texts: Knowing nothing about her and **she** knowing nothing about you

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I wrote the following sentence

  However much I know this is not the right way to approach a girl, especially when you just met her, knowing nothing about her and she knowing nothing about you for that matter.

I believe this sentence is correct, but again when I scrutinize this sentence with an editor's eye, I thing there is some problem lying with "she", marked in bold in the quoted sentence.

Another question - Is my use of "for that matter" correct?


texts: "I do it my way” vs. "I do it in my way"

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Which is appropriate:

  "I do it my way" or "I do it in my way"

My sentense is below:

  I can not do such a thing he did for you, but I think I can do something for you in my way.

In this case, which is better:

  "I think I can do somrthing for you in my way"

or:

  "I think I can do somrthing for you my way"

And if without "in" is corroect, I'd like to know the reason because I often see this phrase – for example:

  "live life in my own way"


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I recently had to identify what type of noun "happiness" is in the following sentence:

You could feel happiness and joy in the air

The listed options were:

Possessive
Collective
Concrete

"concrete" was stated as correct answer.

Despite this apparently being the correct answer, as far as I can tell this is incorrect as it's surely abstract? I would argue that despite being able to feel the effects of happiness, it's in no way tangible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks


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She took a factory job working from sun-down to sun-up. (Source: Drifting )

I think sun-down expression seems to have been made from "the sun is down", but what I want to know is what is the rule that I can make such an expression.

For example, if I want to express the time when the moon is up, can I say "moon-up time" ? and what is the reason to add a hyphen ("-")?

Do we have to add the symbol when an expression does not follow grammar so as to prevent readers from misunderstanding?

If you make some examples similar to the expression, it must be a great help for me!


texts: Which is grammatically correct - "define" or "to define"?

texts:
I am writing a description for a video. I want to know which of the following is more correct:

The next step is to define the cross section of the member.
The next step is define the cross section of the member


texts:
Suppose a student asks a teacher whether a particular sentence is grammatical or not. The teacher has just a little bit of doubt about the grammatical correctness of the sentence. How would he comment on that sentence:

The sentence would be grammatical.

The sentence will be grammatical.

I think he couldn't reply with: The sentence is grammatical, because he is not completely sure. Likewise, I think, he cannot use: The sentence may/might/could be grammatical, because that shows too much doubt.


texts: Would native speakers say WHILE in this context

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A sentence:

  He listens to music while practicing handwriting.

While sounds okay here.

But, in this sentence:

  He is listening to music while practicing handwriting.
  (Present continuous tense)

Here while doesn't sound perfect to me ( a besic learner ).

What would native speakers use?

and / at the same time as / simultaneously or something else

Please help

Thank you.


texts:
The title of the book is foo.

Pass me the book foo.
Pass me the foo book.
Read the book foo.
Read the foo book.

Which ones are correct?


texts:
In some news article:

  But the Guantánamo base commander asked the local commander in Cuba to expand the authority to a standing basis, and Havana agreed, administration officials said.

Is something missing in "expand the authority to a standing basis"? Would "expand the authority to be on a standing basis" or "expand the operational basis of the authority to a standing basis" be better?


texts:
I have the phrase

  You've entered neither a command nor a parameter.

Now I want to know is it correct or not? Can I use such combination as neither–nor in my case?


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Will it be better if we use the word mutual instead of complimentary in this following sentence ?

  The relationship between phototrophs and chemotrophs is complimetary (sic):
  chemotrophs require oxygen and expire carbon dioxide while phototrophs
  require carbon dioxide and expire oxygen.


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When I think of what I want to express, it naturaly comes as the following sentence:

  Self/peer assessment report - This evidence has least value and cannot be let to rely on, because...

Is it correct to write "cannot be let to rely on"?


texts:
I have known that 'name after' is used after persons. Look at this sentence:

  The village is named after the donor's surname.

Is this usage is correct, if not what can be replaced in the place of 'after'?


texts: "I needed to tell" vs "I needed to have told"

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What is the difference between the two sentences:

I needed to tell you something.
I needed to have told you something.

And how does this "to have done" work? Can we use it with all verbs?


texts: "Had that happened" vs "if that had happened"

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Consider the following two sentences:

If that had happened, she would've won.
Had that happened, she would've won.

Is there any difference in meaning between them?
Are they both considered grammatical and common in British and American English?


texts: "had to stop" and "was" vs "must have stopped" and "were"

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The sentence in question was on a grammar activity:

  During a tour of the factory, health and safety inspectors declared
  that the company had to stop / must have stopped production until a
  series of tests was carried out.

I naturally chose "had to stop", yet I struggled to explain why. Instinctively, I feel that to use "must have stopped" would require changing the sentence to:

  During a tour of the factory, health and safety inspectors declared that the company must have stopped production until a series of tests were carried out.

Are my instincts correct in this? If so, why is "must have stopped" paired with "were" while "had to stop" is paired with "was"?


texts: Present perfect--just how much relevance?

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When it comes to using present perfect, just how much relevance to the present do I need to take into account?

A: "You should be happy that she has at least given you a C."
B: "You are right, I should be happy that she had/has given me a C on the practice exam. But now that she has called/called off the actual exam, I don't know why I spent so much time being depressed about the practice exam."

How do you determine what is still relevant? It seems like the most of the things you say now about the past is somewhat relevant to the present.
Edit:
I don't see how people determine the relevance in sentences such as "I just wanted to let you know that he has agreed to do it" when I think "agreed" would suffice. Also, in "he told me that the trip has been cancelled", why shouldn't it be "was cancelled"? I don't know, it feels like just about everything should be in present perfect...


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I'm a bit confused in regards to a and an and I hope to clear that confusion.
I've the following sentence:

  was incomplete or a nonaborting error occured

The "a" there is where I'm confused. Normally from what I remember it is so that "an" is only used if the next word begins with a,e,i,o,u so from what I remember "a" would be correct there but my gut tells me "an" should be there as the "a" refers to error and not nonaborting.

So my question there is am I correct there or is my gutfeeling correct and if so why?


texts: which is appropriate preposition and why?

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Vijay distributed the sweets ________ his friends.

A) Among

B) TO

Which one is Correct? Book says among, but I want to know why To cant be used. I think grammatically both correct. Is it?


texts: Using present tense when quoting from the past idea or utterance

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I know that we use past tense when we want to mention an utterance or idea which was in someone's mind. For example:

They thought it was rude to speak through the telephone.

Since in my native language, Persian, grammatically we use the present tense in such cases, I habitually use this kind of construction in my speaking words:

They thought it is rude to speak through the telephone.

I want to know is this completely wrong? In the case of English exams like TOEFL, would this be considered a grammatical error?


texts: "Take to the streets," "take it to the street," and "take it to the streets"

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According to online dictionaries, take to the streets and take it to the street are idiomatic. As defined in the Free Dictionary, Take it to the street:

  to tell everyone about your problems.

Strangely enough, the Free Dictionary doesn't have an entry for take to the streets, because I find this phrase more commonly used. To borrow Wiktionary's definition, take to the streets means

  (of a crowd of people) To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.

Their meanings seem to differ. But I am curious how much do they overlap in everyday writing, if at all? Namely, do people use one when they intend for the other and have their writing considered acceptable?

Take (takin') it to the streets, on the other hand, is the title of several different songs/albums by a number of musicians (The Doobie Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, and Rampage, among others.)

What was this phrase intended to mean by those musicians, take to the streets, or take it to the street, or something totally different?


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The following is the sentence from the textbook:

  Attorneys are taught to "steal the opponent's thunder" by mentioning a weakness in their case before the opposing lawyer does.

I was wondering whether "does" substitutes "mentioning a weakness in their case" or "steal the opponent's thunder by mentioning a weakness in their case". My textbook says the former, but can "do" substitue "by -ing" form? For me, the latter makes more sense.


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with someone means

  Accompanied by

or

  agree with or support someone

It sounds like the video is saying (link with a time stamp where I am talking about)

  A friend of Grylls who was with him at the time told The Guardian:
  "I look back and think of him in the body brace after that horrific parachute fall, and it's incredible that he survived it.
  Then to look at what he has achieved since then, I'd never have thought it possible."

Does "with" here mean the friend and Grylls parachuted almost at the same?


texts: A wedding anniversary or just an anniversary?

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Knowing the fact that an anniversary refers to the date on which a couple were married in a previous year, then do the word 'wedding' sound redundant in the self-made sentence bellow or using it sounds natural and it would be optional to be used in such this particular sentence:

  Every year I buy my wife a trinket for our wedding anniversary.


texts: Is "Everything I should know" a phrase or a clause? I think "I should know" is a dependent clause and "Everything" is a pronoun. Pronoun + dependent clause = ?


texts:
How to pronounce 'gotta'? With 'R' or with 'D'?
You've gotta be kidding.
You've - gara - be kidding.
or
You've - gada - be kidding.


texts: What's the difference between verbs pee and piss?

texts: I wonder what's the difference between these two verbs given that the dictionaries translate it the same way?


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Similarly, if you drop your phone in the hotel loo and tell the reception staff "It's rooted," they might start looking for vegetation sprouting from the seams. (The Age)

Vegetation sprouts from the seams? How on earth it comes out of “a folded back and stitched piece of fabric.” Is it an idiom denoting a kind of pun: ‘vegetation can sprout from the seeds, but how goodness from the seams’? So this expression might be saying they are in a state of confusing? What does it mean?


texts: Meaning of "you should be all set up to do so."

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I read the git document here:
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started

What is the meaning of "all set up" in the sentence below:

  you should be all set up to do so.

Does this sentence mean "You should ready to do so"?


texts: What "storing records unviolated to have multiple downstream benefits." means in this context?

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What do "unviolated to have multiple downstream benefits" mean in this context?

  Healthcare, education, and entertainment are the sectors with the highest potential for Blockchain in India.

  For example Blockchain can help create a distributed-ledger solution that is future-forward, secure, and scalable, for effective deployment of government programmes and drug distribution.

  In education, Blockchain could become useful in storing educational records unviolated to have multiple downstream benefits.

source: http://lovelymobile.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Blockchain_Playbook_Final.pdf

I have never imagined "unviolated" means "as received" or "intact" in this context.
I thought "unviolated" should be related to laws, restrictions, etc.
Also, I didn't know the usage of "downstream", which mean "something that happens later in a process or series of events".
I thought "downstream" should be related to river or stream.
Moreover, the expressions like "downstream benefit" are bit difficult to understand for me, non-native speaker.
The expressions like "you can get benefits as time passes" are easy to understand for me.


texts:
I entered "cancha techada" into a translator, and it gave me "indoor court."

In my school we have a court (like a tennis or basketball court), but it isn't indoors. The court just has a roof on it, and we call it a "cancha techada."

What is the correct English word or phrase for this?


texts: "Secondly, it improves my mental health by taking my mind off my problems and instead uses it to focus on the sport I'm playing"

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Secondly, it improves my mental health by taking my mind off my problems and instead uses it to focus on the sport I'm playing

The first "it" refers to "playing sports", the second "it" refers to "my mind"
My English teacher said that this sentence wasn't correct because I used the word "instead" wrong.
Did I use it correctly?


texts: "Always watch the kids out" or "Always watch out for the kids"

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Are both "Always watch the kids out" and "Always watch out for the kids" grammatically correct?

If so, is there one more frequent than the other?

I feel like the first is not correct.


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Soon after my Return from Leyden, I was recommended by my
  good Master Mr Bates, to be Surgeon to the Swallow, Captain
  Abraham Pannell Commander; with whom I continued three Years
  and a half, making a Voyage or two into the Levant, and some
  other Parts.

Dose it mean: Captain Abraham pannell was the commander of a ship named Swallow?

Source: Gulliver's Travels


texts: what is the meaning of the Michael words when he saw stunning girl dancing?

texts:
Michael & Matt watching nice girl dancing in a bar:

  Michael: If I come up with the scoop on her, I get Dallas at three and a
  half.

  Matt: If you come up with anything on her, I'll give you six.


texts:
I have read the following sentence:

You must write your name in the top corner of the envelope.

Is this sentence correct? I thought that an envelope had four corners: top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right. It seems to me that "at the top of the envelope" would make more sense here.


texts:
What would someone say when they are telling someone that they have arrived at their destination.

Is it:

  We are here now

or:

  We are there now


texts: Is this grammatically correct, "Error while refreshing the window"

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Error while refreshing the window.

I read here that as it would not be clear who is refreshing the window, it's grammatically incorrect, but I'm not sure. Should it be

  Error at refreshing the window.

or

  Error while the window was being refresh.

or other option?


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I had face this situation that I want to use both word in simple form with to instead of a gerund.

Original sentence:

  Taking the oral examination is usually harder than writing the dissertation.

Except sentence:

  To take the oral examination is usually harder than to write the dissertation.

I asked from my teacher and he replied that we should change the structure.


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Whatever we lack in free time, we more than make up for in
stories about patients. Today in the mess* over lunch we’re trading
stories about nonsense ‘symptoms’ that people have presented with
(This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

What does "in stories" mean in this sentence above?


texts: What is the function of but in the sentence?

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I don't know why but for some reason when I got on the train that
  day it was unusually full, something I don't recall ever happening in
  the past.

As for the above sentence, I have some questions:

Is why a conjunction or adverb? My own understanding is that why is an adverb here which modifies the verb know, and but is the conjunction which connects two clauses. Is that true?
As I read on Grammarly.com, when but is joining two independent clauses, we need to put a comma before it. Otherwise, leave the comma out. According to this rule, the two clauses are 'I don't know why' and 'for some reason when I got on the train that day it was unusually full, something I don't recall ever happening in the past.'  But since there is no comma and the second clause doesn't express a complete thought, the second clause is a dependent clause or subordinate clause. Is that right?
someone told me that the whole sentence is an object clause after why, but if the above clues are correct, then the sentence is not a object clause.


texts: "He was timed in 1 minute and 35 seconds." Can I say like this?

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This is what Google Translator outputs:

  The runner was timed in 1 minute and 35 seconds.

I am not sure about "was timed in" meaning that the official timer showed "1 min 35 sec" after the runner finished the race.


texts: Why do native speakers read "he was" like "use"?

texts:
The chromite petered out in a month and a half, and he was lucky to
  break even.

sound track

That makes me very hard to hear clear.


texts:
I just stumbled across the following sentence in Brightness Falls by Jay McInerny:

  Having until a month before been heir apparent, Russell was going to have to think seriously about getting a new job, or something.

I can't figure out the meaning of 'apparent' here, as an adjective, to which substantive does it belong?


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I've been listening to the song "Crack A Bottle". In "50 Cents" first verse he says,

  "I gets what the !@#$ I want so what I trick"

As far as know, s is atached to the words like, get(s), work(s), like(s), move(s) etc, when the subject is third person, like, he, she, it, etc.

So, the question is why have 50 used gets instead of get?


texts: What is the opposite of "busy schedule"? I read the forum at this link, and it says "loose schedule" is not a good choice. What is the common adjective for this?


texts: what is the part of speech of the word home in this sentence

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I have to diagram the sentence:

  The work stops when it rains, and most of the men go home.

What is the part of speech of home, and where would it go on a diagram?


texts: English History professors are very smart is ambiguity?

texts: Also, She hates scratching dogs is ambiguous too?


texts:
It is from Crash Course World History. It is at around 11 minute and 58 second. Here is the context:

  Pierre Clastres argues that this so-called primitive Amerindian societies of South America were not in fact ancient societies who had failed to invent settled agriculture or state forms, but previously sedentary cultivators who abandoned agriculture and fixed villages in response to the effects of conquest.

It seems to me that the host means that the cultivators adapt villages in response to the effects, but I may be wrong because I have checked the word in a few dictionaries, and they don't give this definition. That is why it is unclear to me what the host really means by that.


texts: "The types of vacations" vs " types of vacations"

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Here is a sentence that I get mixed up. This is the beginning of the paragraph. There's nothing before this sentence.

  'The types' of vacations that people take nowadays are very different from vacations taken in years gone by.

I think the the reason 'the types'(definite article) is used in the first part is to differenciate the types that exist nowadays and the types that used to be in years gone by. If that is the case, I have no idea why 'the' is omissed in second vacations.

Then, any differences were made if I put it like  the following?

  'The types' of vacations that people take nowadays are very different from the types of vacations taken in years gone by.


texts: Can the word 'for' can be left out of the following sentence?

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She has lived in this city for her whole life.

For the above sentence, can I write,

  She has lived in this city her whole life.

If yes, is there any difference between them?


texts: Would this sentence be incorrect If we omit the definite articles?

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Bridge relays (or "bridges" for short) are Tor relays that aren't
  listed in the main Tor directory. Since there is no complete public
  list of them, even if your ISP is filtering connections to all the
  known Tor relays, they probably won't be able to block all the
  bridges. If you suspect your access to the Tor network is being
  blocked, you may want to use bridges.

If we omit the definite articles in bold would the sentence still be correct?


texts:
Nylenna's study showed that errors in scientific manuscripts submitted
  for publication often escape reviewer's notice results that were not
  _______: when Godlee conducted a study of the same phenomenon, her findings were similar.

  A. credible
  B. unwelcome
  C. anomalous
  D. quantifiable
  E. consequential

I know the answer is C. anomalous, but cannot understand why. To make my question clearer, let's extract a complete sentence from it:

  Nylenna's study showed that errors in scientific manuscripts submitted
  for publication often escape reviewer's notice results that were not
  anomalous.

My question is: what is anomalous?

From the context, it seems "Nylenna's study" is anomalous, since the same result is reproduced by Godlee. However, it should be "that was not anomalous" in this case.

Also, what is "notice results"? Is it a phrase or just two separate words?


texts: Simple past or past perfect?- she ------- me doing something that she had forbidden me to do

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This is the last part of a pretty long paragraph:

  " ... To my horror I realized that my grandmother had got up out of bed and was coming towards the study. Two second later she opened the door. I will never forget the awful feeling of shame that she ........ (catch) me doing something that she had forbidden me to do."

What is the proper tense to complete the gap: simple past or past perfect? Why?


texts: Why do we say "main site header" and "main site style" instead of "site main header" and "site main style"?

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When I want to say that a website has a main header, I and almost everyone else say the main site header, but I feel this is wrong because the adjective refers to the header, not the website. The same goes for the main site style. It means that a website has a style used across all pages, but the way it's written, it seems that we're referring to the style of the main website.
Here's an example in case you're not familiar with web development terms https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/343300/how-to-disable-primary-main-site-header-and-logo-in-wordpress-astra-theme


texts: the same company as / the same company that - Which one is the best choice?

texts:
Here's the context:
A friend of mine is working at a company A and another company, B, is offering him a job in their company with a high salary. So, he is thinking of changing his company. And I'd like to introduce a person working in the company B.

I have a friend working at the same company as the company that you are thinking of moving to.

I have a friend working at the same company that you are thinking of moving to.

I have a friend working at the same company as you are thinking of moving to.

I think #1 is the most basic sentence (grammatically correct) and the other ones depend on preference. So I think I can use whichever I want. Am I right to think this way?  In addition, I'm not sure if it is correct use 'move to another company' in this context?


texts: Is the sentence 'Tom said he hadn't got any money' reported speech from 'Tom said, "I haven't got any money"'?

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I came across this pair of sentences in 'Cambridge English Preliminary for Schools Trainer' by Sue Elliott and Liz Gallivan CUP 2012:

Tom said he hadn't got any money.
Tom said, 'I haven't got any money.'

with the task being : Change some more things that Tom said into direct speech.

The thing is I don't get it how present simple of 'have got' becomes past perfect of 'get' because they teach us in every single grammar book out there that a present simple verb becomes past simple (not past perfect) in indirect speech not mentioning the fact that the main verbs are plain different in both instances.

To make things more transparent here I should probably mention that the first sentence in past perfect was given while the second sentence with the direct speech was gapped and the answer key states that the correct option is 'haven't got'.


texts: Which pronoun to use in provided sentence

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i have a simple yet intriguing me question.

Pronouns used in this sentence are correct?

"I love mountains, i wish i could visit them in the winter to see how they looks like covered with snow."

And this whole sentente is correct? If not i'll be grateful to you for correcting me.

Thanks in advance


texts: "Have questions", how to use the correct sentence to feedback "Have they finished painting the office yet?"

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How to response Q&A

  Question sentence :
        Have they finished painting the office yet?

  Answers:
      1. Yes, they finished yesterday.
      2. No, he's still painting the walls.
      3. No, we've just started

Which one is correct and how to modify other incorrect answer to correct sentence
this question is from TOEIC test
PS:http://www.english-test.net/toeic/listening/have_they_finished_painting_the_office_yet.html

thanks

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texts: How many passive tenses are there in English?

texts:
I know there are 16 active tenses in English. What about passive tenses?

Also I don't know what the difference is between tenses and voices and which of them I must use.

update:
I mean, this is table:


texts: The meaning of "mat" in "of fortune lying on the mat" in the poem "Memories of the Mine" by Roger Woddis

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Memories of the Mine, Roger Woddis:

  The call of England, home and beauty
  Led him to labour underground;
  Young as he was, he did his duty,
  Unsung, unhonoured and uncrowned.

  No bugle summoned him to glory,
  Nor did he hear the cannon's roar;
  The hero of a different story,
  He fought another kind of war.

  Today the memory still lingers
  Of fortune lying on the mat,
  The day that fate put forth her fingers
  And drew his number from the hat.

  And then, beyond the weeks of training,
  The pit-cage dropping like a stone,
  The ache, with nerve and muscle straining,
  That penetrated to the bone.

  Though forty years have left him older,
  There's no forgetting even now
  When danger hovered at his shoulder
  And there was sweat upon his brow.

What could be the meaning of mat here? A decorative floor covering?  A floor pad to protect an athlete?  I can't imagine what it is here.

Why would "fortune lie on the mat"? Is that some idiomatic expression?

"A big amount of money lying on a decorative floor covering" looks nice but odd.


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Consider this sentence,

If you want to enhance the soil, you might spread the ashes on the garden.

Can we paraphrase might in the above sentence using any of the following?

1) it is/will possible for you to; for example:

If you want to enhance the soil, it is/will possible for you to spread the ashes on the garden.

2) maybe you will; for example:

If you want to enhance the soil, maybe you will spread the ashes on the garden.

If none of the above options is correct, which seems likely to me, how'd you paraphrase might in the original sentence?


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I think datum is the singular of data,but where I should use it???I am getting confused between both,if there is one data? Will I use datum?
Please give me some proper example to clear out it.thank you.


texts: to see something on the internet when you are not expecting to

texts: How do you say that you saw something (e.g., someone's name, a piece of news, etc.) on the internet when you were not expecting to? In other words, I'm looking for a word/expression equivalent to bump into in the context of the internet. I think we should use bump into only when you meet someone by chance.


texts: "You should only X or Y" vs "You should only X and Y."

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Example sentence:

  You should only ask them questions about movies and cartoons.

  You should only ask them questions about movies or cartoons.

Do the two sentences imply pretty much the same? Or they entail different meanings?

I know, one if using "and" and the other is using "or." But to me, both sentences read like: "movies and/or cartoons are the only topics that you are allowed to ask."


texts: Using "rarely" to point out a disadvantageous aspect sounds like a praise

texts:
Say I am reviewing a software (or whatever), and after talking about its good features I get to list its drawbacks:

Quite RAM consuming.
Rarely crashes when various keys are pressed at the same time.

The word rarely sounds out of place, as if it were good that a bad thing, namely crashing, rarely happens. The point is that it should never happen.
Is my impression genuine? If yes, what is a proper replacement for rarely? Seldom
and unfrequently seem to fail likewise. It must, of course, keep the meaning of something
that happens at a very low frequency.


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I wrote the following sentence, but an Australian added "his" to it. Is it necessary? Why is it added?
Does it make more sense to include "his"?

  Joseph goes hiking on (his?) holidays to break the monotony of daily life.

I'd appreciate your help.


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Given ONLY this sentence in the environment where design editing is related.

  Would you take away the pixie ears and maybe he(his?) pixie features like the super pointy chins and use maybe a different font. Daniella likes a "lipstick" font or something a bit rock n roll

Is the adjective "pixie" defined at my dictionary?

  :  playfully mischievous :  given to or marked by pranks :  puckish, impish, roguish
  pixie humor;
  a pixie grin

I got this sentence from my country's Q&A site.


texts: "have done A and have put B" or "have done A and put B"

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Essentially I am asking how verbal forms change if connected with 'and'.
The meaning I want to convey is that 'I have done A' and 'I have put B'.
Which of the following are correct semantically and syntactically and how are they different.

  I have done A and have put B.
  I have done A and put B.

Replace 'A' with 'my homework' and 'B' with 'laundry' to sound more natural.


texts: Can anybody explain "investor redemptions" in this context for me, please?

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As of late, hedge funds have had a rough time with some high-profile funds seeing large investor redemptions.

CNBC: New York ripped for wasting money on hedge funds


texts: in the banner OR in to the banner OR on the banner OR to the banner?

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My sentence is:

  The text needs to be incorporated in the banner.

I asked is it "in the banner" or "on the banner" and this created a lot of different opinions:

  The text needs to be incorporated in the banner.
  The text needs to be incorporated in to the banner.
  The text needs to be incorporated to the banner.
  The text needs to be incorporated on the banner.

How should that sentence be said so it's correct?


texts: Why are 'beef' and 'pork' and 'mutton' used to refer to the meat of cows and pigs and sheep? Other animals keep the same name. Is it just some weird preference in the English language?


texts:
What do you call this fruit:

It's scientific name is Elaeagnus angustifolia; the only word I found for it is Russian Olive, but I doubt it is the word a native would say!


texts: What is the difference between " I am going in the bus " and "I am going by the bus". And which one is correct?


texts: What does "steps" in this sentence mean?

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While I was reading my book I saw a sentence and I don't know completely
meaning of it because "steps" word in the sentence keeps me from understanding the sentence completely.

Sentence: He went down the steps into the tunnel.

What kind of meaning does this word make to the sentence ?

Thanks.


texts: Is there a verb that means "generated out of and by"?

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What I mean by "generated out of" is that their material came out of X entity, and from is that they were created by X entity. I was thinking "born out of", but it's too general and doesn't mean "generated out of and generated by" I am pretty sure there's no verb for it, but there has to be a better sounding way to say it. "Generated out of and by" sounds like something from a philosophical book.

For example:

  These moon golems, made of moon rocks, ___ the moon.


texts: Difference between “Where did she go?” and “Where is she?"

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Please, explain the difference of meaning between these questions.

Where did she go?
Where is she?

How can I explain the difference between them to my student?


texts: Is the phrase "only and only" inappropriate?

texts: In one of my essays I wrote a sentence like "It's only and only a start", trying to emphasize. My counselor corrected it as "It's only a start". Is it wrong or inappropriate to use the phrase "only and only", especially in an essay?


texts: How to pronounce router in English? I've heard it pronounced two different ways, ruter and router. Which is correct?


texts: How to use verbs such as "order" and "instruction" with a noun.

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My boss ordered me to go on business trip to Germany.

I am trying to describe this without to-infinitive nor that-clause. My example is as follows:

  My boss ordered business trip to Germany to me.

I think my example is incorrect because I cannot find such usage on the Internet and dictionaries. Could you please advise me on this.


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If we say:

  I always do

It shows that some time ago I started doing it, then continued, continued and then it became "now" and I can say '"always" because my action has some statistics, some experience.

But this is the exact case of using Present Perfect Continuous

  I have always been doing.

I see no difference between them. Both started in the past and happen now


texts: Meaning of phrase about emotion of disappointment

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This is a paragraph from an article. Can anyone explain the meaning of bold fonted part? It seems for me coming out of nowhere.
You hear your manager say, “Sorry, you won’t be getting a promotion this year. We’ll aim for next year.” The knee-jerk reaction is anger. And for many, the news can also send their finger scrambling for the eject button. Your inner voice asks, “Why stay at a job where I’m not appreciated?” It’s understandable; we all get it.


texts: "All attempts at unauthorized access" VS. "all attempts of unauthorized access"

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The system logs all attempts of unauthorized access;

Would this be grammatical? It feels to me that it's better to use at:

  The system logs all attempts at unauthorized access;

But I can't find online whether it's still grammatical to use of here. Judging by a Google Ngram search, there are no instances of "attempts of unauthorized access". Does that mean that of is always wrong in this case?


texts: What do we call a person who contributed music in a movie?

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What do we refer to a person who composed music for that? I frequently watch movies and I have noticed each one of these described here!

  A music director,   A composer, or  A scorer (as in background score)?

Can we call this person a musician?

Also, is music composer a correct phrase? If yes, why use music then? What else does a film fraternity compose?


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I came across this sentence in an elementary grammar book:

  Another class of animals is fish. Scientists believe there are more than 24,000 kinds of fish. Fish live in the water and come in many shapes and sizes. They have scales, fins, and gills. Most are cold-blooded.

Shouldn’t this be written "Another class of animals are fish" ?
Using “is” doesn’t sound right to me.


texts: This phrase is from Aladdin cartoon. I can't understand grammatical structure of this sentence - tense, voice, he's = he is or he has?


texts: What does "only until" mean and how to use it correctly?

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Interestingly, there are some sentences using "only until", for example:

  You can dance professionally only until you're about 30.

The meaning of this sentence is quite clear to me:You can't dance like a pro until you are over 30. But not the ones of the following sentences/phrases:

  Handsome, stubby-legged pup has only until tomorrow
  (Is it a correct expression?)

  Savings were made by increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs.
  (Increase the supply only, until...,or increase the supply, only until...?)

  Eating Slowly and Only Until Satisfied
  (until, or only until? it's quite confusing to me.)

  Eternal peace lasts only until the next war
  (It seems easy. But then the first sentence above should be: you can dance like a pro only before you are 30?)

A little puzzle...


texts: Confusion between informant, informer, and someone who simply gives some information

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Confusion:

OALD:

  informant (synonym informer): a person who gives secret information about somebody/something to the police or a newspaper

Cambridge:

  informant: someone who gives information to another person or organization BUT the example is: a police/secret informant

MW:

  informant: a person who gives information to the police about secret or criminal activities

So, as I read, informant/informer deals with information passed on to some authorities secretly.

The Question

I am not talking of someone who is giving me information secretly or with any bad intention. S/he is just a source of information. S/he is not paid or kept on a job to pass on the information.

I'm looking for a word to describe a person who gave me information about someone/thing but...

  S/he's not paid  S/he's not kept for that job exclusively  S/he's does not give me information regularly  S/he's not a professional in passing the information.  S/he doesn't report to anyone.


texts: Meaning of a mirror image of a person suspended in a drop

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"He saw himself in her eyes, suspended in two shining drops of bright water, himself dark and tiny, in fine detail, the lines about his mouth"... p.14 Fahrenheit 451

I know that the verb is often used to mean to hang, but it doesn't make sense to replace suspended with hanging in this context...
I found another definition being: "if small pieces of solid material are suspended in a gas or a liquid, they hang or float in the gas or liquid", and it would make sense that he's floating in the liquid (figuratively speaking), but I'm not certain. Any thoughts?


texts: Which definition is this word in this sentence?

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I was reading a book and I saw the word "stains" in a sentence. Here is the sentence:

  Out of the shed came a long, low, yellow-and-brown animal. There were red, wet stains around its mouth and neck.

Source: "Tooth and Claw".

I looked up the defintion of it but I can't decide which one is used in this sentence. Here are the definitions:

a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
a natural spot or patch of color different from that of the basic color, as on the body of an animal.
a cause of reproach; stigma; blemish:

Which one could it be?

Thanks


texts: What is the meaning of lived in this context?

texts: In this book, the authors present an interdisciplinary, scientific initiative that brings together the concerns for body and for culture to develop a single theory of cognition centered on the living and lived body.


texts: Difference between "be in jail" and "be sitting in jail"

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I came across these two expressions "be in jail" and "be sitting in jail" and I don't know what the difference in meaning is between them. I hope that someone can help me.

Here are a couple of example sentences:

  John was in a car accident yesterday, and he is now in jail.
  John was in a car accident yesterday, and he is now sitting in jail.


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When might "searched term" be used instead of "search term"?

For example, I am a software developer. I have a window in which the results of the search will be displayed. It also displays which term was searched.

Which is the correct form to display it?

  Search term : [keyword]

or

  Searched term : [keyword]


texts: Present perfect tense vs Present perfect continous tense

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I have eaten food for two hours.

I have been eating food for two hours.

Are both sentences correct? Do they mean same thing that, "They started eating two hours back and eating even now" ? If not, what is the difference in meaning between them?


texts: What do you call the skin shed by an insect or worm? I am sure there's a word for it, and also is there another verb that means "shed a skin"? Because "shed a skin" is a verb and I am wondering if there's a word replacement for it.


texts: Is it OK to use "get" instead of "did" with "a good turn"?

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A good turn - favour.
A good turn - this phrase is usually used with 'do/did'.

Is it correct to say "We can get a good turn in return when we are in need."?

Can we use the word 'get'?


texts: Is it correct to say "I very seldom do something"? How to emphasize "seldom" or "rarely"

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Is it correct to say "I very seldom do something"?

It sounds strange to me.

How to emphasize "seldom" or "rarely"?


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I've recently come accross a sentence:

  I admit the woman drudges in the home, as a man might drudge at the Cathedral of Amiens or drudge behind a gun at Trafalgar.

I'm wondering whether "behind a gun" means more or less "to carry a gun". And whether Trafalgar stands here for the Trafalgar Square??

Thanks for help!


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

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When the German Court was again seized with the question whether and to what extent
this Court would exercise its jurisdiction to control the compatibility of EU law with
fundamental rights provisions of the Basic Law it could therefore take this change
of circumstances into account and withdraw, although under certain conditions, its
announcement made in Solange I (case), to exercise such a control power.


texts: Which of the following would be the correct word use?

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Which sentence would be correct? Discussion around the possibility of them both being correct?

  The washer is broke.

OR

  The washer is broken.


texts: "The roar of a lion" : Why do we use the definite article "the"?

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"The roar of a lion can reach 114 decibels at a distance of 1 metre, and can be heard from 8 kilometers (5 miles) away."

Why do we need the definite article here instead of the indefinite counterpart "a" in this sentence?

As a matter of fact, a lion can roar countless times during its lifetime so there can be more than just one roar.


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Would using "in which" be grammatically correct here?

  ABC presents an approach for object recognition using shape knowledge
  in which a set of attributes describing the object shape and their spatial context are introduced in order to classify objects.


texts: I am confused on which to use "that" or "by which"

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Q: In the US, a primary election is a method -------- voters select the nominees for public office

  A: that  B: is that  C: by which  D: by those

I am stuck between A and C


texts:
What does "20-strong" mean in this article:

  In the journal Nature the 20-strong DeepMind team said the DNC provides neural networks with access to previously incompatible external data, such as text encoded in conventional digital form.


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If you asked, I would follow.
If you ask, I will follow.

The first one is hypothetical, and suggests that something is likely to happen if the condition is met.

Truly to say, it seems to me that the two examples stated above have same meanings. But I'm in doubt.

Please say what actually is.


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The only indian (1)/ to win the Nobel Prize for literature (2)/ was Ravindra Nath Tagore. (3)/ No error (4)
I think in the part 2, there should be who win at the place of to win. But my book says 'no error'. Please help.


texts: he looked relaxed, if pale -- "if pale"?

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Example with a context:

  "It would be boring without gossip," Putin said, smiling easily before television cameras. He looked relaxed, if pale.

Could you please explain how this expression is actually used? I have a hunch that this must mean the same thing as saying even though he was pale, he looked relaxed. Do you think my interpretation is correct?


texts: British colonies or the British colonies?

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An example where this got me stumped:

An 1833 Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies

Why the definite article before the "British"? From my point of view, that would be reasonable if, say, the headline was "..throughout the American colonies", so that it would specify what colonies they are talking about exactly (i.e. the British ones), but that's not the case.


texts: Meaning of "This paper endeavours to show"

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I would like to ask you, what is the precise meaning of the word endeavours in the phrase:

This paper endeavours to show that...

I am writing an article and I wrote originally like this :

I want to show that

But a proof-reader suggested the change. What is the meaning of this change?


texts:
Would you please explain the differences between these sentences?

  We had talked when someone knocked at the door.
  We were talking when someone knocked at the door.


texts:
When it comes to bear, Dr. Reab is more knowledgeable than anyone in this university

When it comes to bears, Dr. Reab is more knowledgeable than anyone in this university

Are these two sentences have exact same meaning and nuance, even no slight difference? Are these two grammatically sound?


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I am not sure how well I did in the test at school today, but I think I might pass.
  Poor Sarah! On making the coffee, the gas-oven got burnt.

My thoughts so far:

In (1) Not sure at all, but it will be either "might" or "well".

In (2) the mistake will maybe be with "on" as it means soon after so maybe
"while" will give more realistic meaning.


texts:
What is Meaning of the phrase verb "put off by the claim". In which situation we use this phrase verb. Please make an example to clarify what does it mean.

I would greatly appreciate for any suggestions.


texts: The use of the verb "authenticate" in context

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Could you tell me if I used the verb authenticate correctly in the sentence below?

Before I can give you your PIN code, I have to authenticate you first.

The context is a customer calls his cell phone carrier customer support and asks for his PIN number. To get it he has to prove that they are the owner of the phone.
If the word authenticate doesn't work there, can I use verify? For example:

Before I can give you your PIN code, I have to verify  you first.


texts: Is "I have made mung beans sprouts" sentence correct?

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I was kept mung beans to make sprouts, Now sprouts formed. If I want tell this to someone, which sentence is appropriate to use.

Is below mentioned sentences are correct?

  I have made mung beans sprouts.
  I made mung beans to sprout.
  I kept mung beans in water, I got sprouts.


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today I wrote a sentence like this:

  “He punched the zombies shamelessly.”

But an English man said that it was not correct, it should be:

  “He shamelessly punched the zombies.”

He could not explain why. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you a lot.


texts: What does "what somebody would have given for something" meaning?

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I read this,

  What she wouldn’t have given for a weapon, even a measly screwdriver
  to protect herself with — anything other than this useless foot and
  slight silk gloves.

I search this pattern and find another

  What he would have given for a single day of calm.

I almost can guess out the meaning of this sentence. But I can't understand the gammar. Why does "what" start a non-question sentence?


texts: If you say "her looks have faded" would you say in response, "No, they haven't" or is that "they" incorrect?


texts:
Is it valid to say about change "Describe what change consist and from what it is derived."?

How will native speaker say.

What is better?

What does change consist?
What does change contain?

How we could explain from what is change?

Change is derived from ...
Change is resulted from ...

For example somebody put such description "Order changed is because of price change or absence of dish".

How to ask about description - "Describe what change consist and from what it is derived" to get answer - I can write "Describe change" but want to ask for reason of change also - the 2nd will be to short.

I want translate Polish phrase "Opisz na czym polega zmiana i z czego wynika.".


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Could you tell me what the meaning of shredding my thoughts is in the following context?

The complete phrase is

  I had only a few seconds to wonder why before the needles returned,
  shredding my thoughts

It's included in this text:

  I AWOKE WITH NEEDLES in my brain. Thousands of them, biting, blocking out
  everything. Then they disappeared for one dizzying moment and I got my
  bearings.
  It was morning, early; amber sunlight poured in through my bedroom
  window. I was standing but not on my own strength. Two hands were
  gripping my throat, and they’d been shaking me. The needles, that was my
  brain crashing into my skull. I had only a few seconds to wonder why
  before the needles returned, shredding my thoughts. My eyes were open
  but I saw only white flashes. A few sounds made it through to me.
  “SLUT!”
  “WHORE!”
  Then another sound. Mother. She was crying. “Stop! You’re killing her!
  Stop!”

Educated by Tara Westover


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This calculation method can produce more accurate estimation.  Using
  the more accurate estimation will lead to a more accurate final result.

Although I know that there is a special sentence structure "the more/er... the more/er", I am not sure that it is possible to add "the" to "more" in normal sentences such as the above sentence I created.


texts: as ... as structure is very difficult to understand!

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I can't understand as ... as structures in English. According to grammar books between the two as we should place an adjective, but I have seen several cases which there was something else. For example look at the following sentences and tell me which one is correct?

I could not live in a city as crowded as Tokyo.
I could not live in as crowded a city as Tokyo.

I think the first one is correct, but I also saw the second one in a book. If both are correct please let me know if there is any difference or not.


texts: When, How and the Importance of Verb Shifting

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Can anyone please explain to me the concept of verb shifting? And if possible, please give an example where the story is based in the past, and has suddenly changed tenses. Cheers !
Here is an extract of a text I would like to know about.

  They were lucky enough to have escaped the clutches of the Giant. However, they had suffered a tremendous loss. Their resources were reduced to ashes and now, they have just lost their leader. Without their leader, they were nothing.

Ok, so Im trying to imply that this short story is based in the past, is the phrase 'have just' correct? If it is, why?


texts: What "that research" refers to in a paragraph

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Here is the paragraph from an LSAT;

Some say that funding the megatelescope will benefit only the
astronomers who will work with it. This dangerous point of view,
applied to the work of Maxwell, Newton, or Einstein, would have
stifled their research and deprived the world of beneficial
applications, such as the development of radio, that followed from
that research.

My questions are:

Why the second sentence uses "their research" instead of "researches"? I thought these three scientists lived in different times and didn't work together for a research.

Following the same reason above, why at the end the paragraph puts "that research"?

Thank you very much.


texts: Are these sentences that mix different tenses grammatically correct?

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There are some phrases English native speakers have sent me in the past and I'm not sure how they can be grammatically correct.

I got your order and have processed it.
She has agreed to my terms, so I only did my part yesterday.
[she] quietly slipped away today from the hospital where she has been staying since being freed [...]
If you have just registered, you received your current bill via USPS.

Are these sentences alright? I thought the simple past couldn't be used with the present perfect.

This part on the invoice signifies the quantity shipped but that part signifies the quantity he had wanted.

Why doesn't the sentence use "he wanted"?

There had been an error on the exam, so here are the correct answers.

Can you really use the past perfect here when you are referring to a single event, or does this depend from the context?
ADDITIONAL QUESTION:
I saw this sentence on Amazon today: "We noticed that you have created a return label for this order". Does this make sense? Isn't it similar to "She has agreed to my terms, so I only did my part yesterday"?


texts: I am too tired ____ out. Besides, I have to wake up early morning. The correct answer is "going". Why?

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I tried some online tests just now:

I am too tired _______ out. Besides, I have to wake up early morning.

I chose 'to go'. However, it turned out that I was wrong, according to the test maker. The correct answer is 'going'. Why do we use gerund here?

I saw a post here: https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/539036/too-tired-to-go-out-after-work-its-getting-me-down

-> This 'too tired' is followed by (to-verb)

Can someone elaborate why the answer is 'going'?
Please explain as thorough as possible, and give some statistics and maybe some scientific journals/data to back up your claim.

Thanks!

Source for anyone interested: httx://wwx.prolancom.com/test-your-english


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Harry didn't think there was anything wrong with not being able to
  afford an owl. After all, he'd never had any money in his life until a
  month ago, and he told Ron so, all about having to wear Dudley's
  old clothes and never getting proper birthday presents. This seemed to
  cheer Ron.

  (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

Is the construction of ‘told Ron so’ ‘verb + indirect object + direct object (pronoun)’; and ‘so’ is in apposition with ‘all’?


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Today, education has become a priority for many parents seeking to secure a good Mure for their children in this rapidly changing world. They believe that if their children apply themselves and work hard at school, then they will increase their opportunities for going to higher education and eventually getting a good job. Of course they are right, and as access to the best education and best jobs is becoming more competitive, then it is true that children have to make the best of their study time when they are young.

This paragraph is from IELTS Cambridge book 3, from a writing sample prepared by an examiner as a very good answer.

I checked Longman Dictionary and it did not have "Mure". I then checked the net and it says "something resembling a wall" which does not make sense to me in this context.


texts: What does “-" mean in the man name "Chris Devonshire-Ellis"?

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According to western convention, full name is composed of three parts: first name, middle name, and last name.

For example:

Donald John Trump
George Walker Bush

Chris Devonshire-Ellis in the webpage:

  Chris Devonshire-Ellis is the Founder of Dezan Shira & Associates and Chairman of the firms International Board of Equity Partners & Directors.

What does - mean  in the man name Chris Devonshire-Ellis ?


texts: Simply diagnosis or diagnosed or diagnosing and dispensing low vision aids is not sufficient to manage low vision patients

texts:
emphasized text
which word should I use in this? is it diagnosis or diagnosed or diagnosing in the above sentence and the reasons

Help me


texts: Difficulty of pronouncing "is the" in fast speech

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I'm not a native speaker of English, and I was recently puzzled with the question, "How can Americans put their tongue in z (is) position and then change to th (the) in such short time?"

May you explain to me how it is possible?


texts: "I was hoping IT WOULD happen" vs "I was hoping IT TO happen"

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Which one is correct or more common?

  I was hoping it would happen and then I was terribly dissapointed.

  I was hoping it to happen and then I was terribly dissapointed.


texts:
Consider theses sentences of mine, please:

The meeting remains cancelled till further notice.
The meeting will remain cancelled till further notice.
The meeting is cancelled till further notice.
The meeting will be cancelled till further notice.

Which one(s) is (are) correct? Is "cancelled" an adjective in all of the sentences?


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Here is my 'before' sentence.

  I love to travel because it is always fascinated me to
  acknowledge/realize/discern knowledge what I had not known before.

I would like to make it more precisely and choose the best one among "acknowledge/realize/discern.

Here is my revised version. I apply participial construction to make my sentence more short and clearly. And I choose 'realize'.

Can I receive your advice for my revised version?

revised version

  I love to travel, fascinating me to realize knowledge what I had not
  known before.


texts: What could "blah" in "just give blah it blah a quick roll" be?

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

  placing it in an oiled bowl
  just give blah it blah a quick roll around in the
  oil, and covering with a damp cloth ...

I listened over and over again, and I cannot figure out what blah could be, could someone give a hint?


texts:
what does the bolded phrase mean?

  If this turn of mind were founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied.

source: the handsome and deformed leg by Benjamin Franklin


texts: Would this sentence sound more neutral with had?

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Just take a look at these sentences:

A: "You got arrested for driving under influence?"
B: "Yes . It happened a few days after my wife (had) told me that she wanted to separate, so I wasn't myself at the time."

Would this be more natural with 'had' ?


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I came across this sentence.

  Hitting all red lights can feel very unlucky.

"Hit" basically means to deal a blow or strike to, but I guess the meaning
of "hit" here is "meet" or "be caught in".

Why do people use this word 'hit' not using more proper word?


texts: Is "Like what you see?" a correct sentence?

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On Windows 10 start screen, for some time the default is pictures with subtitles. One of them "Like what you see?"
However I think in correct English we should ask "Do you like what you see?"
Am I wrong? Or is this a mistake of Microsoft engineers?


texts:
Is

  What she does in her room?

grammatically correct? Or should I change it to:

  What does she do in her room?


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What does "would" actually mean in the following sentence? My friend says that "would" here means "will possible".

  Question: Which is a correct way in a dialogue?

  1a: Have you seen my book?

  2a: Do you see my book?

  3a: Where is my book?

  B: The book is on the table

  Answer: All three work, but technically speaking, the question B is answering 3. Since 1 and 2 are yes-or-no questions, a more precies answer would be "yes, it's on the table". Note that since A already knows he's asking about a book, it would be more natural for B to refer to it as "it" than "the book".


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definition of “aspect”: A grammatical quality of a verb which
  determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal
  flow of the event the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the
  event from outside as a whole (A), or from within as it is unfolding
  (B). [from 19th c.] (Wiktionary)

It seems (A) and (B) clauses are of’s complements of ‘a grammatical quality of’. Is it right? And then ‘aspect’ means an internal, partial view of a whole, or a view for the whole from outside. But I don’t guess what situation could be as (B). What can be?


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In Tears of the Sun, Kelly Lake say this words to Lieutenant.

  Kelly Lake:These guys run the damned Olympics. They've been closing in
  on us all night.

  Lieutenant: How long we got?

  Kelly Lake: An hour, two tops.

Guys means Referring to Nigerian Soldiers who are pursuing American Soldiers.

What does "damned Olympics" mean in this context?


texts: A few days ago, I read a synonym of ‘homeroom teacher’, regretfully I remembering not from which I’ve read. And I remember the dictionary I looked up said the word is mainly used in Britain. Can you say the word?


texts: Is there any idiom that means "that's good enough"? I thought "that will do" meant that's good enough in that it's good enough for the job, but it seems to mean "there's enough for the job" or "there's enough for me", which is surprising, because I used to use it to mean "That's good enough" Is there any idiom that means "That's good enough", I am looking for a phrase and not a word, and preferably something that doesn't start with "that's" or something similar.


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I am not sure especially about the agreement between: "specifies", "would be bought" and "were delivered". In the original non-English version the text is like this: "The agreement specifies that the apparatus will be bought if two copies are delivered before September 1, 1886" but likely it can not stay like this in English.

This is my attempt:

  In 1885, the inventor might have made such an affirmation because the agreement between him and an investor (which I am reading now, February 11, 2017) specifies that the apparatus would be bought for the sum of $50000 if at least two working copies were delivered before September 1, 1886.

The text of the agreement is like this:

  The inventor will receive $50000 if he delivers two working copies of his apparatus before September 1, 1886.


texts: Guided tours in English and Spanish languages.

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Would the following sentence look OK on a main page of a hypothetical tour company's website:

  We offer guided tours in (the) English, Spanish, Italian and French languages.

Or would the word languages be out of place, and the following sentence will be preferrable:

  We offer guided tours in English, Spanish, Italian and French.

I've noticed that the second construction is seen way more often on Google. Tour in English language brings up several dosens of sites which were apparently created by non-native speakers of English.

Why so? Would the use of the word (Spanish) language make the sentence imply that the visitors will be sightseeing the language itself, instead of that the guide is speaking Spanish, say?


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What is the difference between clever and wise

As far as I understand, a wise person has knowledge and skills of everything but it's not necessary that his intentions are evil.

But a clever person always has evil intentions.


texts: Word for "ability to pick the right person"

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Do you have an English word for "an ability to use people wisely"?

The meaning I would like to convey is the ability of someone who can pick the right person for the right job.  Failing that, is there a phrase or idiomatic expression which would equally do?


texts:
The government decided to build up the curriculum to place more
emphasis on ethics.

Is there a better verb a verb that's more appropriate? I would like it to be a phrasal verb if possible.


texts: What's the meaning of phrase 'or is it?'

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What's the meaning of this phrase in this following sentence,
'This is a good book. Or is it?'

As a learner of English, I've recently come across some phrases which can't be found in any of the good dictionaries. So with the meaning of this phrase, could somebody please suggest about a Source to learn all these phrases or other rare words, and most importantly to learn perfect use of Grammer?


texts: simple present - shouldn't they be continuous/progressive present tenses because most are temporary?

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James rubs his neck while speaking.

  James looks out the window while thinking.

  James thinks about a conundrum.

  James walks to his destination.

These all are in third person simple present which confuses me. According to many, the simple present tense is used to describe more permanent actions while the present continuous/progressive tense is used to describe temporary acts. All three of the examples are temporary. James wouldn't rub his neck forever, only while speaking, and so on, which means that they should be in progressive/continuous tenses instead, but that just confuses me.

  Rubbing his neck, James speaks.

This one, for one, just changes the implications. Now James speak forever, according to how simple tenses function, which means it still needs to be made more continuous/progressive.

The rest looks all over the place (if that wording makes sense to describe the confusion).

  Rubbing his neck, James start speaking, "Blah blah blah."

  Looking out the window, James is thinking about the implications.

  The conundrum causes James to be thinking about it.

So what am I doing wrong here in my line of reasoning? I've read alot about  present tenses and they use simple tenses to describe almost every action but that seemingly goes against the rules(?) of how simple tenses are meant to be used. I just don't understand this and other similar questions are of no help.


texts: Ambiguity in "I drank water three more times than before"

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Suppose I'll be seeing the doctor again after the first appointment and I have noticed one thing: today, I drank water three more times than before, but I believe this sentence is ambiguous in that it can mean two things:

I drank water triple times the water I drank before
I drank water 3 times more than before

The first one means that the total amount of the water got tripled, that is, if I drank 5 glasses a day before, I now drink 15 glasses (3 x 5)

The second one means that three glasses were added to the total amount of glasses i.e. if I drank 5 glasses, I now drink 8 glasses.

Am I right in interpreting the sentence in the above two ways? What does my original sentence imply? If I want to mean the second option (no. 2), what could I say to the doctor?


texts: "on the Dean's list" or "on Dean's list"?

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When I want to say on my resume that I was mentioned on that list, should I say

  Was mentioned on the Dean's list several times.

or

  Was mentioned on Dean's list several times.

?

I think that the first is better but Grammarly (a grammar-checking application) gave an error when I wrote it:

  It is unlikely that your sentence needs both the article the and the determiner Dean's. Consider deleting the article.


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a. They told me too late to go there for me to be able to get there in time.
b. They told me too late to go there to be able to get there in time.
Are both sentences grammatically correct and meaningful?
I think (a) is fine but I think (b) is incorrect.


texts:
Let's say that someone borrow ten dollars from me. Would it be correct if that person say by using the preposition "by" that

  I became indebted by 10$.


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I've met a phrase in a book "(someone)...puts in labour", top results of googling didn't bring me to understanding the meaning. What does it mean?

Edit: The book is  Bhrigu Samhita by T.M. Rao, indian author. Here is a screen shot with the text. View on Google Books.

Thanks


texts: There is a TV show by this name. And I heard someone saying it too. I googled its meaning but the effort went in vain.


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From http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/consist-comprise-or-compose

  Comprise is more formal than consist:

The USA comprises 50 states.

  We can also use it in the passive voice in the form ‘be comprised of’:

The course is comprised of ten lectures and five seminars on the theory of economics and banking.

  Comprise, but not compose, can be used with the parts that make up
  something as the subject:

Oil and coal comprise 70% of the nation’s exports.

Can I say the first example in different ways, similarly to the second example as:

  The USA is comprised of 50 states.

As passive voice version to the original example:

  The USA is comprised with/by 50 states.

Similarly to the third example:

  50 states comprise the USA.

Similarly can I write for the second and the third examples?


texts: Any difference between "I know C did it" and "C did it"?

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I was working on a logical problem. In this problem I have a problem with the statement made by B.

B said I wasn't I know C did it

I thought that the second statement of B means C did it.

In the accepted answer you can see that C has (f,t) which means his first statement is false and the second is true.

If second statement of B is false then how can C be guilty?

I think there is no difference between saying I know C did it and C did it.

If there is a difference between the statements then please tell me?


texts: How is "tobacco use" differnt from smoking?

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Below quote is from an article I just read, and I'm wondering if there is any difference in meaning between smoking or tobacco use.
"Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers can affect anyone, but they're most likely to affect those who have a history of smoking or tobacco use."
https://www.healthline.com/health/top-10-deadliest-diseases#cancers


texts: Using Plural form for general statements

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When speaking about general statements, should all nouns be in their plural forms?

  Cockroaches are disgusting.

  Dogs cannot eat chocolate.

And for the objects, should they be in their plural forms as well?

  Horses like apples.

  Humans like playing sports.

  Americans love playing hockeys.

Hockey is a kind of sport but it is not a name, is it? As its first letter is in small letter.


texts: Should we use "must", "should", or "have to" when we are talking about the only remaiining possibility?

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There are only these two possibilities A and B. It was proved that it
  is not A. So it ... be B.

In the above sorts of sentences, what should be used for the blank: "must", "should" or "have to"?

I found out in my research that "must" and "have to" is for more strong and inevitable obligations such as rules. So, it must be either "must" or "have to"! But I anyway like to know your views about the word choice in my sentence.


texts: How to understand "To be who I am because of you. To be who he was because of me. "?

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How to understand this quote from the book "call me by your name"

To be who I am because of you.  To be who he was because of me.

I can't figure out the syntactical parts of this sentence, either can't I know the real meaning of this sentence.
(I don't even think it is conventional English, right?)


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Source:https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=DLBOV__9BurI8Af4oq_YCw#q=dead+heat+meaning

  A situation in which two or more competitors in a race are exactly level.

Shouldn't it be 'leveled'?


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why do we say someone 'keeps changing their mind'? when keeping an opinion or decision is not happening.
I know it means to repeatedly change one's mind but why 'keep'?
I've been wondering this for some time and it is beginning to annoy me. Any suggestions gratefully received.


texts:
As in the dictionary, the plural form of criticism is criticisms, but I'm confused by these examples :

  he received a lot of criticism

  it has attracted criticism

Can criticism also be used for the plural form?


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I always confused when talking about today, yesterday or tomorrow (etc.) in nominal sentences, and I'm not sure if it's necessary to add them pronoun or not.

For example:

  Today (it?) is my brother's birthday.

  tomorrow (it?) will be my brother's birthday.

  yesterday (it) was my brother's birthday.

In my native languages this pronoun is omitted in parallel sentences, and that's why I'm asking it.

If it is indeed necessary to add a pronoun before, what this kind of phenomenon is called in English grammar terminology (in order to read further about it)?


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I do some exercises about using nor but all of them are statements. I was wondering whether it's ok to use it with questions as well?
Let's say there's this sentence (I came up with):

I can't sing well, nor can I play guitar.

Would it be ok to ask:

Why can't you sing well, nor can you play guitar?

or is there any catch? I'd say it sounds good.


texts: Do you think that such a badge "is needed"/"would need"?

texts:
1) Do you think that such a badge is needed?

2) Do you think that such a badge would need?

According to you, is 2) proper English?


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What is the meaning of "to pack in" in the following sentence?

  And so, week after week, he packed in the columns of the Liberator
  facts, the most damning facts, against slaveholders, their cruelty and
  tyranny.


texts: Most common adjectives to describe the intensity of drunkenness

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There are several degrees of intensity of drunkenness, ranging from a state of slight euphoria to total oblivion, which may be recognized by the way someone is speaking, moving and behaving.

In the English language, there are so many words (most of them are adjectives) describing different states of inebriation that it seems hardly productive to make any lists classifying all of them according to any criteria.

At the same time, speaking my native language, I don't need more than — let me count — eight colloquial adjectives to say to what degree someone is drunk. As for my second language, I do know some of them, such as tipsy, tiddly, tight, stoned, loaded and a few more, but…

Firstly, no dictionary provides sufficient information about the degree of acceptability of these words, depending on the group of people you interact within.

Secondly, I think that like it is in Russian, in English too, there must be a few most common colloquial adjectives that may be appropriate to be used in any company, to describe that someone is  slightly,  fairly, or extremely drunk.

So my question is this:

What might be some  most common adjectives describing  slight, fair, and extreme degrees of inebriation?


texts: What is the meaning of 'of + ~ing' in the following sentence?

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What is the meaning of 'of + ~ing' in the following sentence,

  "The quickest way of contacting the police station is to use your
  cellphone."

Does it mean

  "The quickest way that we contact the police station is to use your
  cellphone"

or

  "The quickest way for us to contact the police station is to use your
  cellphone"

or

  "The quickest way of us to contact the police station is to use your
  cellphone"

?

Does "of + ~ ing" have the meaning of an omitted subject not in the sentence?


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I'm confused on how to talk about two people's past relationship in this sentence

"She knows about him and Frank's past" or
"She knows about he and Frank's past" or
"She knows about his and Frank's past"

These two people (he and Frank) were dating in the past.


texts: be it plane, helicopter, car or robot -- why is there no article in front of "plane"?

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Example:

  Be it plane, helicopter, car or robot, power has different forms. Accelerating slowly but eventually going as fast as you can takes the same amount of power as accelerating a heavy load quickly but not topping out at a very fast speed.

I asked a friend of mine, who's an American, to check this sentence, which he did, and he said that there were no problems regarding its grammatical structure and everything in that sentence sounded absolutely fine to him, but apart from just saying that the sentence sounded fine to him, however, he failed to provide a coherent explanation as to why there is no article at least before the word plane that starts off the list. And what would be wrong with saying it like this:

  Be it a plane, helicopter, car or robot, power has different forms.


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The expression she/he is "sharp as a tack" means she/he is smart, astute, etc. My sense is that this expression was current a few decades ago and is no longer used much, especially among younger people.
Are there any younger folks on this site, people in their 20s, who can comment on whether they and their peers use this expression?


texts: Any English equivalent for the French expression, “endormir quelqu'un avec des propos"?

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In French, one can figuratively use the expression, “endormir quelqu'un," meaning that by using some lengthy/boring/loose explanation, we make the interlocutor less vigilant, thereby
forgetting about a few things that you know they had in mind but that you want them to forget during the discussion (e.g. X knows that Y is going to complain about Z during a discussion, so X will talk in such a way that Y will forget or get confused and/or forget to mention or insist on Z).

Is there any equivalent English expression?

EDIT: Interestingly, I saw the verb "sleep" being used in a similar fashion in gang slang:


texts: Asking about the location(specifically the name of the room) of a meeting

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A person from the company where I'm working send me an email telling that we are meeting on the 3rd floor, but she forgot to mention the name of the room where we are meeting, so I want to ask her about that. How can I do it properly?

Ways that come to my mind:

  1: Which room are we meeting at?
  2:    Which room are we meeting in?
  3:    In which room are we meeting? (is this even gramatically correct?)
  4:    What's the room where we are meeting at/in)?
  5:    What's the name of room where we are meeting at/in)?


texts: Why is there a noun phrase after a passive voice?

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There was a time when a girl like Cathy would have been called possessed by the devil. She would have been exorcised to cast out the evil spirit, and if after many trials that did not work, she would have been burned as a witch for the good of the community. The one thing that may not be forgiven a witch is her ability to distress people, to make them restless and uneasy and even envious.
(John Steinbeck, East of Eden)

There’s a passive voice followed by a noun phrase, a witch, in the sentence. The sentence needs to be ‘the one thing that may not be forgiven for a witch~’ or ‘the one thing that a witch may not be forgiven.’ Then why is the noun phrase in the middle of the sentence?


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I have a question, I have read this sentence:

  the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted

but I do not understand why they use the present perfect at the end of the sentence 'have resisted' after the auxiliary verb should.


texts: Need help understanding "Not a single student..." in this paragraph

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In a rebuff to critics who say university has become little more than an expensive party, 84 percent of the responding undergraduates fully expected to prioritize their academics over extracurricular activities, sport, employment and their social lives. Not a single student put academics at the bottom of their list. Not content with confining themselves to their degree subject, 59 percent of incoming students expressed a desire to pursue a secondary field of study, and 36 percent hoped to learn a language.

Does this mean "Not only one student put academics at the bottom of their list, not only one student content with..."?

Here is the paragraph that involves this  sentence


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He shall die.
He will die. (Will is stressed.)
He will die. (Will is not stressed.)

What is the difference among them?

Number 1 means that I will kill him.

Number 2 means that he intends to die.

Number 3 is a simple future. He will die as time passes.

Is my explanation plausible?


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Is "it is more difficult and nobler an enterprise" ungrammatical?

The question came from the following thread on this site.

I had a girlfriend, whom I didn't want to leave

A user TRomano told me in his comment that "it is more difficult and nobler an enterprise" is ungrammatical.
When I asked him the reason why, he suggested I ask it as a separate question on this site.


texts: how to distinguish between different uses of present perfect?

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1- Complete the following exercise :

  I live in New York now ,but I ___________ (live) in Mexico for many years

The answer is "lived" as my grammar book mentioned, But why? ,Since we use the present prefect to talk about actions that have happened in the past without mentioning a specific time(Life experience), and we didn't mention a specific time so we have to use present perfect.

why did the book suppose that we used another use of present perfect (in this statement) which is an action that happened in the past and still continuing in the present, and this leads us to another question :

2- how to distinguish between different uses of present perfect ?

3-How to distinguish between using simple past or present perfect ?

Please this is the most confusing part to me ,I have read a lot about that but I am unable to understand that ,I have seen these :

https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-use.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-or-past-simple.html

Please, I want you to explain as much as you can and as simple as you can.


texts: State-change verbs are mostly in perfect tense?

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I know one of the uses of the perfect tense is to describe an action from the past that influences the present.
Then I would expect most of state change (changed, grew, transformed, moved) verbs to be used in perfect tense mainly.
However Google search shows the opposite. What am I missing?


texts: What are the connotations of the word “pedantry”?

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This is a request of help for the connotations of a word

If native speakers hear the word, pedantry, does it assume an air of showy, academically pompous, impudent impression to them?

Would this word or these words, pedantry or pedant, mean a person who is excessively fussy on academic minutia and thus a bit irritable to us?


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If my dad and I are going a market, can I say

  Two of us are going to the market.

or I should say

  The two of us are going to the market.

I am kind of confused about the "the" here. What role is it playing over here??

If I take a guess, I would say that the difference is just like "a car" and "the car"? Am I right?


texts: How to understand "a large, slimy something suspended in green liquid"?

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He tried not to look at a large, slimy something suspended in green liquid on a shelf behind Snape's desk.

I'm not sure how to parse the original sentence correctly. To me, it will be easier to understand if it's written as: He tried not to look at something large, slimy suspended in green liquid on a shelf behind Snape's desk.

What's the correct way to understand it?


texts: Choosing between two different patterns of using the verb "prefer"

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I prefer staying home to going to the concert.
I'd prefer to stay home (rather) than (to) go to the concert.

Would you please elaborate which one you use? Or, when or where would distinguish between those?


texts:
I'm reading a book in which I spotted a mistake, I think. The full part of the sentence reads:

  In mathematics formulas you can use \{ and \} for { and }, […]

Shouldn't this be “mathematical formulas”?


texts: are "go or walk barefoot", "go on foot", "walk in bare feet" the same? what about "go on bare foot", "go or walk with your bare feet"?

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Ok, in the dictionary, we say

We came on foot (= we walked). Source

walking around the house in bare feet (= not wearing shoes or socks) Source

barefoot: adjective,adverb: not wearing anything on your feet

poor children going barefoot in the street Source

so, "go on foot" is idiomatic, my question is that,

can we modify idioms just a bit?, for example, can we say "go on bare foot"? or  "go on bare foot" is idiomatic?

can we say "go or walk with your bare feet"? is it idiomatic too?


texts: Is it natural to use the phrase "who are you to do something" when expressing anger?

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Is it natural to say the following when expressing anger at someone for something they have done, and they don't have the right to do the thing?

  Who are you to behave like that?!

  Who are you to teach me how to talk to people?!


texts: What's the role and meaning of "how" here?

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"What are you talking about?" said Harry.

  "The diary," said Riddle. "My diary. Little Ginny's been writing in it for months and months, telling me all her pitiful worries and woes - how her brothers tease her, how she had to come to school with secondhand robes and books, how -" Riddle's eyes glinted "- how she didn't think famous, good, great Harry Potter would ever like her . . ."

  Harry potter and the chamber of Secrets

What I'm most curious here is the third "how".

At first, I thought the first and second "how" was used to mean "in what way or manner; by what means.", so like how exactly her brothers tease her.

But this doesn't fit the third "how". (How she didn't think famous, good, Harry Potter ... like her.) To me it seems "why" has to be there instead of "how". I don't understand why "how"s are used here.

What is the exact role and meaning of "how"s here? Does each have different role?


texts: What does "structural tension" mean in this paragraph?

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I'm reading a book called "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life" by Eckhart Tolle. In this book the author writes that enthusiasm will help us to be creative and that is what the new world needs. In the chapter about enthusiasm there is a paragraph as follows:

  Enthusiasm mans there is deep enjoyment in what you do plus the
  added element of a goal or a vision that you work toward. When you add a
  goal to the enjoyment of what you do, the energyfield or vibrational
  frequency changes. A certain degree of what we might call structural tension
  is now added to enjoyment, and so it turns into enthusiasm. At the height of
  creative activity fueled by enthusiasm, there will be enormous intensity and
  energy behind what you do. You will feel like an arrow hat is moving toward
  the target – and enjoying the journey.
  To an onlooker, it may appear that you are under stress, but the
  intensity of enthusiasm has nothing to do with stress. When you want to
  arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you
  become stressed. The balance between enjoyment and structural tension is
  lost, and the latter has won. When there is stress, it is usually a sign that the ego has returned , and you are cutting yourself off form the creative power of the universe.

Can you help me to understand "structural tension" in this paragraph? Thank you!


texts:
I have to go to school.
I have to go to the school.
Which is correct sentence?
Can we use article before the word "School"?


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The announcement that Canberra-based Aspen Medical will step into the front line of Australia's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been widely welcomed.  (Aussie ABC, ABC's original)

Don’t you need ‘the’ in front of ‘Australia’s response’? I think I'm now hearing ‘the’; and for the NP, Australia’s response, is followed by its modifier, it seems that a definite article needs to be in there. Isn’t there ‘the’ in the presenter's saying?


texts: things have been pretty smooth until sometime

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What are the differences between these four sentences:
(1) Things have been pretty smooth until yesterday
(2) Things had been pretty smooth until yesterday
(3) Things were pretty smooth until yesterday
(4) Things are pretty smooth until yesterday (it is Wrong)

I am sorry. I was writing (1) but then I noticed "yesterday" in the sentence, and it made me confused. I am not sure whether (1) or (2) or (3) is correct


texts: Meaning of the statement with the phrase "until after"

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Here it is:

  Understood and mastered means that: During the pull from the floor, the bar never leaves the skin of your legs. Your elbows stay straight until after the jump.

Does that mean that elbows must be straight until the jump, and after it, or that they must be straight until the jump, but it is normal to bend them after it?


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Begob, in the moonlight I’m thinking you are right to choose the other
  way, and it’s he way I’d choose myself if  had their blood in my veins,
  on nights like this when we’ve been looking at the full moon, my dog
  and I, ever since she ruz.

This is from 'The Story of Mona Sheehy' by Lord Dunsay.

Please teach me the meaning of "ever since she ruz"


texts: When do we use "THE" before character name/nickname?

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For example: Why do we use "Wolverine" not "the Wolverine"

I want create character of the nameless man called Revenant. Should I use "Revenant" or "the Revenant"?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Isn't "eventually" a word to describe the possibility?

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I'm watching videos about a game, which one doesn't matter.

The commentator often says "and eventually win the game" but everytime he says this, he shows in fast-forward how the team really wins the game, so i asked myself, isnt "eventually" a word, that describes the possibility? So, "eventually win the game" should mean "there is the possibility, that this team wins the game, but also the possibility, they don't". Am i wrong?


texts: The next weeks, the coming weeks or the upcoming weeks?

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I have a task  (for example - calculating costs of ... ) and I plan to complete it in some weeks (but I don't know exactly how much time is needed) and I have to report to my boss.
What are the correct preposition and adjective?

The task will be completed in/during the next/coming/upcoming/following weeks.

Thanks in advance.


texts: What do these line breaks (in the dictionary) mean?

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I refer to those right under the relevant word in large font, to be defined and explained:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/atavistic?q=atavism#atavistic__5: There are 1 solid vertical lines and 2 dashed.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tergiversate: There are 2 solid vertical lines and 1 dashed.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/scission: There is 1 solid vertical line only.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jejune: There is 1 dashed vertical line only.


texts: "change the period into a comma" vs. "change the period to a comma"

texts:
In the post Is it clear and natural to connect two sentences using the conjunction "while"?, an answerer wrote

Your second sentence is incomplete; it is a sentence fragment. It would be fixed if you change the period into a comma ...

Which is clearly and easily understandable.
I would just like to know whether it still means the same thing if I substitute "to" for "into".

... change the period to a comma ...


texts: I've heard this word a few times but can't really understand if it's really in use.


texts: Does your institution has or have eye donation center? Or Has your institution eye donation centre?

texts:
which one is correct sentence?
Does your institution  has or have  eye donation cente? In this sentence, which one I should use either has or have?


texts: How to use "there is" after "there is no reason for"?

texts:
Consider the sentence:

  There is nothing after the credits.

How do I add that after "There is no reason for"?

  There is no reason for there being anything after the credits.

  There is no reason for there to be anything after the credits.

Are those correct? They both seem very convoluted, is there a simpler way to say that?

Edit: Those alternative are pretty specific to "after the credits" and don't really work for other situations. Could you also give alternatives for the following sentence?

  There is no reason for there being anything after death.


texts: Can we say "encourage somebody to something"?

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What does the author mean here?

The Fed's raise was not the only piece of news that could encourage the world's central banks to a firmer stance.

source: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-Fed-rate-moves-could-spell-end-to-asian-easing-2017-3


texts: Meaning of "close boarded"/"close board"

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I've seen the following example sentence for one of the meanings of strut, "Brace (something) with a strut or struts.":

  the holes were close-boarded and strutted

The sentence is from Oxford dictionaries

(EDIT: ...and without any further context.)

I haven't found close-boarded or close-board in any dictionary. I have found, however, the term "close board fencing". Does close-boarded mean here that close board fences were put up around the holes (and generally mean "to put up a close board fence")?


texts: I have read in one page: If a subject relative clause does not include BE, you can't simply reduce it. So, a sentence like this "I know a woman who works there."  cannot be reduced. What would you say?


texts:
What's the difference between "kinda" and "somewhat" generally and also in these examples?

1.I'm kinda annoyed

2.I'm somewhat annoyed


texts: 'I am being loved by my mom.' is possible?

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I want to know if it is possible to make a sentence like 'I am being loved by my mom.'

If it is possible, What is the meaning you get when you see this sentence?
Please, tell me.


texts: What does ''touch more arch'' mean here?

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I'd never been one for this type of sloganeering—I liked my mottoes to be a touch more arch...

What does 'a touch more arch' mean here?

I think I know both what 'touch' and 'arch' mean, but I just can't understand what 'touch more arch' means here. Any idea?


texts:
Which of the following sentences is correct?

If you found any activity is missing from the above list, please add.
If you find any activity is missed out from the above list,  please add.


texts: I want to know a proper English word to describe a particular kind of television show

texts: What is a suitable word for a TV program which is designed for unmarried male and female to come to know each other?


texts: Is there something called **swat** bread bowls?

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

  we really don't wanna have swat bread bowls

which swat does not make any sense here.

what is she talking about?


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I am wondering if there is any difference between the following? I am confused. Or could you please introduce me other phrses fitted better rather than the bold ones? I have written the sentences by myself.

A. Throughout the time One can come to realise  plagiarism becomes more common.

B. During the time One can come to realise  plagiarism becomes more common.


texts: Is the phrase 'on the bottom floor' an idiom?

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I'm not convinced whether asking this question in here is right or not. But I think the phrase 'on the bottom floor' MAY BE a kind of idioms. I guess it means 'to succeed in' So, I write the question in here.

During the day, Brain attended shcool, and at night to support himself, he was a waiter at a downtown diner. On a good night, Brian brought home about $90 in tips. During a period of three years, Brian saved almost $1,200. One day at lunch, Brain's friend, Lance, told him about a startup company in Canada. "If you get in now," lance said, "you'll be in on the bottom floor. You'll make at least three times your money in only a couple of weeks."


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“In addition, the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has increased food inflation in the three countries and the subregion, threatening to push many people below the minimum level of dietary energy consumption,” it said.
Although gross domestic product has remained positive since 2001, and above the global average, most of it can be attributed to extractive industries, including minerals, oil and gas. This has not created enough jobs, especially for young people. (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/sep/28/united-nations-hails-impressive-mdg-gains-on-education-reducing-child-mortality-africa)
Q1) Can I paraphrase the italicized part in either of the following two ways
a) It will be reasonable to attribute most of it to extractive industries...
b) It is reasonable to attribute most of it to extractive industries...
Q2) Can I replace the "can" in the original sentence with "could"?


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What does "blow on" mean in the following sentence?

(this is a part of a humourous book that a nine_year_old boy is talking about his mother, I mean it is supposed to be funny)

  Mom said we would be late for our reservation and that I didn't know who she had to blow on to get the reservation

I'm a little confused with answers so :

Does it mean:

defame and discredit or
is it vulgar and figurative, referring to a sexual act to imply going to great lengths to get something done or
is it a phrasal verb for expressing your stress


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How to say when someone caused someone else's plans to reschedule for the future.

For example, if Adam bumped his car into Kyle's car and caused Kyle to miss his flight, then which word should Adam use to say sorry for the incident?

The word interrupt sounds causal but for me it sounds the plan is delayed but not affected in irreversible way. Maybe I am wrong. I would use "interrupting" if Kyle can still catch his flight after the incident. For example:

  Sorry if I interrupted your plans.

However, what if Adam knows Kyle missed his flight because of him and Kyle have to wait for tomorrow for the next flight. I would like to learn more alternatives way of saying and words for this scenario.