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There are 837 hits in Google Books that use "there grew a feeling".

Learning those, I made up this:

  Last year I seldom go home because of work, there grew a feeling that I didn't care about my family.

Is it the correct use? How do I convey my wife had that feeling?


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Social media services also enabled people to publicize their views on new songs, list their new favorite bands in their social media bios.
My research is this: bio: Bio- is used at the beginning of nouns and adjectives that refer to life or to the study of living things.


texts: Is there a difference between walk-in and drop-in?

texts: Can I refer to a drop-in advice center as a walk-in advice center? I mean is there any practical difference between these two adjectives?


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The dog chased a boy up a gum tree for an hour before going away.

What purpose does “chased up” serve here? Does that mean that the boy climbed the tree and the dog waited on the ground for an hour before leaving, or the dog and the boy both were on the tree and the chase continued for an hour before the dog went away? Also, what does “up” in “chased up” mean?


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Can one say

  1a. When you push someone else to commit a crime, as by persuasion or threats, you are partly responsible for what he has done.

  1b. When you push someone else to commit a crime, such as by persuasion or threats, you are partly responsible for what he has done.

  1c. When you push someone else to commit a crime, for instance by persuasion or threats, you are partly responsible for what he has done.

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  2a. When anyone damages someone else's property, as by water or by fire, they will have to pay for the reparations.

  2b. When anyone damages someone else's property, such as by water or by fire, they will have to pay for the reparations.

  2c. When anyone damages someone else's property, for instance by water or by fire, they will have to pay for the reparations.

The first three are supposed to have the same meaning and the second three are supposed to have the same meaning.


texts: Singular countable nouns after "there isn't any"

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Can I ever use singular countable nouns after there isn't any? I have read many books that say any can be used with both singular and plural countable nouns. Though plural nouns is more more common in negative sentences. I sometimes see native speakers also use any with singular countable nouns in negative sentences. What is the rule?

Here's the example:

There isn't any pen in my bag.

I know most people would say "There are no pens.." or "There are not any pens..." but when can I use any with singular countable nouns in negative sentences? I cannot provide any context. I am sorry for that.


texts: What is the difference- be busy, being busy

texts: What is the difference between 'she is busy' and 'she is being busy' (is the second sentence correct?)


texts: Is 'work' countable when referred to scientific publications?

texts: When referred to journal publications, in 'previous work of Newton on gravity' or 'previous works of Newton on gravity', which one is correct?


texts: Convert from the first conditional into the second

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Can somebody help me to convert this sentence from the first conditional into the second?

  If you have done your work by 3 a.m., I will give you an ice cream.

I am not sure if it's possible to use Present Perfect since the second conditional requires Past, but Past Perfect doesn't seem good as well.


texts: What is the meaning of "check out" in a programming context?

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I am working with some version control software.
One of the things you can do with this software is to "check out a version" of a program's code. This is the exact phrasing:

"Check-out a branch (of the master code) into a local repository:
When working in your local repository, you may want to check out and work on branch code rather than the main code line."

Can anyone tell me the meaning of "check out" in this context?

The common meanings of check out don't seem to fit...


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I'm trying to translate the text. My question is:
what is the meaning of "out of your life" In this sentence

  Life is made interesting by the unexpected; so don't schedule it out of your life. Leaving open times helps you avoid feeling trapped by your schedule and gives you the freedom to enjoy unexpected opportunities as they arise.

What does it mean? Does that mean in the other context different?


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I would like to have a sentence to say I will study those new ideas next.

This is what I wrote:

  The following new ideas will be carrying on.

or

  The following new ideas will be proceed

I was wondering which of them sounds more formal? And, am I using will be correctly?


texts: Use Present Perfect Progressive to demand an explanation?

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So I've been taught that Present Perfect Progressive is sometimes used to emphasize the continuity of an action, as an explanation or an excuse:

I'm so tired because I've been running for two hours.

Present Perfect Progressive is also used to make excuses with an apology.
(https://presentsimpleesl.wordpress.com/tag/present-perfect-continuous/)

I’m sorry I haven’t called you, I haven’t been feeling well lately.

So I wonder whether we can use Present Perfect Progressive to demand an explanation/excuse for something? I've only seen it in Present Perfect Simple, not Progressive, so is this possible?

What have you done to my computer? Why can't I turn it on now? (I see
this one a lot).
What have you been doing to my computer? Why can't I turn it on now?


texts: Is it possible to form possessive just changing the order?

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I saw this two examples:

The emperor of China and China's emperor.

Is it possible to say: "China emperor" without the apostrophe? I saw some examples in ficcion books, like:

  The England's king emissary.

I would think of The England's king's emissary.

Understood. So, in this instance,

  Life force
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_force

Is the idea different if it were stated force of life or life's force?


texts: What is the rule of tense backshifting in a subordinate clause following a past form modal verb?

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In the following example, the verb in the subordinate clause following "would know" is backshifted:

CIRCUS Manager:“All you have to do is look the lion in the eye and show him you're not afraid.”
Assistant: “Yes, but the lion would know I was just being deceitful.”

But, I also found the following sentences in English grammar text books:

It would seem there has been a mistake.
One would suppose the danger is over.
I should say that this book meets your requirements.
I should think it's going to rain soon.

What is the rule of tense backshift in a subordinate clause following a past form modal verb?


texts: Is it natural to omit "for example" when giving examples

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Consider the following sentence

  The story has been made into different kinds of entertainment, for example, games, novels, comics, TV series and movies.

Is it natural to omit "for example" here, especially in writing, to make the sentence shorter?


texts: What the difference between “bristly” and “briery”

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I don't understand the difference between these words.

Whats does mean each word?
In whats cases, can I use each word?

I saw these words in Google Translate, Collins, Lexico.

Google Translate - both words mean barbed (adv).

Lexico - bristly means barbed (adv) - as I'm understood.
briery - not find this word.

Collins - same as Lexico.

I'm not sure that Google Translate correctly translated briery 'cause Google Translate offered me one result only. Also, Collins and Lexico have not this word. It looks like English has no word. But Google Translate translated it.


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Appearing of white hair in beard is a sign of old age.

Is this a right sentence? Do we need the preposition 'of' in this? If this is wrong, then what about the following?

  Appearance of white hair in beard is a sign of old age.

Although I believe this one is  much better:

  A white hair appearing in beard is a sign of old age.

Yet, my question is if the first sentence is grammatically correct?


texts: "Flicker" what does this word mean in the video?

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I am so afraid that I am bombarding lots of questions here.

And let me thank you so much for all ( probably ) of native speakers here for your efforts from the bottom of my heart.

I like(d) Kee&Peele. Since my job is related with the education. I can't stand until I get the finest answer ( or correct answer ), about which I probably apologize.

Now. onto the Kee&Peele's sketche.

I am afraid even though I was watching the English title. I was not able to understand what the "Flicker" means.

Could the word be fallen into one of the categories in the urban dictionary?

Or is it else?

In the last scene, Gabe tells "He flicked me". But I can not understand yet. ( together with the schmutz stuff ).

I sincerely appreciate your help. Thank you beforehand in advance.

Thank you for your answer user3932000 and Jim at the comment.

It's kind of hard to get the meaning of verbs etc that mostly only native speakers know.


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Considering the two sentences:

  The first thing they would do was take money

  The first thing they would do was to take money

Which one is grammatically more correct?
There is a rule which says when to use “to” after the verb to be?
Thanks


texts: persistent [high] levels of unemployment or persistently high levels of unemployment

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Here is a sentence that I wrote for an academic paper:

  ... the provision of longer benefit durations in regions of high unemployment creates long-term EI dependency among seasonal workers, which then results in persistent high levels of unemployment in those regions.

Question: Which phrasing is the most idiomatic (correct usage)? My research tells me I should go with C (but my research is based on the graph, google hits, and reading some of the lines on those hits). Is there a reason not to go with C?

A. persistent levels of unemployment
B. persistent high levels of unemployment
C. persistently high levels of unemployment

Details:

Let's start with the definition: according to Cambridge, "persistent" (adj) means

  lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of

The intended meaning is that unemployment in those regions stay up high year after year, as seasonal workers don't relocate to other regions for new jobs. They prefer being unemployed in the high-unemployment regions so they can get unemployment benefits for longer durations (benefit durations are shorter in low unemployment regions).

My original phrasing was option A, "persistent levels of unemployment", which turned out to be very unpopular/uncommon. "Level" is like a scale ranging from low to high. I wonder if that is the problem: "persistent" and "level" does not work together.

In google news, there are only

A. 4 entries for persistent levels of unemployment
B. 11 entries for persistent high levels of unemployment
C. 24 entries for persistently high levels of unemployment

Simply looking up google all reveals around 130 entries for all of the above options (google returns around 10,300 entries, but if you click page 15 or so, you will see google revises its estimate to around 130 entries). Provided is an ngram for comparison. One term that is way up higher than all three is just "persistent unemployment" (not in image). I wonder why the green (A) and the red (B) line cross like that.


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Can anybody explain the phrases in bold for me, please?

“Our bottom line is markets are a bit too relaxed,” Clarida said. “They are priced, if not for perfection, certainly for a continued run of good luck.”

Source: Chance of a recession by 2022 is 70 percent, according to this major investment firm (The Washington Post)


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The after morning (1)/ she woke to the first ray of (2)/ light through the window. (3)/No Error (4).

What is the error in this sentence. please explain.


texts: Can "They interest me" be interpreted the same as "They're interested in me"?

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"They interest me"

vs.

  "They're interested in me"

Are the sentences grammatically correct?
Is the meaning of the two sentences similar?


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someone wanting to study

I want to ask how do you call this structure or why do we use a wanting here?

We can definitely rephrase it as someone who wants to study how, but anyway, why is the word wanting here?

Apart from this I'm giving you an example sentence:

  "He also troubleshoots matters pertaining to industrial unrest."

are they used similarly? like pertaining and wanting? were they complement here?


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I will be coming from tomorrow onwards.

Is this an accurate way or a phrase to tell someone about the planning and as a promise that from tomorrow onwards, I'll be there?


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Which of the verbs discriminate/differ or any other similar verb seems more natural and professional in this sentence?

  We focus on the approach itself, why it is an appropriate solution, and how it discriminates/differs from other solutions.


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I'm studying agreement of tenses in indirect speech,

and it says we should change tense in accordance with the tense of the main clause's verb, as in

  Argentina and France will both reach the final. --> In 2002, Pele said Argentina and France would both reach the final

  He asked, "Are you single?"
  --> He asked me if I was single.

  I asked, "Did you buy the book?" --> I asked him if he had bought the book.

But then, one example sentence in the book is written,

  Mike seemed frustrated because of that(the fact that some stakeholders care only about make more profit, not the environment). He wondered if sustainable development is even possible in this condition.

I think the verb here, "is", should be "was" as I was taught in the book,

since the verb of the main clause is written in past tense, "wondered". (and thus the verb in indirect clause should follow the tense of the main clause.)

Is there anything I'm missing on?


texts: what is the role of every each of words in this sentence?

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I have come across this sentence and was wondering if you could help me to find out the role of every each of the words in the sentence below:
My favorite sport is hiking.

I myself think that my favorite sport is the subject of the sentence as a whole and hiking is the object but not sure. Actually I don't know how to analyze and split a sentence.


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I remember to have heard some interjection that sound like "Oops!" but without the /ps/ sound, just a short /u/ sound, but I'm not sure of whether it was what I really heard or how is it spelled. I think the speaker used it as apologetic, as if substituting the sentence "I almost forgot... such and such"

For example:

  Could you please move my car from the entrance?... I almost forgot, here are the keys.


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Could you please explain to me the difference between the words fees and expences?

There was a sentence: She also pays most of her  __________.

And I had a number of answer choices:
costs / fees / expenses / payment


texts: "Our mind liking" or "our mind's liking"?

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Tell me please whiche sentence is correct.

  Our mind liking to reduce most of what we have been through to headings than to full stories is not a very good thing.

  Our mind's liking to reduce most of what we have been through to headings than to full stories is not a very good thing.

I feel both might be correct, if I am right, then what is the difference between mind liking and mind's liking?


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Consider the sentence in image - Hence his emphatic insistence "on the importance of genius and the necessity of allowing it to unfold itself freely both in thought and practice," and his advocacy of such measures as a second vote for university graduates.

Does this sentence have a Verb? Why can't I see it?
Can someone please explain to me the meaning of "Hence" here if it is used as a Verb? Or can anyone make a stripped-down version of this sentence for me to understand please?


texts: Why is there no article "the" before "bed" in "in bed"?

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Jamaica Inn episode 5 from BBC learning English drama section:

The dialogue says:

  Mary: My aunt is in bed.

She doesn't say -

  My aunt is in the bed.

That section is for teaching English.  Are they using incorrect English?


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I am afraid this question might sound like 7th grades' question.

For, example, when I would like to say,

  Let's learn English utilizing movie songs

which preposition should I use if I would like to place a preposition
in replace of the utilizing part, namely, with or by?

( I am writing for my personal business purpose but I sincerely would not
  like to make this kind of mistake which personally comes out of my pride...
 ( Although I have to ask... ))

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Regards.


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This type of vinyl is no substitute for leather.

If I rewrite the given sentence as

  This type of vinyl is not as good substitution as  leather.

would it be correct?


texts: In the question "Did you go swimming?", is the verb "go" in infinitive form or in present indicative? How can we tell which form it is?


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Which of this is right?

I am part of the swimming team at my school or
I am part of the swimming team of my school

Thank you in advance!


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There were very few beauties, and such as there were were not very
handsome. Miss Iremonger did not look well, and Mrs. Blount was the
only one much admired. She appeared exactly as she did in September,
with the same broad face, diamond bandeau, white shoes, pink
husband, and fat neck.

This is from Jane Austen's letter to her sister Cassandra.
I wonder what does "pink" mean in this context. Does it mean Mrs. Blount's husband has a pink face or is there any kind of metaphor to it?


texts: Future Perfect vs Future Perfect Continuous

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While continuing on my quest to learn tenses....

How is the meaning of 1 and 2 different ? Don't they both mean the same thing ?

  I will have studied for two hours by the time she calls me tonight. (FP)
  I will have been studying for two hours by the time she calls me tonight. (FPP)

By definition (paraphrasing),

  FP represents a timeline where "first future action" finishes
  before the "second future action".

and

  FPP represents a timeline where "first future action" continues
  until the "second future action".

However, in the above phrases, they both seem to imply that the "first future action (study for two hours)" will continue after the "second future action (she call me tonight)". Don't they ?

Thanks


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People are not allowed to smoke in this area.

If  I change this sentence into active like this,

  "No one allows you to smoke in this area."
  Is it grammatical and natural?


texts:
I read such a quote from command line utility fortune

  $ fortune
  Life is a healthy respect for mother nature laced with greed.

Does that sentence mean that we are greedy to live long?


texts:
ˈeye drops noun [plural]

  special liquid which you put into your eyes because they are sore or
  dry, or as a medical treatment

--

My son: What is it?

Me: It is a bottle of eye drops. Eye drops are for putting into eyes.

Is it ok to say "eye drops are for putting into eyes"?


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I've been hearing this everywhere. The American pronunciation of "accept" is awfully close to "except", I'm wondering if there is any reason behind it.

In Cambridge dictionary, accept (American version), is distinctly different from accept  at the first phoneme. The same phenomenon happens to "accessory".

In other words like accord, American version appeared to be the same as British version.


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Its winter in region these days, a friend uploaded a picture of water of summer from some other region. And that photo gave me goose bumps and i felt a sudden rush of cold in my body, so if i say "this photo gave me chills, would that be correct? Like it is said here? https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111123001539AAcqr4k
Are there any other phrase, words that could replace this one?


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I saw the following sentence in a grammar textbook:

  The trip to Spain was very enjoyable, but we did not have much time to
  explore and shop on our town.

Is "on our town" grammarly correct?

I just feel "in our town" is more appropriate.


texts: ‘An exchange of money’ vs. ‘the exchange of money’

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A1. An exchange of money is the process where...
A2. The exchange of money is the process where...

I would say that #A1 = any exchange of money/exchange of money in general; and #A2 = “exchange of money in general/exchange of money that happens nearby you”.

B1. It is an exchange of money.
B2 It is the exchange of money.

I would say, #B1 = “exchange of money in general”, and #B2 = the only exchange of money out of the group.

Are my interpretations correct? If not, what’s the difference between A1 and A2; and B1 and B2?


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I wrote this sentence. (excuse me for the repeated sentence)

  However, if the user somehow could specify the context necessary to apply the rule (e.g. the page sidebar),then before removing such an element, context would be considered.

How can I say such phrases more formally, maybe:

  if it was possible for the user to specify ....


texts: What does "it" refer to in "... political stability makes it likely that..."?

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What does "it" refer to in the following sentence?

  Increased food prices will stimulate greater investment in food production, but the critical importance of food to human well-being and also to social and political stability makes it likely that governments and other organizations will want to encourage food production beyond that driven by simple market mechanisms 75 (Skidelsky, 2009).


texts: Two past tenses together in a sentence - I *had assumed* you were dead

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You replied quite late. I had assumed you were dead.

I have heard that two past tenses shouldn't be used in a sentence. What's the rule regarding that? Please clarify.


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The May 1, 2013, edition of the Ames Sentinel arrived in June.

The Ames Sentinel—dated May 1, 2013—arrived in June.

Could you explain to me the presence of the definite article in the first sentence ("The May"). I was thought the rule that the zero article is used when the number in function of adjective comes after the noun, e.g. World War 2 or page 25.


texts: Should "mathematics" be capitalized in the following examples?

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Should "mathematics" be capitalized in the following two cases:

  a Ph.D. program in (mathematics or Mathematics)

  the Ph.D. program in (mathematics or Mathematics). (referred to the
  Ph.D. program in the Department of Mathematics in a university,
  mentioned earlier)

Thanks!


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Shall we ask him to come early?

A. That's really not necessary.
B. Any time at all.
C. Yes, we shall.

Should I answer the C because of the question start with shall?
Or it is wrong. Please guide me.


texts: Difference between "looked like" and "were looking like"

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1) Why past tense has been used in below sentence for looked, walked?

2) Can we use my version of sentence using looking, walking?

a) Actual...

  The video was shot beautifully. Pranay Kumar and Amruta Varshini looked like movie stars. They were in love and the camera seemed to celebrate that. Resplendent and happy, as the young couple walked around Hidden Castle near Siddipet, 80km from Hyderabad, it felt like they were on a film set in Scotland .

b) My Version...

  The video was shot beautifully. Pranay Kumar and Amruta Varshini were looking like movie stars. They were in love and the camera seemed to celebrate that. Resplendent and happy, as the young couple walking around Hidden Castle near Siddipet, 80km from Hyderabad, it felt like they were on a film set in Scotland .


texts: Confirming a statement in the simple past with the present perfect

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Is this really necessary or natural to use the present perfect to confirm a statement with the simple past ?

  A: I saw the Eiffel Tower.
   B: Oh, you have seen the Eiffel Tower ?


texts: A rude/street-model equivalent for "He afraids of me too much"

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Which one of the following sentences (or probabely your suggested one which would sound more suited to the case in my question) is commonly used to imply that someone is really scares of you?

  He is scared shitless of me.
  He has a healthy fear of me.
  I put the fear of God in his heart.

The concept in my question is very informal and even rude which using it can sound offensive to the scared person!)


texts: When should we use infinitives and verbs

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A map helps us to know where we are.
A map helps us know where we are.

what do these sentences mean ?


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I want some help with this: I have read:

  The color red is beautiful

Why don't we say "the red color" instead, taking into account that in English many times the adjective comes first. For example: the blue car, or the red label?


texts: What does the word propriety mean in the context?

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Though the law of England, on the subject of the press, is as servile to this day as it was in the time of the Tudors, there is little danger of its being actually put in force against political discussion, except during some temporary panic, when fear of insurrection drives ministers and judges from their propriety; and, speaking generally, it is not, in constitutional countries, to be apprehended, that the government, whether completely responsible to the people or not, will often attempt to control the expression of opinion, except when in doing so it makes itself the organ of the general intolerance of the public.
  (source: On Liberty By John Stuart Mill)

What does the bolded word "propriety" mean?  I did look it up but could not figure out the meaning for the context. For me, neither being appropriate or conformity sounds right.

Could you help me clarify it?


texts: How do I use the word 'Software' as plural?

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Why do you worry when software are available for that?

I know that 'software' is a mass noun and thus the plural is 'software'. To avoid this situation (as in given sentence), I always play smart -

  Why do you worry when software tools are available for that?

This I do just to satisfy myself seeing software with are since I know I cannot use softwares. But then using tools mean something else. It's, after all, a tool!

Is there any way to describe plural of software


texts: “Social boundaries of the consensus” meaning in the following context

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The Source

  It is not surprising that racist parties, even when overtly and daily engaging in discrimination or in incitement to racial hatred, are not prohibited as criminal organizations. They are very useful as political or social boundaries of the consensus, as scapegoats for general racism, and as occasions for face-saving. Similarly, by ignoring the many forms of everyday discrimination and racism, also in elite institutions, the media may level occasional accusations against individuals who have too clearly broken the consensus, as in cases of overt discrimination by business corporations.

What is the meaning of the bolded text?


texts: Author of the film, the formulation for the credits

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If I want to write in the film credits that I am an author of the film, which formulation is more correct:

film by Name Surname
or
fim of Name Surname


texts: all we have to go on is this -- I don't understand how "have to go on" is used in this sentence

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The audio version is here (from a movie called Open Grave (2013)):

  — Hey, who are you, man?
  — I don't remember who I am.
  — None of us do.
  — Okay, we have no phone and no computer. There's no way to contact the authorities. All we have to go on is this.
  — So we know our names. I'm Sharon!
  — I... Michael.
  — You've met Lukas.

I don't think I comprehend this well. I understand all we have just fine; it means something like that's all we've got here. But I don't know how to make proper sense of to go on.

Just dawned on me. Does that mean something like all we have (all we've got) to continue figuring out who we are is this (and then we throws a bunch of identification cards on the table, apparently the identification cards belong to them).


texts: Which sentence would be the correct?or both?

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Is it necessary that word for the sentence to make sense?
Is that word necessary for the sentence to make sense?


texts: Could the verb 'bully' be used as an intransitive verb?

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I've seen kind of transitive verbs which can be intransitive verbs.

For example,

  The book sells well.
  The pencil writes well.
  The door opens well.

They all mean to be a general state.

Based on this thinking, I suppose that 'bully' can be used like them, in that weak students commonly are bullied by bullies, although I haven't seen it is used as an intransitive verb on any dictionary.

In this way, I've made this sentence :

  Weak students bully easily by bullies.

Is this sentence acceptable ?


texts: Which would be proper between "have seen" and "saw" and why?

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A man in a buffet restaurant suddenly recalls something irritating and frustrating, so the man gets anxious because of it and he starts to move around in a circle mumbling by himself.

After several seconds of doing that, the man pulls himself together and realizes he is acting weird and stops moving and asks himself this question.

  "Oh, my god. I am acting weird. I wonder if a lot of people have seen me act weird."

  "Oh, my god. I am acting weird. I wonder if a lot of people have seen me acting weird."

  "Oh, my god. I am acting weird. I wonder if a lot of people saw me act weird."

  "Oh, my god. I am acting weird. I wonder if a lot of people saw me acting weird."

Which would be nicer here and why is it? Any explanations would be appreciated. :)


texts: Is it "keep your happy zone" and if so what does it mean?

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Here is a comment by Christopher Hitchens:

https://youtu.be/nZUMGid0IvI?t=142

YouTube transcribed this as:

  Keep your happy zone

Is that correct? What would it mean? Is it a part of a longer phrase?


texts: What is the use of “already” in this text? Is it referring to always or just now?

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From an article in The New Yorker by Ariel Levy:

  There was an unearthly quality to the atmosphere inside the Frieze New York art fair, like the air in a plane—still but pressurized, with an unsettling hum—when the fiction writer Ottessa Moshfegh visited to speak about her work one afternoon in May*. “I hate this fair already,” she said when she walked in, handing her ticket to a very tall, very pale man dressed entirely in black lace. Almost immediately, she was lost in the labyrinth of works for sale: Takashi Murakami’s lurid blond plastic milkmaids with long legs and erect nipples; the words “any messages?” spelled out in neon tubing. It was like an enactment of the world inhabited by the protagonist of Moshfegh’s forthcoming novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” who works at a gallery in Chelsea, amid objects like a quarter-million-dollar “pair of toy monkeys made using human pubic hair,” with camera penises poking out from their fur. “Did I do this?” Moshfegh said, only half kidding. She sometimes gets the sense that she has the power to conjure reality through her writing.

First is she talking to someone other than the man checking ticket? What I am trying to ask is in English when you see a text like this does it always simply mean that person for instance is talking to a previously mentioned person like ticket checker in this context?  My main concern is who Ottessa talking to?

My second concern is does “I hate this fair already” mean I have always hated this fair or I just had a intuition and feeling today before going there that I would not like it?


texts: which to use, Payment Preferred or Payment preference

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i am developing a cart, in the order placing section, there is an option to choose whether to use online payment and cash on delivery

I have doubt which one to use

Payment Preferred or Payment preference


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I would've loved it if I had a mind as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's.

I would love it if I had a mind as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's.

Does the first sentence mean I don't have a mind as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's, but if I did, I would've loved it (in the past)? Or I haven't/didn't love it because my mind isn't as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's?

Does the second sentence mean, I don't have a mind as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's, but if I did I would love it (in the present)? Or, I don't love it because my mind isn't as brilliant as Stephen Hawking's?

And in both cases I don't/didn't love it, probably implies the speaker would/would've liked to have a mind more like Stephen Hawking's.

Isn't the second sentence grammatically more accurate?


texts: The present continuous vs. the 'going to' construction for future events

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Is there any slight difference between the two sentences below?

  I’m taking the car to the mechanic’s shop tomorrow.
  I’m going to take the car to the mechanic’s shop tomorrow.


texts: How can native English speakers read an unknown word correctly?

texts: I have learned English for many years, and from the first day I began to learn it I know the dictionary is necessary for the study.  One of the important aspects is that English words, unlike German and Spanish, usually can not be read correctly without phonetics.  But recently, I talked with some native speakers and they told me they can read any word directly and rightly even though they never learned it before.  I just want to know how they can do that -- there is no ordinarily acceptable method to read an English word?


texts: Postscripts – before or after the signature?

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When I write an email, I sometimes want to add some postscripts, but I don't know where to put it? Shall I put it before my signature or after that?

  Dear Mr. Felani,

  Blah Blah Blah.

  P.S: Some Other Blah

  Regards,
  Ashkan

Or something like this:

  Dear Mr. Felani,

  Blah Blah Blah.

  Regards,
  Ashkan

  P.S: Some Other Blah


texts: "the state of a man’s mind is as much a fact as the state of his digestion"?

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I know the diction and syntax are outdated because I'm quoting from an English judge in 1885 namely Edgington v. Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459, Court of Appeal. But what exactly did Bowen LJ mean?
Was he writing that the state of digestion is a fact? Or that the  state of digestion, like the state of a man’s mind, "is very difficult to prove [...], but if it can be ascertained it is as much a fact as anything else."
Any physicians here? Can a gastroenterologist pinpoint someone's state of digestion precisely?

Bowen LJ

This is an action for deceit, in which the Plaintiff complains that he was induced to take
certain debentures by the misrepresentations of the Defendants, and that he sustained
damage thereby . . .
       The alleged misrepresentations were three [he considered the first two misrepresentations
and concluded that there was insufficient proof that the misrepresentations had been
made fraudulently and continued]
       But when we come to the third alleged misstatement I feel that the Plaintiff’s case is made
out. I mean the statement of the objects for which the money was to be raised. These were
stated to be to complete the alterations and additions to the buildings, to purchase horses and
vans, and to develop the supply of fish. A mere suggestion of possible purposes to which a portion
of the money might be applied would not have formed a basis for an action of deceit. There
must be a misstatement of an existing fact: but the state of a man’s mind is as much a fact as
the state of his digestion. It is true that it is very difficult to prove what the state of a man’s mind
at a particular time is, but if it can be ascertained it is as much a fact as anything else. A misrepresentation
as to the state of a man’s mind is, therefore, a misstatement of fact. Having applied as
careful consideration to the evidence as I could, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that
the true objects of the Defendants in raising the money were not those stated in the circular . . .

Ewan McKendrick. Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (2020 9 ed). p 565.


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(1a) Mr. Wilson measured his students' height and used the data to teach them how to do statistics.
(1b) Mr. Wilson measured his students' heights and used the data to teach them how to do statistics.
(2a) Our height is not the same.
(2b) Our heights are not the same.
Which one is correct, singular plural?


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Let's say we are talking about some software application:

  The input data are invalid,  so an error can occur

  The input data are invalid,  so an error may occur

  The input data are invalid,  so an error might occur

What is the right modal verb here: "can", "may" or "might"?


texts: The organizational data vs the organization data

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I am a bit confusing with 2 noun words are combined together because I've seen many phrases such as web data, car data, human resource, child care ... etc.

Here, instead of the organizational data, can I write the organization data?
And if no, why?


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As far as I know this sentence is well constructed:

  I'm going to be in England next week.

I know it is wrong to think that certain English expressions must adjust to Spanish logic since they are two very different languages; having said that, I would like to understand why the verb to be is used twice? I can understand the presence of the personal pronoun I and that of the verb to be the second time it appears, but why do we have to conjugate it the first time (I am going...)?


texts: is performed in this sentence adjective to studies?

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I'm wondering if performed in "based on studies performed in our lab" is adjective of the verb?
is the structure correct?


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Still the storm raged furiously. Lightning, thunder...winds gusting strongly, enough to bend the searchers over double.

What is the meaning of the bold part? I know what bend double means but I am not familiar with bend someone over double, and I didn't find anything in dictionary. Please help.


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Is it possible to avoid by in this sentence:

I think DM can work in fields like climate change and urban planning so, I want to learn about it by studying the bachelor of sciences.

[PS: DM= Digital Mechanims]


texts: Should I say “You lack of idea”, “You lack idea”, or “You are lack of idea”?

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I searched each of these "you lack of idea", "you lack idea", "you are lack of idea" & they all come out some results so there must be someone is using them.

But, I do not know which expression is correct!

or are they all correct?


texts: Could we use "invite" as a noun in some cases

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And as many have several invites, they're happy to give some away - especially when they've been up all night. You need to ask nicely and may not always be lucky as competition is fierce.

Is the above usage of the word invite commonly accepted as standard English nowadays? I'm asking because I found many occurrences of this usage on Internet, among which the above piece is taken from The Guardian newspaper. If I am not wrong, it seems that such a Agnès Poirier, the journalist, uses "invite" as a noun.


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The name of the team became a symbol of a fast and furious play
  The name of the team has become a symbol of a fast and furious play

Is any of these two sentences wrong? When doing a test I answered "became" but my teacher said that's wrong and I should say has become. I doubt that and I personally would say that both answers are correct.


texts: How to understand this `when they connect are not special` sentence?

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From this doc:

  The individual rooms assigned to clients when they connect are not special in any way

I am not understand this when they connect are not special sentence.

What's the meaning of it?


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Please imagine someone is feeling dizzy. Would it be possible for them to say:

  I have vertigo.

I googled the Google Ngram here and found out that one may say the sentence "I have vertigo," but very rarely. This is why I doubted if it is used in common English these days or it is considered as something scientific or very technical.


texts: reference: here's one you may not be cognizant of

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Is "one" properly used in the following? Does it have a grammatically correct referent?

  You know about addiction to drugs and cigarettes, but here's one you may not be cognizant of: fitness addicts.

I'd appreciate your help.


texts: Which one is correct: "Introduction on" or "Introduction to" or "introduction about"

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I always try to use "introduction" however, I just afraid that I cannot use it in a correct way.

For example, I would like to say that this section introduces a short background about something:

  1) This section presents a short introduction to something.

  2) This section presents a short introduction on something.

  3) This section presents a short introduction about something.

Which one is correct?


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In the following sentence

  The 72-year-old former Booker Prize-winning British-Indian novelist has famously also won the Booker of Bookers prize for Midnight’s Children during the anniversary celebrations of the prestigious literary award.

 Link

I think winning is incorrectly used because it is not a noun, instead winner should be used


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It shames us as a nation that a freedom fighter has to scrape a living
singing in the streets.

What type of clause is "that a freedom fighter has to scrape a living singing in the streets" in this sentence?

A. a noun clause
B. an adjective
C. an adverb

Please, explain


texts: How to start describing objects having the same structure?

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There are two objects having the same structure: an object A and an object B.  When describing the structure of the objects A and B, I usually start describing as follows:

  Since the objects A and B have the same structure, only the structure
  of the object A is described below for the sake of convenience.

I think this sentence is not sophisticated at all. Could you give me advice on how to start the description?


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I know that I can say

  We would forgive the mistake (that) he has made.

I am wondering if I can reword this into

  We would forgive him the mistake (that) he has made.

I have seen a few of such ditransitive structures on the internet and I am not 100 percent sure weather it is a proper English. Any discussion is appreciated.


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He was playing beside the table.

He accidentally hit his head on the table.

"I hit my head." he told me.

Does it sound natural to a native speaker?


texts: what kind of an animal vs. what kind of animal

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An excerpt from Java for Dummies, 6th Edition:

  If you already know what kind of an animal Java is and know that you want to use Java, skip Chapter 1 and go straight to Chapter 2. Believe me, I won’t mind.

Is it grammatically correct to say what kind of an animal instead of what kind of animal which, as far as I know, should be the only correct way to say it? You see, I always thought that this type of construction was never supposed to be used with articles, even thought I had heard that colloquially English speakers sometimes do say it like that, slipping in an article here and there. And the example that I'm posting here is from a textbook on Java programming. Therefore, you would think that the grammar should really be tip-top, but, as you can see for yourselves, it's obviously not. So, what do you guys make of it? And if there's a method to the madness as to when we use one or the other that you may have heard of, please feel free to share it with me and other English learners.

Let's suppose that the writer had instead written this:

  If you already know what kind of animal Java is and know that you want to use Java, skip Chapter 1 and go straight to Chapter 2. Believe me, I won’t mind.

How would the meaning be different?


texts: "I will say it is better" emphasizing "will"

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In my shop I am selling a new thing. And a customer asks me about the quality of the new thing.

And I responded by saying:

  I will say it is better, since I am selling it. First use then see.

Here I am emphasizing the sentence with the wordwill to show that it is typical of any seller to say that their products are better.

Is it a natural way to express this?
I'm not a native speaker.


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Which one is the correct form of reported speech for the following sentence? why?

"When were you born?", he asked him.

=>

  1- He asked him when he had been born.
  2- He asked him when he was born.


texts: Can I inverse past perfect and still be grammatically correct?

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Can we inverse past perfect and use:
past simple + had + past participle instead of had + past participle + past simple?
For example:
We were halfway up the mountain after we'd finished all the water.
instead of:
We'd finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain.
?


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My question is what is the difference among these three sentences.

He is big enough to do such  heavy works.
He is not big enough to do such heavy works.
He is small enough to do such  heavy works.

I am so much confused between 2 and 3.Also, I don't get what the 3rd one means.


texts: whichever method you choose.. or whichever method that you choose

texts: 1.Whichever player scores the highest number of points will be the winner.2.It will be a difficult operation, whichever method you choose.in above two sentences,can we use that orwhich after whichever player and whichever method? like,1.Whichever player that (which) scores the highest number of points will be the winner.2.It will be a difficult operation, whichever method that (which) you choose


texts: Is 'only' an adjective and 'off' a preposition in the example sentence?

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In the sentence:

  He was only a yard off me.

I believe 'only' is an adjective because it adds information to the noun 'yard'. 'Off' is a preposition because it relates 'me' to the rest of the sentence.

Am I thinking right?


texts: "Get out of that one" meaning in this context?

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The Dursleys goggled at him for a few seconds, then Aunt Petunia said, ‘You're a nasty little liar. What are all those—’ she, too, lowered her voice so that Harry had to lip-read the next word, ‘—owls doing if they're not bringing you news?’

  ‘Aha!’ said Uncle Vernon in a triumphant whisper. ‘Get out of that
  one, boy! As if we didn't know you get all your news from those
  pestilential birds!’

  Harry hesitated for a moment. It cost him something to tell the truth
  this time, ...

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I'm not sure the exact meaning of "Get out of that one" here. It probably means: explain that. How should we understand it correctly in this context?


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What should I do if a user sends a screenshot with a deleted offensive message in a chatroom?

It makes me feel unsure when there are so many articles in a short sentence but, as for me, each of these articles is needed: they are used to indicate that every noun is indefinite. Is this grammatically correct? Maybe I should rephrase the sentence?

By the way, if I had used another form of this sentence would it has been okay?

  What should I do if a user sends a screenshot with the history of a deleted offensive message in a chatroom?

This is a question for other moderators and it is exactly about the screenshot of the already deleted message. (I'm a moderator too.)


texts: Could any one help me with the passage I wrote in parenthesis?

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The Last Leaf

In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called "places." These "places" make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. (suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without a cent having been paid on account!)

I don't get its meaning clearly and also about the term "should" at the end of the sentence!

Is collector someone who collect money for somethings done that people should pay for them?

Could you write it in the other words to make it clearer?

Sorry my english is not so good. If I made some mistakes please correct me. Thanks in advance.


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I have this sentence:

  "My father has just bought a new printer", he said

There is just word, and I don't know how the just word changes if I convert the original sentence to reported speech. Can I use recently instead? I feel using just is illogical.


texts: "Say to somebody about" vs "tell somebody about"

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I've gone through a lot of English-learning resources and I know the difference in usage between "say" and "tell". And yet, I'm not sure if the following sentences, some of which seem related to ditransitive constructions, would be correct or acceptable.

  1.I said to the police about what happened.
  2.I said to the police what happened.
  3.I told the police about what happened.
  4.I told the police what happened.
  5.I said to the police about it.
  6.I said it to the police.
  7.I told the police about it.
  8.I told it to the police.

Thank you.


texts: What is the right word to describe something more than "great"

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I need to write short email that will state something like:

  ..that will turn a good company into a ... company.

What would be a proper word that I can use?


texts: Is it true that "Someone" means an important person?

texts: If you feel like a someone, what is that mean?


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Is this acceptable:

The cat I see has a short tail.

Or is the “that” necessary

The cat that I see has a short tail.

I don’t know why, but in past tense it sounds to me as if it was ok. Like:

The cat I saw had a short tail.

And since the tense should not matter for this, I’d say it is ok to omit the “that”. But maybe this is also wrong?
Also I’d say “I” is the subject and “the cat” the object. But I’m not sure if this is sufficient to be able to omit the ‘that’.


texts: Plural or singular to express that two instances of a noun match

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When I refer to two nouns that match, should I use plural or singular to refer to them both and emphasize that they are exactly the same?

  Make sure the UPC code/codes on the back of your textbook and the website match/matches.

I'm not sure if code should be singular or plural. I do think the singular code might be better, since if the UPC codes match, they must be the same.


texts: What does "Flesh-Eating Zombie thing" here mean?

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For this text:

  Freddy wanted me to do my Flesh-Eating Zombie thing, but after Lorna's declaration, it was beyond me.

What does "Flesh-Eating Zombie thing" mean? It means the work that the narrator is going to do?-----

  Upstairs, in my office, lists were waiting – lists of lists – oh, Jesus, the paperwork ahead! I couldn't face it, and ran around the side of the house, down the garden and into the shed.

But I think Freddie wouldn't mean something like this because he is a little child and he can't understand the things his dad is doing.

Or it means he wants his dad (the narrator) to play the game named "plants VS Flesh-Eating Zombie"?...

The context is :

  My wife strapped in Freddy, shut the door and turned towards me."I have a 10 o'clock meeting with Patrick Beeman. To discuss what needs to be done." I suppose I nodded. Freddy wanted me to do my Flesh-Eating Zombie thing, but after Lorna's declaration, it was beyond me. She said something else that I heard but didn't really hear, climbed into the car and drove off.

Excerpted from David Mitchell's novel "The Massive Rat"


texts: Does 'would' sometimes substitute other modals?

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Without you, I couldn't have done it.

  Without you, I wouldn't have done it.

Is there any meaningful difference between those two above? In my humble opinion, the first one sounds as "I wasn't able to do it, and then you showed up before me." On the other hand, the second one sounds like "I didn't even attempt to give it a try until you showed up."

However, some of websites hiring native-Eng people, which give English translation services in my country, put the word 'would' for almost everywhere too often. The very reason I showed the examples above is that they translated a sentence (it meant the first example above in my own language) into the second one in English.

They clearly stated that their translation would be incorrect because their men are not professional, though. Anyway which is correct? Please teach me.


texts: Is it an option to put an indefinite article before a professional name?

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Thanks for checking your forecast out inside WESH.com. I’m (a) meteorologist Eric Burris.

-- WESH.com/weather

I’ve read that predicative complement “can have the form of an AdjP or of a bare role NP (a count singular with no determiner, such as President of the Republic, treasurer, etc.) - CGEL,p.253”. Is it an option to put an indefinite article in front of meteorologist? (I don’t decide whether he pronounces ‘a’.)


texts: Synonym for something like "Relate Back"

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But this popular service, has also many drawbacks that the most significant one relates back to sentence translation.

  He is a very aggressive man. His behavior returns back to his awful childhood.

First, Do "relates back" or "returns back" make sense? I'm looking for a word like dates back which is common [as a help].


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"I want you to come back to work. We really miss you."

"I want you to get back to work. We really miss you."

Are these interchangeable? Or does "get" give another meaning?


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Isn't "only" supposed to be in front of a singular noun? I think means in this sentence means the way of doing something. Wouldn't putting only in front of it make the sentence into something like the only way of many?

Looking back now, I can see why the Exchanges became so important to us. For a start, they were our only means, aside from the Sales—the Sales were something else, which I’ll come to later—of building up a collection of personal possessions.

Novel - Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishuguru.


texts: Do both the given sentences mean the same thing?

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What better way to show him you're interested in him than by getting him a present?

  What better way to show him you're interested in him than with a present?

Do both the sentences mean the same thing?


texts: Can we avoid using 'because' in these sentences?

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My question is if I can use "that" instead of "because" when I use "to be" construction?

  The cellular phone set we purchased last year is awesome that it has many switches.
  The cellular phone set we purchased last year is awesome to have many switches.

  The car I bought last year changed that it was painted.
  The car I bought last year changed to be painted.


texts: I'm actually a bit confused, and it seems like nobody here is able to tell me what is what. Is it just the "outer part" which is the crust, or all of the pizza on the picture? And if only the outer part is called crust, what's the whole thing called then?


texts: How to explain "I think it should be tore down" is incorrect

texts: Please help me explain to a non-English speaker why "I think it should be tore down" is incorrect and she should say instead "I think it should be torn down." She thinks since the object is still standing, the past tense of "tear" (torn) should not be used. I can't find a way to explain why this seeming logic is incorrect.


texts: Could the pronoun 'one' be used without an article (or a determiner)?

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I'd like to know if it is possible for the pronoun 'one' to be used without any specifier or article as in the following sentence:

  *"Why do you like Chinese food?"

  "How about ( ) Australian one?"*

In the second sentence, "one" substitutes its antecedent "food".

I made an assumption that if "food" is an uncountable noun then "one" does not need an article in this sentence .

Is my assumption right? Is the pronoun one always countable? Or it becomes uncountable when its antecedent is uncountable?


texts: How to leave the second "in order to", when the meaning can be understood?

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How to leave  the second "in order to", so that the meaning can be understood?

  In order for your scientific article to be accepted and published in one of the authoritative national presses, and in order you can use its plus to gain advanced degree, you should know the basis of research.

Are there any alternative phrases for "in order to" that would fit the meaning in this context?


texts: Should I use 'isn't there' to show no food that I have been craving for?

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"When the food you are craving for isn't there, the last choice you have is Maggi."

Is my grammar correct? Or can you change my sentence so it will be better than mine? Thanks!


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To me, the adjectives:

snide
sarcastic
ironic

more or less mean the same thing and dictionary definitions do not suffice for making me able to distinguish between them!
I was wondering if you could let me know whether any of these words does not work here in my example and why:
Example:

You know?! People thought She was a prostitute and made up many stories about her and her relationships in a way that she had to sell her apartment and leave the neighborhood! Once, when we were talking, she mentioned  that she had been tired of neighbors nagging. She said she couldn’t bear people’s………… about herself! That was why she decided to let it go and leave here.

a) snide remarks
b) sarcastic remarks
c) ironic remarks
Please kindly let me know how they differ semantically and which option (works / does not work) here?


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I am providing you with food, shelter, clothes.

  What more do you need

or

  what else do you need?

Which one's correct?


texts: I'm interested in the next information. Is it possible to read the word 'via' ['vaɪə] like a latin variant ['vɪə] in English?


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Dependent clauses include clauses that may begin with that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, and why. (Judy Hopkins -- Sentence Variety)

That can begin a complete sentence though correct? It's different to the other words listed.

That she was told about the wedding made no difference.


texts: What does Django mean by "The 'D' is silent"?

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First question: Is this sentence supposed to be humorous ? To me it makes no sense, is it intended in the movie or does the sentence seem logical to you ?

In some languages, j is pronounced /ʒ/ (like in "lesion"), so adding a 'd' makes the sound /dʒ/. That's why the name of Django Reinhardt is written like that, in his language, if there was no 'D' or if the 'D' was silent, his name would be pronounced "ʒango". But how does it make sense for the 'D' of "Django" to be silent ? It would have be pronounced "Jango" anyway.

Would it be pronounced "duh-jango" if the 'D' wasn't silent ? I know it's just to give style but the sentence wouldn't be relevant

I read this before writing my question, it didn't help.


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How should I understand this sentence?

  He might have had to stay late tonight.

"might have had to stay" implies that the "stay" happened in the past, but "tonight" is a future time. I'm confused.

EDIT

I know where the problem is.
Is this sentence a subjunctive mood or it's just a normal statement in past tense?

If it's a subjunctive mood, it's perfectly normal.

  He might have had to stay late tonight.
  (But now he has left.)

If it's a normal statement in past tense, it sounds a bit odd.
Because we don't know when he will leave, it may occur in the future.


texts: The tallest building I have ever seen was in New York. Is the use of 'was' acceptable here?

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A student has written

The tallest building I have ever seen was in New York.

I know the expected formation is

The tallest building I have ever seen is in New York.

But is the first sentence grammatically acceptable too?
There are other sentences like:

The hottest place I have ever been to was Florida.
The longest journey I have ever taken was when I went to Los Angeles.


texts:
EU anti-graft agency OLAF said Thursday it has opened an investigation into alleged misuse of EU funds in Slovakia uncovered by journalist Ján Kuciak, who was killed earlier this year.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-anti-fraud-agency-probes-alleged-misuse-of-funds-in-slovakia-olaf-jan-kuciak/

Is it all right that before "Thursday" the preposition "on" is missing?


texts: Which of two sentences mean the same as the first one?

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"You don't get everything you want."

Do both the following sentences mean the same as the one above? Are they interchangeable?

1.Not everything you want, do you get.

2.Not everything you want, you get.

What's the difference in meaning between the two sentences?


texts: What's the humor behind the crusades joke?

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I saw a joke online but as a Taiwanese I can't understand it:

First year world history, we had already spent 4 lectures discussing the Crusades.
Student 1: "So did the crusades have anything to do with religion?"
Student 2: "No, because the pope wasn't invented yet."
Nobody corrected them.

I know the Crusades were some kind of religious military campaigns, but what's the humor behind this joke?
(This joke was found here)


texts: What is the correct term for the state of "something inside of the same thing inside of the same thing"?

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Many people would reference the term "inception" because of the Inception movie which pictured a dream inside a dream inside a dream (and so on).

I have read dictionaries and they all have explained the same thing that the term "inception" is actually "establishment of an activity".


texts: The usage of "also": is it idiomatic put "also" at the end of a sentence in writing?

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This video (https://youtu.be/38-K2rPu8fc?t=167) is talking about the usage of "also" and gives this example

  She wrote three emails to him but he didn't answer, he ignored her calls as well.

And then the speaker substituted "also" for "as well", and said

  "He ignored her calls also." It sounds weird but it's possible.

That does sound weird for speaking, the question is for writing.

Is it idiomatic put also at the end of a sentence in writing?

Note: My another post (The usage of "also": could someone please give an example to illustrate where is the location "after the verb to be when it is a full verb"?) is relevant though, they are talking about different questions. This one is focused on the location of the end of a sentence.


texts: You removed 1 page of your spiral notebook, what would you say: "I ripped/pulled/tore the page apart" or "I ripped/pulled/tore the page off"?

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You removed 1 page of your spiral notebook (note: each page can be separated easily by pulling), what would you say:

"I ripped/pulled/tore the page apart" or "I ripped/pulled/tore the page off" or "I ripped/pulled/tore the page out"?


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The price of gasoline is rising.
Gasoline prices are rising.

My understanding of the above two sentences is that they both describe a general situation about gasoline prices, not a specific situation.

My question is, if we add the word "of" or remove it, and then change the order of words in the phrase, are they still grammatically right, or can we still equally say
3. The gasoline price is rising. (as compared to sentence 1)
4. Prices of gasoline are rising. (as compared to sentence 2)

to describe the price of gasoline in a general sense? And more importantly, why?


texts: How can a person pick out a "most boring" thing?

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When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, gray Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country. Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work, and Mrs. Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair.
  (Harry Potter)

It seems that "picked out his most boring tie" creates an antinomy [contradiction]. How can a person pick something boring out for work? Is there a certain meaning for boring with materials, or am I wrong in understanding the word?


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In this situation:

  She doesn't take after her sister at all! Her treatment is totally different to her sister.

vs:

  She doesn't take after her sister at all! Her treatment is totally different from her sister.


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Consider something like you want to transfer from school A to school B.

Now consider the following:

  You can change the school if you have the admission from the school B.
  You can change the schools if you have the admission from the school B.

I heard the plural form when two people were talking. I am actually not sure which one is correct or if both are correct, or what's the difference, or why they used the plural form.


texts: Can a pronoun refer to a non-specific noun?

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For example:

A professor said that he loves teaching.

Is it possible for "he" to refer to "a professor"?


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I cannot understand which one of the following definitions for "work out" is appropriate for the piece of a conversation's one!

  Advisor: Well, good. So, bookstore isn’t working out?

  Student: Oh, bookstore’s working out fine. I just, I—this pays almost double what the bookstore does.

work out   (phrasal verb):

1) plan: work something ↔ out - to think carefully about how you are going to do something and plan a good way of doing it:

▪ UN negotiators have worked out a set of compromise proposals.

work out what/where/how etc:

▪ We need to work out how we're going to get there.

▪ I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).

2) calculate: work something ↔ out - to calculate an answer, amount, price etc:

▪ See if you can work this bill out.

work out how much/how many etc:

▪ We'll have to work out how much food we'll need for the party.

3) understand: work something ↔ out - (especially British English) to think about something and manage to understand it:

▪ The plot is very complicated - it'll take you a while to work it out.

work something out for yourself:

▪ I'm sure you can work it out for yourself.

4) cost: if a cost or amount works out at a particular figure, it is found to be that much when you calculate it.

work out at/to £10/$500 etc:

▪ The bill works out at £15 each.

work out expensive/cheap etc (=be expensive or cheap):

▪ If we go by taxi, it's going to work out very expensive.

5) get better: if a problem or complicated situation works out, it gradually gets better or gets solved:

▪ Things will work out, you'll see.

▪ I hope it all works out for Gina and Andy.

work itself out:

▪ I'm sure everything will work itself out.

6) happen: if a situation works out in a particular way, it happens in that way (synonym: turn out).

work out well/badly:

▪ Financially, things have worked out well for us.

7) exercise: to make your body fit and strong by doing exercises:

▪ He works out with weights twice a week. ➔ workout

8) I can't work somebody out: (British English spoken) used to say that you cannot understand what someone is really like or why they behave in the way they do:

▪ I couldn't work her out at all.

9) be worked out: if a mine is worked out, all the coal, gold etc has been removed from it.

work somebody over: to attack someone by hitting them several times


texts: What's the difference between using "to" and using "that" in this sentence in meaning?

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No#1 is a definition of the word "tact" in my dictionary.

  tact is the ability to avoid offending people when dealing with problems.
  tact is the ability that avoid offending people when dealing with problems.

Are these two all correct in grammar?
If then, what's the difference between them in meaning?

Thanks for your help in advance.


texts: What does it exactly mean to say "In XXX, we have YYY"?

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In XXX(country name) we have very affordable colleges.

Does it mean "Colleges in XXX are very affordable" or "In XXX, there are some colleges that are very affordable"?


texts: "prompted me to something" or "prompted me something"

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prompted me to something

or

prompted me something

What is the correct way: "it prompted me to something" or "it prompted me something"?


texts: Should I use a/an or not in these sentences

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Should I use "an" or "a" or nothing in the following?

  It's a product with (an) international quality

  You shouldn't buy (an) oil with any of the following

  People view (an) oil being refined as a selling point.

  Canula oil is (a/an) RBD oil

Also can we say useful ingredients instead of healthy ingredients or does that convey different meaning?


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I believe that the requirement is being exercised but not say, directly called in the test.

What does "but not say" mean? Does it mean something like "though we can't say"?


texts: Is the phrase "I fancy a beer" still current anywhere?

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I learned last night that the phrase:

  I fancy a burger.

is taught in textbooks to some English learners as a different way to say one "would like" a burger. This surprised me, because I thought the phrase was very dated. Is it still used in Britain?


texts: "have their own beliefs" VS "have their own belief"

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Many ethnic groups have their own religious beliefs that are associated with unique traditions and styles in architecture, clothing, rituals, and diet.
  Many ethnic groups have their own religious belief that is associated with a unique tradition and style in architecture, clothing, rituals, and diet.

In such case, which form of word shoule I go for?


texts: Explain the grammar function of the word in the sentence

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Here is next sentence:

  I have lain awake under the skins.

I understand the meaning but the sentence structure makes me confuse. I can't actually understand why the word "awake" stands here like that. If I wrote a sentence, I'd write it like this:

  I have lain and awoken under the skins.

Would you explain to me what "awake" doing here in its form?


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Sentence:

  I've kept a diary for twelve years now.

It means I began to do it in the past, continued up doing it and I'm doing it now, doesn't it?


texts: How do I decide between the prepositions "in" and "on"?

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I'm wondering about and still confused over when to use on and in, for example like the sentence below:

"I like to sunbathe in the sun." In my study I figured out that when using in you the thing that you are talking about should be enclosed, or in the center, or inside, right?

How did it become in when you are not in the sun?
In a conversation of referring something I have always seen a lot of people using on, like "You are on your own." Why is it not in your own? I'm so confused!

I already know about the prepostions of time and place and when to use them but in these conversations I'm still rather confused about what I'm going to need.


texts: Understanding and breaking down these sentences

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Can someone help me grammatically analyze (what is the object,subject,verb etc.) the following two sentences

  Suddenly she realized that the brakes weren't working.
  Unfortunately, since his wife's death his teenage daughter had become extremely difficult.

I know Suddenly and Unfortunately are adverbs of time and opinion, but the rest I am having difficulty with.


texts: What does it mean by "a prayer that concludes a worship service"?

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I'm reading a vocabulary book and there is an entry about the word benediction which I do not quite understand.

  benediction  /ˌben·əˈdik-shən/ A prayer that asks for God's blessing, especially a prayer that concludes a worship service.

Here as I understand, prayer is a person who prays. So a prayer asks for God's blessing, especially a prayer who provides worship service to other people. Maybe the prayer sings something or reads something in the hope that someone will be healthy.

Is my understanding correct? What exactly does concludes a worship service mean here?


texts: Present perfect + definite time : exceptions

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Is it ok to use the present perfect with a definite time if it's used with may or could ?

Examples :

I may have drunk too much yesterday night
I could have done it last month but I was too lazy for that.

If yes what are the other exceptions ?


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How to say if something finishes a pain completely not to some extent that the words " to alleviate" or "to mitigate " imply?

  The only thing you can do to ......... my pain is to tell me the
  truth.


texts: Do we say "We do some cool-downs before swimming"?

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We say "we do some warm-ups before playing tennis" or "we warm up before that".
But, before we swim, we need to rub or pour some cold water on our body so that it gets used to the cold temperature.
Do we say "We do some cool-downs or we cool down before swimming"?
Some people say I can use "acclimatise/acclimatize", but I am looking for a common everyday term


texts: What would you say when you are not a beneficiary in a matter?

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Please imagine that you have introduced a buyer and a seller to each other (both of them are your friends, but they have not been familiar with each other so far.) The two people have been connected to each other for a period of time after your introduction, but you are not aware what they do throughout this period of time, although you know that they are connected to each other at the time being.

After a while, they had a deal (i.e. one of them has sold an apartment to the other one.) But they have faced some financial problems with each other. One of them finds you guilty and he/she thinks that you shouldn't have introduced them to each other! Even that person thinks that somehow you have received some amount of money or advantage from the other person!

I need to know whether saying the following sentence (which we say in our language) works properly or not when you are going to say that what has happend was none of your business and it's their own problem, and you have no gain in this issue:

  I'm not a beneficiary in this matter. [to me, this sentence sounds OK, but I have no idea if it makes sense to a native speaker too!]

If it is not natural, then I wonder if you could tell me what shall that person say to indicate that they are not a beneficiary in this matter?


texts: Can "star" mean "planet" (outside astrology)?

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In Asian languages such as Japanese, we can choose not to make distinction between star like the Sun, planet like the Earth, and satellite like the Moon, calling them in a word usually translated as "star" (星). Does English allow to call a planet "star" too? I found out a definition of star in a dictionary say:

  a planet or a configuration of the planets that is held in astrology to influence one's destiny or fortune —usually used in plural

but what I'd like to know is whether it's possible to call real planets in the space in such a way, or there is a blanket term roughly covers star, planet, satellite and asteroid (but not nebula or galaxy).

EDIT
Thank you for your comments. It needs to be clarified that I didn't intend to refer to "stars you look up at in the sky". Actually, we're able to form such a sentence, too.

  タトゥイーンという星には約20万人が暮らしている。
  Around 200 thousand people are living on a "star" called Tatooine.

You can see 星 can replace "planet" (惑星) in every situation unless you have to tell planets from other bodies. Is it possible in English?


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Which one do I use for this sentence?

"I would be jealous if John was/were kissing another girl."

I'm guessing "were" would be the correct choice?


texts: A question about the past paticiple "inflicted"

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Consider

The interference inflicted to the medical devices.
The interference inflicted by the mobile phones.

Now, we provide you with definition of the verb inflict from Macmillan Online Dictionary:

  to cause something unpleasant to happen

And Google Ngram result:

Question:

Given to the google result, Is it wrong or odd to use sentences like #1?


texts: What is the meaning of 'due to' in '...due to be published soon...'?

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"The seventh and final book series is due to be published soon and will definitely create as much if not more interest than all the other 6"

Could you tell me the meaning of 'due to'? Does it mean  'expected to'?

And about the rest of the sentence '..as much if not more..' I can't understand the context because when some book is not more interest than other so it  wouldn't be published as much!!! Right?


texts: "Much depends on the guilt or innocence…" is 'much' the subject of the sentence?

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Much depends on the guilt or innocence of these archetypal “innocents”-- --the first in a long line of allegedly framed leftists from Alger Hiss to the Rosenbergs to Leonard Peltier to Mumia Abu Jamal--including the very credibility of the American cultural establishment. (Source)

Is the subject of this sentence really "much"? I tend to add "it" in the position of the subject ("It much depends…"). Was it simply omitted or is the pronoun not proper?


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Recently, I took up a course and passed it. It's Google's course on Mobile App Analytics. Though I know what exactly it is, I wonder whether the word analytics as a plural word is correct.

If you come up with your point that if this is a product, it can have such liberty. But then, when I earned the certificate, the word analytics is used in the course name that makes me ask this question here. We generally take care of every word we use as a course title, don't we?

My homework is, I searched for almost all the dictionaries we generally refer to. Except The Free Dictionary, no dictionary mentions this plural word Analytics. Also, if analytic is an adjective, what analytics is in Google's Analytics? A noun?

Here is the certificate I got.


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This is a composition of one of my students.

The kitchen in my house is always very greasy. Even the kitchen ventilator can't do much to solve this problem.
I've been worried about my grandmother's health especially her lungs because she is in the kitchen cooking everyday. And there's also air pollution while the oil smoke emits directly out of the house.
I'm thinking about the future design of the kitchens. Will it be better if we design a totally enclosed ventilation system, which includes poriferous ceramic tiles, ceiling materials, to drain and centralize the oil smoke though special pipes.
If so, there won't be nuisance grease in kitchens anymore, and we will have a cleaner environment.

I need a better word to replace "poriferous" , is there any other word?
BTW, I'll appreciate any proofreading comments.


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When I translate these sentences in my native language I don't feel any difference. Could you tell me these differences if they are?

  It rains a lot in winter.

vs

  There is a lot of rain in winter.

Do you use both of them?


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It's not the Hawaii you're used to thinking of and seeing ads for tourism.

I always feel that seeing ads for tourism is a little odd here. Should it add a preposition at the end of the sentence, such as "in"? Just as follows:

  It's not the Hawaii you're used to thinking of and seeing ads for tourism in.

I guess the latter part of the object "seeing ads for tourism" means that "you can see ads everywhere in the Hawaii". So if there is an of in the former part, why is there also a preposition( in ) in the latter part?


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In this article of the Financial Times, we can read the following sentence:

“I think it’s really important that we avoid two mistakes here: the
first is to do Russia’s job for them by bigging it up; I haven’t seen
in the UK any occasion where this stuff has made a strategic
difference. Secondly, and related, I think we should keep this in
proportion. The Russians did not create the things that divide us — we
did that.

My question is what is the meaning of «bigging it up» ?


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How would I say?

  I have gone to the cinema twenty times this year

Or I better say:

  I have been to the cinema twenty times this year


texts: How to professionally express a desire to relocate?

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I want to start applying to jobs in the UK, and in my cover letter I wish to include my desire to relocate.
What would be a preferred way of wording this?

I'm XYZ, looking to relocate to ABC this summer.
I'm XYZ, wishing to relocate to ABC this summer.
I'm XYZ, wanting to relocate to ABC this summer.

Which version would be best suited in a professional setting? Or should I use a different verb/phrase altogether?


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

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Some headaches can be cured by a sensitive finger-pressure massage.
  The massage should be given on sensitive "trigger" points. There are
  three pairs of points: one at each temple, one under each shoulder
  blade, and a pair at the back of the neck. Press each point for 15 to
  30 seconds at a time. Remember to press both points in a pair at the
  same time, not just one side. Doing this will help the body's natural
  painkillers start working. If you are alone, press the thumb of one
  hand against the tender spot in the "V" formed by the thumb and
  forefinger of the other hand.

Source: Headache Away

Sensitive in the first line seems to refer to massage. But what does sensitive massage mean? I've already looked up sensitive in some dictionaries, but none of the senses seem to apply in this context. Please let me know what dictionary you used to answer.


texts: Which is better? "Student Performances" or "Students' Performances"

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I was told to use "Students' Performances" instead of "Student Performances"  for the cover page of a video project that shows the performances of students from several schools for a rally and conference.

Some presentations only had one student performing while other presentations had several students performing as a group.

Are both, technically, correct? If so, is there a preference for one, or the other, in any particular situation?


texts: What is the meaning of "Bussed his own dishes. You can always tell a gentleman"?

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SOURCE   (The Ladykillers, 2004)

Marva Munson is taking the sheriff upstairs so she can introduce G.H. Dorr to him, but suddenly G.H. Dorr disappears because he is a thief.

  MRS. MUNSON: ...We was just havin' tea, talkin' about Othar--

     The two enter and Mrs. Munson stops short, looking.

     The living room is empty. Even the Professor's teacup is gone.

  MRS. MUNSON: ...Hm... Bussed his own dishes. You can always tell a gentleman.

     The sheriff, hat in hand, gazes about.

  SHERIFF: Someone was here, ma'am?

  MRS. MUNSON: Mm-hm, with me'n Othar.

     Once again, he tries to excuse himself:

  SHERIFF: Well, maybe I'll catch him next time...

There are no dishes in this context and I am confused by what these lines really meant.

This is dialogue from The Ladykillers, a 2004 movie.


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I asked a question in this post.

  To illustrate this, I am trying to find a concrete example.

  let $(A_n)_{n=2}^\infty$ denote the sequence of sets $A_n$

  where $A_n$ is the set of primes $\le n (n\ge 2)$.

  $A_2={2},\ A_3={2,3},A_4=A_3,A_5={2,3,5},...$

where by "abstract", I mean the conceptual term sequence of sets, by "concrete example", I mean ({2},{2,3},{2,3,5},...)

similarly, a number is an example of "abstract", 1, 2, 0.5 are examples of the "opposite of abstract"

In this context, Is the opposite of abstract "concrete", "particular", "specific" or other word?


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Is there a verb that means "put it out there for everyone to see"? What brought this about is the fact I wondered how to describe the scene where the police of Gotham city flashes the bat-signal on the roof of their HQ for batman to come.

I could only come up with this:

  The cops projected the bat-signal onto the clouds.

However, it sounds quite horrible, and I have no idea what other verb than project could be used, and would be used by an author.


texts: Something wrong in "What will this course help you to?"

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I have been told by an English teacher that after the sentence

  "This course will help me to be more relaxed and patient"

the following sentence is inadequate

  "What will this course help you to?"

Can someone please explain why?


texts: Is it "they decided at the last minute" or "they decided the last minute" in Jobs' speech?

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From the Jobs' speech, there is a sentence:

  Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.

You can see it's they decided at the last minute but I can't clearly hear the word at.

I just want to know is the word at really there, and if there how can I read it smoothly like Jobs'?

I tried very hard but still can't read it smoothly if I read the at, but without it, it's much easier to read as fast as Jobs'


texts: "Refundable amount" vs "Amount to be refunded"

texts: Is it possible to use "refundable" where I mean "to be refunded"? I know that "payable amount" has a meaning of "amount to be payed". Is it the same with refund? I need very short term, preferable one word, used as an API field name.


texts: What is the grammaticality of "not" in "I hope not" and "I know not"?

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This question stemmed from the lyrics of the song Vague Utopia by Tia Gostelow. One of the lines from the chorus is as following:

  I just want you to know,
  And i know not what the younger dreams,
  Some vague utopia, utopia

The structure I know not what the... sounded a bit weird to me. After doing some research, the closest similar grammatically valid structures(from oxford) that I found are:

Treating the symptoms and not the cause. (negative of the cause).
How was it? Not so bad. (Not very close to the actual lyrics).

I also think the lyrics could be using archaic English, when I know not, I run not etc were permissible in English. Please explain if the lyrics is grammatically correct, and if yes, what rule is it using.

Grazie


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Part of School report

What would it mean if told to have tendencies to misinterpret punctuation for subordination


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Is it fine to use the following sentence:

  We propose an algorithm that has a reduced complexity but achieves only a fraction of the...

More specifically, do I need to add something (for instance: "that" or "which") after "but"?


texts: Content analysis isn’t nearly as scary as it sounds - the maning of nearly

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You can create perfectly written XML, but if your perfect XML doesn’t fit your content, all that work isn’t going to do diddly for you. This chapter is devoted to helping you get a handle on the content that you’re creating so you can use XML to describe it well. Content analysis isn’t nearly as scary as it sounds; a little analysis early on (tell us what you see in these ink blots) can save you from going loco later.

Okay. Let's first get rid of the word nearly. So, what we have reads: Content analysis isn’t as scary as it sounds. To me, that means that content analysis is not scary as it may sound to someone who first hears about it. Meaning, it's not scary. Fine. That's something I understand. But throwing the word nearly into the mix, how does it then alter the meaning of the sentence? Does it mean that content analysis is not scary at all? I'm a little confused.


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"____________ anyone call, please take a message."

did
should
could
might

Could you tell me which one is correct answer and why please?


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The retired police chief smiled and told me that "whatever he did in other places he kept it out of our juris-diction. He was old-school, very polite, a perfect gentleman. You wouldn't know he had two dimes to rub together from looking at his house or the car he drove.

Did he collect a minimum amount of money from people who looked at his house or car? Or he didn't want anything more than his car and house, right?


texts: Difference between "search of" and "search for"

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I was writing a classified for a company, but I got confused between two different usage of 'search'.
Read the following sentences:

If you're in search of a quality marketing company, then your search ends here!
If you're in search for a quality marketing company, then your search ends here!

Now, I want to know what native speakers say about the usage in above written sentences. Are they both okay? Why?
Thanks for your help.


texts: Is it obligatory to capitalize the word 'president' before a name (as in 'president Donald Trump')?

texts: Gramarly insists on capitalizing: 'President Bill Clinton', 'President Donald Trump', etc. But I don't want to do it. Can I use a regular lowercase 'p'? (with respect, please give me a break from "oooh, it's not about grammar rules, it's about style guides, different style guides tell different things, blah blah blah")


texts:
The bear is dangerous, you had better not come near it.
The bear is dangerous, you had better not to come near it.


texts: What does it mean to say a man is a "lightweight"?

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Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old “Pharma bro”, is a lightweight. What does this lightweight mean? Here is the original sentence:

  Martin told me that he was a lightweight, something I’d never heard a man admit on a date (or ever).


texts: Would "I feel hunger" be an equivalent to "I'm hungry"?

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I found this question on ELL where the OP mentioned "I feel anger." and the answerer stated the following about it:

  [...] I feel anger typically more usually means you feel someone else's anger, or anger caused by an object or external cause - whereas I feel angry only describes your feelings.

  Although it is possible that someone can say I feel anger to mean something close to I feel angry if it's obvious from context that there isn't an external anger.

I want to know if it is the same case for I feel hunger, and if it can be said by someone who is hungry as an equivalent to I am hungry?


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By/in doing X, Y happens.

I am trying to understand the subtle difference between "by doing X" and "in doing X" .

This thread's responder says that: " Both "by doing X" and "in doing X" form non-finite adjunct clauses of cause or reason. In the most general sense, they both mean 'as a consequence of doing X.' Consequently, there are many situations where both items, be and in, sound acceptable."

And suggest using "by doing X" if the the other action, Y, is the "direct result" of the X.

Then suggest using "in doing X" or "by doing X" if X is the "indirect cause" of the other action, Y.

On the other hand, this thread's responder says that: "Using the word "in" means that the action takes place at the same time as something. However "by" is used to denote the manner or reason something was done. "

So "in doing so" actually means "while doing so", but "by doing so" means "because I did so".

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Supposing this explanation above is correct, I wonder if I can use use "while" in the place of "in" in this kind of situations.

  By trying to solve one problem, I created another.

Does this sentence mean "creating another problem" is the direct result of the "trying to solve one problem" ? Do "trying to solve one problem" and "creating another problem" happen at the same time? or "trying to solve one problem" happens first and then "creating another problem" happens as a result of the first action?

  In trying to solve one problem, I created another.

Do "trying to solve one problem" and "creating another problem" happen at the same time? or "trying to solve one problem" happens first and then "creating another problem" happens as a result of the first action?

  While trying to solve one problem, I created another.

What is the difference between this sentence and sentence 2?

  Raskolnikov confesses his crime to Sonia and admits that by
  killing the two women – Alena Ivanovna and her servant and sister,
  Elizabeth - he actually destroyed himself.

Do "killing the two women" and "destroying himself" happen at the same time? or "killing the two women" happens first and then "destroying himself" happens as a result of the first action?

  Raskolnikov confesses his crime to Sonia and admits that in
  killing the two women – Alena Ivanovna and her servant and sister,
  Elizabeth - he actually destroyed himself. (Original one)

Do "killing the two women" and "destroying himself" happen at the same time? or "killing the two women" happens first and then "destroying himself" happens as a result of the first action?

  Raskolnikov confesses his crime to Sonia and admits that while
  killing the two women – Alena Ivanovna and her servant and sister,
  Elizabeth - he actually destroyed himself.

What is the difference between this sentence and sentence 5?


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"In order to take the remedial action in the area, the company sent a work permission request form to XXX ; however XXX rejected the company's form by alleging that the area in question is not yet taken over."

Should I use "was" instead of "is" in the bold part ?


texts: What is the meaning of "you will lose the juice"

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The text is

  In fact, in this state how will you treat this person you’re in a relationship with?
  You’ll probably treat them in a way that will make them not want to be in a relationship
  with you.  If not, leaving the relationship permanently, in the moment they are not going
  to want to relate to you, so you will lose the juice.

Does this make sense?


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If you like the video and want to see more where this came from, subscribe to the channel.

Is this sentence grammatically accurate, and does it mean "If you like this video and want to see more videos alike/more such videos, subscribe to the channel."?


texts: "I did my best" vs "I did the best I could"

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In one post, a commenter maintained that the phrases "I did my best" and "I did the best I could" don't mean quite the same thing.

If it is true, what is the fine difference between the two?


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A-Could you be spontaneous for once in your life? This could put us on
  the map.

  B-I am not good at spontaneous.

  A-Ever since you broke up with Paul, it's like you're scared to do
  anything different. You plan your life down to the last minute.

  B-Well, it is good to have a plan.

Is the bold part OK? Shouldn't it be something like "Ever since you broke up with Paul, it's like you have been scared to do anything different."

Movie: Princess Switch


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I asked my friend what he was cooking and he replied, "I am cooking meat." I asked "what meat?" He said, "dude, meat. Don't you know meat?" I asked him again in a more clear way, "Yes, but what meat? Chicken, mutton, fish?" He replied, "Mutton."

I asked him why he didn't say "mutton" when I asked him "what meat?"

He said that when we say meat, we mean mutton. I said that "meat" is meat, be it a fish or chicken or mutton. So my question is, who is correct? When we say meat, we mean the flesh of any kind of animal which we eat or does in cooking meat specifically refers to mutton?


texts: Using past simple or past perfect after *since*?

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This is an exercise from my English book:

  You three boys look very guilty! What did you do / have you done / have you been doing since I left / have left?

I chose have you been doing and have left. But the correct answer for the second option is left. Why is that? I thought past perfect was used after since.


texts: Using the idiom: "riding on one's high horse"

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Which sentence sounds more idiomatic:

  She is always riding on her high horse.
  She always rides on her high horse.


texts:
Consider these statements:

  Don't worry about Matt.  I will bring he and John home after the party.
  Don't worry about Matt.  I will bring him and John home after the party.

Is one preferred yet both correct?  Is only one correct and the other wrong?


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Could someone please inform me which of the following would be more correct :

  " This was the last man whom I told there was no hope. "

or :

  " This was the last man to whom I told there was no hope. "

?

Thank you.


texts: How to effectively frame a sentence describing one's project in a resume?

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I want to write a brief 2-3 line description of my hobby project in my resume, and have written the following:

  Steganography and Image Compression (Hobby project)    May 2006 - Jul 2006
  This project implements hiding a computer data file in a bitmap image or wave audio, and also retrieves the hidden data file. It also implements compression of a bitmap image using a combination of quantization and run length encoding algorithms.

Somehow I find the "This project implements" rather strange. It also uses "also" twice, which although referring once each to each half of the project, still feels a bit odd. I am not sure if writing a resume in first person ("In this project, I did ..."), and I have read that this is generally discouraged.

Moreover, the "this project" seems redundant, because it is quite clear from the context that it is a project description, but I cannot figure out how to rewrite the above sentences without specifically using the word "project". How should I phrase these in a more "effective" way?


texts: "A TV reality show I would like to see '' means the TV show that I wanna do?

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I confused for that because I wrote the TV show I like but my friends told me that was the one I wanna do.
Give me explaination


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New York is a famous city.We will visit there.

  New York is a famous city. We will visit it.

Which pronoun is suitable? I prefer ''it'' as the word ''visit'' is a transitive verb in this sentence.


texts: Do I need a "had" in the following sentence?

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We watched the sea for a while. Time flew, and before we realized it, we reached harbor.
We watched the sea for a while. Time flew, and before we realized it, we had reached harbor.

Which version is the correct one? And why?


texts:
Is his required while using in spite?

Is it

  In spite of his being young, he got the job.

or

  In spite of being young, he got the job.


texts: Can you explain the structure of the following sentence?

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Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-reviews/My-Big-Fat-Greek-Wedding-2/movie-review/52237316.cms

  What is interesting about the film though is the radical difference in the ages of the cast members and of course the female characters, who do seem to have substantial roles and not just as embellishment.

Why comma after 'characters'?

It is not as 'who do seem to have substantial roles and are not just as embellishment'.It is because they are not saying women as embellishment.They mean roles which are substantial and not just (are as )embellishment.An 'are' is omitted.Am I right?


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See when a girl decides that you're her friend,you're no longer a
  dating option. You become a complete non-sexual entity in her eyes,
  like her brother Or a lamp.

I'm new to English and have just watched Just Friends (2005). Above quote has a lamp word which has another meaning other than electric bulb or source of light.