heard people pronouncing it as 'eee' (/iː/), so which version is correct? Or maybe both are correct?


texts: Does "get paid" mean "receive the income"?

texts: Does get paid mean receive the income? Is there any other difference between them?


texts:
I have done my schooling from St. Xaviers , I have given my 10th Boards from that school.

Or

I did my schooling from St.Xaviers, I gave my 10th Boards from my school.

Context- I did my schooling in 1998 but here i am not mentioning the time  And I am telling my neice where I did my schooling from . What should I use ?


texts: What does "in the two previous years" imply?

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Yet Amazon’s shareholders are working on the premise that it is just getting started. Since the beginning of 2015 its share price has jumped by 173%, seven times quicker than in the two previous years (and 12 times faster than the S&P 500 index).

Does it mean it is growing seven times quicker from 2015 to 2017 than from 2013 to 2015?

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719487-amazon-has-potential-meet-expectations-investors-success-will-bring-big


texts: Is it ok to use "named" twice in a sentence?

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There is an item named Infinity Edge in computer game named League of Legends.

I thought the sentence was incorrect because I used the word 'named' twice.


texts:
I've faced two different orders in the same guide:

"Can he be still working?"
"Can they still be sleeping?"

Could you tell me why there is a difference? Maybe one of the sentences is composed incorrectly?


texts: Which sentence would be best for situation below?

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Teacher told me and my friend  to read  some books? But my friend would two more books which are Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe than me. In this case If I say the sentences below would these be grammatically correct ? Those may not ve natural but as told I wonder If these are grarmmatically correct?

  In addition to the books I will read , he will read Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe.

  As an extra to the books I will read, he will read Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe.

  As more than the books I will read, he will read Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe.

I wonder if especially the third sentence is correct or not .


texts:
Is it correct to say

I am glad to hear that you are recovered from...

What else can I say even if it is correct to say?


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"Our new camera lens is so sensitive that even the slightest of details will be captured on film"?

Is the above bold phrase correct? Can I use a superlative adjective as a noun? Or I have to rewrite "the slightest ones of details".
Thank you


texts: My second day on the job. How long have I been working here?

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if I today is my 2nd day in job and I am working. Somebody comes and asks me: How long have you been working here? (I mean he wants to know the number of days).

Should I say. I have been working here for 1 day or 2 days?

Should I count already today when it's not passed yet?

I don't want to use. This is my second day, because that is just a walkaround this question. I want to know the answer for How many days have you been working here.

I am not sure if to choose one day or 2 days if today is my second day. Should I count the on-going day or just the ones that are already passed?

Thanks for help and explanation


texts: Which of the following statements is not correct?

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Which of the following statements is grammatically incorrect? And why? (I don't know the answer. Ignore the marks)

Meats and vegetables are so expensive these days. We'd better eat out.
I'd rather go swimming than playing tennis outside. I hate sweating.
We should not forget those who have given their lives in the defence of freedom.
I gave him the invitation myself. He can't have forgotten about the wedding.
Since the accident, he sometimes doesn't speak clearly. The injury may have caused brain damage.


texts: Why not delete ‘only’ in the sentence below?

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The shops could only stay open because the owner paid protection money.
I can not understand the necessity of the only.


texts: What does 'an entire generation' mean in this context?

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What does an entire generation mean in the following context?
Does this mean one generation (=around 30 years?) or 'generation of children, young adult　and the elderly'? or the rest of life for the public?
The meaning of the word generation seems different from that of the second in the passage below.
The victory of Blu-Ray over its rival, HD DVD, dominated the headlines for weeks. The only obvious difference was that the name of the victor was easier to pronounce. According to videophiles, however, the public was presented with a momentous choice that would affect their quality of life for an entire generation. In fact, there was a third option, which was not mentioned: to abandon pre-packaged entertainment in favor of more social activities, such as family conversation. Another thing that was not mentioned was that generations in the world of gizmos are measured not in decades but in months – the time it takes for a new, superior device to hit the market.


texts: Can 'fair enough' be used in the literal sense?

texts:
I checked similar questions regarding 'fair enough' phrase, it appears that the most frequently used meaning is an agreement with possible reluctance, this corresponds to my understanding of it.

In my native language it's commonly translated according to the literal sense, (you were) fair enough, or (what you said is) fair enough, where the meaning of 'fair' varies between 'honest' and 'just'. Most times it seems out of place to me in the context. One of possible meanings is described in this answer and seems to be close to 'fair point'.

Is it common or acceptable to use 'fair enough' like that?


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1) Your poor examination result is due to the problem that you do not want to learn about grammar.

I use a noun clause "that .....grammar" as a complement for "the problem". Is the sentence structure correct ?

Similarly, can I write:-

  2) Revenue dropped due to fewer units of property that were sold in 2013.

using "that ....2013" to complement the object "property"?


texts: What's the meaning of "just about as ... as"?

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Could you please explain it to me what the meaning of the phrase is in general and what's the meaning in this case:

  Mary taught nursing at the school, which Dad said was just about as brainwashed as a person could get, to be working for the Medical Establishment and the Government both.

Educated by Tara Westover


texts: What is the word for "Meant to be understood by someone special"?

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What is the word for "meant to be understood by only someone"?

Like,

  "Everyone could see his WhatsApp status, but only she could understand"

I want to know if there's a word for the thingamajig "only one could understand it"


texts: Antonym of 'calculated, deduced (value)'

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In computer programming, I'm looking for a word to describe values that are not calculated or deduced based on other values. The only word came to mind is 'authentic' but it seems far-fetching. What are my options?

Edit: Thanks for the answers and comments but 'constant' is not what I am trying to express. I want to say this value is not a 'calculated column' (database metaphor) or a transformation of another pre-existing value, instead, the value carries unique information that if you delete this value, some information is lost whereas if you delete a calculated value, nothing is lost as long as you have the formula.

Maybe 'raw' is the best fit here?


texts: Can "which" or "who" refer to a word or phrase that doesn't come directly before these pronouns?

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In some constructions, I can see that it leads to issues--referring to a word or phrase that comes before the word or phrase "which" or "who" directly precedes.

  The mother of Gerald, whose parents had been poor, was tired.

Here, the unessential info could be attributed to Gerald instead of his mother, who it is actually about.

  Gerald's mother, whose parents had been poor, was tired.

That issue does not exist in this construction.

In other cases, especially when there is context to help, it would be very difficult to misidentify the referent.

In these cases, are constructions in which the referent comes first, removed from the pronoun that refers to it, considered awkward, wrong, or bad?

For example:

  They brought back with them a small cat from Egypt, who was shy but alert.

As opposed to:

  They brought back with them a small cat, who was shy but alert, from Egypt.


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I developed a software application, in which the user can create a video using some slides. What is the proper word for a button to create such a video:

Create Video
Generate Video
Make Video

What is their difference?


texts:
The house was built using cardboard.

Is "using cardboard" a participle phrase or gerund?
If it is a participle, what's its subject?
If it is a gerund which word it is modifying?


texts:
Does the verb "improve" need "s" in this sentence? And is this sentence correct at all?

  "The stability persists if not improve."


texts:
I encounter this expressions that stand for physical entities. But for example, speed is not a thing, it is a property that a thing can have, so how can a car be a great speed? I'm looking for grammatical insights and justifications.

This concession is not a public information.
This car is a great speed.
This book is a long read.
The quiz is a multiple choice.


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I always thought it's merely a difference between AmE and BrE, then I stumbled upon this post by Gordon Ramsay (about vegetable choice for a small garden):

  Parsnips are amazing through autumn and fall. Not just roasted, but in incredible soups.

I googled the difference and besides BrE and AmE, I only found Canadians treat 'Autumn' as more formal, but with the same meaning.

Is there something I'm missing? Say, 'fall' being 'late autumn' or something?


texts: What kind of grammatical structure is "It's time we stopped talking."?

texts: Is it in any way different from We should stop talking now? Of course the sentence structure is different, but do they imply the same thing?


texts:
Which is the best way to write this sentence?

  This system was designed to study the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pollution on microbial communities under highly controlled conditions and has already been validated

or

  This system was designed to study the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pollution on microbial communities under highly controlled conditions was already validated

Thanks!


texts: Which is the understood subject of "Rejoicing."

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Garbo plays the role of the queen, rejoicing in the love she has found with Antonio.

I understand that present participle has an understood subject. So in this case, which one is it?

source:
https://sentencedict.com/queen.html
（I read it here, but I can't find the original source）


texts: Should I use the plural, or the singular, with "none"?

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In Italian, the equivalent of none is nessuno (or nessuna), which is never used as plural, nor does it have a plural form.

When I use none in English, should I use the singular (e.g. "none of them is perfect"), the plural (e.g. "none of them are perfect"), or both are correct?


texts:
To comprehend what is, this is the task of philosophy, because what is, is reason.
  Source

What does this mean?


texts:
What proper words should I use in the following:

1) A teacher tells his students

  I am going to take a glass of water. Keep quiet, I should not hear any noise

this is the part of the sentence where I don't know which proper words to use

2) Should I use costly or costy in the following:

  Gold is a costy/costly metal.

3) If some one want to go up to the roof of the house what should he say

  I want to climb the roof

or something else.


texts: "Joining someone for a drink" vs "Joining someone in a drink"

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Which one is correct? To join someone for a drink or to join someone in a drink?
Is there any formal way to ask someone the same thing?
It's out of context of this question (somehow), but I'd like you to imagine a formal party where you'd have invited some guests. How can you ask them "politely" to go and start their meals?

Thank you.


texts: Help to understand "be interpreted as also including hostility ... " in the sentence

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A Marxist sociologist has argued that racism stems from the class struggle that is unique to the capitalist system -- that racial prejudice is generated by capitalists as a means of controlling workers.  His thesis works relatively well when applied to discrimination against Blacks in the United States, but his definition of racial prejudice as "racially-based negative prejudgements against a group generally accepted as a race in any given region of ethnic competition," can be interpreted as also including hostility toward such ethnic groups as the Chinese in California and the Jews in medieval Europe.

I have a hard time understanding the second sentence especially the part in bold.  As I read, it should be:

be interpreted / as also / including hostility toward such ethnic groups / as the Chinese in California and the Jews in medieval Europe.

But I'm not sure.  Can anyone help to spell it out?


texts: “If” in dependent clause, and “then” in independent

texts:
If it’s not raining outside, I’ll go to the park.

If it’s not raining outside, then I will go to the park.

If I could speak English, I would go to London.

If could speak English, then I would go to London.

What’s the difference in meaning between those independent clauses? Is “then” unnecessary to use, or does it convey a different meaning here?


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Latest in English means most recent. Then, how do we say something is 'most late'?

For example, all the candidates for a job receive their interview schedules. I don't exactly know the entire schedule, but I've seen three dates: November 3, November 7, and November 11. My friend asks me when is the last interview. I want to tell him that from what I've seen the 'most late' one is on November 11th. How would I phrase this sentence?


texts: Do the phrases 'at all costs', 'no matter what happens' or 'in any case' mean the same thing?

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I wanted to express my strong will and eagerness to achieve something (e.g 'I will destroy them',) So I came up with these 3 phrases : 'at all costs', 'no matter what happens' or 'in any case' to at the beginning of it. And I'm not sure if these 3 sentences mean the same or not.

  At all costs, I will destroy them.

  No matter what happens, I will destroy them.

  In any case, I will destroy them


texts: what is the diffrence between my best movies and the best movies?

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What is the difference between "my best movies" and "the best movies"?!

When someone asks you: What is the best movies you have ever seen?

Is it true to say, for example:

  One of my best movies I've ever seen ...

or

  One the best movie I've ever seen...


texts: Meaning of the phrase "in that order" in context

texts:
I have come across it in the 10th episode of the 7th season of The Office. Here is the context:

Jim: Woah, there is a lot of brainpower in this room. We’ve got
Michael and Oscar, the two smartest guys in the office, also in that
order.
Oscar: Funny Jim. That is funny.


texts: In the last century there has been progress in what doctors have been able to do with

texts:
this sentence is a bit ambiguous for me.

  In the last century there has been great progress in what doctors have been able to do with modern surgery and new medications.

There are two possible readings in my mind. I think the 2nd one is correct, But I'm not sure.

"with modern surgery and new medications" refers to the whole sentence. "Modern surgery and new medications" are the cause of great progress in what doctors have been able to do now.
"with modern surgery and new medications" refers to the "to do".

To put it another way, is it possible to change the word order in this manner? :

  In the last century, with modern surgery and new medications, there has been great progress in what doctors have been able to do.


texts: "of all students, A has the highest" vs "A has the hightest marks of any students..."

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We have a common usage in English like "Of all the students, Alice has got the highest marks in physics".

So far so good. And I have always liked this usage.

However, I have recently seen and heard a different way of saying the same thing. At first I thought it may be incorrect, but I have heard it being used in the British House of Commons, too, by a Scottish Member Parliament.

He apparently wanted to emphasize Germany's support for Scotland and so he wanted to say, Of all the countries, Germany has the highest level of support for Scotland to remain in the EU,
but instead of saying it like that, he said:

  "Germany has the highest level of support of any European country for Scotland to remain in the EU."

This second structure sounded a little bit odd to me.  May be I thought it might give a different meaning like, It is the Germany that is getting support of all European countries, whereas actually Germany is the one that is actually giving support to another country".

Anyway, I have searched for this structure to see if it is used in formal environments and I have come across a similar usage on another web site which had a sentence "Germany received the most asylum seekers of any European country."

Again if I were to make that sentence, I would say "Of all European countries, Germany received the most asylum seekers".

So, what do you think? Is this second structure a proper English that won't cause any ambiguity or is it simply common daily usage?


texts: Can a comma follow the phrase "No, worse than that"?

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Example sentence:

You're procrastinating. No, worse than that[punctuation] you're avoiding the problem.

I've seen a period, semicolon, em dash, and sometimes a comma being used.
I think the period and em dash are definitely correct. What about the comma?


texts: is "Cleaner the room is Healthier it will be" grammatically correct?

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Is this correct if I write "Cleaner the room is Healthier it will be".

Is it saying If my room is cleaner today, it will improve my health in future (as there is 'Healthier it will be').

If so, what should I write to convey if I want to say. If my room is cleaner, it is healthier.

No future tense in the sense of sentence


texts: verb for describing the motion of the hairs on the back of the neck of a horse

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When a horse is running, if the hairs on the back of their neck are long, they "float" in the air.
What is the better word for "float"? I cannot think of any, and I cannot find a suitable search string on the net.
I have in mind also "flutter", "wave", but they seem equally bad.
Does the same verb apply to the movement of the tail hairs, as well the hairs of a person with long hair?
Side question: does the same verb apply to a flag in the wind?


texts: Is there any difference in meaning between the phrase "clear the air" and "have it out with someone"?

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Is there any difference in meaning between the phrase clear the air and have it out with someone? For example:

I think it's time to clear the air with Kate.
I think it's time to have it out with Kate.

According to the Macmillan Dictionary, clear the air and have it out with basically have the same meaning, except they have different wording. Or do they?


texts: What does "In the throng are familiar calf marks" mean?

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To the untutored observer it is all a blur. But Ms Korpela has spotted something. In the throng are familiar calf marks. They belong to a reindeer that goes by the name of Kepo (pictured, with Ms Korpela, on the previous page). She had thought this member of her herd to be lost for good. “Kepo has found her home!” she says with delight.

  As friends gather around to stroke Kepo’s furry antlers, it seems she is not the only one.

The two paragraph is cited from the Economist Talo on the range

Could someone explain the phrases in bold for me, please?
The photo mentioned in parenthesis is of a well alive reindeer.
I don't get it, why did the author say calf marks?

I'm guessing it has something to do with a previous paragraph (Down below) but I'm not sure what is the correspondent saying and why he or she says that (the relation between calf marks and calf marking).

Another question is that why are antlers furry?
They doesn't seem furry in the picture...
Are they furry?
Never seen one with my own eyes.
I googled it but it's hard to tell from photos.

  She shows the pendant her partner gave her, a replica of her bespoke calf marking. For a herder this is a sure sign of commitment.

Thank you!


texts: Can I write "sustaining of relations" as "relations sustaining"?

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Using "of" more than once seems weird to me, so I'm trying to avoid such repetition.

For example there is

  a notion of sustaining of relations

which I want to replace with

  a notion of relations sustaining

Is this replacement grammatically correct?

Feel free to post a short answer and/or a link if it's a general rule.


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1) Studying at a good institute can really make a difference.

2) Studying at good institutes can really make a difference.

Do both the sentences carry the same meaning ?


texts: "as rich as him", "as rich as he" or "as rich as he is"

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1) I've never met a man as rich as him.

  2) I've never met a man as rich as he.

  3) I've never met a man as rich as he is.

Which one of the above-mentioned is correct (in formal scenario) and why?
Also, how do I detect the subject and the object for this question?


texts: Passive voice: The best answers are voted up and rise? to the top?

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I think it should be: The best answers are voted up and risen to the top.

Since questions ARE... and ... (Past participle).


texts: What's the correct pronunciation of "species"?

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There are two pronunciations in my dictionary for species:

  spiːʃiːz, spiːsiːz

Which one is correct? Or both can be used?


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In my another post ("only has" vs. "has only", when to use which?) I said

  This post is not a duplicate of ..., since that post does not explain why could "only" not be used as adjective in my 2nd example.

"why could sth not be used as ...", is it an idiomatic expression?


texts: help with the word "proceeds" in a sentence of legal context

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By the mutual agreement between the parties hereto, proceeds in accordance with the terms of this Contract, in which case the amount recovered under said insurance policy shall be applied to the reconstruction of the VESSEL damaged, provided the Parties hereto shall have first agreed in writing as to such reasonable postponement of the Delivery Date and adjustment of other terms of this contract including the Contract Price as may be necessary for the completion of such reconstruction.

Does the word proceeds mean money or go on?


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I am teaching a student English and the below question was in his test paper. I intuitively feel that both options one and two are not incorrect, but his answer key states that option one is the correct one. Which is the correct one and why?

Question
"Tom gave up looking just as I said he would, _____?" Geetha asked.
(1) didn't he
(2) hasn't he
(3) hadn't he
(4) wouldn't he


texts: could "further" refer to "later" or "afterwards/then" regarding a context?

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Next, the bricks are dried in an oven for 24-48 hours, before baking them in a kiln, first at moderate temperature of 200-980C followed by extremely high temperature of 870-1300C.They are further cooled for 48-72 hours in the cooling chamber, and are later packed and loaded in trucks, thus, preparing them for delivery to different places.

Does "further" in the context above mean later or afterwards? Could this word mean later or afterwards at all, regard a context?


texts: Does flail as a verb mean trying to solve a problem without knowing how to solve it?

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So this one time, I was trying to solve a hard problem and my boss who is a native English speaker said "Don't flail, give to X he knows how to solve this."

Ever since then whenever someone gives me a hard problem to solve, I pretty much always say "Let me Flail a bit then I will go ask someone for help".

Is that a valid way to use that word?


texts: Meaning of reconcile in the given context

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In Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground", the author says, and I quote :

  Our romantic understands everything, sees everything and sees it often
  far more clearly than our most positive, practical minds. He
  reconciles himself to nothing and no one, but at the same time will
  not spurn anything;....

What is the meaning of the word reconcile in the last sentence?


texts: Reference Time, Coordinating Conjunctions and Past Simple/Perfect Tense

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This is an exercise from Face2Face English course with the solution provided in the workbook, but with no reasoning.

In the exercise below I would like to know (actually confirm mine) the Reference Time, and if there is any level of relationship between coordinating conjunctions and the sentence tense. For example, if, under some circumstances, the tense in the sentence before and after "and/but" is the same when there are no other clues such as time expressions.

  I finally finished tidying about 3 a.m. and a few minutes later I
  was/had been fast asleep. I woke up suddenly at 8 a.m.  I arranged/had arranged to meet my parents at the airport at 8.30 a.m. but I didn't set/hadn't set the alarm!

To be specific, do you put both arrange and set in the same tense, or one of them in the past perfect and the other in the past simple (the course provides the answers but I want to know why, and know other speakers' opinions (esp. natives) other than the authors - sometimes there is more room for differences and I want to to know that?

-Usually, the arrangement is done before setting the alarm, but do you treat them as indefinite events with no order before the reference time? what is the reference time in the text (this one is not given, but I can think of one)?

Note: I could have written the exercise with just the answers and asked for the reasoning only, but I think it is better not to influence your answers by the author's. I could be wrong, but what I really want is to understand why.


texts: What does "organize the deliveries to something" mean?

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Only asking female workers to order food, while only asking male
  workers to organize the deliveries to set could be seen as
  discrimination.

"set" means a place to shoot a film. What does "organize the deliveries to set" mean? Does it mean "organize things to be delivered to the set"?

I can't find the source. I read it a long time ago from a material regarding discrimination at workplace.

And I also have one more question. It's similar to the above one.

  Male workers do all of the runs to set.

What does "runs to set" mean?


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Regarding pronouns, normally we speak some sentence including direct and indirect objects such as

  Mohan servicing a vehicle by screwdriver. It is very costly

So now the "it  is costly" refer to which? To vehicle or to screwdriver?
I guess that it refer to vehicle because by screwdriver is a prepositional pharse.


texts: The movie "can't/couldn't"/shouldn't" be good.It is directed by novice

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The movie can't/couldn't/shouldn't be good.It is directed by novice.

My approach:

I am confused between shouldn't and can't.

Shouldn't because i am sure the movie isn't good because it is directed by novice.

Can't because there is a possibility that movie can't be good.


texts: Looking for a word for a specific chimney

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What would you call this type of chimney?

In German, it is 'Mantelschornstein'

Thank you in advance!


texts: What does "in telephone duplicate" mean?

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Stoneman held out the telephone alarm card with the complaint signed in telephone duplicate on the back.

What does this sentence mean, especially in telephone duplicate? This is from the book Fahrenheit 451.

I know what a telephone is and I know that duplicate is a copy of something. But what is in telephone duplicate? And what the sentence means?


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I got an invitation for my kid's show and at the end of it said:
Refreshments to follow

I believe it is a shortened sentence. What is the original one? What does it mean?
Thank you very much!


texts: Principles give pactitioners of the method added confidence OR Principles give TO pactitioners of the method added confidence

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While speaking with a native speaker, she commented that I was constantly using the preposition TO in a wrong way. However, it was difficult for her to explain the rules of grammar that I was breaking. For her, it sounds awkward, period. She also commented that it was a very common mistake for Spanish speakers like me.
Since then I have been wandering on the internet but I have not found anything that could help me to understand my error in order to avoid it.

Here is a good example:
The right way: Principles give pactitioners of the method added confidence.
My (wrong) way: Principles give TO pactitioners of the method added confidence.

Could somebody please help me?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Does it sound ok to use "Feedback" as a verb?

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I like to know what you guys think about using feedback as a verb. I've seen it a whole lot in writing and email communications. What would be other alternatives?
Your input is appreciated.

Thank you,


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I wonder what is the difference between the two verbs "make up" and "compensate"? In order to discover it and make you able to explain it in a simpler way, I have made four examples. Please do me a favor and let me know which option works better in each sentence and which choice doesn't work at all plus the reason behind it.

The first scenario:

  Teacher: you have missed 5 sessions so far. Do you know?
  Student: yes, Mr. Johnson. I know!
  Teacher: How are you going to ................ for the classes you have missed?

a. make up
b. compensate

The second scenario:

  The insurance company will ............... people for the damage caused by the flood.

a. make up
b. compensate

The third scenario:

  He is suffering from depression and is under treatment now. Unfortunately, he had a very unpleasant childhood and many dark past. I think nothing can............... for his lost childhood.

a. make up
b. compensate

The fourth scenario:

  I'm late and I have to drive fast to ................

a. make up
b. compensate

I have read the similar thread on the forum.


texts: What is the difference between "Milky way" and "Galaxy"?


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Are these 2 examples both grammatically valid? Are there any differences in the tone or the meaning?

A. It may not seem strange.
B. It may seem not strange.


texts: What is the meaning of 'a window from seven to four' in this sentence?

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One cable guy said like below.
'from seven to four'... it looks like about time, but I don't get it.
If someone understand, please let me know.

  I got a cable installation. My client was given a window from seven to four. It’s five fifteen. Ride with me…and I'll fill you in on everything.


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This might be the easiest question, but it is confusing me a lot. A friend of mine shared a photo of a movie. So, if I asked "What movie is this?", would it be correct?

Secondly, if a friend uploads a picture of a page from a novel page she is reading, and I ask "What novel is this?" Would it be correct too?


texts: "...which I did.", "...but I'm not." - are they correct?

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I've been wondering, are structures like the ones mentioned in the title considered correct? Is it perfectly fine to use them, or do they sound overly colloquial? Let's focus on the three examples:

  a) "Wish me luck!" said Ana.

  "I do" was my only response.

I can't think of any other way I could have phrased it without sounding overly wordy.

  b) He told me I couldn't have predicted what the next card would be, but I truly did.

Again, this one sounds entirely idiomatical to my non-native ear.

  c) He told me to rethink my actions, which I did, and go to church, which I didn't.

But in this one, for whatever reason, the second part is where I start to have doubts. Is it only me, or is the contracted form more natural than its longer version?


texts: Increase the volume vs amplify the volume

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When talking to friend and I don't hear him well, what would be the suitable choice of the following?

  Please, speak loudly
  Please, increase your voice.

The same question is about the situation that I can't hear well the music from the loudspeaker because the volume is low, then I want to ask my friend to help me to hear that. what would be the suitable choice of the following?

  Please, amplify the volume of the loudsdpeaker.
  Please, increase the volume of the loudspeaker .


texts: Cannot understand usage of "buyer" vs "seller" in particular article

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Probably my question is more about "logic" than about "language" but still it manifests some problems with my command of English.
So here is an excerpt of one article I am reading:

  In a way, the editors were all right. Mr Akerlof’s idea, eventually
  published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1970, was at once
  simple and revolutionary. Suppose buyers in the used-car market value
  good cars—“peaches”—at $1,000, and sellers at slightly less. A
  malfunctioning used car—a “lemon”—is worth only $500 to buyers (and,
  again, slightly less to sellers). If buyers can tell lemons and
  peaches apart, trade in both will flourish. In reality, buyers might
  struggle to tell the difference: scratches can be touched up, engine
  problems left undisclosed, even odometers tampered with.

I do not understand why would a seller value a car slightly less than a buyer would value it. As far as I understand sellers always want to sell something the highest price possible.
Could you help me to get it clear?


texts: Order of an object and the name of that object

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Let's imagine there is an object named "Country", and it is stored in the database table named Countries.

In terms of English grammar, what is the right position of Country/Countries - before the noun or after?

Option 1. For the Country object, there is a Countries table.
Option 2. For the object Country, there is a table Countries.

Which is correct?


texts: What does 'the' mean in "every second of the day"?

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Winston Smith lives in a world where everyone is watched every
  second of the day

Is highlighted "the" the synonym of "every"?

Why do we use "the" here instead of "a"?


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I am reading articles in New Concept English and got confused by a phrase in the below context:

  We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East.

here I don't understand why we use read of, I think we should use read instead of read of.


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I'm new here.

Is there a word that defines "a thing that I/you don't know"?

Example sentence:

  Hello, why you just draw 'a thing that I don't know' on my avatar?

Thanks if answered it.


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I'm always confused about using "that" and "which" in a sentence. I have learned that "which" is used in non-defining clauses (this clause can be omitted), while "that" is used in defining clauses and cannot omitted. However, I cannot decide which one to select in my sentence:

  This structure consists of 2 layers: a physical layer ...that/which...
  contains sensors and a logical layer ...that/which... contains logic.


texts: What is the difference between “unique to” and “unique for”?

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For example is it better to say:

“This problem is not unique to Australia.”

than

“This problem is not unique for Australia.”?


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I am really confused about this. My teacher tells me that after "in case" I always have to use subjunctive and this is the only acceptable form. For example :
     "Take a coat in case it should get chilly tonight."
instead of
     "Take a coat in case it gets chilly tonight."
My problem is that I can't find this rule in any of the grammar books I have and what is more my coursebook's answer key never uses subjunctive after in case. My hunch is that using subjunctive after in case is old-fashioned, but I am not really sure given that it doesn't appear anywhere. Please help me understand this, thank you!


texts: What is the proper verb to use instead of "being at the same time with" in this specific sentence?

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I want to tell a professor that I can not attend the meeting because it is at the same time as my class and ask them to change the meeting time. My question is, what is the correct word to use rather than "interfere" or "overlap"?

The time you gave me for the weekly check-in meeting interferes/overlaps with my X class, which starts at 11:30. Can I come at a different time?

Also, I am using "The time you gave me" because it is a long meeting with different students, and each student is given a specific time to go. If you have a better suggestion for that, that would be great too.


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We decided to lease the apartment _______ the landlord offered a discount.

1) because
2) that

people say the answer is 1) because but somehow
2) that sounds also natural.

Can both be correct? or putting 2) that in the sentence won't be grammatical?

What about

  We decided to lease the apartment that the landlord offered a discount on.

Thank you!


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I could hardly believe how bold I was being!

  I got detention because a teacher said I was being contumacious

.....
What does the word being here mean ? and what are the tenses in these sentences ?

Why we can not just omit it ?

And just say:

I could hardly believe how bold I was!

I got detention because a teacher said I was contumacious.

Thank you.


texts: Meaning of "as one would in a democracy"

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When I was reading the following sentence, I stuck and could not understand the meaning of the sentence:

As one would in a democracy, one looks to the requirements of all beings.

Is there any case that "would" becomes the main verb, not a modal verb? May I ask you to explain what the above sentence means?


texts: Is the inversion in the mentioned context idiomatic/grammatical?

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But, in either of the above ways is intentionality defined, why not to
  use the previously mentioned criteria to identify an intentional
  crime?

In the above sentence "is" is put before the subject. Is this inversion idiomatic/grammatical?


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At a courtroom
Judge: Now, you have destroyed the evidence.
Man: What evidence?
Judge: That brick, exhibit 'A'. You're accused of having thrown that brick through the store window. That brick was part of the evidence.
Man: Oh, and I destroyed it.
Judge: Yes. I've never seen anything like it. Don't you know right from wrong?
Man: Oh, I'm truly sorry, Your Honor.
Judge: Silence in court.  You really don't know right from wrong, do you?
Man: Oh, I'm truly sorry, Your honor.
Judge: Enough! The damage has been done. I'll have you off for contempt of court.

What does "I'll have you off for contempt of court" mean?


texts: something that is barely scraped/put together

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I'm looking for a word for something that is of such bad design, it shouldn't really work, but does, just a hastily assembled production. The word should fit for a company, or an event.

I'm not looking for synonyms of 'bad quality', such as 'faulty' or 'imperfect', but more like a word that sounds made up, and can be, but it should signal that this is some sketchy stuff.

I will try to come up with examples, but I'm having a hard time, but like.. hackyslack (could fly for a LAN event maybe)

a comment from @Cardinal phrased it better:

  I think you may want to search for compounds similar to "tawdry design(ed)" or "poor(ly) design(ed)"

and that sounds good, but I have no idea how to search for this, so help is appriciated


texts: the meaning of "A tv series follows a main character"

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From a post

The first eight seasons of Two and a Half Men follows Charlie Harper, a hedonistic jingle writer living in a beachfront Malibu abode, whose life is turned upside down when his brother Alan comes to live with him following a divorce, coupled with his nephew Jake visiting on the weekends.

I guess "follows" there means something like "telling a story about", though none of the meanings in American Heritage Dictionary is close to that.

a. To come or go after; proceed behind: Follow the usher to your seat. b. To go after in pursuit: would follow his enemy to the ends of
the earth. c. To keep under surveillance: The agent followed the
suspect around town.
a. To move along the course of; take: We followed the path. b. To move in the direction of; be guided by: followed the sun westward;
followed the signs to the zoo. c. To lie in the same path as: The road
follows the old trading route. d. To be parallel to: The road follows
the river.
To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of: follow a spiritual master; rebels who refused to follow their leader.
To adhere to; practice: followed family traditions.
To take as a model or precedent; imitate: followed my example and resigned.
a. To act in agreement or compliance with; obey: follow the rules; follow one's instincts. b. To keep to or stick to: followed the
recipe; follow a diet.
To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.
To come after in order, time, or position: Night follows day.
To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of: She followed her lecture with a question-and-answer period. The
band followed its hit album with a tour.
To occur or be evident as a consequence of: Your conclusion does not follow your premise.
a. To watch or observe closely: followed the bird through binoculars. b. To be attentive to; pay close heed to: too sleepy to
follow the sermon. c. To keep oneself informed of the course,
progress, or fortunes of: follow the stock market; followed the local
teams.
To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand: Do you follow my argument?

What does "follow" mean in the quotation?


texts: How should I understand this sentence and the meaning of "pointed"?

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They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)--lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

I have two questions on "lean, pointed, dedicated faces"

Does it mean "they are lean, they are pointed and they have dedicated faces" or "they have lean pointed dedicated faces"?
In either way, what does "pointed" mean?

Thanks,
Jeffrey


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I  completed  my  Doctoral  Degree  in less than  four  years.

I  completed  my  Doctoral Degree  in  fewer  than  four  years.

Are  both the  sentences  correct  and  mean  the  same  thing  or one  of  them  wrong?

I know  that  less is  used  for  uncountable  singular  nouns  and  fewer  is  used  for  countable  plural  nouns.


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In the below excerpt of an essay, what would be the most appropriate alternative word for valued at.

  I hurriedly scanned the next question valued at 200 points.

Here, valued at means "estimated" usually used with money. I wish to convey a more positive meaning with a little exclamation attached to it.

I wish to convey the meaning:

  I hurriedly scanned the next question valued at 200 points!.

The exclamation mark doesn't convey this emphasis properly since someone may think I meant to emphasize "hurriedly".


texts: Adverb "now" in the present simple and the continuous

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On the use of present simple and continuous, the business textbook I have (Market Leader) says the time expression "now" is used in the present continuous, but in the exercise below where "now" is used, it gives the answer with main verb "spend" in the present simple form "spends".

  eBay ..... now [spend] $20m a year analysing suspicious sales.

The cases I have managed to see where "now" is being used in the present simple are all with state verbs like (have, hold and own) not dynamic ones like "spend". However, I used to think that now in contrast with the past could be used in the present simple tense regardless of the verb being stative or dynamic as in the contrived example below. Now I am not sure any more.

  They used to make small cars, but now they manufacture all kinds of
  vehicles

According to the book's rules, the ebay exercise above with the adverb "now" calls for the continuous use. However, the answer uses the present simple and it feels okay to me especially with the yearly expenses. If the book's answer is correct then I would to see why. What is the justification anyway?

N.B

"Now" seems like "by some time" in the quote below with a yearly rate. However, present continuous in the passive form is used.

  By 1907, 1.7 million toy animals were being made a year.

The Businees Pre-intermediate, Macmillan p.52

Edit:

I do not trust the book because I have spotted some errors with tables containing grammar rules causing inconsistency in the meaning. For example, claiming the adverbial "at the moment" a common present simple and present continuous time expression. There are others but I have to go over the text again to list them.


texts: Would you say "He's someone you'd rather not meet here"?

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Is this sentence grammatically acceptable?

  He is someone you would rather not meet here.

Or does it need to be something like this?

  He is someone who/whom you would rather not to meet here.


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I have the following long sentence :

  If one of those promotions has a name that matches xxx, ...

I would rather write it shortly :

  If one of those' name matches xxx, ...

My question is : what to put after the 'those' and is it even a correct formulation ?

There can be only one promotion at a time that matches xxx.

Note : I'm French, so many questions remains for me concerning English...


texts: The use of the phrase "might I say/do something" in context

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It is from Crash Course US history. It is at around 14 second.

  We will not be describing battles and tactics. If that is your bag, might I suggest Ken Burns....

I cannot get whether the host asks for permission to suggest the author or it is some kind of emphatic phrase that I cannot get the meaning in the context.


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Can "with" be used instead of "while/and" to join two sentences in the following context?

  A, B, and C perform almost similarly, with C performing slightly better.

instead of

  A, B, and C perform almost similarly while/and C performs slightly better.


texts:
What's  the difference between townhouses, and country house?
what's  the difference between country,downtown, village, town
And the last question is why "in" only goes at the first sentence: I live in a mansion - I live on a ranch


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Is this the right way of asking to connect two people?
"I would like to meet you to my friend"


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I was trying to understand adverbs. I came across an explanation for which I need further clarity. I'm not sure if I can post links to other sites but if I can let me know and I'll post the source.

Here it is:

"If I ask you to talk very loudly, then very is the adverb: it describes how you are supposed to talk."

My question is what is 'loudly' in this context? And why isn't 'very loudly' the adverb?

Thanks.

Source: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/adverb


texts: To include something in your daily routine/plans/schedule/timetable

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Let's imagine someone is giving some pieces of advice to a person who is looking for some hobbies for their leisure time.
He says:

  Have you ever read about the benefits of reading books?! Did you know that reading always can keep your brain young? It has lots of advantages. It can melt away your stress. So, I'd highly recommend you to include it in your daily.............

a. plans
b. schedule
c. timetable
d. routine

I wonder what word is normally used in this sense? Actually, I have encountered all the listed choices above, but I have no idea which one is used when in this specific case. Also, I'm not quite sure whether the writer of the passages which I faced those structures had been natives or just they had been some translated excerpts of a bigger contexts.
Please note that I am looking for a fixed idiom.
Thank you.
To me, "a" works the best, but I have seen the "b" construction too and as far as I'm concerned, "schedule" and "timetable" are almost always interchangeable. The choice "d" was observed too.


texts: Using postive verbs to express passive meanings

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This book teaches us some example of using postive verbs to express passive meanings.

  The kind of cloth washes easily.

  These books sell well.

  The door doesn't lock.

  This pen writes very well.

Then, gives a question of example.

  The hero's story ____ differently in the newspaper.

  A. was reported   B. was reporting    C. reports  D. reported

And the given answer is C. Because the time / tense does't be told, so only the "reports" of present tense can be chosen.

Someone argues about this, deems the A is right too.

What do you think about this?


texts: common answer to a question about a price for alcohol

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What's the common way for the seller to answer a question inquiring about a price for alcohol?

I am especially interested in what preposition would be used right before the container (which is almost always a bottle)

  -- How much is the Red Bull wine?

  -- It's 12 dollars per a bottle.

Or should it be

  12 dollars for a bottle

or simply

  12 dollars a bottle

or what?


texts: What does it means to had requirement on "Ability to see beyond immediate assignment to achieve results."

texts: I see one job requirement posting on a mechanical engineering job searching website that it said "Ability to see beyond immediate assignment to achieve results." What is is meaning?


texts: When MUST we use noun phrase + adjective , not adjective + noun?

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I always catch my students using adj + noun even when it's not suitable but I don't know how to explain why we can't always do that and what the rule is.
For example:

Mental health issue people need access to healthcare (wrong)
People with mental health issues need access to healthcare (correct)

What's the grammar rule here?


texts: “As the paper is at 9:30 I will try to reach around.”Is this sentence makes any sense?

texts: In the above sentence I wanted to tell my colleague that I will reach around 9:30. So I wrote this sentence but I am confused whether I had conveyed him that message correctly or not.


texts:
Please check the two sentences below.

No one calls us names except for us.
No one calls us names except us.

What's the difference between them?


texts: "If it is not" or "if it would not be" in context

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Tell me please which one it is correct to use in the following context: if it is not or if it would be not?

  Wouldn't it be better just go home? If it wouldn't/if it is not, then what else could we do?


texts: The difference between the superlative with "the" and without "the"

texts:
My house is the tallest in my town.
  My house is tallest in my town.

Are these two sentences the same or different in meaning?


texts: Doubts that are coming into/to the way of your growth

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"Doubts that are coming to the way of your growth."

"Doubts that are coming into the way of your growth."

What should be more appropriate choice "to" or "into" here?
And both of them are grammatical?