texts: Exceptions of "remember somebody doing something"

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I studied the general use of "remember sb doing sth" such as

  I remember him telling me in the hospital when we finally saw him at
  three thirty in ...

But there are also some exceptions,

  I remember we talked about your not wanting to discuss your past.

  I remember I used to look at it and try to see the resemblance.

Why?


texts: Which noun does a DETERMINER follow in cases like "this/these"+"year's crops"?

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Which of the following are correct and why are they and others aren't?

This year's crops are much better.
These year's crops are much better.
This employees' boss is much better.
These employees' boss is much better.

Can I say, "These N. Chomsky's books are amazing!"? And at the same time, could I also say, "This man's books are amazing!".

Generally, I am trying to understand when can one link a determiner to the possessive_noun and when can one link the determiner to the possessed_noun.

In "year's crops", "year's" is possessive noun and "crops" is the possessed noun.


texts: What is meant by the verb 'to class' (used in a military context)?

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I read this in an article about Captain Tom Moore:

  WO1 Jamie Pearson, Regimental Sergeant Major of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, congratulated Tom as he watched him cross the finish line.

  "We class Captain Tom as one of our own, so it’s a fantastic honour to be here today to witness such an inspirational act from a phenomenal individual. Thank you Tom," he said.

1) What is the specific connotation and meaning of the verb 'class'?  I can see obviously that the general idea is that the person considers Captain Tom to be part of the regiment, but I have never encountered this verb before.  Is it short for 'classify'?

2) Is this army slang, or is the verb more widely used in British society?  (Or, is it a Yorkshire word as this is about the Yorkshire regiment?)


texts: "To ask someone on a date" or "to ask someone out on a date"?

texts: What is the difference between "ask someone on a date" and "ask someone out on a date"?


texts: “he was wishing he knew” of “he was wishing he had know”?

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Is the following sentence correct?

“Lockhart called to the crowd, and he set off back to the castle with Harry, who was wishing he knew a good vanishing spell, still clasped to his side.”

Shouldn’t it read:

“ … to the castle with Harry, who was wishing he had known a good vanishing spell…”


texts: What is the difference between "are you in town?" and "are you there in town?"

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I tend to say:

  Were you there at that party?

rather than saying:

  Were you at the party?

I want to know if there is any difference between the two expressions, and if the first expression is incorrect.

A similar expression

  Are you there in the city?


texts: Can I use verb "to split" in meaning to "to run"?

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There is an idiom "time to split" which means "time to run", "time to go away".

But can I use verb "split" separately with the same meaning? For example
"They have split and stopped responding me.".


texts: Difference between 'should have and should have been'

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Eg. First one is:

  The room should have cleaned.

And the second one is:

  The room should have been cleaned.

What is the difference in terms of their meaning?


texts: Is "when" a conjunction in "I was going to call you when I got home."

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Is the word "when" a conjunction in:

  I was going to call you when I got home.

If it's a conjunction I suppose "when" is usually reduced, what I mean by that is that the vowel in the word "when" is pronounced with a schwa sound. I said usually because I know stress can be shifted for special emphasis. Am I right?


texts: Is "blue road" an understood expression used to refer to particular roads?

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I was watching a TV program about the USA when the speaker said proseguiamo nella scoperta delle strade blu ("let's continue in the discovery of blue roads"). I didn't follow the program since the beginning, but the part I watched was talking of Route 66. Since strade blu is not an expression used in Italian, I thought the speaker was translating an American expression.

Is blue street an understood way to refer to a particular type of street? If I am describing a travel I have done, and I say "I took the blue road" (after making clear where I was exactly) when describing the path I took, would I be understood from American native speakers?

For example, would the following sentence be understood?

  At the cross between William Floyd Parkway and Long Island Expressway, I took the blue road in direction of Flanders Bay.


texts: One action happens before another action verification

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Is there any meaning difference among the below sentences?

  After finishing her work, she went home.

  After she finished her work, she went home.

  Having finished her work, she went home.

  When she finished her work, she went home.


texts:
I described the situation shown in the image as follows:

  The object A is pressed against the wall across/through the object B.

Could you advise me on which of "across" and "through" is better.


texts: choosing between are or were past or present

texts:
The researchers also collected data from 25 park users in Berlin using a questionnaire. All participants are members of the environmental council, thus, are likely to be committed to .......
should i use participants are or participants were, and are likely or were likely?


texts: Is it normal if my tongue doesn't come between my teeth while saying "What is this thing"

texts: Whenever I pronounce it, it seems as if my tongue says "What is dis ting" (Albeit, there's a slight "h" in the thing). Is it normal for this to happen?


texts: Is "how long are you here for" formal or informal?

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What exactly is the difference in meaning of the following sentences?

  How long are you here for?
  How long have you been here?
  Since when have you been here?
  How long will you be here?

I think "how long are you here for" talks about the present (perfect) and the future time.


texts: This is the blog. Does it mean a shot that has been charged (i.e. the power for which has been accumulated), or is it some kind of a reference? I have no idea.


texts: What is correct form in particular context: Data has been OR is written

texts:
I write with some data in NFC Tag. After transmitting all the data the message to the user should be:

Data has been written

or

Data is written

?


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I heard in the movie 10 Cloverfield Lane:

  I looked through your wallet. Given as how I saved your life, I think that's acceptable.

I find the interjection of "as" odd. When "given" is used as a preposition meaning "in view of" or "considering", shouldn't it be followed immediately by a noun phrase or a clause? Is the use of "as" here idiomatic or grammatical? "Given as how" returns zero hits on Google.


texts:
Strong as he was he could beat his opponent.

I saw the above sentence on a website which explains the usage of inversion. It gives the previous example.  Is this equal to:

  Though he was strong he could not beat his opponent.


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Sentence 1: Wherever he went, he took his dog with him.

Sentence 2: No matter where he went, he took his dog with him.

Do the above two sentences have the same meaning?
Do "whatever" and "no matter where" introduce concessive clauses?

Thank you very much!


texts: Is it idiomatic to say "because I love the family"?

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When talking about chores at home I said this to my wife

I hate doing the dishes, though I do them every day, because I love the family.

I'm pretty sure the part before "because" is idiomatic, as it comes from another ELL post.
I'm also sure the part after "because" sounds natural as well, as Ngram Viewer justifies it.
The question is that Ngram Viewer returns "Ngrams not found" for the clause "because I love the family", which implies it's not as common. Why is that?


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Automatic adaptation of the speed by the frequency converter also compensates for a possible drop in performance due to wear on spindles or impellers.
Autonomous adaptation of the speed by the frequency converter also compensates for a possible drop in performance due to wear on spindles or impellers.

Are Automatic and Autonomous exchangable here?


texts: Have a lot (confidence VS self-confidence)

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I was wondering which sentence is correct:

  a) He has a lot of confidence.
  b) He has a lot of self-confidence.

Actually, I've come across either case many times, but I sort of think "a" is the correct choice and "b" seems to be a direct translation from another languages. E.g.

He doesn't care to play against Madrid than against another. He has a lot of self-confidence, he dares everything and has revolutionized and we thought we could.”

Please kindly explain to me whether "self" in "b" is superficial for the above context or not.


texts:
"Dubai Customs" is a government department in Dubai. When we want to mention its employees, for example, what should we say?

  Dubai Customs' employees

or

  Dubai Customs employees

Thank you.


texts: What is the "in which" in this sentence?

texts:
In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because
  there will be no words in which to express it.

I encountered that sentence while reading 1984 by George Orwell. What does the which refer to?


texts: Corresponding word for “wet” for diapers

texts:
"My diaper is wet." my kid told me.
If he pooped in his diaper, can "wet" be used?

How to convey the message if he pooped in diaper?


texts: "the 3.2 kilometers stretch" or "the 3.2-kilometer stretch"

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History  enthusiasts  can  bask  in  historical  enclaves scattered  throughout  the  island  while  beach  lovers  can  relax  and  enjoy  sea  sports  along  the  3.2 kilometres stretch of Siloso, Central and Tanjong Beaches.

This sentence is from an article about "Travel in Southeast Asia". The phrase "the 3.2 kilometres stretch of Siloso" is a question to me. I think it should be
"the 3.2- kilometer stretch of Siloso" as I have learn that"
When Noun + noun is used in measurements, with a number before the first noun,the number is usually joined to the first noun by a hyphen (-)."

Please give me some advice on it. Thanks in advance.


texts: What's the difference between "light up a lighter" and "light a lighter"

texts: Is there any difference. It seems to me that "light up a lighter" means the same thing, but I've heard that they're not equivalent, and someone even told me it's not idiomatic.


texts: "from" or "of" for "the extraction .... page"

texts:
I wrote:

  There are many approaches to perform the main content extraction of web pages.

could it be from web pages? because extraction usually gets from preposition, but I usually hear ...tion of something...


texts: Should I use simple past tense, simple present tense, or either of them in a relative clause in a sentence talking about the past?

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I would like to know whether I should use "liked," "like," or either one of them in the following sentence:

He wanted a tie that he liked/likes, but he couldn't find any.

I would like to know what is the correct tense to use in these cases because I'm translating from my native language (Spanish), and I'm under the impression that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish is always translated into English using the simple past tense.


texts: The word 'Pussy Riot', In russian foreign minister interview

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CNN's Christiane Amanpour asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview to comment on the state of the U.S. presidential election. She ended up getting a bit more than she bargained for when she prefaced the question with a reference to the Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot.'

  Short transcript of the exchange:

  AMANPOUR: Can I just try one last question? One last question. A bit cheeky but I'm going to ask you. Russia had its own Pussy Riot moment. What do you think of Donald Trump’s pussy riot moment?

  LAVROV: Well, I don't know what this would… English is not my mother tongue, I don't know if I would sound decent. There are so many pussies around the presidential campaign on both sides that I prefer not to comment on this.

  Source: Russia's FM Leaves Amanpour Speechless, 'So Many Pussies' on Both Sides of U.S. Election

I dont know if you heared about Russian Foreign minister when he was asked

What does she meant by Pussy Riot ?. I did checked some SO questions about the usage of word pussy. (Could be a cat for example) but my main question the meaning of her question.


texts: Whats the difference between stance and position in terms of expressing opinion?

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My customer requested big schedule change (postponing a lot from the agreed upon date) and It is not acceptable for me.

so I wrote email today like

  MY position about your request is as below bla bla bla~~~~~"

After sending email, the word stance comes to my mind and i started to wonder about the difference between two words in terms opinion.

Anybody can help me?

Thanks in advance


texts: How to choose between the many meanings of 'substantive'?

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I don't  duplicate the prior https://ell.stackexchange.com/q/32122/8712. There, I couldn't identify the unique correct definition. Here, I don't know how to choose  between three disparate definitions, all of which can apply :

  the Constitutional Reform Act (CRA) 2005
  provides, in s 1, that the Act does not adversely affect
  ‘the existing constitutional principle
  of the rule of law’ or
  ‘the Lord Chancellor’s existing constitutional role in relation
  to that principle’.
  ...as Lord Bingham pointed out, the Act does not actually
  defi ne what is meant by the rule of law, or indeed the Lord Chancellor’s role in relation
  to it. He also recognised the difficulty in fixing a single meaning or in fact any substantive
  content to the principle, citing various different academic references to it...

  Definition1. Having a firm basis in reality and so important
  2. Having a separate and independent existence.
  3. (Of law) defining rights and duties, as opposed to giving the procedural rules by which those rights and duties are enforced.

This is a significant Act so it's important. Is Definition 1 the answer?
Lord Bingham 'recognised the difficulty' of, separate definitions. Is 'separate' the meaning?
This is about law so this also applies, but is Definition 3 the answer?

Source: p 30, The English Legal System 2012-2013, Gary Slapper


texts: Multiple transformations of one sentence?

texts:
Given a sentence A:

  Despite the heavy rain, rescue workers continued to work.

Now, I was supposed to transform this sentence into another sentence, which began with Even, without changing the original sentence's meaning. So, I wrote (B):

  Even during the heavy rain, rescue workers continued to work.

But, my teacher considers this wrong, saying that rescue workers working during the rainfall wasn't implied in the sentence. She says that (C):

  Even though it rained heavily, rescue workers continued to work.

is correct. But, I feel that the original sentence does not imply whether rescue workers worked after or during the rain. Therefore, I feel that the both interpretations should be accepted. Thus, my question is:

Should both B and C be accepted?
Is there a third sentence also which better satisfies the criteria?


texts: What does “I”(sounds like so) called by the announcer mean during the senate leaders' vote on sb's confirmation?

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I watched the confirmation of Mike Pompeo today online. I heard the announcer keep calling "No" or "I"(sounds like an "I") during the process.

What does that "I" stand for?


texts: Is the word "carry" in "had been carrying a precious cargo" a state verb or action verb?

texts:
This is the first paragraph of an article:

  The salvage operation had been a complete failure. The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on tis way home. A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search. The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.

Is the word "carry" here a state verb or action verb? Can we change "had been carrying" to "was carrying" or "carried"?

At the end of the article, it contains the following sentence:

  The Karen ( the name of the sunken ship) had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.

Can we change "had been sailing" to "was sailing"?


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A product of the Swansea City youth team, he has two caps for Wales and is the current record caps holder for the Wales Under 21 team with 25 caps.

(Source)

I am asking because I find weird to call someone as 'product'.


texts: Is it okay to put an adverbial of time between a subject and a verb? For example, 'the parliament on March 19 passed a bill that [...]'. I know I can put it at the beginning ('on March 19, [...]'), but it's not always applicable. For example, it may be too clumsy if there's another "isolated part of the sentence" (sorry, I don't know how to say it in English or even in my mother tongue) in front: 'On March 19, in order to fix this problem, the parliament passed [...]'


texts: Differences in the usage of “Hang around” in the following sentences?

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what are the differences between these sentences?

  He is hanging around on the streets

  He is hanging around the streets

and

  He is hanging around at the mall

  He is hanging around the mall


texts: Please help me find the phrase that fits better in this context: "He turns/spins (around) (himself) a couple of times"

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"Nick is walking down the corridor when suddenly he hears footsteps just around the corner from him. He turns/spins (around) (himself) a couple of times, then runs to the nearest door and makes it inside just before a security guard comes around the corner."

Could you please give me some guidance here for which one of these would fit the context better? Should I include 'around' and 'himself' or is it not necessary? Do they all have the same meaning?

He turns a couple of times.
2) He spins a couple of times.
3) He turns around a couple of times.
4) He spins around a couple of times.
5) He turns around himself a couple of times.
6) He spins around himself a couple of times.


texts: Why is “She requested that he raise his hand” the correct sentence, not “She requested that he raised his hand”?

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I'm reading about the subjunctive mood and i have trouble grasping the following sentence from https://data.grammarbook.com/blog:

  She requested that he raise his hand.

I have understood that with verbs besides were, past perfect tense should be used with the subjunctive mood.

Is the verb raise really past perfect or am I missing something?
Is the following variation of the original sentence grammatically correct?

  She hoped that he raise his hand.


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I'm learning articles and doing some exercises.
Here are my problem sentences:

A: What is a "capital city"?
B: Well, a "capital city" is the political center of a country.

My question is about 'the' in the second sentence.
I'm don't see here any 'definiteness' of the center. From my point of view it is as  indefinite as the country and city words.


texts:
I remember my teacher talking about literary devices, I have a sentence below. What literary device is use here?

  To bring peace, you must bring war.


texts: The difference between "if" and "even if"

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I've tried to figure out the difference between "if" and "even if".
My reasoning is as follows. Do I correctly understand?

Even if your partner were a saint, he would not accept your
proposal.

=Even your partner is a saint. Regardless of it, he doesn’t accept your proposal.

or

=Even your partner will be a saint. Regardless of it, he will not accept your proposal.

.

Even if you had not seen the message, you could have imagined what
it meant.

=Even you didn't see the message. In spite of it, you imagined what it meant.

.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
The reason why I thought as above is because of the following.
When "If" is used in second type conditional, If clause has an unreal or hypothetical condition/situation, and a main clause is a possible result from if clause.
It is kind of < cause-and-effect relationship >.
No condition in If clause take places and then no result in the main clause follows.
e.g.)

If I had a partner, I would go to a dancing party.
=I don't/will not have any partner, and I cannot go to a dancing party.

However, “even if” is a condition but is not one relevant to a main clause. They are NOT < cause-and-effect relationship.>.
Even if clause doesn't impact on a content of a main clause.
The under-written "even if clause + main cause" can be paraphrased like these with indicative moods.

Even if your partner were a saint, he would not accept your
proposal.

=Even you are partner are a saint. Regardless of it, he doesn't accept your proposal.

.

Even if you had not seen the message, you could have imagined what
it meant.

=Even you didn't see the message. In spite of it, you imagined what it meant.


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The end is near for the president. But a round of golf (or ten), a wedding toast, and a few bizarre press conferences come first.

The news report is here.
What does 'or ten' mean?
Is it or are they 'a round of golf or ten rounds of golf'? Does it mean many rounds of golf due to his losing job and long lasting free time?


texts: "Fell like dead leaves": a continued action in the past or a completed action?

texts:
From Elizabeth Kerner's "Redeeming the Lost":

  Alas, Varien was changed yet again. I gazed after him. The joy that
  had filled him when he left our old home with his beloved was gone.
  That joy that had sustained me, knowing that he had found his soulmate
  at last, though all my years of hopeless love fell like dead leaves
  around my heart. He could barely speak for his anger and he was wild with helplessness.

Does fell here denote a continued action that took place while the heroine was sustained vicariously by her beloved’s love for another? That is, does "fell" here equal "were falling" or "had been falling"? Or does it signify a completed action?


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What's another word for "spent money/money spent (as of now)?"
Are there other words you know aside from "expenditure" or "expenses." Something that would imply what has been spent as of now?


texts: What is the difference between "doesn't", "don't" and "not to"?

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I'm a new English learner, I've found that while expressing negative ideas, sometimes "don't" and "doesn't" are used; but at other times "not to" is used. For example:

  Your question doesn't specify exactly.

Can I use the following?

  Your question not to specify exactly.

I wonder whenever we should use either of them?

Can somebody explain this grammar?


texts:
I have the following sentence:

  What this program does is produces fluorescent proteins in a rhythmic fashion and generates a small molecule that allows bacteria to communicate and synchronize, as you're seeing in this movie.

What does 'in a rhythmic fashion' mean?

The Cambridge Dictionary gives the following definitions for fashion:

  fashion noun (POPULAR STYLE)

  A2 [C or U]: a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair, make-up, etc.:

  Long hair is back in fashion for men.
  Fur coats have gone out of fashion.
  a programme with features on sport and fashion
  She always wears the latest fashions.

  fashion noun (MANNER)
   › [S] a way of doing things:
  - The rebel army behaved in a brutal fashion.

It is not clear how either of these definitions applies to the current usage. Or if one of them doesn't, it's not clear why it is that one that does!


texts: What is a word to describe a graduate with the highest graduation score?

texts: If you happen to come on top of all your university colleagues in terms of your overall grades, what would you be called? Is there a word for "the first among his class" especially a class that has graduated from university?


texts:
I sometimes see questions on Stack Overflow which ask

  "How <technology> works?"

I always thought that this is an incorrect use and it should be

  "How does <technology> work?"

However, I now see such a sentence on a website of a company I'm a customer of. They have a FAQ

  How CppDepend licensing works?

So my question is: is that correct use of English? If so, why? What's the rule behind it?


texts: Do they notice me if I use /d/ instead of 'th' sound?

texts: I can’t hear the difference between /d/ and th very well, though I know how to pronounce them. And it’s always hard for my tongue to use th, especially in the word “the”. Naturally I switch to /d/ sound. Is it a big deal? Or how could I improve my th sound?


texts: Is it grammatically correct to say that something or someone radiates of love. I know that we use of with verbs such as approve, smell and consist, but what other verbs collocate with of, and is radiate one of them?


texts: "Here is a sentence which I think an example of passive participle clause", is it grammatical?

texts:
To figure out the concept of "passive participle", I am learning an ELL post (Formation of passive participle clause), which starts with

  Here is a sentence which I think an example of passive participle clause

the part "which I think an example" seems not grammatical.

I guess it could be like this

  Here is a sentence which is I think an example of passive participle clause

Is my understanding right?


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I'm not going to play next year if coach makes me ride the pine again this season. (source)

The sentence syntactically suggests "coach" has to be a proper noun, although it is not capitalized. It looks to me "coach" here functions the same way as "Mom" in "I asked Mom where my book was."

Should it be capitalized when used as title before a name? For example:

  Have you talked to Coach/coach Anderson?

A discussion on a sports journalism forum on this topic has mixed opinions and seems ultimately inconclusive, so I wonder what the proper writing rules are.


texts: please not VS please don't VS please not to

texts:
Please not tell me.
Please don't tell me.
Please not to tell me.

Are they all proper English,
which should be preferred?


texts: Smiling or smiling one? ”It turned out that smiling/smiling one is better.” For example, when choosing the best shot from the pictures. English is not my native language, so thank you very much! :)


texts: You have to consider all the probabilities (A comparison between possibility and probability / likelihood)

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We know that:

Technically, possibility of any event is always 1 or 0 i.e. 'yes'  or 'no'. If an event is possible, how likely will its occurrence be,  under a given situation is probability.

Example, When we roll a dice, possibility of it showing up number 5 is 'Yes' (or 1) possibility of showing up  number 8 is 'No'(or 0).In a situation where the dice is rolled once, Probability of it showing up number 5 is 1/6.

So, every event that we consider while finding the probability of occurrence of a particular event, is a possible event.

Now let's suppose you are giving an advice to someone who needs to look at the matter from the outside and there are some hidden aspects of the matter they are dealing with which are not visible for them and you intend to explain and clarify them the way the have to take and the steps they have to go through. You say:

  You should consider all the aspects of the matter prior to making any decision. You have to consider all the probabilities / likelihood.

What causes doubt in my mind about the bold statements above are the nearly null results I get when I search them on the net / NGram again.

I was wondering if you could help me out with this case? I know I can say something like:

  You should consider all the possibilities.

but is it possible to say:

  You should consider all the probabilities / likelihood.

If not, then why?


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I have this part in a story, and I have no idea if it should be would or will:

  I looked at the Merrimack River, always so big and beautiful. On the riverbend, the trees started blossoming with the coming spring. Soon everything would be full of life and birds. But as of now, most trees still looked dead.


texts: We should have verbed somebody  we had the chance

texts:
This pattern recurs in many literary works. When I was watching an animated movie the character said just the pattern below. I cannot tell for sure what he said but it was probably while. I thought I'd ask about which word is more common, while or when.

We should have verbed somebody (when/while) we had the chance

Examples:

We should have  locked him up (when/while) we had the chance
We should have killed you when we had the chance

Edit:
After a repeated listening it turns out that the word was when!
Anyway, I don't trust my ear yet. I still need your input.

Now I could think of another reason why it should be when and not while. While is mostly used, as I see it, in present, pressing situations. And when is just for an event at a point of time in the past.


texts: Difference between "mother to" and "mother of"?

texts: I hear people saying both.  What's the difference between these two?  And yeah,  once I heard aunt too as well.  It confused me alot. Could someone please state the meaning of these? Ive heard people saying multiple things . As in the biological mother saying im mother to the cute little guy.


texts:
Suppose the context is people buying health insurance:

  1a He is in another plan.
  1b He is on another plan.
  1c He is under another plan.
  2a He is enrolled in another plan.
  2b He is enrolled on another plan.
  2c He is enrolled under another plan.

When you talk about people having purchased a health insurance, do you use "in" or "on" or "under"?


texts:
You're a donkey vs. You're donkey

I know its an insult to say this sentence to someone but I would like to learn the grammar of indefinite articles. Which sentence is correct? and Why?
If they both are correct, Is there a difference in meaning?

Should I use the indefinite (a) because the word donkey is a noun? Or should I not use it because I'm describing someone and I'm using the word donkey as an adjective?


texts: Do I need "had" in the following question?

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Was it because some emergency (had) happened?

This is written in past-tense narration, and the character is referring to an event in the past (based on her current "present").

So do I need to add "had"? Why or why not?


texts: Is it correct to use "no love lost" to describe hostility in one direction only?

texts:
The idiom no love lost describes a feeling of mutual hostility between two people or groups. For example,

  There's no love lost between him and his neighbour.

But is it correct to also use it without the mutual part? For example,

  I have no love lost for my neighbour.

meaning that while I feel hostility for my neighbour, he may or may not feel the hostility towards me (or at least, this sentence doesn't make any claim about it).


texts: "Quite" as an adverb with different definitions

texts: As an adverb, "quite" can be used meaning both "fairly/pretty" and "completely/absolutely". I have difficulty understanding when it is a synonym of the former adverbs and when a synonym of the latter ones. Are there any clear-cut rules?


texts: Could you give me some feedback on my accent?

texts:
https://voca.ro/1jeSBpuxHA4c
I've had a weird journey learning English. Having grown up in Canada, I learned English before I learned my own native language. Once I moved back to the country from which my parents are originally from, my Canadian accent was totally lost. I moved back to Canada two years ago and have been having difficulty with my accent. I have attempted to learn how to pronounce all vowels and constants and I have also tried shadowing but I am still far from a native English speaker.
https://voca.ro/1kHNEYCwH5HW


texts:
Sator: How do you come by your information about the opera?
Protagonist: You wouldn't do business with someone who wasn't savvy
enough  to be recruited. Hell, the CIA provides two thirds of the
market  for fissile material.
Sator: They're usually buying, not selling.

What does "provides market for something" mean?


texts:
Is the sentence below grammatically ok? Or something is wrong with it?

They oughtn't to have worked harder.

Or

They ought to have worked harder.

Can we use past simple from ought - oughted? I found it somewhere but it seems to be awkward...

They oughted to work harder.


texts:
To that great man, I dedicate this book to.

Is this correct? I'm wondering if it's alright to end a sentence with a to proposition at the end.


texts: What is the semantic difference between "than he is" and "than he does" in these two sentences?

texts:
I saw the following sentences in a grammar book.

Jill thinks Ed's better off than he is.

Jill thinks Ed's better off than he does.

I guess "'s" is the abbreviation for "is". Why the second sentence uses "does" instead of "is" in its comparative clause? Are there semantically different in meaning?


texts: Reference to dead people in past or present tense?

texts:
If my brother named John passed away and I meet someone named John, would I say:

  Oh! my brother's name is John.

Or:

  Oh! my brother's name was John.


texts: What does the phrase "move-blocking seven of hearts beneath the six" mean here?

texts:
I am not sure about the meaning of the phrase"move-blocking seven of hearts beneath the six" in the following sentence:

  You can drop that move-blocking seven of hearts beneath the six, but
  it doesn't mean that would make the game easier because it would add
  new layers of complexity.

Maybe I am missing a very technical aspect or rule of cards.


texts: What do these phrases in the game of cricket mean?

texts:
I like watching cricket. I hear phrases like:

  He played a great innings and brought his team home.

  He remained there till the end to ensure he sees his team home.

And:

  He is in the form of his life.

What do the phrases in the bold mean?
In the initial ones, I could not understand in what context they are using the word "home". I am sure it means winning the match though.


texts: Why is it wrong to use the gerund in this sentence?

texts:
Please see the sentance below

Composed of heavy-textured clay soil, adobe has great elasticity when moist, but when dry is able of holding its shape

I'm practising spotting the error in sentences and the answer key says that "of holding* is wrong. Although it doesn't supply the right answer, I think it is probably to hold.

2 questions :

1 is the correct answer "to hold"?
2 why is "of holding" marked as being wrong?


texts: The best way to judge is (to get/get) - which is correct?

texts:
The best way to judge is get a boat and fill the boat with it.
The best way to judge is to get ...

Which one is correct, get or to get?


texts: What does 'to' mean in "One of my favorite updates has been to the entryway and stair area of the house."?

texts:
What is the meaning of 'to' in the sentence?

One of my favorite updates has been to the entryway and stair area of the house.


texts:
Is "France" the direct object in the sentence?
"I" is doing the verb "come" but is France receiving the verb? The grammar book says that direct object answers who or what questions but France does not so I'm confused.


texts: What do you call when people are crushing each other

texts:
When human stampedes occur a person can trip and fall and then another person falls on him and then another person blah bla, or in football when everyone jumps onto each other on the ground to get the ball away from the one on the bottom
How would you call that? Human clump


texts:
Farmers always gave a special supper to the sheep shearers when they had finished their work.
This year Bathsheba had ordered her maids to put a long table in the garden, with the top end of the table just inside the house.
Far from the madding crowd , By Thomas Hardy

What kind of structure is this? (with part)

and what is the meaning of the sentence?(with .......)


texts:
Although we have limited controlled data on surgical interventions like spinal fusion, discectomy, laminectomy, or vertebroplasty, studies often show some immediate benefit for pain, but this typically fades over time when compared to nonsurgical intervention.In other words, by a few months to a few years post-operatively, there’s no difference in pain outcomes for most common spinal conditions.

Does it mean from a few months to a few years?


texts: 'Have you ever..' question with 'go swimming/cycling/rollerblading...' phrases

texts:
There is an exercise in our English textbook where I should ask the question "have you ever...?" about my partner's experience. The partner should answer using a set of expressions and one of them is 'go ice skating'.
There is also a rule we've learnt in the unit we're studying that the verb 'go' has two past participles 'been'/'gone'.
Is it correct to ask "Have you ever been ice skating?". Is it still a question in the Present Perfect? I'm confused because the form is the same as for the Present Perfect Continuous. So, how should I ask the question 'have you ever...' about activities usually following the verb 'go' (go ballroom dancing, go BMXing and etc.)?


texts: Should I use 'neither one', 'none of them' or 'neither one of them' in this question?

texts:
I'd like to form this question:

  Is she beautiful or smart or {neither one/ neither one of them/none of them}?

So do I need 'of them' for sure or can I omit 'of them' and say 'neither one' or only 'neither'? I'd like to keep it simplest possible.

Which one is correct?

Is she beautiful or smart or neither one?
Is she beautiful or smart or neither one of them?
Is she beautiful or smart or none of them?
Is she beautiful or smart or neither?
Is she beautiful or smart or none?

The duplicate question does not answer my question. My question is not about single plural verb harmony. It is about whether I can omit and if so to what extent I can omit to give the same meaning in simplest way and that according to what one prefers neither over none or vice versa.


texts:
In the Russian there is a word "xa", which is an exclamation and pronounces like "h"+"a" sounds. It is used to show surprise, good joking mood because of situation changes.
Is there similar exclamation word-sound in English?


texts:
The rumor we heard at the time was that Chris D had a bunch of Upsetter overstock of this Tooth and Nail vinyl compilations and that he'd recently carried them down to Rhino for beer money.

the first action is that he had a bunch of Upsetter overstock and that is why  he carried them, so why carried is past perfect if it came after he had an overstock.

Is it because the first rumour the writer heard was "he had carried them to Rhino " and then after that he heard the reason why he brought them to Rhino : he had a bunch of upsetter overstock.


texts:
I've seen an American wrote in his email:

  We gonna hit at high noon.

I figure he actually means we will meet at high noon. Am I getting it right? I haven't found this meaning in dictionaries anyway.


texts: Why do native speakers use the present continuous tense when talking about people in a picture? Why not the past continuous tense?

texts:
This is some sentences in a flyer test.

  I took this photo by the lake last Saturday, Grandma. It looks lovely.
  Do you know any of these people?

  Yes, I do. The man who’s reading the newspaper is William.

  He’s wearing a nice hat.

  He is, isn’t he? Grandpa knows him, I think!

Why don't they say "he was wearing a nice hat" because that was happening in the past?

Can we use the present tense to describe people in a video?

For example, "Look at you in this video! You are smiling and swimming in a bathtub".


texts: rule for present perfect: the woman has ordered wine

texts:
The woman has ordered wine.

In this sentence the woman has not yet received the wine?

Or did the woman order in the current context, and maybe already received the wine?


texts: The meaning of 'you would have something to dream about'

texts:
The girl wants to be an actor but she is afraid of failure. However her friends tell her to try out or something.

This is the part of the script:

  The girl: Yeah... but I'd still need a day job.
  Friend 1: But at least if your day job were boring, you'd have something to dream about.

Does the sentence friend 1 says mean 'if you were boring while you are working you could dream about being actor while sleeping?


texts: Is there any reason why we can't use "I hope you to buy me a doll."

texts:
I saw the sentence like

  I want you to buy me a doll.

But I read the book that says

  I hope you to buy me a doll.

is not the right sentence.

I think there is a reason certainly.Don't say that it is a custom.There is no sentence that has no reason.Please, somebody tell me the reason. And Is there any other 'verb' that can't make a sentence like this?


texts:
What is the difference between these words? Can it be interchangeable?

  He was by no means a cruel man.

  He was by no manner of means a cruel man.


texts: how should I say climbing up or crawling up?


texts:
Is the word "debris" considered to be an euphemism of other words? And does the word have some kind of the degree of formality? If yes, is it informal or formal one?

So the word 'debris' here is in the clause "if you find my home in the debris"


texts: I was about to read a term paper written by a non-native student of English comparing between two types of reading. Then I noticed that the author started the title with ("Aloud Reading" and Silent Reading). I am wondering why he used " Aloud Reading" instead of the more correct " Reading Aloud". Is the position of the adverb " Aloud" here correct?


texts:
I have one exercise to do for my English lesson.

  "As a result / Since all the seats on the train were taken, we had to
  stand"

Which option should I choose?

I have found that I have to put comma after 'As a result'. The comma isn't there. Does it mean that I have to go with 'Since'?


texts: Usage of "to make something out of something"

texts:
I wrote:

  It (the software) divides the page into some slides and makes a video out of them.

Is it a correct usage of "out of"? as I searched out of means to create something of value from nearly worthless parts. Can I use from here?


texts: What does "There are always people who love to sweat" mean in this context?

texts:
I was reading a review on Amazon which said the following:

  To sum up, this method works fine for me and I can recommend it wholeheartedly. But then again, there are always people who love to sweat...

What does sweat mean here?


texts:
Should the singular or plural be used after one of the ones?

You're one of the ones that understand(s) me

I've seen a native speaker use the singular form (which likely makes it at least acceptable), but shouldn't it be plural? The verb applies to multiple people, you being one of which.


texts: What's the difference between words "number", "count", "amount" and "quantity"?

texts: I just can't understand when i should use one of these words and when another.  They are too similar, but looks like they are not absolutely the same. So what is the difference between them?


texts: Can i contract "it will" and "it would"? Seems very hard to pronounce. Event if it is possible is it widely used?


texts: Why do we use "used to" to form a past tense?

texts:
To propose a deed happening in the past, we can exercise the past form of the verb for that action or state. I know one of the usages of "used to" is for the construction of a past sentence.

How common is it for a native to use it?
Is it natural that we use it for other tenses like “It used to have been working before you came in”?


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I couldn't make sense of this zigzagging\twisting sentence. Is it "such as(for example)" or "such / as (such... which)"? What does "such" mean?
 Could anyone please help to make the sentence more explicit?

The context is :

Wickham and Lydia eloped and then got married; before they set off for the north, the were now staying in Lydia's house. They were not ashamed of their conduct, and were not welcomed in this house except Lydia's mother, Mrs. Bennet.

Here is the sentence:

  Their visitors were not to remain above ten days with them. Mr.
  Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was
  to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.

  No one but Mrs. Bennet regretted that their stay would be so short.
  And she made the most of the time by visiting about with her daughter,
  and having very frequent parties at home. These parties were
  acceptable to all, to avoid a family circle / was even more desirable
  to such as did think than such as did not.

  From Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen


texts: Concerning a preposition relative pronoun

texts:
use of an unspecified value, or other behavior where this International Standard provides
two or more possibilities and imposes no further requirements on which is chosen in any
instance

This sentence is in C99 which is the official documentation written by ANSI about a programming language. So I think this sentence won't wrong. But on which is chosen in any instance looks awkward. I have known when a preposition relative pronoun is used, following sentence should be a full(complete) sentence. But a subject is omitted.How should I interpret this sentence and is it grammatically correct?


texts: What does “for” mean in “want a clown for a dad”?

texts:
I’m watching Modern Family, and it’s the conversation of Cam and Mitchell

  Mitchell: We need somebody to pump some life back into this party.

  Cam: I got this.
  I'll go in and turn on some music, bring out the cupcakes, pump up the bubble machine. Or Is that a roundabout way of saying a certain clown can come to the party?

  Mitchell: I was wrong.
  Every kid wants a clown for a dad.

So Cam wanted to play as a clown for his daughter but Mitchel didn’t want, and then he changed his mind.

Here, “every kid wants a clown for a dad”, what does “for” mean?
If possible, could you give me the definition from a dictionary?

Thank you.


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"to do over" means " to do something again from the beginning, especially because you did it badly the first time"

I have the impression that "to do over again" has the same meaning(so it can be as early as only being the second attempt) but according to my logic it should be at least the 3rd time since it's "to do over" and "again"


texts:
My question is if phrase "me to have my job" is noun phrase ?

Here is the example:

The reason for me to have my job is that I keep secret.


texts: Is there a specific name for manipulating English language this way

texts:
Few days ago a football player named Harry Kane showed great performance, next day the newspaper posted "Hurricane beats Arsenal"

Everyday I pass by a money/cash/loans shop that shows an advert "YOU ARE NOT (ALOAN)"

Is there a specific name for similar cute manipulation?


texts: Prepositional Phrase - confused - at or in

texts:
Let's meet in the morning  or at the morning.

in the afternoon or at the afternoon.

in the night or at the night.

in the park or at the park.

working in the background or at the background.


texts: Why using comparative adjective in this sentence?

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The sentence is:

Many people move to the city, because there are too few jobs for them in smaller towns.
(It is a single sentence without context - taken from a 'complete the sentences' exercise)

It is already known that towns are smaller than cities; so what is the point of using the comparative adjective 'smaller' here?

Source: English for Starters _ Students' Book _ By: Julia Starr Keddle & Martyn Hobbs

Thanks in advance.


texts:
I'm just asking to make sure. Which one is correct?

The idea arose to me.
The idea arose for me.


texts: What does "dark hints" mean in Harry Potter?

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As Aunt Marge started to make herself at home, Harry caught himself thinking almost longingly of life at number four without her. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia usually encouraged Harry to stay out of their way, which Harry was only too happy to do. Aunt Marge, on the other hand, wanted Harry under her eye at all times, so that she could boom out suggestions for his improvement. She delighted in comparing Harry with Dudley, and took huge pleasure in buying Dudley expensive while glaring at Harry, as though daring him to ask why he hadn't got any a present too. She also kept throwing out dark hints about what made Harry such an unsatisfactory person.

  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

What does "dark hints" mean here?


texts: what does this quote mean? “Be as intentional with what you say yes to as what you say no to.” ~Robyn Conley Downs

texts:
What does this quote mean?

  “Be as intentional with what you say yes to as what you say no to.”
                          ~Robyn Conley Downs


texts: Is "Phone me when you were in Madrid again" wrong?

texts:
I'm learning English and I have a question.

I'm doing English exercises with my book American Cutting Edge 4, and in one activity I have to change the sentence, using a word in bold.

You'll be in Madrid again phone me then - I have to make a new complete sentence
with the adverb when.

I want to know which of these it is correct to say:

Phone me when you were in Madrid again.
Phone me when you are in Madrid again.


texts: "How many times I have to tell you" or "how many times do I have to tell you?"

texts:
I found both sentences on Google:

How many times I have to tell you

How many times do I have to tell you

So I don't know which one is the correct from. Maybe both?


texts: Including and excluding "a" in a sentence, both make sense

texts:
I get what the author wants to say in the following sentence, but can't understand the use of "a" [bold in the following sentence]

  Despite a multitude of high-tech note-taking tools, the classic pen
  and paper still holds a special place in many a note-taker's
  heart.

Why we say "many a note-taker's heart"?,

"many note-taker's heart" sounds grammatically correct.


texts: "you wouldn't know until it has happened" Is this correct?

texts:
I want a phrase that says that a person will know about something only after it happens.
"You wouldn't know until it has happened" : Is this a correct usage? I think it's probably wrong. Can someone please help me correct the sentence?


texts: Is "ones of those" grammatically correct?

texts:
Traffic laws are ones of those laws that are difficult to enforce.

Can I say "ones of those" when the subject is plural?


texts: What's the meaning of 'valid against' ? - 1963 US

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Source: Gideon v Wainwright (1963)

  In agreeing with the Court that the right to counsel in a case
  such as this should now be expressly recognized as a
  fundamental right embraced in the Fourteenth Amendment,
  I wish to make a further observation. When we hold a right
  or immunity, valid against the Federal Government, to be
  "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty" [Footnote 4/6] and
  thus valid against the States, I do not read our past
  decisions to suggest that, by so holding, we automatically
  carry over an entire body of federal law and apply it in full
  sweep to the States. Any such concept would disregard the
  frequently wide disparity between the legitimate interests of
  the States and of the Federal Government, the divergent
  problems that they face, and the significantly different
  consequences of their actions.


texts:
a. Last Monday, I talked to her for the second time, in her office.

Is the sentence correctly punctuated?

Does it suggest that that was the second time I talked to her (whether in her office or not?

Does it suggest that the first time I talked to her might not have been in her office?

Isn't that what the comma suggests?

Many thanks.


texts: analysis of conjunction : A newspaper is only kind of reading that is almost universal

texts:
A newspaper is the only kind of reading that is almost universal

How do we understand this sentance in terms of grammar ?

This has a meaning :

A newspaper is the only kind of reading for almost universal
There are things that almost people read and it is the only one, newspaper.

Hence in my thought,

A newspaper is the only kind + almost universal is reading
A newspaper is the only kind of reaing that almost universal is

Hence please, why is the order of almost universal and is changed ?


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I'm wondering if I could use "do" to make emphasis in different tenses?
I've found examples of its using in Present Simple. So, could I use it with, for instance, other Simple tenses or, what is more interesting, with Perfect tenses? As far as I know, it just unlogical and awkward to find this verb followed by Progressive verb.


texts:
I'm a bit confused about the definition of 'arts and crafts'.

Is it the same as 'handicrafts'?
Does it refer to objects made in this way or the technique itself?

Could you give me an example sentence for this phrase?


texts: When I say I smell gas, do you think of gasoline, or natural gas?

texts: I have a problem with using word "gas". In my language we have two completely different words for gas that is put in car and gas that is used in stove when cooking something. Should I use phrase "natural gas" when talking about gas that is used for cooking (or when talking about car that uses LPG / CNG) and gas when talking about gasoline used in cars? I am referring to american english, since brits use word petrol which is easier to explain in this context, at least I think.


texts: "no pen to write with" vs. "no pen which he can write with"

texts:
The complete sentences are:

  "He has no pen to write with."

and:

  "He has no pen which he can write with."

The book does not explain the differences in meaning between these two. So, please tell me about the differences.


texts:
On Stack Exchange, I found a comment that says, "What about the privacy policy is unclear?"

I understand it as "What is unclear in the privacy policy?" Is that what the sentence means?
Can I rephrase it as "What is unclear about the privacy policy?"
Can I generally say "What about [something] is not [adjective]?"


texts: What did you use to cook or What did you used to cook, which one is correct?

texts:
I have confusion with some grammatical facts. So I am looking for help here.

Which one should be correct?

A. What did you use to cook?

B. What did you used to cook?


texts:
The techniques employed by science fiction writers are meant to draw the reader into a world where extraordinary events can occur and unexpected scenarios draw a striking comparison to events which mirror our everyday real life experiences. So good science fictions needs to stay within the limits of what may one day happen, at the same time science fiction writers need to stay away from the genre of fantasy paint a scenario which will never occur. Readers of science fiction expect to be exposed to a world different from our own， but in which certain physical rules and laws still apply. In addition, any plot as part of a science fiction novel or story needs to mirror events which are familiar to many of us, IT may include the universal ideas of hope and loss. Association with real life events helps the author maintain the a without which a science fiction story becomes unrealistic and in fact an insult to the science fiction community."

The question is : According to the passage, readers of science fiction:

A) are liable to the same world as ours.

B) are subjected to local ideas of hope and loss.

C) experience a different world from our own.

D) always face applicable rules.

I was confused between C & D ,until I picked  "D". Do readers of science fiction expect to be exposed to a different world from our own when they read science fiction stories or when they lead their own life? If it's the second condition then the answer would be D, I think.


texts: How can I solve such disputed subject verb agreements? And what do these sentences actually mean?

texts:
Which verb should be used in the following:

You and not I was/were present yesterday.

You but not I am/are guilty of the misdeed.

Is there a rule to solve such problems?


texts:
Is the preposition of necessary in the following?

  Life is what you make (of) it.

I'd appreciate your help.


texts: When you speak to Richard, you will ask him... vs When you speak to Richard, you ask him

texts:
Are both sentences correct? What is the difference in the meaning?

  When you speak to Richard, will ask him about his new job.

  When you speak to Richard, ask him about his new job.

TIA


texts: Is it possible to use going to future in that case

texts: my name is going to ring you a bell  is it grammatically correct? My name is not a person so can I use it ?


texts: What is the meaning of "No case" in this context?

texts:
It was a flimsy case, a weak case at best. It was really no case
  at all—except that a man had been killed when his car was struck by
  the powerful bright red automobile of a young man.

  The curve in the road had been deserted at the time of the accident. The two men were the only ones there. But noise of the crash
  had drawn people from all directions. (Source)

Dose it mean that nothing happened? Or does it mean that as there were no witnesses to prove the young man is convict so it couldn't be investigated by court?


texts:
I saw this sentence when I was playing a game:

It's been so long since I've talked to you!

It's a bit strange seeing the present perfect tense after since. Can one of you explain when we should use this tense after since?  And what difference would occur using the simple past tense instead (It's been so long since I talked to you!)?

Note: I've been taught that we use the present perfect tense when the time isn't that specific (and not "present perfect is for a ongoing action", which I don't like because it confuses me a lot)


texts:
In the movie "The Night at the Museum, " the protagonist Larry says "I'm Larry, son of Milton," after the pharaoh introduces himself as "the Fourth King of the Fourth King, Ruler of the Land of my Fathers."

Does Larry mean that his father's name is Milton?

And this is off topic, but is it common for kings to introduce themselves by repeating phrases(Fourth King of the Fourth King)?


texts: What is the difference in meaning between “when there are” and “when there will be”

texts:
Finally, “when” can be used to provide further information about a particular point in time. Compare the following two sentences:

I will go jogging tomorrow when there are no cars in the streets.
I will go jogging tomorrow, when there will be no cars in the streets.

“Will” after “when” in English

I don't see the difference in meaning between these 2 sentences.
In the second one the first action is "I will go jogging tomorrow "and the second action is the clause time .
So to indicate this ,the clause time takes the mark of the future whereas in the first one it is the contrary ,the clause time comes first .(no need for the future)
But in meaning I don't understand the difference.


texts: As far as I know, the meaning of 'edit' is - an act of making changes or corrections to a text or film. But, is it possible to use this word to make corrections in any other flaws e.g. in our daily life despite this meaning?


texts:
When one uses nominal sentences (i.e. sentences without a verb, with a subject only), should it be

  Amazing book, I liked it a lot!

or

  An amazing book, I liked it a lot!

It's clearly a shortened colloquial variant of "It is/This is an amazing book...," but what about the article if you omit "it/this"?


texts: What does it mean 'to have fame in' or 'to be famed in' God?

texts:
Source: Historia Anglorum [...], by Henry of Huntingdon, edited by Diana E. Greenway

  [p 496, online English translation:]  Tell me, I pray, what gain has it been to us to have been great or famous? [1.] We had no fame at all, except in God. [2.] For if we are famed now in Him, we shall still be famed in your time, as lords of heaven and earth, worthy of praise with our Lord God, by the thousands of thousands who are in the heavens.

Google Books's concealment of pages prevents my discovery of the translation's date, but the above use of  fame seems olden; so I referenced Etymonline and OED:

  famed (adj.) [=] "much talked about," 1530s, past participle adjective from fame "spread abroad, report" (v.), c. 1300, from Old French famer, from fame "reputation, renown" (see fame (n.))

How can you have fame IN God?
Also, how can you be famed (ie: to be reported) IN God?

From my (troglodytic) Latin translation below, I am guessing that Henry is being ironic: Henry admits that aristocrats' fame (like his) has illuminated nothing, except what is in God. The irony is that an omniscient God needs no illumination. So their fame has illuminated nothing.

  [p 496, Original Latin:] Dicite, precor, quid nobis profuerit, si magni uel clari fuerimus?
   [3.] Nichil prorsus nisi in Deo claruerimus.
  [4.] Si enim nunc in eo claremus, et uestro tempore
  clarescemus, cum Domino nostro domini celi et terre, milibus milium qui in celis sunt collaudabiles.

My troglodytic Latin translation: 3. Nothing certainly if not in God we have clarified.

If because now in there we clarify, and your time we will clarify, with master our of the master sky and earth, by the thousands of thousands who in the sky are laudible.

PS: Another such use can be found on p 290 of The Philosophical Works: In Five Volumes, Volume 4, by  Henry St. John Bolingbroke (1678-1751).


texts: An appropriate synonym for "inexpert accuser" in the context

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How can you explain for an inexpert accuser that avoiding of sexism in language is not equal to prejudice or a personal matter but a social and cultural practice against prejudice and sex discrimination?

Which synonym, term or phrase can I use instead of inexpert accuser to create a more correct question in English grammatically and semantically?


texts: Remember + relative clause + doing something

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I just saw a sentence in the Cambridge Dictionary:

  I remember when I was a child being very impressed with how many toys she had.

I as a learner would write it as:

  I remember being very impressed with how many toys she had when I was a a child. (Structure: remember doing something)

Is there any rule to write the relative clause in the middle in this case?
Are they interchangeable?

Thanks in advance.


texts: What does "the anointed of the Lord" mean?

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While reading the Cyrus the Great in the Wikipedia, I found the mentioned sentence in this paragraph:

  Cyrus the Great respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered.[13] It is said that in universal history, the role of the Achaemenid empire founded by Cyrus lies in its very successful model for centralized administration and establishing a government working to the advantage and profit of its subjects.[8] In fact, the administration of the empire through satraps and the vital principle of forming a government at Pasargadae were the works of Cyrus.[14] What is sometimes referred to as the Edict of Restoration (actually two edicts) described in the Bible as being made by Cyrus the Great left a lasting legacy on the Jewish religion where because of his policies in Babylonia, he is referred to by the people of the Jewish faith, as "the anointed of the Lord".[15][16]

I guess something positive after word by word translating to Farsi but I am not sure about the right meaning.


texts: What part of speech is "as" used in the ff. sentence?

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"Rachel described Miami as a beautiful city."

I'm finding it a hard time to determine whether "as" is used an adverb, preposition, or pronoun. I need your view on this.


texts:
I want to know the right way of saying the following phrase:

  1, "Account holder name."

  2, "Account's holder name."

I would like to know which of previous phrases is correct and if there is a different way to say this phrase please let me know.

I want to use this phrase to ask my customers for the name of the owner of the account like in a phrase like "May I have the account's holder name please." Please help me out because I really want to know.


texts: What do you call that side of a plank that you create if you cut it in two?

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In Russian, there is a special word for the side of a plank that you see after cutting it in two. The word is "торец", if it's of any help. This part is shown in the picture I am linking to.

A native speaker that I have contacted had no idea what it's called. Dictionaries don't give any variants that I could prove via Google. "Plank sides" returned images of planks from many different angles, though usually showing the side I need. I still want to make sure, so I'd like to know what you actually call this part of a plank in English.


texts: What does *the procedure would have made an awkward loop in the straight thread of his casualness and he had abandoned* it mean?

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He had considered walking north on Fifth Avenue from Schrafft's to a point from which it would take him until ten o'clock to reach the house. At that hour people were less likely to be coming in or going out. But the procedure would have made an awkward loop in the straight thread of his casualness and he had abandoned it. It was impossible to figure when people would be entering or leaving the house, anyway. There was a great risk at any hour.

What does the procedure would have made an awkward loop in the straight thread of his casualness and he had abandoned it mean?


texts: "X is no longer a (?) speculation" - choosing the article

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Which of these two sentences is better article-wise? Maybe they are equivalent?

The Taliban's spreading influence in the North is no longer a speculation.
The Taliban's spreading influence in the North is no longer ∅ speculation.


texts: "Would you mind ___ these plates a wipe [...]?" Why is the answer "giving"?

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I saw this question in Cambridge website, can you please tell me why is the answer is "giving"?

Is there any English grammar rule or is it just based in the English sound?

  Would you mind ______ these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard?

making
doing
getting
giving


texts: Is "I did whatever I could according to my skills." correct?

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I did whatever I could according to my skills.

Is the above sentence correct when said to somebody?
If not how do you express the same thing to someone ?


texts: Stitched ripped clothes vs stitched and ripped clothes

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I think that stitched ripped clothes are clothes whose the ripped part is stitched and stitched and ripped clothes are clothes whose the stitched part is ripped. Am I right?
In this context, the clothes are one pair of clothes.


texts: When a word ends in 's' or 'x', do you add 's or just an '?

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1) Alex's house

  2) Alex' house

When the noun ends with the letter 's' or 'x', do I need to put 's' after an apostrophe or not?

I remember I read some rules related to this in my school grammar book, but now I've forgotten it.


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Is the sentence below awkward?

  The kids had scattered their books all over not only the bus but also the sidewalk.

The above is my rewrite. I am trying to rewrite some sentences so that they have parallel structures. The original sentence was:

  The kids had not only scattered their books all over the bus but also the sidewalk.

If my new sentence (the first one) is awkward, how can I change it?


texts: I'll pretend I didn't see it/not to have seen it?

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Someone sent me a message and I saw it but I didn't want to talk about it so I said:
"I'll pretend not to have seen it."

I've heard people say 'I'll pretend I didn't see it.' I just want to know what 'not to have' means here or if it's even correct as I said it subconsciously without even knowing if it's correct.


texts: What does "to one extent or another" mean?

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Example:

The German Ideology is the first work that can be read as a reliable
exposition of the essential views of Marxism (except in
economics). In that sense it is the first “Marxist" work, all previous
writings being anticipations, forerunners, or harbingers to one extent
or another.


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Or because he found her occupation totes hilarious?Source: The Age, Wink is no laughing matter for Prime Minister with a 'women problem'

It seems like the word “totes” is an intransitive verb, and “hilarious” is the predicative for her occupation. But the case isn’t shown in dictionaries. Is this really the case, or am I reading it wrong?


texts: What does "quacked up" mean in the sentence below?

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Being a penguin was not what it was "quacked up" to be, eh? (Sarah & Duck Series 1 Episode 2)

I guess "what it was "quacked up" to be" basically means "what it seemed to be" but I want to know its literal meaning.


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1) Please let me know in each group of the sentences, which sentence is more natural to you:

  That guy is very out of shape.
  That guy is in very bad shape.
  That guy is very unfit.

  He / she is an out of shape man / woman.
  He / she is an unfit man / woman.

2) How can I point out to someone who is emotionally not in a good shape?


texts: What the meaning of the phrase 'I winter well' in this video?

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the passage:

  I'm a big guy, I winter well

link to the video


texts: Word(s) or synonyms for excessive justice?

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There are many euphemisms when talking about the concept of "excessive justice", "dark justice", "extreme justice" and so forth. Justice taken to the extreme, to the detriment of all other virtues. I'm wondering if there is a simpler word, a single word, for this meaning - or something close to it. A desire to impose justice harshly and ruthlessly - that's the meaning, I suppose.

Thanks for your time.


texts: Word-request to express "teaching only one person"

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I have some experience in teaching kids that have difficulty at school and I helped them with lesson where the student was alone with me. How can I express this activity?

Can we say one-to-one teaching, personal teaching, private teaching, one-student teaching,..?

Thank you


texts: Why is this an unstated assumption for rural spaces? - Test 3, Q27, by Mark Shepherd

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Passage: Mastering the National Admissions Test for Law by Mark Shepherd, page 146.
= Page 2, only first two paragraphs under the heading 'Spaces of Consumption' Don't read the entire PDF.
Sorry, this passage is hard for me to apprehend, so I don't even know what to quote.

Question 27, p.147:

Which of the following is an unstated assumption made about rural spaces?
(a) They are capable of being moved to urban areas
(b) They represent the principal area of production
(c) They are capable of being contained in arcades
(d) They are totally different in character to urban spaces
(e) They are specifi cally linked with individual spaces of consumption

From the answer key, p.237:

(b) CORRECT. It is said that ‘the spaces of production are paradoxically rural
spaces located within urban environments’, and a number of references are
made to new forms of rural spaces. Given that such references feature in a
discussion about production, the assumption must be made that rural spaces
represent the principal area of production, otherwise the logic of the argument
is lost.

Please simplify this abstract answer (to me) to explain why it's right? Why must we assume this?
Moreover, what's the logic of the argument?


texts: Is it correct and natural to say "get one's life set" meaning to become successful and financially secure?

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Is it correct and natural to say get one's life set meaning to become successful and financially secure? For example:

Not that you got your life set, have you thought of going on a round-the-world trip?

Would also be possible to say get one's love life set meaning to have a steady girlfriend or boyfriend? If not, what would you say for both?


texts: Is there any rule for shortening of names of people?

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In Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, four sisters are named Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth respectively, but later I realized their full names are Josephine, Margaret, Amy and Elizabeth respectively. The shortened names and the full ones are so different.

And the same Elizabeth in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice is shortened as Eliza.

William is known to be shortened as Bill. Bill Gates then is William Gates? William Shakespeare is Bill Shakespeare?

My head swims, please anyone, tell me the rule behind this nomenclature.


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Financial markets spend most of their time expanding as more economic
  value is produced.

I found the meaning of Financial markets and economic value but the structure of the sentence get me all confused, so I can not get the point.

Does it mean: When more economic value is produced, financial markets spend most of their time for expanding.
I gess my problem refers to the meaning of "as". I take it as "when" or "while".

Could you please explain it to me? (There is no need to special economic explanations, just general meaning, please)

The fuller text:

  Financial markets spend most of their time expanding as more economic
  value is produced. But eventually, when investments and valuations
  outrun actual output, when enough money gets caught up in pyramid
  schemes of diversion rather than innovation, the financial market
  contracts, washing out all the “weak money,” knocking out the many
  businesses that were overvalued and not actually adding value to
  society. Once the washout is complete, economic innovation and growth,
  now coursecorrected, can continue.

Everything is Fcked: A Book About Hope* by Mark Manson


texts: Does this construction, could have p.p., have the intensifying meaning?

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The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in
  emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and Harry's
  first thought was that this was not someone to cross.
      "The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.
      "Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here."
      She pulled the door wide. The entrance hall was so big you [A] could have fit the whole of the Dursleys' house in it. The stone walls
  were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling
  was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing
  them led to the upper floors.
      They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. Harry could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the
  right –– the rest of the school must already be here –– but Professor
  McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the
  hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they [B]
  would usually have done, peering about nervously. (Harry Potter
  and the Sorcerer’s Stone, pp.113-4)

When I interpret [A] into my own language, I’m urged to add an intensifier onto the phrase - this intensifier is a suffix (도) which intensifies a case that has an unexpected or exceptional property. So I get a curiosity whether the English, could have fit, really has the intensifying meaning. If it has, does it come from the structure - doubly remoted construction: could + have + p.p. -  itself or from the context? (When I look at this, [B] would usually have done, this seems not have the intensifying meaning.)


texts: What meaning is the word "as" in this sentence?

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There is a sentence in my test paper:

  Sometimes, bullying is an Internet event,__when someone puts mean words about you on Facebook.

  (A)as (B)such (C)so (D)as if

The answer is (A),but I don't have any idea still even after I saw the answer.
Can someone explain this "as" for me? Thanks.


texts: Help transform this description into a concise sentence

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I need to create a concise sentence, with as few words as possible (below 7 if possible) from the following description:

  Our program will only process files that are newer than 6 months old.

I need to transform it into a sentence, where the '6 months' must be written after a colon. Below is a sentence that I've managed to come up with but still sounds (a bit?) off.

  Maximum backdate of file processing: 6 months

I am not sure if the whole sentence even make sense at all, but what I would like to focus on is the word 'backdate'. I looked up the word's meaning but it doesn't seem like it means what I've previously thought. So this sentence might actually not deliver the intended meaning at all.


texts: Difference between future continuous and simple

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Any differences between these two sentences:

  I hope it won't rain when we leave the church (the rain might begin as soon as we have left the church).
  I hope it won't  be raining when we leave the church (means it could begin before we leave the church and may be  continue after).


texts: "It helped the north remember" or "It helped the north remembered" or "It helped the north remembers"

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https://www.lingq.com/el/lesson/lesson-28-the-gettysburg-address-431424/

It helped the north remember what they were fighting for-- freedom and equality for all people, black and white and strengthened Lincoln’s personal position as their leader remembered to this day as one of the greatest American Presidents of all time.

Why in the beginning of the above context there is "remember" not "remembers" or "remembered"?


texts: Can I say " Did you copy it from someone?"

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May I say
'Did you copy your homework from your friend?'

Or does it have to be:

Did your copy your friend's homework?


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Here is an example given in the Cambridge dictionary for bad:

She's just a bad loser (= she is unpleasant when she loses).

Why does bad go back to "she" instead of "loser"? I would translate this sentence as "she loses very bad" meaning she loses with the worst result possible.


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Can you use a noun + the possessive marker ('s) in the expression 'to make someone's day"? Looking up the dictionary, it seems that the expression is only used with possessive pronouns "his", "her", "your", etc., but not nouns accompanied with the possessive marker. Is it possible to do so?

For example:

  Finding the solution to an old mathematics problem made the
  mathematicians' day.

  Finding the solution to an old physics problem made physicists' day.

  Giving them flowers made the ladies' day.

  Giving her flower made the lady's day.


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On 2016/1/27, my current girlfriend agreed to become my girlfriend. So today, or 2017/1/27, is a special day for us. However, I don't know how to name this significant day. I've performed some searching, and found these phrases:

Our first anniversary of love
First anniversary of our love
First anniversary for love
First love anniversary
First anniversary
etc.

Which one is correct? You can also name this day with other phrases or single words.


texts: Why Titanic than Titanik, Why Cat but not Kat

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Why in English language we write something and read something else.

In my mother tongue Malayalam and National Language Hindi , we read what we write as such.

But that is not the case of English.

Like

Titanic  - to me Titanik seems more apt than Titanic

Kat seems more apt than cat.

Why English is so much confusing. it is taking me forever to learn the pronunciation.


texts: What is the meaning of the sentence, "Consider it a courtesy for the inconvenience."?

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"Consider it a courtesy for the inconvenience."

What is the meaning of the above sentence, which I am not sure of the context of usage?

And what are the possible contexts (if more than one) of its usage?


texts: What does the "naughty word" refer to in the sentence?

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//Transcript

We then take 68 from 62 to see what the remainder is...HANG ON!68 is too big to take away from 62. You might want to shout out a naughty word.
Ha ha! Serve him right(Mr.Titus who is a bad guy). Anyway, we know that our guess of 4 is too big, so we rub out the 4 and the 68 and try dividing by 3 instead.

//
What is the naughty word in the picture above, does it mean something rude such as holy s***? according to the picture of fist nearby. This book is Murderous Maths series which belong to the Horrible Science series.


texts: Is "fancy" used to describe a gay person?

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Once upon a time, I chose the word 'fancy' as my nickname in real life (e.g. "feel free to call me 'Fancy' sometimes") because I thought it's a good word, which have a sense of elegantly fashionable or sophisticated or of superior grade; fine.

But later on, some of my American friends (I'm not quite sure where they were born, but one of them worked in Oregon) suggested that I should change that name because fancy is used to describe a gay person. I felt embarrassed so I looked it up, but I couldn't find any dictionaries have it defined. The closest definition I got is:

  c. To take a romantic interest in (someone): Do you think he fancies her?

But it seems it's not relevant to anything gay. So, is it common to use fancy to describe a gay person? Is it a regional usage (I guess it's mainly in the US)?


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Imagine a time traveller tells you that you are going to kill somebody or commit some other crime and that you are a bad person. Would it sound correct if I said in such a situation the following sentence?

  I guess, If I'm going to do that, I really am a bad person.

I should add that I want to convey that I believe I am a bad person now regardless of your opinion on the philosophical question whether I could be called a bad person prior to the actual crime. Besides, I am aware that this is not a "normal" conditional sentence.


texts: What is the meaning, "he was years doing so" in this paragraph?

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The money came from his relatives and neighbors, because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Does it mean that he spent years doing it?


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Let's say that I have two workstations, "lengo1" and "lengo2". I would like to ask someone to transfer data from lengo1 to a folder "in?" or "on?" lengo2. For example:

  Would you mind transferring the data to my folder in lengo2?

  Would you mind transferring the data to my folder on lengo2?

In regard to preposition usage, which sentence is correct?


texts: What is the meaning of 'state visit with France'?

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I read the news headline in an Indian daily that stats:

  US First lady Melania Trump steps into spotlight for state visit with France

I think it should be 'state visit to France' instead of 'state visit of France'. Am I right?


texts: The misleading case of "could", "was able to"

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I'm a bit perplexed, if not lost.

Given "could" can't be used to describe a one-time ability and should be replaced by "was able to", such as in the following sentence:

  The burglar was able to (not could) get into the house through the window.

Then what makes the next sentence correct?

  I could see the look of disgust on her face.

I know it's fine, but according to the rule, shouldn't it be replaced by "was able to", since I was able to see the look on her face just on this one occasion?

And also, does the usage of time-related clauses, such as "yesterday", make the "was able to" form the only acceptable one?

  Because I've become fluent in German, yesterday I could/was able to come to an agreement with our foreign client.

And Another example:

  Once the riots in the prison started, I could/was able to escape, but decided to stay to avoid possible consequences.


texts: "Had not gone" or "didn't go" and "every night" in conditional

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You’re always tired. If you had not gone to bed so late every night, you wouldn’t be tired all the time.

Or:

  If you didn’t go to bed so late every night, you wouldn’t be tired all the time.

I'm not sure which one is correct.
“All the time” and “every night” point out that this situation happens always, both past and the present time. Which one I should use?


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Suppose, I have a parent-teacher conference today. So I did most of today's work yesterday to leave my office early today without affecting the project that my team is working on.
In this context, is it clear and natural to say this to my boss?

I'll get out of work today early for my son's parent-teacher conference, my work will be done before that.

Are there any other expressions cleared and more natural could be used for this situation?


texts: I felt he had at last ..... his ambition?

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Which option fits the sentence or is the question ambiguous?

  I felt he had at last ..... his ambition.

  reached
  accomplished
  obtained
  achieved

For me it seems like 1, 2 and 4 fit the sentence. I cannot differentiate the difference.

From Google Ngrams, it seems like "achieved" is the winner.


texts: Should I always use "in" after "interested"

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I wrote:

  There are some answers for that question you may be interested to read and answer yourself.

Should it be:

  There are some answers for that question you may be interested in reading and answering yourself.


texts: Why is there a comma between a preposition and its complement?

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Quirrell rolled off him, his face blistering, too, and then Harry
  knew: Quirrell couldn’t touch his bare skin, not without suffering
  terrible pain — his only chance was to keep hold of Quirrell, keep him
  in enough pain to stop him from doing a curse.  Harry jumped to
  his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm, and hung on as tight as he
  could. Quirrell screamed and tried to throw Harry off — the pain in
  Harry’s head was building — he couldn’t see — he could only hear
  Quirrell’s terrible shrieks and Voldemort’s yells of, “KILL HIM!
  KILL HIM!” and other voices, maybe in Harry’s own head, crying,
  “Harry! Harry!” (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

While reading the phrase I fumbled a second for looking for where the complement ‘of’ is. It seems that “KILL HIM! KILL HIM!” is the complement of ‘of’. Then why is there a comma between the two?


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What is the meaning of the bold part? Is it about insincerity?
"There are those who, under the influence of theoretical preconceptions, regard the human values expressed in architecture esthetically irrelevant, a mere unavoidable concession to utility. That buildings are esthetically the worse because they express the pomp of power, the majesty of government, the sweet pieties of domestic relations, the busy traffic of cities, and the adoration of worshipers is not apparent." - Art as Experience, John Dewey


texts: The exact meaning of 'Mom made me a sandwich'

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Mom made me a sandwich.

Does this necessarily include the meaning that Mom made the sandwich available to me?

Or does this only mean that Mom made the sandwich, leaving it to context whether or not Mom actually made it available to me?


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Should I say

“I saw the kid. He is sleeping on the couch”

or

“I see the kid. He is sleeping on the couch”


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While reading an article, I went through the following line:

  U.S. troops recaptured the city in after a battle that included some of the most intense house-to-house fighting of the entire U.S.-led war in Iraq, with at least 95 U.S. troops killed.

I feel that here 'in' is not necessary as the given sentence looks correct with 'after':

  U.S. troops recaptured the city after a battle...

What say native speakers, is this a proper sentence with 'in' before 'after'?


texts: "such a face— ’im, yet not ’im—like a sudden..." - meaning of a sentence from a short story

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I would really appreciate some help here because I am absolutely clueless regarding the meaining of the phrase in bold (a ghost story by A. Blackwood http://algernonblackwood.org/Z-files/Deferred_Appointment.pdf):

At length everything was ready, only the flashlight waiting to be
turned on, when, stooping, he covered his head with the velvet cloth
and peered through the lens— at no one! When he says “at no one,”
however, he qualifies it thus: “There was a quick flash of brilliant
white light and a face in the middle of it—my gracious Heaven! But
such a face— ’im, yet not ’im—like a sudden rushing glory of a face!


texts: Should I always use "was" in an action that's holding/presenting another action?

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Example sentence:

  Aware I was heading her way, the girl sprung up and circled the
  roundabout bench.

Would it be grammatically or logically incorrect if I wrote:

  Aware I headed her way, the girl sprung up and circled the
  roundabout bench.

(Sorry, I don't know the name of this kind of phrases.)


texts: An adverb for performing a punitive action on someone who is actually not guilty?

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What's the right adverb for describing a punitive action that is done when the one being punished is actually not guilty?

For example,

  Those who had been ___________ly thrown into prisons and withered in them
  for years, were all now suddenly released.

  Father often gave his sons a good deal of spanking  ______________ly,
  which took its own tally on him when they grew up.

  All those cases, in which the judge had issued a capital punishment
  ____________ly, weighed on him now greatly.

(I place ly in the end of each blank because adverbs usually end that way in English; however, if there is an adverb of some other form, that will be fine, too)


texts: English questions with what/where/why   instead of what/where/why does

texts: I've learned that to phrase a question in English, one should use do + infinitive. However, I've also seen constructions like what brings the future? or what says the constitution?. Are such constructions conditionally correct? Or are they simply wrong, but commonly occurring? If they are correct, under what circumstances are they so?


texts: Help understanding "... in that submerged straw of a stairwell"

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I need help deciphering this sentence from a book:

  "Even from this distance it appeared as an impossibly slender thread, a thread hanging in that submerged straw of a stairwell. It wavered slightly in the wake she was causing, almost as if saying goodbye."

Not sure how that the bolded "that" works in the sentence, is it describing the thread and what exactly is a straw of stairwell? How does "in the wake" work in this sentence?


texts: What means "we might have a room going for you"

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I was exchanging texts with an acquainted. We were talking about me moving to his city in December and he said that he is moving in with his friends and that "there might be a room going". He is a native speaker from Australia. What does that mean? Does he want me to move in with them?

Thank you


texts: What's the difference between I want it and I want to have it?

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What's the difference between;
I want it
I want to have it

And what is the reason?

Thank you in advance


texts: What does "get" mean in "Whatever is out to get you, you’ve got to get it"?

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What does "get" mean in the following quotation?

  Here’s what you’ve got to do with your worries: drive them into a small corner. Whatever is out to get you, you’ve got to get it. Whatever is pushing on you, you’ve got to push back.


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I have seen “data” used with “show” and with “shows” in the newspaper. For example,

  Data show that domestic violence increases when there is a greater unemployment.
  Data shows that domestic violence increases when there is a greater unemployment.

Which one is correct?

Please clarify is it grammatically correct to use shows  in above sentence.


texts: Is he pronouncing a common expression in some common way?

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“What have you been up to?”
(BBC Radio 4)

I guess, these being very common words, the actor pronounces /ə/ for have, and /in/ for been. Is this right?


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what is the difference between this two sentences?:
My sister , who's a flight attendant, is actually scared of flying.
My sister who's a flight attendant is actually scared of flying.


texts: How to emphasise that a new habit was developed?

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How to talk about habit that was developed lately?
If I want to say that lately I have developed habit of running (using present perfect progressive) I would say:
I have been running a lot lately.
But how to rephrase this sentence if I need to add that I have got used to do it lately?
I guess sentence: I have got used to run a lot lately is not grammatically correct in this context?


texts: As-modifier In Noun Phrase Near Beginning

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I am continuing to explore the troublesome "as"-modifier.  Up to now, I have used the as-modifier on a noun phrase near the end of a sentence.  In this question, I am using the as-modifier in a noun phrase near the beginning of a sentence.   I have two as-clause sentences here:

  The law as it currently exists does not affect this school.
  The law as it applies to education curriculums does not affect this school.

In the first sentence, "as it currently exists" translates loosely to "in its current form". So, the first sentence loosely means:

  The law in its current form does not affect this school.

I don't know how to translate the second sentence though.  The modifier "as it applies to education curriculums" is very troublesome.


texts: Is it appropriate to use "report" for son-dad conversation?

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I have a 10-year-old son and I cares about him. So, when I get home from work I often ask him to tell me what has happened at school.

He often call this "report".

Is it appropriate to use "report" for this situation? Would it be too formal?


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I was watching Zuckerberg congress hearing, and a senator said

  "Dorm room to the global behemoth that you guys are"

Really, I don't understand what this sentence means, especially the use of

  "Dorm room to .."

According to my knowledge, a dorm room is a room where we sleep .. is it a local term ?

The whole extract:

  SULLIVAN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And Mr. Zuckerberg, quite a story,
  right? Dorm room to the global behemoth that you guys are. Only in
  America, would you agree with that?

  ZUCKERBERG: Senator, mostly in America.

  SULLIVAN: You couldn't — you couldn't do this in China, right? Or,
  what you did in 10 years.

  ZUCKERBERG: Well — well, senator, there are — there are some very
  strong Chinese Internet companies.

  SULLIVAN: Right but — you're supposed to answer “yes” to this
  question.


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what is the meaning of 'Return Along' in this sentence?

  price decisions are one of
  the most important decisions of management because it affects
  profitability and the companies’ return along with their market competitiveness.


texts: journal/newspaper/magazine in/on/of/about a topic

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What's the difference between journal, newspaper and magazine? I read about this, I found explanations where they say "journal" is for academical publications only, otherwhere they say it can be used just like "newspaper" or "magazine". What's right? (And what are the connotations of the word journal?)
Is a journal in / on / of / about some topic?


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While Jason shooting towards them, Johnny English says to Bough:

  Johnny English: Take cover, Bough. Don't worry, he's only got  six
  bullets in that thing. And, of course, the thing itself.

How does "the thing itself" equal to "He can still hit you with the gun which hurts a lot too"?

I asked the meaning of "And, of course, the thing itself" My english friend replied
it means, "He can still hit you with the gun which hurts a lot too".
But here Johnny here didn't use the word "hit" or anything
close to it. I am confused.


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I would appreciate it if anybody indicates the usage of in such ......... as to. I knew that if I would provide context, it might easy for experts to say something about my query. But I'm afraid to say that no context is available. Before posting this thread at this website, I asked one of my friends about in such ....... as to. He told me that it may be used to represent a potential result, not a result that has already occurred. But he was not sure.

By the way, are the sentences which I have written above correct?


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From the movie Moon: (YouTube clip)

  Gerty: There is no damage to the exterior shell.

  Sam: Well, it's not that I don't believe you, Gerty, but I mean, you know, this thing is springing leaks like an Acme fire hose. You need to let me go outside and fix this problem, Gerty.

  Gerty: I can't let you go outside, Sam.

  Sam: Gerty, if you don't let me go outside, we can't fix this leak.

  Gerty: I'm not permitted to let you go outside.

  Sam: Just let... We'll keep it between you and me. Okay, pal? This thing is springing gas, let's go. Come on.

The phrases "springing leaks", "springing gas" strike me as strange. I understand "springing gas" means "emitting gas", but as far as I have checked the dictionaries (OED, M-W, Lexico, etc.), "spring" doesn't have the meaning of "give off" or "emit". I thought it could be "spewing gas", but the audio and subtitles both point to "springing gas".

Also if "spring" means spew, emit in "springing gas", it wouldn't make much sense in "springing leaks". What does "spring" mean here? Also why is leak in the plural? A leak is a hole or an instance of leaking. There is only one instance of leaking as a resulting of one hole, so why "springing leaks"?


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Here's an example sentence:

I couldn't expect you loved someone else than me.

Or something like that, you get the meaning.

I tried googling "Someone else of me", "Someone else than me". None of the above are correct and/or used.

How do I highlight that that someone is not ME? That I expected that to be me but it turned out it was someone else, but not me?

I've just found out "but not me" would be a good option, however to me it isn't connected to the word "else" as I want it to.

"Someone who differs from me" - you see, differs is 100 percent connected to the "who" word. Whereas "Someone, but who isn't me" is more connected to the "Someone word".

I want to know your opinion on this.

The most beautiful and clear and connected to the "else" word construction there is, what's that?


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Which answer is correct in this sentence?

  Thanks to the newly (purchasing/ purchased) printer, we now have fewer problems.

I think the answer is purchased because I think it means the printer was recently purchased but my teacher's answer is purchasing and I have no chance to ask for explanation.


texts: Can one discern the verb solely from this sentence?

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There is a sentence in the online dictionary http://dj.iciba.com/imperiously taking the form

"Cut them off," commands Young mock imperiously.

and the sentence is claimed to be quoted from The Times.

I cannot be sure about which word after the comma is the verb in the sentence. My questions are:

1) What is the verb in this sentence?

2) Can one determine the verb merely from this given sentence?

3) If 2) is affirmative, then how to perform such task?

Many thanks!