texts: How to append my "advanced-level of economics" to my CV?

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I'm hungarian, and I'm writing my CV in english. I'd like to append my "advanced-level" graduation of economics to it, and I don't know how to formulate it. I'm worried that if I'm not formulating it well, it can come across as a BSc degree or something.
The term in my native language what I'm looking the translation for is "emeltfokú érettségi közgazdaságtanból".
Here's how the hungarian system works: hungarian graduation system on wiki about hungarian graduating system


texts: What is the correct usage of "In light of"?

texts:
I'm considering two different forms of a sentence:

In light of these limitations as described…
In the light of these limitations as described…

Which usage is correct?


texts: Where can "chargeabilities" be hyphenated?

texts: Where can I hyphenate (split at the end of the line; GB English) the words chargeabilities and chargeability? Merriam-Webster does not know the words at all and ushuaia hyphenates chargeab•il•it•ies, which is not in accordance with my pronunciation of the word, but possibly I got that wrong because I am no native speaker but an ELL.


texts: "I knew that you { are / were } busy in a meeting" -- Which do I say when the meeting is still going on?

texts: I am not sure, if the sentence ""I knew that you are busy in a  meeting" is correct. I think it is incorrect as it has past tense(knew) and present (are). pls. correct me


texts:
Is there anything semantically odd about the following sentence? I'm particularly interested in the compatibility between the subject the rich man and the predicate allocated funds to the charity.

  The rich man allocated funds to the charity.


texts: What's the meaning of "to beat the bleach out of the chick’s skin"?

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I told her to organize some boys to beat the bleach out of the chick’s
skin, but she was quoting scripture, saying God will fight her
battles.

I searched online dictionaries for bleach but the meanings don't explain the sentence. I think it's a slang word but I don't know the meaning.
So could you tell me please what the meaning of the sentence is?
The fuller text:

By the way, I heard Lola’s husband got his side-chick pregnant. She’s
expecting twins.” [...]  Thin Woman say, “I knew it would happen! I
knew it. I warned Lola, didn’t I? I told her to organize some boys to
beat the bleach out of the chick’s skin, but she was quoting
scripture, saying God will fight her battles.”

The girl with louding voice by Abi Dare

Note: The author in an interview about her book says that:
Nigerians speak something called pidgin English, and I knew I didn’t want to write in pidgin English because even the very educated people speak pidgin English. So I knew it wasn’t going to be that. I wanted it to be nonstandard English, whatever that meant.
For Her Debut, Abi Daré Confronts ‘Dreams and Intelligence That We Kill’


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Is "intend on" ungrammatical?

I thought that "intend to do something" and "intend on doing something" were synonymous, but I was told by a few people that "intend on" is ungrammatical and is a common mistake, yet I see it being used in novels by authors.
Is it really ungrammatical?


texts: I have been working there\I am working there

texts:
We can imagine such a situation that 2 months ago I got some special project which I have to be working on. Now I've been working on it. And I can say:

  1) I am working on it

Pointing at my action like at some temporal period of time. I am not working right now, because it's night, but at this period of time, yes, I am working.

  2) I have been working

Pointing that I have some deal, I got it in the past and I have been wroking on it since then.

The problem is it seems to be completely Interchangeable and I see no difference between them. What to do?


texts: Is this sentence correct - "One can break this rule sometimes and try to put his energy into ..."?

texts:
One can break this rule sometimes and try to put his energy into ...

I am especially concerned about the usage of 'his' along with 'one'.

I wanted to use one's instead of his but that gave me a sense of wrong sentence formulation because of multiple uses of 'one' in the same sentence.


texts: Is there such a thing as "not quite true"?

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The authors demonstrate that the probability of finding a new job can be higher in a high unemployment region than in a low unemployment one if the former has a higher rate of employee turnover* than the latter. As such, the theory that it is harder to find work in regions of high unemployment is not quite true.

*High turnover means more available job positions, hence better chance of getting one.

I wrote this. Person A argues that "not quite true" is just bad writing. They say that there is no such thing as "not completely true", that a statement is either true or false. I wanted to convey that that theory is a presumption, in reality it surely can be the case that workers can easily find work in high unemployment regions (depending on the turnover rate or job vacancy rate).

Question: Is Person A correct in pointing out that there is no such thing as "not completely true"? Should I instead say "is not always the case"?


texts: Pronunciation of the first "t" in "electromagnet"

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I am an Indian student, and I must say, I have encountered a lot of variability over the pronunciation of this seemingly harmless word. I'm quite perplexed here.

Dr. Walter Lewin, a renowned physics professor from the MIT, pronounces it with a little to no emphasis on the "t", and simply glides over to the rest of the word.

Google translate on the other hand, gives a slight more emphasis on the "t", but it also adopts a more British accent for it.

While in India, our professors enunciate that "t", in fact roll their tongues over it, and even end the word with a harsh "t" sound. So who is actually correct here?


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I wonder what do you call a child or a youngster who disobeys against their parents orders, sometimes even the conventional and social rules and regulations, and someone who often talks back to their parents? Such children or young people often tend to fight other children / youth and most of the times behave angrily. They usually do not want to pay attention to the higher position and do not perform what they are obliged to and instead prefer to act as they wish. This attitude sometimes remains on them if they do not receive any therapy (usually talk-therapy) even up to the end of their lives.

I know three words to describe such characters:

Disobedient: which means:

  Deliberately not doing what you are told to do by your parents, teacher etc.

He is a pleasant child, but often rowdy, disobedient and rough with others.

My register: in my view it works, but do not convey the whole message. It doesn't necessarily indicate that the child/youngster tends to act angrily or talk back to their parents etc. and just says that they "disobey".

Defiant: which means:

  Refusing to obey and not willing to accept criticism or disapproval:

It is easier to be soothing with a highly sensitive child who is clingy and frightened than with a defiant child.

My register: the same as "disobedient" goes here.

Rebellious: which means:

  If someone is rebellious, they are difficult to control and do not behave in the way that is expected:

Her teachers regard her as a rebellious, trouble-making girl.

My register: to me it strikes as the closest one, but the problem with this word is that according to all dictionaries, this word is more about an opposition against a government and a political organization etc. Why I think it is the best choice? Because for me, this word has a connotation of being "unruly + disobedient + aggressive".

Insubordinate: which means:

  (Of a person) not willing to obey orders from people in authority, or (of actions and speech, etc.) showing that you are not willing to obey orders:

An insubordinate child.

My register: I think it can work to, but the same problem with "rebellious" is applicable here too.

That was my offers and what I understand  from them.

I wonder what would you use in this sense if you would have a better option encapsulating all these concepts?


texts: 'the end of next week' versus 'end of the year'

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The both example sentences come from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/end

  Both Governments are working towards brokering a deal before the end of next week.

  Many say the two new injections could be made available to the public by end of the year

Why does the former have the definite article 'the' before 'end' while the latter doesn't?


texts: Plz tell which one is correct or more precise

texts:
1.When should we come today?
  2.At what time should we come today?

Which one is correct?
I want to know the exact time.


texts:
I would like to find an easy explanation of how to make compound adjectives. Actually, what I want is a functional way or structure which can help me make it on my own. I read the sentences I have made, but I can't make them sound like these examples: he is left-handed, he is kind-hearted.

Here are some sentences which I tried to make:

  When I was younger, I had some trouble making ideas which led me to nothing.

meaning: Ideas which make trouble

  He is a player making person.

meaning: He can teach everyone how to play

  This is a well organized schedule.

meaning: some good made decision.

Thank you in advance


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I have the following sentences,

She did not get her hand kissed by the gentlemen, since ... (correct imo)
She did not get her hand kiss by the gentlemen, since ... (incorrect imo)

Now, I want to know which one is the correct one, I think its the first one, but I don't know the formal grammar rule, as in many cases with languages which are not native to me, the first one just "feels" right. If its correct, could you tell me why after using "did not" (already indicating past tense) "kissed" should be used ? Does the effect of "did't" cancel out with the verb get (not got). Thanks.


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Source: How a prodigy built a billion-dollar empire from age 14

  "We work with 17,000 merchant retailers ... to offer instant promotional credit to now over 1.2 million consumer customers," Zalik told CNBC.

I googled it but I couldn't find any results. Does it mean "cheap credit" or "discounted credit"?

OALD: promotional


texts:
Is this usage correct:

  The short time span between the first and second experiment ...

I am using it as a synonym for (period or gap). Is this correct usage?


texts: Is "Remember about "doing something" correct?

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I'm currently busy with writing work instructions for work and I'm wondering if the sentence below is correct grammatically:

Remember about putting the documents back to the....

Can "Remember about" doing something be used instead of for example "Don't forget to put the documents back to the..."?


texts: "The two youths walked back, recounting/each recounting to the/each other"

texts:
A. The two youths walked back, each recounting to the other what had happened to them.
  B. The two youths walked back, recounting to each other what had happened to them.

Which sentence is more common?


texts: How to parse 3 successive negations: '... does not ... without ... unless ... ' ?

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I apologise for this long quote's intricacy, but I simply wish to practice parsing long sentences replete with negations. Below, the bolded 3 negatives (because unless is a negative conditional), hamstring my understanding.  So please show all steps and thought processes on parsing them.

Source: p 109, How the Law Works, by Gary Slapper

  However, it is possible for Acts to create offences – [...] – that do not require any mens rea, or guilty mind, in order for the defendant to be convicted. But it is right for society to be wary about the number of such offences, so the courts presume that a statute does not impose criminal liability without [the need for proof of mens rea][1] unless it specifies explicitly that that[1] is what it is doing.


texts:
Let us suppose you are a repairman.

Each evening you must check the condition of the fireplace and of the boiler?


texts: What is a word or phrase to describe when score is the most important part of testing and it does not reflect the real ability of the students?

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This is an issue in some fields, especially education. Because teachers are usually evaluated by the grades their students get in examinations and the number of excellent students in their class, teachers try their best to help their students get perfect marks but not by giving them quality lessons. They may give them answers during the exam or show them the questionnaire in advance. As for parents, they force their children to study as much as possible in order to get perfect marks.

In Vietnam, this issue is existing, but I am not sure that it is in other countries. I need a word or a phrase to talk about this issue.


texts: Slang word(s) for pretty? (pretty slang synonyms)

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I know I sometimes can use fancy which is quite a nice word, but I look for slang word, synonym of pretty/fancy.

Basically, I need those words for my webpage. I wrote a HTML webpage, where I have a CSS element I called FancyFooter. Now I need another word, for pretty header of my webpage and look for a word that would express how "awesome" my header is.


texts: I'm waiting for you ON/AT/IN the second floor?

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what is the correct option when I want to sat that I'm waiting for someone ON / IN / AT second floor?

  a) I'm waiting for you on the second floor.

  b) I'm waiting for you in the second floor.

  c) I'm waiting for you at the second floor.


texts: Rare usage of the expression "Should have (past particle)"

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I was taught "should have past particle" expresses 1. regret 2. strong belief, but I feel I don't understand the essence of 'should'.

In examples below "should have past particle" seems to mean 'wanted to'
or maybe regret in the 3rd example.

1.

  'I have lost it, Bilbo dear,' said Frodo. 'I got rid of it, you know.'
  'What a pity!' said Bilbo. 'I should have liked to see it again.'

  The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

2.

  I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations

  Winston Churchill

3.

  I should have liked to begin this story in the fashion of the fairy-tales. I should have like to say: "Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet that was scarcely any bigger than himself, and who had need of a sheep . . .

  The Little Prince

Please help me understand these sentences and the expression.


texts:
What does the word "hand down" here really mean?

  travel ban was part of the verdict handed down on Sollecito.


texts: How do you describe something that develops rapidly, is packed with events?

texts: Yes, I consulted a thesaurus, no help (or I couldn't use it properly). I need an adjective that describes a process that develops rapidly and is full of events (regardless of whether they are good or bad) as opposed to something stagnant, not changing. For example, '[word] political life of [a country]'. 'Turbulent' has negative connotations, I need something neutral or, maybe, slightly sarcastic. I also know the word 'eventful'. It doesn't fit either, in my view.


texts: How to wish a good working day to someone

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I want to wish to my colleague, like we do in italian, a good working day.
In my mind came the idea of using Good Job, but I don't think I'm right.
Instead, should I use I wish you a good working day? Is this used? Otherwise what could I say?


texts:
Szósz was inescapably struck in cheerfulness but went up a jubilation or two when he saw a young Fischer.

This is just one sentence from the novel by Tibor Fischer, Under the Frog. The official translation of this clause to my native language can be translated back to English, word by word, as follows:

  Szósz was the embodimemnt of the warm-hearted man and every time he saw a young Fisher he exploded, even two times, with enthusiasm.

(I translated exactly word by word the official translation.)

Do you think that the translation of the sentence is in terms of the meaning OK?


texts: what does "put something in caps and sparkles" mean?

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It is from Crash Course Biology. It is at around 2 minute and 44 second. Here is the context:

  Seriously though, I can't overstate the importance of this hydrogen bond. So when your teacher asks you, "What is important about water?" Start out with the hydrogen bond and you should put it in all caps and maybe some sparkles around it.


texts: "ask" "ask for" or "ask about", which to use

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We are discussing the usage of "only" in another post ("only has" vs. "has only", when to use which?).

I am asking the reason why "only" could not be used as an adjective in my second example.

I guess I could say

  I am asking the reason ...

  I am asking for the reason ...

  I am asking about the reason ...

I want to show my politeness. I am not sure which one of those is appropriate.

Could someone please give a hint?


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I'm just wondering whether would means possible in the following sentences? It's ambiguous on what it's used to talk about an unreal situation or to make suggestions sound less definite. I'm confused to determine that.
In the use of type 2 conditional which is usually used to talk about something not happening, is it also used to make statements sound tentative?

A student asking his teacher to do a lesson in grammar so he says:
It would be great to make a video about embedded clauses.

It would be nice if you could help me a bith with the homework.

If you moved your chair a bit, we could all sit down.


texts:
Please take a look at these two sentences:

This medicine can help your health in general.

This medicine can help your health overall.

From 1., I can know that my health can improve in most parts. But, I can't say the same for 2..
I checked "overall", which can mean "general", or "all things and circumstance considered". In view of this, 2. seems very ambiguous.
Could anyone help explain?
Thank you very much for your time,
Leon


texts:
I am new to English language. I have seen many times when the word "in" is used to explain an area "at" is also used following it.

For example:

  I am living in Tokyo at Koganey.
  He is staying in Sydney at Camden.

I want to know that why it can not be written as:

  I am living in Tokyo in Koganey.

Is there a rule to follow when writing like this?

I would be grateful if you could give a clear explanation about this.


texts:
In the following sentence I would like to know if the verb "own" should be in the singular or the plural form in American English.

  This survey was designed to provide a representative sample of the
  population that own/owns at least one car.


texts:
Can we use the Stative Passive  instead of the Past Perfect tense? for example:
I was driving along the road when I saw a car which had broken/was broken down. I stopped to help them.


texts:
I found articles are omitted in menu items(Open File, Create Folder). Is there a rule that I should follow?
I'm wondering do I need to add articles to these items?

  Create a Box
  Delete the Selected Objects
  Close the Window.


texts:
When a new employee is hired they are attached to an experienced employee that will be helping them at the beginning. This is usually done to

  Accelerate the process of entering the project.

Does this phrase sound OK for a native speaker? I'm mostly unsure about using the verb "accelerate" here.


texts: Other word for "financial help". Can charity be a financial "contribution"?

texts:
Thank you for your donations.

How to change donations in this sentence? Financial help? Contribution?
What if I wanted to generalize my thanks for all kinds of helping? Could I say gifts?


texts: What's the meaning of "develop" in this context?

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This is a passage from an article on a medical discovery:

  Humans have made incredible health strides and are living longer lives than ever.  Many of the maladies that struck down our ancestors have for the most part been completely eliminated – everything from tuberculosis, to polio to malaria.

I wasn't sure what stride means mentioned above so I looked it up on OALD and it defines it as:

  3 - an improvement in the way something is developing

But what does develop mean in this definition? I have a vague idea of what it means, but just can't seem to put it into words. I've looked up both AHDE and Dictionary.com, but out of the many senses it provides, none of them seems to fit the context.


texts: Between two options, which does "former" refer to and which does "latter"?

texts:
For example:

  James was talking to Karl, the former being much smarter than the latter.

Is James the former or the latter? What is the rule?


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I was about to write in a public game chat that I was "Dead on Arrival" but got second doubts. While the game is combat and duel-oriented, I think the expressions is well suited for the situation I was in, I don't know if the term has very bad association with experiences real life, like miscarriage, and should be avoided for respect, even if used clearly in context of combat-related game.

So question is if the term 'Dead on arrival' causes discomfort and bad associations?


texts: Are "whole purpose" and "only purpose" synonymous?

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Are the phrases whole purpose and only purpose synonyms in this sentence (which you would say about/at your work):

  I am officeist. My whole purpose is my office.

It's part of speech.


texts: Difference in Negative forms( also Archaic English)

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Imagine this, my baby brother was making annoying weird noise to irritate me, so I'd tell him

"Can you NOT do that!" {But here I can't say "CAN'T you do that!"}

Now,imagine my big brother was making me to go to the store just after I entered the house from school,so I'd tell him

"CAN'T you do that!" {But here I can't say "Can you NOT do that!"}

But the grammar rules state that if "not" isn't contracted then it must come after the subject but in these cases it obviously makes notable difference. What are the present rules to this and what should I generally use in modern times? Also I have seen this in archaic/older English, what were the older grammar rules when it came to negatives?


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I was wondering if we can use "nice" as an adverb instead of "nicely" in this context?

I want you to play nice if you don't want to get into trouble.

The context is about a sports game with tricky rules.


texts:
I'm writing a help document for an application and I'm unsure of the correct grammar for the following statement:

  A confirmation dialog will then appear showing the number of items that will be modified by the operation.

  A confirmation dialog will then appear showing the number of items which will be modified by the operation.

I've been reading & re-reading these statements over and over in my head and both seem to sound fine.

Is there a rule to determine when one should use that will and when one should use which will?

Many thanks in advance for your time.


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Please look at the following and tell me what the difference between them is

During the past week, Chris has answered the phone.
During the past week, Chris answered the phone.

When I say "during the past week' does it mean the week still continues? I mean does it extend up to the present time of speaking? Or has it ended?

When do I use Present perfect and simple past with during?

Also

What is the difference between

In the past week, Chris has answered the phone.
In the past week, Chris answered the phone.

Also is there any difference between past week and last week?


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Because I am a Turk, sometimes I cannot understand the usage of some verbs. I faced two sentences in which the verb "pick up" is used.

  You have to pick yourself up.
  You are going to pick your miserable self up and help us

What is the meaning of the verb pick up? I guess that it's meaning is to get better, to improve?


texts: A dictionary that gives usage frequencies for each meaning of a phrase and word

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Is there a dictionary (preferably on-line) that would offer usage frequency information for each possible meaning of a word or phrase? I mean more detailed than the usual marking of some meanings (like gay..jolly) as obsolete?

I found a related question on SE A dictionary based on word occurrence frequencies

My specific problem is this. I know that the expression "make something up", has, among others, these two meanings:

"compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient."
"invent a story, lie, or plan."

I intend to use it in the first meaning, but I worry that people might think I have the second meaning in mind. Is context the only hint they can rely on, or is one of the two meanings much more common than the other?

I am looking for an answer that would "teach me fishing". Tell how to solve issues like this in general. I think frequency dictionary is a best bet.


texts:
I would like to share my Mobile number with Client through email. The same number is my WhatsApp number.
Please help me to correct the below sentence to write with correct grammar and as well as a polite
sentence to convey the message.

'Please find my contact number (+XXX) XXX-XXX-XXXX, which is the same number for WhatsApp. Please feel free to reach at any time.'


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What does 'give us a heck of a lot to live up to' mean?

  “After all, those Bunsen-burner stews did lead directly to the Nobel
  Prize. We’re really very proud of you, Mother, although you and Father
  give us a heck of a lot to live up to.”

A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by MADELEINE L’ENGLE


texts:
[OED:] 15. {trans.} = To arrange or settle (something requiring the consent of several parties); to come to an agreement on.
In modern use chiefly Brit. Apparently RARE in the 19th cent.

I already understand, and so ask NOT about, the above definition. Instead, why's this chiefly British use transitive, whereas North American use of this definition, requires a preposition such as these. What does the preposition truly mean, if British English can omit it?
Footnote: I encountered this on p 187, Urban Geography, 3 ed., by Michael Pacione:

At the local government level,
Agenda 21 of the 1991 Rio Earth Summit agreed a
number of proposals relating to waste management,
energy conservation, the integration of land-use and
transport planning, and the protection of natural habitats.


texts: Have to be doing, am/is/are/was/were to be doing

texts:
Can I say ' I am to be doing'?
 Similarly, I have to be doing'
Is it possible in any sense?
Can you refer me any book in which you saw this use?


texts: Should I use the indefinite/definite article before an alphabet letter?

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First, I don't know if these sentences are correct, but the question is should I use any kind of article before an alphabet letter in these sentences below?

  I got an E in math

  Please give me a G

  The A is the best grade


texts: does "organic" in "advertising and organic search results" mean smart or intelligently?

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i am learning this post, which says

  As a part of Yelp’s mission to connect people with great local
  businesses, we help businesses reach potential customers through
  advertising and organic search results.

an online advertising system is a website shows different advertisements to different users.

the question is, dose "organic" in the post mean that their system is smart enough to know what people accessing their website is interested in?


texts: it is a systematic approach "to obtain" or "obtaining"?

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Would you please explain the use of to infinitive and to, as a preposition, + gerund, and when do we use one over the other? Many times, I have a problem deciding whether to use a regular to infinitive or treat the "to" as a preposition and add an -ing to the verb to make it gerund.  I've gathered some sentences using to + gerund below:

  It is an approach to obtaining.....
  It is a key to making.....

Other than "key/approach/committed/dedicated to +ing," could you guys think of other words?


texts: Is "but not for multipe types" or other words wrong in my sentence?

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I wrote one sentence as follows.

"For academic research, I found that almost all of the existing indexes for queries on large graphs work well for one type of query but not for multiple types. As the graphs grow in sizes, building and storing multiple types of index for different queries will greatly reduce the query performance of graph database. "

I am not sure if there are some errors in my sentence, such as "but not for multiple types" or other words. So may I ask that can you help me indicate any errors existed in my sentence?


texts:
I always get confused with use of slash.

Hello Gary and Stephen,
Hello Gary\Stephen,
Hello Gary/Stephen,

which one is acceptable?


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I'd like to know which one of these sentences are grammatically correct. Is there any difference in meaning between them?

There are more cars than there are people in this country.
There are more cars than people in this country.
There are more cars in this country than there are people
There are more cars in this country than people.


texts: Can ‘I tickled his foot excitedly’ mean I tickled his foot so I made him excited? I want to use ‘interestedly’ instead of ‘interestingly.’


texts: Why is there no (definite) article before "unity" in the mathematical sense?

texts:
Example:

  x is equal to unity

("unity" has to do with a "unit", i.e. 1, not "the state of being joined together or in agreement".)


texts: How to say in english something like this

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When you talk about conditions, for example:

  I would rather have done something than .....

and someone tells you:

  You don't need to make such a choice. (you already are in a good position, so why are you saying this?)

I don't know how to properly say it in English but I'll try to compose a sentence this way:

  You don't need to put yourself in front of such a choice.

How to say this properly in American English?


texts: What is the meaning of "Avoid piling that places this specimen under pressure."?

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I was talking to a translator about the following sentence

  "Avoid piling that places this specimen under pressure."

She suggested that it means

  "Trying not to pile up this specimen so that it does not corrupt
  because of the pressure."

Does it make sense? It sounds to me

  "Do colorless Ideas sleep furiously."


texts: Which one is correct ? "I don't know what was that " vs "I don't know what that was"

texts:
Which one is correct ?

  "I don't know what was that"

or

  "I don't know what that was"


texts:
Which one is correct and why?

a letter have written by him
a letter has written by him

And:

the papers have been corrected by me
the papers has been corrected by me


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I have written the following sentence myself. However, even though it feels like it is possible adding the word having in the sentence, I am not sure which meaning it adds to the sentece exactly.

  And I shook his hand and left the cafe in a good spirit after having
  spending one hour there.

Does it add the meaning of "I have to spend one hour"

Does it add the present perfect aspect?


texts: Is the usage of "as" in this example correct in terms of punctuality, grammar, meaning?

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Is the use of "as" correct in the below example sentences?

  Sentence 1: There have came as many people to the speech as Trump's popularity had risen up.

  Sentence 2: But I was worried as much as the number of the people supporting Trump increased.

  Sentence 3: After Brexit, people around the world seem to have become wanting nationalism as much/more as the global economy has shrunk.

I wonder about the ways to express the degree or amount of the event mentioned in the first clause is in relation with the degree of something mentioned in the second clause.

Thank you.


texts: Difference between (in/on/at) "on court", "at school", "in all countries"

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Using the three prepositions (in/on/at) when their use is related to the word after them is very confusing to learners.

E.g. in these examples all the prepositions refer to a location:

  The players were on court for three hours
  Do you feel sleepy at school or at work?
  Originally found in all countries

Also, the three prepositions are used to refer to a time like on the weekend, at 7 AM and in the morning.

Is there an easy way to tell which one is correct to use? If not, can someone please lead me to where (a website) I can learn to use them correctly?


texts: Can I use "as an early lunch" instead of "for an early lunch"?

texts: Does the sentence "I made a pizza as an early lunch." sound good? I think that I want to rather emphasize that the meal was made to serve as an early lunch, and not that I ate it at an earlier time than the usual lunch.


texts: Searching for a commonly used word to describe someone hardened over time

texts: I have a word on the tip of my tongue. I’m fairly sure it’s either a gerundive or an adjective and it is frequently used to describe someone who has become hardened and/or disagreeable from age.


texts: How is 'prowl' different from 'move around'?

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Does 'prowl' mean the same as 'move around'?

  He prowled the street at night.
  He moved around the street at night.

Do these two sentences have the same meaning?


texts: What do you call the reflection of a point through a line? Reflecting/reflection point?

texts:
I want to write a sentence with math contents.

X, Y are points, and m is a line.
1. X is the reflecting point of Y with respect to m.
2. X is the reflection point of Y with respect to m.

Which sentence is more appropriate?
Or is there any other good expression?


texts: "points closer to" or "points which are closer to"

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Is the phrase "C is the set of points closer to A than to B" correct? Or must I write "C is the set of points which are closer to A than to B" ?

The last formulation seems a bit heavy to me and I'm looking for an alternative formulation. If you have some suggestions I would be most grateful.


texts: as/while/during it goes through the workflow

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Workflow is a sequence of steps through which a piece of work goes (from initiation to completion).

Let's say we are discussing some workflow:

  Do we register the time spent on each step as/while/during a piece of work goes through the workflow?

Which of "as", "while", "during" (if any) is correct?


texts:
By the CATAPHORIC use of "the" may be understood the use of the definite article in a context where what follows the head noun, rather than what precedes it,enables us to pinpoint the reference uniquely.

From CGEL（A comprehensive grammar of the English language. by Quirk. et al）,Chapter.5.32

I can't understand this sentence. Can you point out the subject of it?


texts: Position of intensive pronoun in a sentence

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1) Man himself is responsible for his problems.

2) Man is himself responsible for his problems.

3) Man is responsible himself for his problems.

4) Man is responsible for his problems himself.

If all four are correct, then please explain the difference in meaning among them, if there is any. Also, which is preferable?


texts:
For example:

  A plan that could

I see this "that could" part (with no complement) everywhere, as in:

  The Little Engine that Could.

What does this phrase mean?


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Bring the man who embarrassed your cousin last night in the party of College of Forestry to his knees.

Is it acceptable for the long noun phrase to switch places with the PP to knees?

  Bring to knees the man who embarrassed your cousin last night in the party of College of Forestry.


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With increased requirements on the reliability of automotive electronics, integrated solutions are in higher demand
  With increased requirements for the reliability of automotive electronics, integrated solutions are in higher demand
  With increased demand on the reliability of automotive electronics, integrated solutions are in higher demand
  With increased demand for the reliability of automotive electronics, integrated solutions are in higher demand

Which one is the most suitable one?


texts: Using definitive article with "number of"

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Should I use an article with limited number of

  This shop is visited by a limited number of customers.

Or,

  This shop is visited by limited number of customers.


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a) What is the past participle of forget, I mean Forgot or forgotten?
b) Is it region Specific I mean British English or American English?

E.G.

a) I have forgot my keys at home.

b) I have forgotten my keys at home.


texts: Is this an expression that makes sense? "These are all of my own tasks"

texts:
If I want to say to someone like "all of these tasks I've done only on my hands without the others",
then is this an expression that makes sense? "These are all of my own tasks"


texts:
A dirty man’s job - (A job for a dirty man).

A dirty, man’s job - (Would that be correct? I want to say that it is a dirty job for men (man)?


texts: "resource exhaustive" vs. "exhaustive resource"

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Method A exhaust a lot of resources. How can I say this in comparison sentence:

  method A has been viewed as a resource exhaustive compared to method B

Or,

  method A has been viewed as an exhaustive resource compared to method
  B


texts: "Grade(s) 1 to 6 are basic education for kids." - with "s" or without "s"?

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Is "car 1, car 2, and car 3" equal to "cars 1 to 3"?
Is "step 1 step 2, step 3, step 4, and step 5" equal to "steps 1 to 5"
Is "Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, and Grade 6" equal to "Grades 1 to 6"?
Should I add "s" after the word such as "car", "step", or "Grade" like the bolded ones above?
Are the examples down below correct?
Are the cases of each example equivalent?
(1)
Car 1, car 2, and car 3 are going to be sanitized.
= Car 1 to car 3 are going to be sanitized.
= Cars 1 to 3 are going to be sanitized.
(2)
Step 1 step 2, step 3, step 4, and step 5 are the most crucial in the making of the product.
= Step 1 to step 5 are the most crucial in the making of the product.
= Steps 1 to 5 are the most crucial in the making of the product.
(3)
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, and Grade 6 are basic education for kids.
= Grade 1 to Grade 6 are basic education for kids.
= Grades 1 to 6 are basic education for kids.


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Consider:

Sometimes pensions are adjusted for inﬂation. This is known as indexation.
It is the capital that is adjusted for risk.
Under the comprehensive approach, the exposure is adjusted for possible increases and the collateral is adjusted for possible decreases in value.

I think "for" here fits the definition (used to show a reason or cause) as in "I couldn't speak for laughing".
Am I right? Can I replace "for" with "according to" or "as per" here?


texts: Which tense should be used in this situation?

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I am confused about what tense I should use in this situation.

  He ______ (can) picture his brother's face more clearly now, because he had saved the life of a fourteen-year-old boy, who remarkably resembled his late sibling, earlier that day.

Thank you in advance!


texts: right usage of subject verb agreement: "There is only one of his novels that are/is interesting"

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There is only one of his novels that** are** interesting.

Is this correct? If not which part is wrong, please tell me which explanation based on a sub-verb agreement.
In my book, it says If a subject and the verb is joined by a relative pronoun, the verb used will agree with the antecedent to the relative pronoun( novels). Is this the case here?


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Take a look at these two sentences:

  There are problems for students living away from the family.

  Computers play a very important role in education nowadays.

Comparing them, I wonder why in the second one, 'education' is not preceded by 'the'.


texts: How should I ask a polite question to my manager?

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I found a new technology which could help me in my company. I want to send a message to my manager to have her approval to use that technology. I wrote this:

  I am reading about it and It seems useful.
  I would like to ask you if you allow me to use it (if we see it could help us).

Do you think there is a better way to say that?


texts: Is there any difference in meaning and usage between the phrase "even better" and "better still"?

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Could you tell me if there there any difference in meaning and usage between the phrase even better and better still? For example:

You'd make a lot of progress if you learn five new words a day. Even better, ten to speed up language aquisition.
You'd make a lot of progress if you learn five new words a day. Better still, ten to speed up language aquisition.


texts: Better to do it sooner (rather) than later

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Now I know the phrase 'sooner rather than later' has already been explored  here

But I would like this to be seen as a follow up question that further examines the phrase. After doing some research, I learned that even though 'sooner than later' has become fairly common, the idiomatic way of expressing the idea is to use 'sooner RATHER than later' as one can do it sooner(A) or one can do it later(B) (two choices). I also remember across an article saying how 'sooner than later' is just a mutated version of 'sooner or later', but the article didn't provide many examples I can refer to.

Here is the real question though, what if we add 'better' (comparative) to the structure. Does 'sooner rather than later' still make logical sense?

For example:

I told him that it's better to do it sooner than later.

Or

I told him it's better to do it sooner rather than later.

Here, I can rewrite the first sentence as 'I told him it's better to do it sooner than IT IS TO DO IT LATER' or even 'Doing it sooner is BETTER THAN LATER I told him.' On the other hand, the second sentence doesn't seem to be correct as 'rather than' doesn't function in the same way in terms of joining the two parts for comparison.

So what do you think about this situation? If 'better than later' still the wrong phrase to use regardless? Or is this a case of grammar rules not following real world logic?

Many thanks in advance.


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The wilaya (city hall) opposite was constructed in a neo-Moroccan-meets-art deco style, but step inside and the architecture takes an Arab-Andalusian feel where, from under the arches, local government officials’ offices overlook a central patio and fountain. Add to this a streamliner interior, monumental staircase, touches of Venetian style on the exterior and a modernist clock tower, and you have a building that is testament to the city’s innovative architectural heritage

Source: The Independent

MW defines streamliner as:

  one that is streamlined; especially : a streamlined train

And defines streamlined as:

  1

  a : contoured to reduce resistance to motion through a fluid (such as air)

  b : stripped of nonessentials : compact

  c : effectively integrated : organized

  2: having flowing lines

  3 : brought up to date : modernized

So does streamliner interior mean an interior shaped in such a way to reduce air resistance, or does it mean the sense b, or c or maybe even 3?


texts: what's the meaning of "The highly anticipated..."?

texts: Last week the highly anticipated Cabrillo West opened in Palmesa Square


texts: "sleeping with who" vs "sleeping with whom"

texts:
In one episode of the TV show Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes is described as much of a grammar guy and love correcting grammatical issues. In that setting, he says this to Watson

Holmes: Oh, you meant "spectacularly ignorant" in a nice way! Look, it
doesn't matter to me who's Prime Minister...
Watson: I know...
Holmes: ..or who's sleeping with who...

Grammatically, should he have used "whom"? Because it's the preposition object.


texts:
A plea-bargaining Navy lawyer risks both career and prison If he exposes the commanding ... (From a synopsis of A Few Good Men by Johnny Screenwriter)

When we risk something we have we migh lose it but how we can risk something we don't have like prison. Why is "risk" used in "risk prison"?


texts: "{migration/migrating/that you migrate} soon" -- Regarding the adverb, which would be most grammatical?

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It's been a while since I've needed to dig that deep into English grammar. I'm not sure which of the below is grammatically correct.

  I recommend that you migrate soon.

  I recommend migration soon.

  I recommend migrating soon.

Personally, I think that alternative 3 is correct. I'm not sure though.


texts: Increase/decrease as a gerund or a noun (describing trends in physical quantities)

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When describing some experimental results, if two physical quantities (let's call them a and b) seem to depend on each other, it is often desirable to say what happened with one of them if the other went up or down, using the words increase and decrease. If, for example, a = b, then there may be several choices of the same phrase:

We observed an increase in b with an increase in a.
We observed an increase in b with increasing a.
We observed increasing b with increasing a.

Personally, I tend to use the 1st version because both "increases" are nouns, which gives the sentence a semblance of self-consistency. However, thinking like that, two gerunds in 3rd would also make the sentence self-consistent. Besides, I cannot quite justify why the 2nd could be wrong.

The question is, which one of the example sentences is correct, and if more than one, then what are the differences between them (e.g. maybe there are situations when one should be preferred over the other).


texts: man's/woman's bathroom or a bathroom for men/women?

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If I'm in a place where is only a bathroom for the opposite gender and I want to ask if there is a bathroom for people of my gender should I say:

Do you know if there is a man's/woman's bathroom around here?

OR

Do you know if there is a bathroom for men/women around here?


texts: How to use Suppose for future, present , past imaginary situation?

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A) Suppose in the future we pick the Royal Princess .

A2)  Suppose in the future we picked the Royal Princess .

B) Suppose in the past we picked the Royal Princess .

B2) Suppose in the past we pick the Royal Princess .

C) Suppose we pick the Royal Princess .

C2) Suppose we picked the Royal Princess .

Please help correct with above sentences if they are correctly formed using suppose in all tences.

I mainly want to understand that can we use verb + ed or not  when have to say imagination.


texts: Not coming to your show / Not going to come to your show/ will not come to your show

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"I am not coming to your show ever again," said the actor after the interviewer asked him personal questions.

vs

  "I am not going to come to your show ever again," said the actor after the interviewer asked him personal questions.

vs

  "I will not come to your show ever again," said the actor after the interviewer asked him personal questions.

What's the difference?

As far as I know, the use of present continuous means the activity is going to happen in the near future or is scheduled. The use of going to refers to something that we have already planned before the time of speaking, so thusly the use of only will sounds valid to me, but I have seen even native speakers using all these 3 sentences, why is that so?


texts: How to determine, purely grammatically, if a noun is the noun adjunct of another?

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So I have two cases,

The path students saw ...
The college students saw ...

Is there any grammatical way to separate these two cases? I know it is rather easy to determine this based on the meaning of the words, but if I was to put it like this,

determiner-noun-noun(plural)-verb(past tense) ...
determiner-noun-noun(plural)-verb(past tense) ...

The two would be identical. I guess that something after this part might help separate the sentences grammatically, for example,

The path students saw was correct.
The college students saw trees.

There is a difference even when I abstract them,

determiner-noun-noun(plural)-verb(past tense)-verb(past tense)-adjective
determiner-noun-noun(plural)-verb(past tense)-verb(past tense)-noun

But would this be true (i.e. be separable purely grammatically) in all cases?

Thanks in advance


texts: Does "A is coupled to B (so as) not to rotate relative to B" make sense?

texts:
A is coupled to B so that they can rotate together.

I am trying to rewrite the above sentence I created such that the rewritten one has the same meaning but is expressed in opposite way.  My examples are as follows:

  A is coupled to B (so as) not to rotate relative to B.
  A is coupled to B in a manner that prohibits/prevents A from rotating relative to B.
  A is coupled to B in a manner that prohibits/prevents/does not allow relative rotation between A and B.

After I googled, I know that native speakers prefer the second and third sentences whereas non-native speakers prefer the first sentense.

I prefer the first one because it is shortest and simplest. The sentence is somewhat technical, but I would like to know only whether the first one is grammatically correct.


texts:
The account is in "the" red. The store is bankrupt.
Here why do you say "in the" instead of "in red" without the?
Because it is that specific? Without "the" would it mean entirely different?


texts: Concise phrase to describe a weekend spent in a countryside holiday home

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A student group I participate in has made a habit of spending one weekend every year at a (pseudo-)random holiday home somewhere in the country side.

We recently started using English as the primary language for our meetings and meeting minutes, so I'm now faced with the challenge of finding as idiomatic a term as possible for what was previously called our "Hüttenwochende" (literally: lodge weekend).

Is there any concise and common term for an event comprising a group of people spending a weekend in the countryside, with the intention of relaxing and enjoying themselves?


texts: verb form - [have had no one to talk to] or [had no one to talk to]

texts:
(1) Jack is very sad about losing all his savings. He has had no one to talk to until now.
(2) Jack is very sad about losing all his savings. He had no one to talk to until now.
Which tense of "to have" is correct?


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Tell me please If I used the preposition on correctly in the following sentence.

  What days do you like to go out on? Personally, I like to go out on Wednesday.

What if I asked the following question,

  When do you like to go out.

Would it be the same question.


texts:
I've come across it in the 14th episode of the 3rd season of The Office. Here is the context:

Andy: Just listen, I forgot to tell you the plan for this Saturday. You, me, bars, beers, buzzed. Wings. Shots. Drunk. Waitresses, hot. Football – Cornell/Hofstra. Slaughter. Then a quick nap at my place and we’ll hit the tiz-own.


texts: How to describe the following greeting gestures?

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"Clasping hands" would fit all the 4 hand gestures but I want to differentiate between the four. I'm especially interested in how to describe the first picture.

The context where I want to use this hand gesture is as follows:

  We greeted each other in the Akha manner—clasping each other’s hands and scrunching up our eyes.

(The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe that live in small villages at high altitudes in the mountains of Thailand, Burma, Laos, China, and Yunnan Province in China.)


texts:
I'm wondering if the following sentence from this meme is correct

Thinking if I ever lost my favourite person person

When I sent it to someone, they were like "Shouldn't it be lose instead of lost?" So is it correct to say "If I ever" followed with a past participle


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What is correct?

  I wanted to see, what would happen.

  I wanted to see, what would have happened.

  I want to see, what would happen

  I want to see, what will happen.


texts:
1) She had very strong ideas about the kind of company she enjoyed and the one she didn’t.

1) She had very strong ideas about the kind of company she enjoyed and the kind she didn’t.

Are both correct?

Thanks!


texts:
Why does I watch a movie doesn't make sense while I watch movies makes sense?

While I go to church makes sense  and I go to churches doesn't.


texts:
Scenario is I purchased one watch online and I received the delivery today.
I want to tell to my friend that the watch is not the same which I ordered online.

Should I use Past perfect tense?

  This is not the watch which I had ordered online.

Or Should I Simply use simple past tense?

  This is not the watch which I ordered online.

I think we can use past perfect tense here because it indicate past of past or long past. When I tell this to my friend for me its past of past i.e.

Past of Past is I had ordered it one week back.

Second past is I received the order I checked the order and found that watch is not the same as I ordered.

"I ordered one watch online but it is not the same which I had ordered"

Correct me if I am wrong.


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When someone asks me "Could you call me at 10 pm?" can I say in response "Ok if I won't be too sleepy." ?

It sounds good to me but also it confuses me because there is no a conditional tense with the simple future in the "if clause".

Since the sentence

  "Ok if I won't be too sleepy."

is a short form of

  "Yes, I can if I won't bee too sleepy".

it seems that I should say (due to the grammar)

  "Yes, I can if I'm not too sleepy"

but this sentence seems weird to me because it sounds like "if I'm not sleepy now". So, which sentence would be correct in this case?


texts: Is it possible to leverage two inversions into one sentence?

texts:
I don't have the foggiest idea about the rectitude of my instance, as well as about the viability of the creation of this sort of sentence. If my example is not correct, and if putting two inversions in one sentence is feasible, could I ask one put forward an example?

  Only then did I understand that little did I know.


texts: Is "share the same sth with" unidirectional or bidirectional?

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Does the following sentence, mean the "ancestral communities" of A and B are exactly the same (bidirectional) or does it mean that only all "ancestral communities" of A are also "ancestral communities" of B, but B may have more "ancestral communities" (unidirectional)? If the structure is bidirectional, what other structure can I use to convey the unidirectional meaning?

If user A shares the same ancestral communities with user B, ...


texts: ordinal number counter part for "a few tens"

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I wonder if there is a way to refer a range of ordinal numbers.

For example, I am tempted to rephrase a sentence like

"depending on the situation, people after somewhere between 10th to 90th will not get the book. The number of books is expected to be a few tens."

as

"~ people after a few ten-th will not get the book".

But I think there is no such expression.
Such expression is often used in my mother tongue. So I wonder if there is a proper way to state such situation in English.


texts: Which is correct : "{which were placed/placed} on buttresses ..."?

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They wanted a series of statues to adorn the cathedral's exterior, (26) placing high on buttresses so that the art could be admired from afar.

  A) NO CHANGE
  B) they were placed
  C) which were placed
  D) placed

This is an SAT question. I was unable to choose between answers C and D, so I wonder what is wrong with answer C?

Why can't "which" be used, though it also creates a dependent clause?


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Aa far as I know it's ungrammatical to use the verb form "seeing" when perception is involved, like so:

  I'm seeing a plane in the sky!

However, I've noticed that it's still used in certain instances. For example:

  I think that explains why recently I've been seeing a chicken in our yard.

  Seeing the mistake, she corrected it immediately.

Under what circumstances it is grammatical or acceptable to use "seeing"?


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The German language has the term zig as a kind of affix to signal a following quantity as a unknown multiple of 10. Just like dutzend (dozen) signals an unknown multiple of 12.
For example:

Ich habe dir zig-mal gesagt, dass du deine Schuhe im Eingang ausziehen sollst!
(I've told you umpteen times, to take off your shoes on the entry!)

Wir kennen uns seit zig Jahren.
(We know us for umpteen years.)

However, I've heard multiple times that the following example, while perfectly fine in German, is incorrect in English:

Sie hat mit diesem Produkt zig-millionen verdient.

Which I'd translate to:

She had made umpteen millions with that product.

I got told that you can't put umpteen as a suffix before a discrete quantity (million).
Is this correct? If not, how to translate it properly?
The question is NOT about whether zig/umpteen is a good term to use in a formal context, but about the general use of an affix for unknown multiples of ten.


texts: "Prior to the 1980s" does it include the 1980s or not?

texts:
High pollution was observed prior to the 1980s.

Which period does 'Prior to the 1980s' refer to, 1)include, 2)partially include, 3)exclude the period of the 1980s?


texts: William Shakespeare is known to "have" performed his own plays: with or without "have"?

texts:
When talking about people in the past, I've seen many online entries use "is known to" with "have" like:

"William Shakespeare is known to have performed his own plays."

Can it be written like this:

"William Shakespeare is known to perform his own plays."


texts:
From the movie Nightcrawler (2014)

Example:

  — So... What's your address, Richard?
  — I don't have one. Not a permanent one right now.
  — You're homeless.
  — I was for a while.
  — You trick.
  — Work the street? No.
  — Wasn't a question.
  — I'm straight.
  — Plenty of straight guys trick. Do you have a driver's license?
  — Yeah.
  — Do you know Los Angeles?
  — Yeah. I grew up all around here.

What does he mean by trick?


texts:
What are the phrases for "giving up something big for something small", emphasizing that it is not a smart move? E.g., in one TV episode, the main character thinks gathering golf balls from ponds in a golf court is a lucrative business, so he gives up his normal job to do so.

EDIT: @Merk, the example illustrates what I'm asking for. The "giving up something big" is not, it is somewhat directly translated from Chinese idiom, "throw away a melon to pick up a sesame", emphasizing silly choices. I think a close phrase in English is, "give up a dollar for a dime", if there is such a saying at all.


texts: Which tense should I use to describe my work experience?

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If I say:

  I work at XYZ pvt limited as a Senior Executive. I have been working there since 2011.

Is this line correct?

Which tense should I use for introducing myself during the interview?


texts:
1- As yet it is not known whether the crash was the result of an
  accident. (Original)

  2- Yet it is not known whether the crash was the result of an
  accident.

  3- The report remains unfinished as of yet. (Original)

  4- The report remains unfinished yet.

In these sentences above, can I use "as (of) yet" instead of "yet" as in 2 and 4 ?

I have one more question: A dictionary says "as yet" implies a meaning "said thing will definitely be changed" Is that always true?

  Dictionary: As yet means ‘up to now, but the situation
  will definitely change’. We only use it in negative contexts.

And gives example :

  The film shows you the most typical places, as yet untouched by
  tourism, and how to get there.


texts:
1) The person born the farthest away must tell a story.

OR

The person born the farthest away, must tell a story.

2) All girls whose phone numbers are not in your contact list must add you.

OR

All girls, whose phone numbers are not in your contact list, must add you.

3) Everybody must stand up. The last to do so must dance.

OR

Everybody must stand up. The last to do so, must dance.

4) Carl, who writes really badly, must correct his writing.

OR

Carl who writes really badly must correct his writing.


texts: Is "You can't wear that dress until you lose X lbs" an idiom?

texts:
Women are friends, I once would have said, when they totally love and support and trust one another, and bare to each other the secrets of their souls, and run — no questions asked — to help each other, and tell harsh truths to each other (no, you can’t wear that dress unless you lose ten pounds first) when harsh truths must be told.

Is it an idiom?

And also what does this sentence mean? "and bare to each other the secrets of their souls"


texts: As a non-English native speaker. I found it hard to understand why break wind  means fart.should I just remember the phrase and give up to try to understand why it means that.


texts: Meaning of "why should we take you over the next person"

texts:
I'm Chinese, and I can not fully understand the meaning of this sentence.
In the interview, does it mean "What is your advantage" or "Why we should accept you"?


texts: Is it correct to use "hardest" here? If yes, can you please explain it?

texts:
I found the following sentence on writing.utoronto.ca/advice:

  I need to study hardest for the exam that I write next Wednesday

Is it correct to use hardest here? If yes, can you please explain it?

I haven't used hardest before.


texts:
In the Friends TV show Phoebe complains about her bank and five hundred extra dollars in her account. She explains that she can't spend that money in the following words:

Let's say I bought a really great pair of shoes, do you know what I'd hear with every step I took.

Why does she use past simple saying I took? I thought it had to be like with every step I'd took take in the second conditional.
Could someone please explain what I'm missing and point me out to a rule or something about this?


texts: Does "and" indicate which event came first: "I had an accident and woke up in 1977"

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My name is Edward Ball. I had an accident and I woke up in 1977.

Is this sentence a bit ambiguous? Because of and we could understand that he woke up first and then had an accident. What comes first, the accident or the waking up?

To remove the ambiguity would it be better to use then instead of and, or perhaps use the past perfect had had. Or maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so, and the events are simultaneous.


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Here's the context.
A girl talked to John yesterday.
I met a girl in the library today.
The two girls are the same person.

The girl who talked to John yesterday is the same person as the one that I met in the library today.

I met the same girl in the library as the one who talked to John yesterday.

The same girl as the one who talked to John yesterday is the person that I met in the library today.

Personally I'd like to stick to using "the same girl as the one who~ " because it is wordy but sounds more specific. So I think all of them are possible to use. And here, I'd like to make sentences as diversely as possible and I'd like to know these mean the same and possible to use.


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Some asked if the cocoa in the chocolate was ethically sourced. So the other person gets irritated and says:

I don't know I got it from the store!

I don't know I got it from the market!

Does "market" sound fine here? Or is it unlikely to be used?


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My questions is: Can we use different prepositions using Future Perfect Tense?

Some context. I will have finished my work BY 10 o'clock or BEFORE 10 o'clock or UNTIL 10 o'clock.

I heard that only BY can be used.


texts: what is the angle position of an object?

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ok, look at this iPhone picture.

Can I say give the image a name as "The Angle Look of the iPhone 5S"?
or the "Side Look of the iPhone 5S" or "Top-DOwn look of the iPhone 5S"
I couldn't find the term that expresses precisely the look of the picture?


texts: How to understand the structure "on account of because"?

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Well, what if I make the drinks and you charge us your price on account of because we can mix the drinks we are mixing. (from the book Call Me by Your Name)

How to understand the structure "on account of because," in which both mean the same thing?
I think omitting either "on account of" or "because" can work.
Is it for some literary effect?


texts: How does "drew 'a' last glass from the barrel" differ from "drew 'the' last glass"?

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...kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring. (George Orwell, "Animal Farm")

I cannot differentiate between these two:

a last
the last


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I've sometimes seen proper nouns put in all capital letters. And it's not because the entire sentence is in capitals, or because the person is "shouting".

For example, I've seen in the CIA factbook

  ... chief of state: Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Quentin BRYCE (since 5
  September 2008)

And on the English language edition of the "about" page of Sapporo RubyKaigi, I see names in all capitals such as

  Koji SHIMADA (Nihon Ruby-no-Kai, Enishi Tech Inc.)

The Japanese language version doesn't use the Latin alphabet for Koji's name. I also see this at https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk , suggesting it isn't a once-off error by an editor of the Sapporo RubyKaigi website.

Is this regarded as valid English according to a certain style that I'm not aware of?


texts: Why in the "have a nearly cycle" is grammatical?

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This is a TOEFL question.

  Some animal activities, such as mating, migration, and hibernate have
  a nearly cycle.

The solution says that "hibernate" is ungrammatical. By the way, I see that
because it's about the parallel structure and it should be "hibernation". But, I don't know why the word "nearly" is correct". It's an adverb not adjective :)

Thank you


texts: Is it correct to say "Get your butt out of my face!"?

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I have just watched the film "Finding 'Ohana". There is 1 scene in the film in which 2 boys are crawling on their knees one after another in a small tunnel (not sure "small tunnel" is a correct term).
The butt of the front boy happens to touch the face of the behind boy (see the picture)

And the behind boy says "Get your butt out of my face!" (see the script) and the front boy answers "Your face is in my butt!"
Those actors are bilingual, they can speak both English and Hawaiian.
I am asking why not say "Get your butt off my face!" or "Get your butt away from my face!" and "Your face is on my butt!".


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Is it scary to say "I am following you"?

The other day I was discussing something with a guy on the internet. During our conversation, I said, "Keep talking, I am following you" (I totally understand your point). On hearing my words he immediately logged out, and now he has stopped talking with me.

Now, I am wondering, whether using "I am following you" is inelegant, or scary, or some thing that should be avoided.


texts:
Outside the bank, the Chief of police and some other police officials/personnel/people were conferring.

What would you call it if we don't talk normal police officers but someone of a higher rank?


texts: Staged a protest vs staged a protest rally?

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Let's say, you read an article a few minutes ago... and it indicated:

  ''Members of different militant groups in XXX City staged a protest rally on Wednesday to express their support for the embattled X senator.''

Is ''staged a protest'' is already enough to say a group is protesting against something, what is this staged a protest rally? This seems redundant to me...


texts: Enrolling a second major?! Enrolling IN?

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I heard a sentence: "Enrolling a second major will increase the career option."

But I think it should be enrolling "in" a second major. Am I right? I looked at dictionary examples and I didn't find such a sentence (except with "in").

I heard it in an academic English test, so I don't think they neglected grammar rules. Here is the audio file: https://realpte.com/questionfiles/audio/201529.mp3

I heard it in both American and Australian accents. The above voice is American. This one is Australian: http://rapid1pars.dl1.rapidpars.com/34489/16083175/7t0hnhffzck/enroll.mp3


texts: Does something interest (in) you or Do you interest (in) something?

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Why is it correct to say: "Does something interest you" but not "Do you interest something"? But when we ask for example "Do you want to ask him" and "Does he want to ask me" are correct. Or does it depend on word or on word with a preposition?

I understand that "are you interested in this" is correct but that one I don't.

I just can't understand the certain rule about it, can you help me? I would like a detailed answer if it's possible.


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Must I use past tense after "as if"/"as though"?

For example:

  I just don't want to help him. It's not as if I had no money.


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I have problems understanding a complex sentence within a definition of a philosophical term:

relativism, is the view that truth and falsity, right and wrong, standards of reasoning and procedures of justification are products of differing conventions and frameworks of assessment and that their authority is confined to the context giving rise to them.

Is "that...and that..." a sentence pattern?

If so, would you say it is the key to understand the logic of this sentence?

What type of grammar problem do I have in regards of understanding long/complex sentences?


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A post says

  In a local teaching district, a technology grant is available to teachers

I am aware of the meaning of "teaching" and "district" respectively.

However, "teaching district" seems to refer to special area. I googled it but didn't found a definition or explanation.

Could someone please give a hint? Thanks in advance.


texts: Why Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous? Sentences are added

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thanks for paying attention to my request. There are four sentenses that drive me crazy :) The sentences and the keys are provided by a book for a CAE exam preparation.

1) She was breathing hard as if she HAD BEEN RUNNING.

I would write HAD RUN, but it isn't suggested. Why? I don't see that a duration of her running is important, but see a result - she was breathing hard.

2) Henson never thought about retirement. In fact he HAD BEEN MAKING a documentary film about the indigenous people of Chile when he died.

I would write WAS MAKING, but am I right that it means he literaly was making a film when  his heart stopped beating? If yes, why again HAD MADE isn't an option? How to understand a neсessity of showing a duration?

3) Kind of the opposite situation )  Over the last year I HAVE RUN workshops on creative writing in twelve colleges and universities.    I would write HAVE BEEN RUNNING, but it's incorrect. This time I see the duration - over last year - why we don't emphasize it?

4)  a dialogue
     A  HAVE YOU BEEN SWIMMING? You look really exhausted.
     B: I am. I did 50 lengths of the pool.*

Actually I think that two options are appropriate in the 4th sentence, HAVE YOU BEEN SWIMMING? and HAVE YOU SWUM? But the authors don't suggest the second option  (and they would as they did in other sentences). I wonder why not Present Perfect, but PPC?

Hpope, it's not too much. I would appreciate your help.


texts: Aren't any extra words needed there to make this a complete expression?- "complex-a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place"

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I would like to ask you a couple of questions about the below passage.
It is an explanation for the word, complex from the Oxford Advanced English Learner's Dictionary.

  complex - a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place

[Q1]
Is a group of buildings of a similar type in one place together also correct? I think this feels more natural.
(Only the order of together in one place is changed into in one place together.)

[Q2]
To make this expression a complete sentence, is the Sentence A correct?

  Sentence A. The word complex means a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place.

I feel like there is something omitted in between "a similar type" and "together in one place".
So, I think that are placed/located is needed to be used there to be a complete sentence, as in the below. Is this idea alright?

  Sentence B. The word complex means a group of buildings of a similar type that are placed/located together in one place.

Thank you very much.


texts: What are some words I can say to acknowledge or let the other person know that I am listening?

texts: I always use "ok" when I talk to my coworkers and want them to know that I listen and understand what they say. I found that it's redundant and repetitive and want to know alternative words that mean the same thing.


texts:
When you (quit) smoking?
I (not/smoke) for over five years now,and I will never smoke again.


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“It’s — it’s true?” faltered Professor McGonagall. “After all he’s
  done… all the people he’s killed… he couldn’t kill a little boy? It’s
  just astounding… of all the things to stop him… but how in the name of
  heaven did Harry survive?”   “We can only guess.” said
  Dumbledore. “We may never know.”   Professor McGonagall pulled
  out a lace handkerchief and dabbed at her eyes beneath her spectacles.
  Dumbledore gave a great sniff as he took a golden watch from his
  pocket and examined it. It was a very odd watch. It had twelve hands
  but no numbers; instead, little planets were moving around the edge.
  It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back
  in his pocket and said, “Hagrid’s late. I suppose it was he who told
  you I’d be here, by the way?”   “Yes,” said Professor McGonagall.
  “And I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me why you’re here, of all
  places?”   “I’ve come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle.
  They’re the only family he has left now.”   “You don’t mean – you
  can’t mean the people who live here?” cried Professor McGonagall,
  jumping to her feet and pointing at number four. “Dumbledore — you
  can’t. I’ve been watching them all day. You couldn’t find two people
  who are less like us. And they’ve got this son — I saw him kicking
  his mother all the way up the street, screaming for sweets. Harry
  Potter come and live here!” (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
  Stone)

What does the highlighted part mean?


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Which Sentence construction is correct ? Why ?
Also, what is the exact meaning using did not and would not ?

A ) He did not want the young man's future to be spoilt and only wanted to ensure that he didn't repeat his conduct.

B ) He did not want the young man's future to be spoilt and only wanted to ensure that he won't repeat his conduct.

According to me sentences B is correct because it ensure  the stalker' s future action of not to repeat the misconduct . But in actual article it used didn't.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/stalking-ca-aspirant-spared-jail-over-his-age-future/articleshow/64361157.cms


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The tongue is characteristic with yellow coating at the base, or it may be dry, smooth, glazed and cracked.

X is characteristic with y

I cannot get the concept of the bold parts.


texts: Other kinds of jobs or other kind of jobs

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Which is grammatical:

  Charity work gives tremendous job satisfaction, which wouldn't be compared to other kinds of jobs

or:

  Charity work gives tremendous job satisfaction, which wouldn't be compared to other kind of jobs

I already know that when you use “other" then it is followed by plural noun: other*people(plural, compoun noun), other books... etc.

Does “other" takes only a single noun exactly right after it is used in sentence? Or it can take suceeding plural nouns in a sentence?


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Which one is more appropriate while professional emailing:

  I have informed the referees about the letters

or

  I have informed the referees regarding the letters.


texts: Which article is aloud to be used with the term "launch power"?

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I'm having problem with the usage of articles for the word "power", namely "launch power" (the power at the input of a glass fiber):

"power" is uncountable in this case:

  Power" can also mean physical force or energy, like electricity. This meaning is uncountable.see English Club

Now I wish to use it in sentences in my thesis, for instance:

  Table 5.5 shows the magnitude of the first five coefficients given a launch power of −10, 0, and +10 dBm in the case of transmission over 100 km.

If power is uncountable, I should not be using the article "a". However, using no article makes the sentence sound strange and probably also wrong:

  Table 5.5 shows the magnitude of the first five coefficients given launch power of −10, 0, and +10 dBm in the case of transmission over 100 km.

Would the definite article "the" be the proper solution here (even though I think it is not the right determiner in this case...)?

I have searched in the internet and found some sources regarding countable and uncountable nouns. Non of them seem to tackle my problem. I hope someone has a good answer for this problem, and maybe also a general rule about similar cases.


texts: What is the plural form of ",,, one, ... the other..."? "

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What would be the plural form of "I saw a pair of birds, one flying to the north, the other - to the west"? "

My guess is:

"I saw a flock of birds, some flying to the north, the others - to the west"

But I am not sure enough


texts: "I didn't go to the office yesterday". "I didn't go to work yesterday"

texts:
I didn't go to the office yesterday.
I didn't go to work yesterday.

Why is the article 'the' omitted in the second sentence.


texts: Difference between Active Participle and Passive particple

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1.Gear-wheels fitting together turn in opposite directions.

  2.Gear-wheels fitted together turn in opposite directions.

Are there differences in meaning?


texts: In which situations is it OK to omit articles in short sentences?

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Recently, in many new online software I often see that developers omit articles in short sentences, especially on action buttons or tooltips.

For instance: "Add new task" (not "Add a new task"), "Create project" (not "Create a project"), but often in the same software I can see "Make a copy". What are situations it can be justified?


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I sometimes hear some people saying,

it's not that good "of an idea" or
it's not that big "of a deal".

Is there a difference between above statements and statements below?

It's not a good idea.
It's not a big deal.


texts: My cousin talks about Facebook as 'he'. I'm trying to let him know that Facebook isn't a person, so is 'it', not 'he'. Can someone help me?


texts: Difference between "remove" and "delete"

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I'm learning English. I have a question.

What is word appropriate remove or delete?

I'm deleting the data
I'm removing the data

What's a difference?


texts: what does the phrase “as also that of” mean?

texts: Anglicanism was coined to describe the common religious tradition of these churches; ｛as also that of ｝the Scottish Episcopal Church, which, though originating earlier within the Church of Scotland, had come to be recognised as sharing this common identity.


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Example:

  This theory also explains why cobalt, nickel and iron objects become magnetized after lying unmoved for years; their "molecule-magnets", subject to the earth's magnetic field for so long, are gradually pulled into line. Similarly, you can make a magnet by tapping an iron bolt while pointing it in the direction of the north magnetic pole because the tapping and the influence of the Earth's magnetic pole combine to jar the "molecule-magnets" of the bolt into line.

I do not understand how the verb jar is used here.


texts: Does english have a name for people who have made a reservation?

texts: The title pretty much sums up the problem; if a person make a reservation, is there a word which describes that person as a person who has made a reservation?


texts: What does "replacement" refer to in this context?

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I'm translating an article about wearable smart watches.  What does "replacement" mean? And what does it refer to in the following context?

  [snip:  (The author is unsatisfied, because of the high battery consumption of smart watches.)]

  That is the single most pressing reason why I am not going to bother
  bringing any of my Android Wear stuff to CES next month because it is
  just one more cable, one more charger, and one more item that I will
  either forget to use, or just as bad, I will end up leaving it at the
  hotel where I then have to chase it down to have it sent home, or
  spend some money to replace the part.  Of course, the smartwatch won't
  have enough battery life to stay "on" while the replacement is en
  route either.


texts: "Before last year" vs "the year before last"

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I finished school the year before last.
I finished school before last year.

Is there any difference between these phrases?


texts: Why is the letter S of the word "sure" - pronounced as "sh"?

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Why is the letter S in the word "sure" is pronounced as "sh"?
If we compare most of the words in English (for instance: surface, surname, sum, sir, soup, sun etc.) then we can easily see that the pronunciation of "sure" is an exception.


texts: "She had a smile on her face (,) (whilst) reading my texts" sentence meaning

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She had a smile on her face, reading my texts.

She had a smile on her face reading my texts.

She had a smile on her face whilst reading my texts.

What's the difference in the meaning in above sentences?
Are all of them grammatically correct?


texts: Which tense is correct? “The teacher explained to us what dyslexia IS” or “what dyslexia was”

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This sentence:

  The teacher explained to us what dyslexia is.

I think this is correct, but other say that it should be:
The teacher explained to us what dyslexia was.

Since dyslexia still exists, I think it's okay to use present tense for the second part of the sentence, and it sounds better. Is that correct?


texts: word usage: Total service "time? / duration? / length?" for a volunteer

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I want to use a word to describe total service time for a volunteer (approx. hundreds of hours recorded in couple of years). And I have some choices which I don't know if they are both correct:

service time
service duration
service length

or is there a better word to decribe it ?

any suggestions are appreciated!


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I ran into such phrases:

eat yourself skinny
sleep yourself to death
run yourself thin

As far as I understood from the context they mean:

eat until you become skinny
sleep until you die
run until you become thin

Am I right?

Can I translate any phrase "do something until you become adjective" into phrase "do something yourself adjective"?

Are there any situations when I have to use herself, himself etc instead of yourself?


texts: How to understand which meaning of 'be supposed to' is meant in this sentence?

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It got me thinking how English speakers realize and distinguish the meaning of this strange verb in such sentences like the one mentioned below.

  He produced a hand-written list of nine poor families, he was supposed to help.

I know all the various and possible meanings of 'be supposed to' as explained in reference thesauruses and dictionaries. But I think amongst all of them, these two meanings are both applicable and understood from the sentence once you read or hear it.

  To be expected to
  To be meant to / to be aimed to / to be intended to

About the first one imagine a rich, Generous and merciful guy who usually and repeatedly helps others who need and those poor families expect him to come by and help them.

About the second one imagine a guy who had planned to help the poor families for the first time only because of some religious occasion or personal reasons.

So how do i know which one is meant?


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He as well as I is brave.
He as well as I am brave.
He as well as I are brave.

I think that 1 is correct. But I am confused about why 2 and 3 are not correct. What is the rule here?


texts: Regarding a metaphor "Old Nick is not just lurking in the small print,"

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Reading this article, there is a saying,

Andrew Stuttaford
Sat, May 1, 2021, 11:29 PM
The devil is in the details, and while, when it comes to the Biden tax plan, Old Nick is not just lurking in the small print, one particular technical-sounding change proposed by the president is rightly attracting some attention: that is the plan to scrap the long-standing principle that if someone inherits an asset, his or her basis cost in that asset for capital-gains-tax purposes is not the price that the deceased may have paid for it (or its value when it came into the deceased’s ownership) but its market value at the time of the deceased’s death, a “break” that can be justified on grounds of basic fairness. That’s the case for various reasons, but one of the most obvious is that estate tax may well, in the case of the wealthiest, also be payable on what is left after the capital-gains tax has been paid.

Since the metaphor is not a bit clear, after ignoring the line and kept reading the rest of the article, it seems Biden is trying to "further-levy-estate-tax" on the inheritance of the wealthies after the wealthies paid the capital gain. (If I read properly).
So is the metaphor saying "Old Nick" is hiding in the memos or notes of Biden, attracted by his new tax plan(smelling further agony of wealthies)?


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The value in this property affects only the operations that the
  current queue has executing at the same time. Other operation queues
  can also execute their maximum number of operations in parallel.

What part of speech of parallel?

What sentence element does the "In parallel"?
I guess "In parallel" is adverbial.


texts: Meaning of "as" in the sentence, "I am confused, as is my dentist"?

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What is the meaning of "as" in the following sentence,

  I have a cavity in almost every tooth. I am confused, as is my dentist.

Does "I am confused, as is my dentist" mean " I am confused, confused is my dentist (my dentist is confused)" ?

Can "as" refer to an adjective, "confused"?

What is the difference in the meaning between "I am confused, as is my dentist"  and "I am confused, so is my dentist"?


texts: Present continuous or be going to or will for the far/distant future?

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Can we use present continuous for the far future?
For example: I am building a hobbit house after retirement. (I am 30 years old now. I have been saving up money for the hobbit house for a while now. I have planned everything and arranged for it. Like I have seen a few places for the house and fixed one)
One more example:
After retirement I am spending time with my family. I am visiting new places and having fun with them.
OR
After retirement I am going to spend time with my family. I am going to visit new places and have fun with them
OR
After retirement I will spend time with my family. I will visit new places and have fun with them.
Which tense should be used here? I am a bit confused.
I read about it in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (Oxford) entry 39.1. It says that if the arrangement exists now we use present continuous (I am seeing Alice on Saturday.) and if we are not talking about the present then we use simple future i.e. will (I wonder if she will recognise me.)
We are going to get a new car. (The decision already exists.)
I hope it will be better than the last one. (not talking about the present.)
So if I have planned everything for my retirement which is in the far/distant future should I use present continuous or be going to or will?


texts: Using "more" in a sentence without "than". Grammatical?

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If you include the word "more" in a sentence without "than" in spoken English, would it be valid? Example: a talk about steps how to resolve environmental issues.

  I'll get into them in more detail later as I progress through the talk.

Some say that do not use comparative adjectives such as, more, better and so on without "than" in a sentence/clause, because it would be ungrammatical. However, in the above sentence, it sounds right. Is this an exception?


texts: Which verb with "benefit"? "Come with" "have" "offer"

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These generic sentences should suffice

  This comes with a lot of benefits.
  This has a lot of benefits.
  This offers a lot of benefits.

I don't know how each of them sounds so I ask you to tell me the best option and which to avoid.


texts:
"Would you have a resume I can refer to?" or "Do you have a resume I can refer to?"
I want to ask someone for their resume, but I'm confused between would and do? Which one is correct and what's the difference between the two?


texts: Present continuous for an event already decided

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Imagine my friend and me are swapping  houses simultaneously  next week:I am going to his house and he is going to mine, I'd like  to know when he is going to arrive at my home.

Can I say  "When are you arriving at my home exactly?" or"When are you going to arrive at my home?"

I think  the first one is better because it has already been planned so present continuous seems for me better


texts:
Assume a game where armies fight against each other. There are five factions A, B, C, D, and E. Let faction B ask faction A "Where are their armies?" (the armies of the allied factions C, D and E).

Would saying "there man, under ground" be correct to imply that faction A has already beaten their armies?


texts: In “Does he have it?”, why doesn't ‘have’ agree with ‘he’?

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We say- "He/She has it". ie "he" or "she"  which are singular is followed by "has".Similarly "they" or "you" which are plural ,are followed by "have".
But we ask - "Does he have it?" ie here "he" is followed by "have".Ofcourse I know it doesn't seem correct to say -"Does he has it?".But still why is it so?


texts: I hope he will succeed vs I hope he succeeds

texts: Are there any shades of meaning? I think "I hope he succeeds " has a little higher possibility of his succeeding than "I hope he will succeed" . Or these two sentences are used interchangeably?


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I'm new here and I going to give a lot of questions in further =)
I and my friend make cartoons. And soon we will share the new one. So I want to ask people to give some feedback.

Which example is more correct (either grammatically or sounds polite)?

  1) We would be glad to see your feedback. It helps us make our work faster.

  2) We would be glad if you could give some feedback. It helps us do our work faster.


texts: What word describes knowledge interesting for more than one field?

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What word describes the below definition best?

A knowledge which is interesting from more than one field point of view.

Would polyvalent suit this definition?


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I have heard these type of sentences

  1) I would like to invite Mr.Ram to the stage

  2)I would like to thankyou

Why would is used in these sentences? Are they hypotetical ? Are the conditional, with some implicit or unstated condition?


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In learners dictionary, experience can be countable with the meaning of

  something that you have done

and uncountable with the meaning of

  skill or knowledge you get by doing.

Then, what is correct expression

  ...  with decades of experiences in software and hardware design ...

or

  ...  with decades of experience in software and hardware design ...


texts:
Belane, he said, you're into me for $475, I can't take your action. You've got to clean the slate first.
I've got a 25 buck bet, that will make half-a-string.
If I lose I'll cough it all up, my mother's honor.

What does half-a-string mean in that dialogue?

A dialogue from pulp novel from Charles Bukowski.


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Does "check" sound natural and is its use natural instead of "go through/search":

  He has checked my phone.

  He has checked my wallet.

  Someone has checked my bag.

  Someone has checked my things.

Is the use of "checked" natural in the sentences above natural?  If yes,  then is the use of "check" this way natural?


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I wrote:

  After the page has loaded, you can apply a filter from the Filters box to automatically extract the main content and eliminate clutter.

The Filters box is:

Did I use from correctly?

However I could also say it as:

  After the page has loaded, you can select a filter from the Filters box and apply it to automatically extract the main content and eliminate clutter.

But I feel it is verbose.


texts: Should we use an article (a, the) before Business (noun)

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Please let me know should we use an article (a, the) before Business (noun). Please find the example sentences and let me know your valuable feedback.

Examples:

It goes into business as well.

He is running business.

Or these should be like this:

It goes into a business as well.

He is running a business.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is "back then" or some other saying better than "About this time" to express when did an event happen?

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From this book "Deep Learning and Convolutional Neural Networks for Medical Image Computing"

  About this time, Dr. Le Lu joined my group. An expert in computer
  vision, Le brought the passion and knowledge required to apply deep
  learning to the challenging problems we were investigating.

following lines is the 2 paragraphs before above

  Another difficulty has been the time-consuming task of handcrafting of
  algorithms for CAD systems. Until recently, it was necessary to
  develop mathematical algorithms specifically tailored to a particular
  problem. For example, when I started to develop a CAD system for
  virtual bronchoscopy in 1997, there were no prior examples on which to
  build [8]. My lab had to develop shape-based features to distinguish
  airway polyps from normal airways [9, 10]. When we extended the
  software to find polyps in the colon on CT colonography, it took about
  five years to perfect the software and annotate the images to the
  point where the software could undergo a robust evaluation on over
  1000 cases [11]. It took another five years for translation from the
  bench to the bedside [12]. Other groups found it similarly
  time-consuming to develop, validate, and refine CAD systems for
  colonic polyp detection.

  Most of our CADs used machine learning
  classifiers such as committees of sup- port vector machines, which
  appeared to be superior to other approaches including conventional
  neural networks, decision trees and linear discriminants [13–18].
  About two years ago, I heard about “deep learning”, a new
  up-and-coming technology for machine learning [19]. Deep learning was
  the name given to an improved type of neural network having more
  layers to permit higher levels of abstraction. Deep learn- ing was
  finding success at solving hard problems such as recognizing objects
  in real world images [20, 21]. An aspect of deep learning that caught
  my attention was its ability to learn the features from the training
  data. I had long been unhappy with CAD systems that required
  hand-chosen parameters and hand-crafted features designed for a
  particular application. I realized early on that such hand-tuning
  would not be reliable when the CAD software was applied to new data.
  In addition, the hand- tuning was very time-consuming and fragile. One
  could easily choose parameters that worked well on one dataset but
  would fail dramatically on a new dataset. Deep learning had the appeal
  of avoiding such hand-tuning.

Is "back then" or some other saying better than "About this time" to express when Dr. Le Lu joined the group?


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I was reading a book - "Steps to Understanding" by L.A. Hill - when i saw the sentence below:

  One day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of  a railway station.

I know what "throw" means. I was expecting to see a kind of distance determiner after the word "within".
But what does exactly mean to be "within a stone's throw of somewhere"? How much is this distance? What does it mean? Does it mean that If someone throws a stone from the train station, The house is in the range of the distance which the stone travels?


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We are doing research in Asia and abroad.

I want to express the meaning that we are doing research mainly in Asia, as well as in other non-Asian areas, which are not the main focus. Is 'abroad' the right word to use here?


texts: How necessary is using participles with the verb spend?

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Would you be willing to spend a few moments to read the letter I wrote to you?

Would you be willing to spend a few moments reading the letter I wrote to you?

Are both the sentences grammatically correct?
Is there a difference in what they mean?

Would you be willing to spend a few dollars to buy this?
In this last sentence, it'd be grammatically incorrect to use the participle buying, right?


texts: grammar difference between "to make dry dishes" vs "to make the dishes dry"

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(Background: I'm a native English speaker who is learning French. The more I learn about French grammar, the more questions I have about English grammar).

(More Background: I wanted to translate the sentence "I need a towel to make the dishes dry" into French, and Google Translate gave me a sentence that, when translated literally into English, seems to be "I need a towel to make dry dishes". It was doing this that made me wonder about the following question.).

I am wondering about the grammatical differences between

  "make dry dishes"

and

  "make the dishes dry"

(Note to English Learners: this is not the most natural way to say these sentences!)

I want to know what different grammatical contructions are used here. It seems to me that these two sentences mean somewhat different things; "make dry dishes" sounds like it could apply to if you are (for example) creating brand new dishes from clay; and "make the dishes dry" sounds like it is implying that the dishes are wet and you want to change that.

One confusion is that "dry" seems to be an adjective in both cases. What, then, grammatically makes the second sentence seem to imply a more "active" action?


texts: Which is the odd one, bananas/meat/vegetables/seafood? Why?

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I cannot find out the odd one from the four items below. Please help me to cross it out and explain why it is different. Thank you.

bananas / meat / vegetables / seafood