texts: everyone should pay up his/their life insurance

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1."Each of the men brought his favorite snack to the picnic."
2."Everyone who wants to be in the “Toughman” contest should pay up his life insurance."

First sentence seems right(does it?)but shouldn't we say "pay up their life insurance" in second one?


texts: The function of "it" in "I hate it when..."

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(a) I found it difficult to stop thinking of one little girl.

(b) I hate it when you do that.

Why is it necessary to use "it" in the sample sentences above when the role of the object play (a) gerund, (b) the subordinate clause?


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For some reason my brain tells me that the following sentence is grammatically correct...

  Thanks, John. Your gift was much appreciated.

Instead of...

  Thanks John, your gift was much appreciated.

Which should I use?


texts: Does "who are naked" mean "who are very poor"?

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"Naked" means "being without clothing" - so I guess "who are naked" means "who are very poor".  Am I on the right track?

Pope Francis tweeted 1m ago:

Everyone is called to contribute with courage and determination to the respect for the fundamental rights of every person, especially the "invisible": of the many who are hungry and thirsty, who are naked, sick, outcast or imprisoned.


texts: Grammar role of letting in this sentence : I'm thinking about **letting** Emma have her first cookie

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Here is a sentence from Freinds Tv series:

  I'm thinking about letting Emma have her first cookie.

I can't understand why we should use letting instead of simply using let.

What is the grammar behind this?


texts: What is the acceptable verb to say that your battery has no energy?

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What is the acceptable verb to say that your battery has no energy (and I need to charge it)?
I though on saying "My battery is finished" (and I need to charge it). This option is Ok? I've never saw English speakers in such situation so I didn't study from them about it.


texts: Do these prepositions give a different sense to the sentences? (at vs for)

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"A stately hotel in Grimsby has been reluctantly put up for sale by its owner for nearly £3 million."

"A stately hotel in Grimsby has been reluctantly put up for sale by its owner at nearly £3 million."

Does the meaning of the sentence vary from "for" to "at" even if it's very subtle?


texts: Article "the" usage with word "development"

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I'm trying to translate a topic of my scientific work. I came up with 3 options:

  modern approaches to the development of web applications
  modern approaches to development of the web applications
  modern approaches to the development of the web applications

But I'm not sure which one is grammaticly right. Can you tell me what option do I choce and why?


texts: Expecting his call vs waiting for his call ,what is the difference?

texts: What is the difference difference between " I am expecting your call " and " I am waiting for your call " and " I am looking forward to receiving your call"


texts: In an organized way and "having kept their weaponry"

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Source: http://rt.com/news/170624-donetsk-militia-leave-slavyansk/

  “Our troops have consolidated at the reserve lines of defense, in an organized way and having kept their weaponry. We were prepared for this option, as we have to face tens of thousands of Kiev's military men and hundreds of armored weaponry units – which means almost all the battle-ready Ukrainian army,” Boroday said.

I don't know how to grammatically understand that part in a bold font.


texts: "Five thousand tons of water flow/flows"?

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Every minute, five thousand tons of water flow/flows over a cliff into the river below.

Should the verb 'flow' be conjugated in singular or plural in this sentence?


texts: Different idiom to "there are two sides to every coin"

texts: There was a similar question posted a couple of months ago, but the details of what that person was looking for are a bit different from mine. I am looking for another saying that describes you being unable to have one without the other. Two sides to a coin is one, and someone mentioned "you can't make lemonade without lemon and water." The two entities that I am trying to describe are very different on their own, but fuse into its own entity when together. Any ideas? Thanks!


texts: Can phrasal verb particles be placed before the verb?

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A. Alphonso XIII, whose house several generations of students have now
  LIVED IN, was described as 'a philanthropist'.

  B. Alphonso XIII, IN whose house several generations of students
  have now LIVED, was described as 'a philanthropist'.

Suppose that "live in" is a phrasal verb (in A). If so, what grammatical rule governs the movement of the particle "IN" towards the beginning of the sentence (in B)? The confusing fact is that, as far as I know, in phrasal verbs the particle can be moved only forward, not backward.

Also, can this movement transform the particles into prepositions? Or are particles already prepositions, in any case?


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I have some questions regarding past perfect tense, as I am still quite confused about the usage.

Which one of the below is correct?

  The books that her parents got her had not made her an intellectual person.
  The books that her parents had got her did not make her an intellectual person.

And also the below:

  As the problems between John and I evolved, I had started to develop symptoms of depression.
  As the problems between John and I evolved, I started to develop symptoms of depression.


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I am writing an essay for my English class.

I would appreciate it if you could point out, what is the each of divided train in the subway in English?

I expressed it as 'train compartment' in my writing
and in Korea, each compartment is numbered on platform.

  Suppose that you are on your way to work or school in rush hour, and you have been waiting for a train at the platform randomly, there are trains coming in, doors open, and you finally see the people crowed in the car already thinking that you surely will not be able to get on this train

  So I would like to introduce an application designed for the poor people who wait for a train in the crowded specific locations simply because there is a stairway right a head when you get off at the destination.
  This application shows the level of congestion for each train compartment of incoming train.


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I came across the following text and I'm not sure what's the meaning of "as many as":

  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are rampant, and increasing as of
  2013 with 1 in 26 adult Greenlandic citizen suffering from Gonorrhea,
  300 times as many as in Denmark. Syfilis is also present. (source)

Does it mean that in this fact happens in Greenland 300 times more than in Denmark? If so, what's the usage of "as many as" for, while this structure for compassion for equal things as far as I know. Isn't it?


texts:
Do you have a book?
  Have you a book?

What's the difference between them?
What kinds of verbs "do" and "have" are there?


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How to write a farewell message to one my friend who passed away recently. Here is my try.

  There are no words to express my sadness. He is cannot be forgotten. I was lucky to meet a person like him in my life.

or

  It is really sad to see him leaving us. He was one of the best, honest and
  respectful person I never met in my life.

Is this ok? I am not a native speaker and I really would like to say something to his family and friends.


texts: Help to understand "Making more noise than was wise"?

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That third night he found his way more quickly than before. He was walking so fast he knew he was making more noise than was wise, but he didn't meet anyone.

I don't understand the structure of "making more noise than was wise". I guess it means if he managed in a wise way, he wouldn't be making so much noise. But I'm not sure if my understanding is correct. Can someone help to explain its structure and meaning?

-- Excerpted from Harry Potter.


texts: "Object pronoun + all" = ? = "all + of + Object pronoun"

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I was wondering if the following sentences mean exactly the same:

1a. She’s invited all of you.
1b. She’s invited you all.
2a. Lucy sent her love to all of you.
2b. Lucy sent her love to you all.
3a. They all went at home.
3b. All of them went at home.

Actually I doubt weather using 'you all' instead of 'all of you' which sounds more natural in standard English, is a less preferable choice or they do not make any difference in both formal and colloquial English at all.
Ps. having into consideration that in number 3 we have a subject pronoun.


texts: Meaning of "You were/are right to take the job"

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You were/are right to take the job.

What does this sentence mean?

By taking the job, you made a right decision.
You were/are qualified to take the job.
Either 1 or 2 according to context.


texts: Why different kinds of articles don't change word 'bore' into 'bores' with he-she-it (he bore)

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1) He BORE the flagon to the altar, which occupied a central position in the court of the priests

2) During the last years of his life he was so thankful to his confreres and he BORE his illness in the spirit of faith and with admirable patience

3) He BORE inscribed on his face what had to happen in the planet link


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I often wonder what is the proper pronunciation of "lives", like how would I pronounce "human lives", am I suppose to pronounce it like:

Leeves

Like i in thing.
Or more like:

Laives

Like i in I'm.
I usually say the "Leeves" way, but I mostly hear people say the "Laives" version.
I would like to know the proper pronunciation of "lives".


texts: Is there an expression for when you say one thing and the opposite happens?

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Is there an expression or idiom for the situation when you say something and then the opposite happens?

For example I say “Today I don't have so much work.” and then something happens and you have loads of work for the rest of the day.


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Are there any differences in term of meaning between these two sentences:

maybe it was with the album orders which didn't get dispatched yet that's all.
maybe it was with the album orders which have not been dispatched yet that's all.

does the first one  implied that the albums have  been sent now and the second one that the order will be sent pretty soon
Why past simple and not present perfect?


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Harry had never even imagined such a strange and splendid place. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Professor McGonagall led the first years up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty silver. Mainly to avoid all the staring eyes, Harry looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars. He heard Hermione whisper, "Its bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History."
It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn't simply open on to the heavens.
(Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

The phrase, at all, is not clear which meaning does it intensify: (1) hard to believe or (2) there was a ceiling there. Which one is it?


texts: Why they write "company to do something" instead of "company will do something"?

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In the news I often see titles like "Microsoft to acquire Xamarin and empower more developers to build apps on any device".

Why "to acquire" instead of "acquired" or "will acquire"? Is there any special meaning?

Moreover, why tenses differ? They didn't write "Microsoft to acquire ... and to empower", nor "Microsoft acquire ... and empower", but "Microsoft to acquire ... and empower".


texts: Are "I am relaxing" and "I am relaxed" the same?

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"Relax" is a complicated verb because of its meanings.

  re‧lax /rɪˈlæks/ ●●● S3 W3 AWL verb
  1 REST [intransitive,
  transitive] to rest or do something that is enjoyable, especially
  after you have been working

  I just want to sit down and relax.
  What Robyn needed was a drink to relax her.

  A hot bath should help
  to relax you.

  2 BECOME CALM [intransitive, transitive] to become quiet and calm after you have >been upset or nervous, or to make someone do this

  Once out of danger, he started to relax.

  Relax! Everything’s fine.

From the verb "relax" we have 2 adjectives "relaxed" & "relaxing"

  re‧laxed /rɪˈlækst/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective
  1 feeling calm, comfortable, and not worried or annoyed

  Gail was lying in the sun looking very relaxed and happy.

  relaxed about
  I feel more relaxed about my career than I used to.

  re‧lax‧ing
  /rɪˈlæksɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective
  making you feel relaxed OPP stressful

  a relaxing evening at home

So, If I say "I am relaxing in my room" (if we see relax as a verb in this case), then it means "I am taking a rest in my room" or "I am getting calm in my room".

And this is similar to "I am relaxed in my room" (if we see relaxed as an adjective in this case), it means "I am feeling calm in my room".

Are "I am relaxing" and "I am relaxed" the same depending on whether they are verbs or adjectives?


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Suppose I am talking about three people:

  John, Jane "," or Joey could finish the task on time.

Do I need the comma before "or"?

EDIT:  This asks about using a comma with "or", not "and". So this question is different from Is it necessary to use commas in lists before the conjunction?.


texts: What is an adjective to express a woman who keeps arguing, never listening to, often scream at them, and create a very bad noisy environment?

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A woman never tries to create a peaceful environment, people give her some good reasonable advice but she keeps arguing, never listening to, often scream at them, and create a very bad noisy environment.
What is an adjective for it in everyday conversation, e.g. "you are very shrewish"?
I am thinking about "sharp-ˈtongued"

adjective [usually before noun]
saying things in a disapproving or unfriendly way which often upsets
people
his sharp-tongued wife"


texts: Why we use the singular form when we talk generally about "lifestyle"?

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Both examples are extracted from The Guardian newspaper.

  Clark points out that Coca-Cola is at least promoting its Coca-Cola
  Zero at the Rugby World Cup later this year rather than its full sugar
  Coca-Cola as it did with its London Olympics sponsorship, but stresses
  that a healthy lifestyle “is about what goes into your body
  and the effects that can have, not just running around a bit to burn
  off a few calories”.

If I wrote the above paragraph, I would write "healthy lifestyles" are bla bla bla. This is because the paragraph is generally talking about "lifestyle" which is a countable noun. The following example was extracted as well from the Guardian:

  Other initiatives include equal attention to mental and physical
  health and partnering with day-care facilities, schools, workplaces
  and others to embed healthy lifestyles.

What I missed here?


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I am trying to precisely grasp the meaning of the phrase "appeal to the senses", and would like to test my understanding by paraphrasing two sentences inspired by ones I have read on the Web.

Merriam Webster's says about appeal in sense 2b:

  an attempt to make someone do or accept something as right or proper
  by saying things that are directed at a person's feelings, attitudes,
  etc. - + to

  ▪ The author makes an appeal to the reader's emotions. ▪ an appeal to reason ▪ an appeal to the intellect

Would you consider these two sentences:

These techniques use language directed at the senses.
The writer using sensory language is trying to stimulate the reader's sensual memory to catch their interest

semantically synonymous or very similar to these:

These techniques appeal to the senses.
The writer is trying to appeal to the reader's senses.


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A fragment from a news article:

  While sharing jokes and memes on social media sites by these renowned personalities is completely fine, there is always a limit to as of what is considered to be funny and not in a bad taste.

From the perspective of time "as of" means: from, up to and on.

Please explain "as of" in this context.

Thank you.


texts: Question about meaning of "knocking on the door" & "the guys"

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KOLKATA: A Grand Slam title may be eluding Roger Federer for two years but the 33-year-old can't be written off yet, his former coach Tony Roche said here on Tuesday. "I think he can play as long as he wants to on the mental side. Physically, I think he can play for another four-five years without any problem," said Roche. Asked about Federer adding another major to his record 17 titles, Roche said, "Another Slam definitely... Obviously, Wimbledon is his best chance but he's knocking on the door in last few Slams. As long as the guys still respect Roger, he is always going to be a threat," the Aussie told reporters on the sidelines of a seven-day camp at the Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy here.

Firstly, is knocking on the door an idiom? What does it mean?

Secondly, does the guys here reffer to opponents? Is it again an idiom ir slang?


texts: Is there a nuance of meaning between "could" and "would" when asking someone to do something politely?

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Could you tell me if there is a nuance of meaning between could and would when asking someone to do something politely? For example:

Kate, could you pick up some milk on your way home?
Kate, would you pick up some milk on your way home?


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In my language, when a child says "oh no!" to complain about something silly, we have a funny phrase to reply to it.
Is there any similar word game in English that happens in this context? Something like, "Dad, I"m hungry / Nice to meet you, Hungry!," but to react a kid who's saying "no" to some decision you've made for the kid's day.


texts: (Run him over / Run over him) Which is correct?

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He was run over by a truck.

So, in this case which is correct?

  a. A truck ran him over.   b. A truck ran over him.

I think 'over' in 'a' sentence is adverb and 'over' in 'b' sentence is preposition, am I right? So, which is correct between a and b?


texts: What does " under what name" mean in this context?

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I was in a foreign country wanting to head to the airport, so I called the taxi company using the hostel's phone and asked them if they could send a taxi.The lady who answered the phone asked for my address and phone number, so I responded by saying that I don't have a  number in this country. After that, she asked me to give her the phone number through which I contacted them (which is the hostel's number). But the next question she asked baffles me. She asked, "Under what name?"

I wasn't sure if she was asking what my name is or the name of the hostel?
Therefore, I asked her what that means, but she refuses to clarify.
Afterwards, I gave her the name of the hostel , but she sighed and hung up on me.

Of course, a taxi was not sent to my place. So, what does she mean by "under what name" ?


texts: What does this prepostion take as its own (implied) object?

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I happened to see some comic website and found the web comic book writer wasn't drawing the comic for months and he got back with his update.
And I saw this comment his fan wrote to the post. It said : This was a very pleasant surprise to open up my webcomic bookmarks to.
[https://i.stack.imgur.com/sxJDp.jpg]
Ok. Now, I got somewhat confused about what the bolded to took as its own implied object.
Does it take a very pleasant surprise as its own implied object as in
*...open up my webcomic bookmarks to (a very pleasant surprise) * , or does it take this (post) as its own implied object as in ...open up my webcomic bookmarks to this
I was thinking it would be the latter because it seemed to be reworded as it was a very pleasant surprise to open up mu bookmarks to this→ this was a very pleasant surprise to open up my bookmarks to but I couldn't be sure enough.
I'd appreciate any help.


texts: What is different between "used to do " and "used for doing "?

texts: For example, I can say "used for storing fat", or "used to store fat".  What is the difference between the two phrases?


texts: Omission of articles before countable nouns

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It may be winter, dark and cold, but the village of Taft will be in
  festive mood on December 18th.” “Ladies and Gentlemen, according to long-standing tradition…

From English collocations in use (Advanced) by Felicity O’Dell, P50;U23.

“Long standing tradition” and “festive mood” are countable nouns; however, in these examples, they are used without articles. Could someone please explain why?


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I saw this on the grammar section of a standardized test.

The subjects they picked ranged from Dust Bowl refugees to civil rights activists, Olympic champions to labor organizers, land disputes to the growth of suburbia.

Why is there no "and" before "land"?


texts:
What does "camped" mean in football (soccer) context?
MAN UNITED 1-0 MAN CITY
91: Every United player is camped deep in their half. Every City player is probing for an equaliser...


texts: What is the meaning of the phrase "to paraphrase half a dozen"?

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What do you mean by saying that " the value of a string literal is not known until runtime"?

  I am paraphrasing half a dozen other comments posted across various answers.

What does the phrase "to paraphrase half a dozen" mean?


texts: Is there a phrasal verb that means come in a timely manner?

texts: I thought it was "came about", but after a quick Google search it doesn't seem to be used like that. I think the verb come is used, but I am not sure what's exactly the phrasal verb that has a meaning close to or the same meaning that I am looking for.


texts: The correct preposition after "I'm dying"

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Saying "I'm dying" alone is normal and correct, but what if it was followed (for any reason) by a preposition? Would "at" be the correct one to use as in (I'm dying at this)?

It was stated in that specific format by someone as a sub-comment to a funny remark, but I'm not sure of their nationality.


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Does the word 'very' qualify the adjective 'same' or is it the opposite?

  They will be in the same very state.
  They will be in the very same state.

Which one is correct?

And can this be used?

  "They will be in the very state.'

Is there any grammatical error in this?


texts: Today I have been meeting and today I have met

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Is there any difference between "Today I have been meeting some of the people affected by the flood" and "Today I have met some of the people affected by the flood"?
Does "have been meeting" imply you have spent a lot of time talking to these people? Or is there no real difference?


texts: Idiom for trying to avoid misfortune, but it happens anyway

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Is there an idiom, proverb or expression in English describing a situation in which a person is trying really hard to avoid misfortune (by taking precautions) but what exactly he`s trying to distance himself/herself from, eventually gets him/her (befalls him/her)?

"You can`t run away from your destiny" is too broad to convey the same idea expressed in my question. It is more specific and describes a situation in which a person is cautious, thus trying to prevent himself from getting in trouble but in spite of everything, what a person has been afraid for a long time finally gets him.


texts: What's the correct word to replace 'antiness' or 'againstness' in the following context?

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"Antigen is a substance that causes 'antiness'."

another one

  "They always in the side of 'antiness'."

I'm looking for a word (noun) that means 'state of being anti' (anti=against) for something, something like 'antiness' or 'againstness' (if something like that would exist... I mean, these two words don't really exist but they absolutely can give an hint for what I'm looking for.)

Editing: the word againstness exists in English. My mistake. (thanks to Malik)


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Which one is a correct sentence to say about my card which has been stolen?
i want to convey this to my father:

  "I think my card is stolen by my friend"

or should I say,

  "I think my card was stolen by my friend"

Correct me if I am wrong.

Are both of the sentences showing the fact of my card being stolen?


texts: Should any article precede "mother" in this sentence?

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I read a sentence in a book, Word Power Made Easy, which was:

  Sometime in your dim past, you were crossed, scorned and deeply wounded by a woman (a mother, or mother figure, perhaps?).

As there is a reference to "you" (your) in the sentence already, I don't think the article "a" should precede "mother" as the concerned person would only have one mother. Is my conclusion right? Amd I also want to ask what the verb "cross" would mean in this context.


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What is the difference between a 'pram', a 'pushchair', and a 'buggy'?

According to Google:

  pram: a four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot
  pushchair: a folding chair on wheels, in which a baby or young child can be pushed along
  buggy: a light pushchair with a soft seat that allows the chair to be collapsed inwards

It appears from the above definitions that a pram has four wheels (so those with three wheels should not be called prams?), while a buggy is a light pushchair (how light?).

I tend to think that a pushchair is the light one with four small wheels, while a pram is the heavier one with bigger wheels. But if a buggy is a 'light pushchair', how could it be that I have heard people calling what I think is a pram, a buggy.

Or can all these terms actually be used interchangeably?


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Does "my dear friend" refer back to "Beau"?
It’s his love for Jill, who will be an incredible first lady.
It’s his love for Hunter, Ashley, his grandchildren, and the entire Biden family.
And while I first knew Joe as Vice President, I really got to know him as the father who loved Beau, my dear friend, who we remember here today.
To my husband Doug, our children Cole and Ella, my sister Maya, and our whole family — I love you all more than I can express.
Source:  Kamala Harris's Victory Speech in Full


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Sometimes a phrasal verb has an object. If the object is a pronoun (it/them/me/him etc.), only one position is possible. We have to put the object beetween the verb and the preposition.

For example: I'm going to take them off. (not take off them)

But some phrasal verbs confuse me.

For example: In dictionaries they say live off sb/sth not live sb/sth off

For example: The families are happy to live off them and use the money they earn (Why isn't it "live them off" ?


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I don't understand the use of "but" here. It seems to me that "and", rather than "but", should have been used. "It looks similar to x, and have much in common with x" sounds smooth, but it sounds odd if you used "but" here. I am not very sure.
What does "but" mean here?

Baum, who works at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was looking at an archaeon: a type of microorganism best known for living in extreme environments, such as deep-ocean vents and acid lakes. Archaea can look similar to bacteria, but have about as much in common with them as they do with a banana. The one in the bioRxiv preprint had tentacle-like projections, making the cells look like meatballs with some strands of spaghetti attached.

Source: Nature
The mysterious microbes that gave rise to complex life


texts:
In the following conversation, "yeah of course" represents what?

  J. What did you do last night?
  M. Went to the cinema.
  J. Oh really? What did you see?
  M. Lord of the Rings, have you been yet?
  J. No, it's difficult with the kids
  M. Yeah of course.

Answers:

  A. Initiate
  B. Follow up
  C. Interaction
  D. Respond
  E. Pattern


texts: Plural and countability of the word 'performance'

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Algorithms A and B provide good  performance.

  Algorithms A and B provide good  performances.

Could you please tell me which one between the above sentences is correct ?

  Algorithm A provides good performance.

  Algorithm A provides a good performance.

Also, between the above sentences, which one is correct ? In other words, is performance countable or uncountable in this context?


texts: Can “hinder” be used when we describe something good?

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I wonder if “hinder” can be used to describe a situation where “we prevent something bad from happening”.
For example,

Put on this jacket, and it will hinder you from catching a cold”.

Does this sentence above sound awkward? Or grammatically incorrect?


texts: Using 'through', 'for' and 'during' when refer to a period of time

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I try to summarize rules on the prepositions. My current understanding on the subject is:

The preposition for is used to refer an event if (and only if) its predicate stays true from the beginning to the end of the specified time period:

(1) We're going to Cape Town for two months.

It means our journey will continuously (=without any interruption) last two months.

In the other hand, a sentence with during making a reference to a period of time can convey a range of meanings: from the situation when a predicate of an event was/is/will be true at one single point of the period (2) up to the situation when the affairs are the same as with the for option (4) (and so during is here interchangeable with for):

(2) They went to Florida during the winter.

(3) His grandfather fought in the army during the First World War. (Let his grandfather was on
the front line in 1914 and 1916, not in 1915 and 1917/18)

(4) I have to have my window open during the night.

It seems to me through (or the British construction from ... to ...) is used to describe trustness of a predicate in the for way. So I tend to think it is possible to replace during with through in (4) but not in (2) and (3). However, I also find it grammatically incorrect to substitute for for through in (1) (am I right?) but through and through fail to state why.
Can anybody tell is my understanding correct or not?


texts: "Today is rainy" Vs. "It's rainy today."

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Is it correct to say "Today is rainy" (or "Tomorrow will be frost.")?

Normally I mention the time-expression in the end of the sentences as I was taught in past. For example: It is rainy today. It will be frost tomorrow.   But in the first examples that I'm asking about them, there's neither subject pronoun nor time-expression in the end. That's why I'm asking my question.


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Which one is grammatically correct or better?

  I have two assignments, One of them is done.

  I have two assignments, One of which is done.

I watched a video tutorial that the teacher said the second one is correct and the first one is wrong. But I can not understand why the first one is wrong. He said if you have a quantifier in an adjective clause, You can not use them and should use whom for people and which for objects.


texts: Use a plural noun to describe a second one

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I want to explain char *szArray[], it denotes :

In singular noun, an array of which each element is a pointer to a zero-terminated string.
In plural noun, an array whose all elements are pointers to zero-terminated strings.

Well/As you know(PS, pet phrase for people? I just use it to express a soothing mood), English is not my first language and I cannot tell which is legitimate or neither.
Just as "No worry" vs. "No worries". I wonder what feelings you might have when you speaking English hear I say an awkward phrase or sentence.( Perhaps, you can easily figure out it is not idiomatic English, even if not wrong grammatically.
Even more unfortunately, I cannot be understood )

So now I need a hand to analyse the two sentences above.


texts: Celebrity claims of veganism are everywhere--omission?

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Interest in vegan food has been booming across the rich world. Celebrity claims of veganism are everywhere: Bill Clinton and Al Gore, Serena and Venus Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Mike Tyson, Beyoncé, take your pick. (source)

According to grammar rules, is this sentence right (marked with a word in bold)?

To me, it's more like to be "Celebrity who claims of veganism are everywhere".

Is this an omission?


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Are the following sentences correct?

1) They were dating for the longest time but then they broke up, because she cheated on him.

2) I've gone grocery shopping this morning.

3) I had never thought about it vs I have never thought about it. (which one is correct and why)

4) When I introduced my dad to my friend, they just laughed, and said they had already met each other/they have already met each other. (the second option sounds correct to me, but I would use present perfect rather than past perfect)

If there is the possibility to use both, please write some examples. It would be really really helpful.


texts: What's the meaning of "to go around" here?

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There’s only so much empathy to go around, but it’s possible to
  achieve economies of sorts.

There are some meanings for to go around:

visit a person/place
how someone behaves/dresses
be given/told to people
spend time with someone
be enough for everyone
move in a circle

I don't understand which one is better.

So, Could you explain it to me? Could you please tell me what the sentence means?

The fuller text is here:

  Make it less of a sacrifice

  Our mindsets can either intensify or
  lessen our susceptibility to empathy overload. For example, we
  exacerbate the zero-sum problem when we assume that our own interests
  and others’ are fundamentally opposed. (This often happens in deal
  making, when parties with different positions on an issue get stuck
  because they’re obsessed with the gap between them.) An adversarial
  mindset not only prevents us from understanding and responding to the
  other party but also makes us feel as though we’ve “lost” when we
  don’t get our way. We can avoid burnout by seeking integrative
  solutions that serve both sides’ interests. Take this example: A
  salary negotiation between a hiring manager and a promising candidate
  will be come a tug-of-war contest if they have different numbers in
  mind and fi xate on the money alone. But let’s suppose that the
  candidate actually cares more about job security, and the manager is
  keenly interested in avoiding turnover. Building security into the
  contract would be a win-win: an empathic act by the manager that
  wouldn’t drain his empathy reserves the way making a concession on
  salary would, because keeping new hires around is in line with his own
  desires.
  There’s only so much empathy to go around, but it’s possible to achieve economies of sorts. By asking questions instead of letting
  assumptions go unchecked, you can bring such solutions to the surface.


texts: does "yet to come" mean "after" or "later" or "in future"?

texts:
Battles between British troops and colonial
militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775
kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following
summer, the rebels were conducting a full-scale war
for their independence.
Yet to come were the Patriot triumphs
at Saratoga, or the bitter winter at Valley Forge.


texts: What does the phrase "connected to the idea of using" mean here?

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Here is a sentence from a game's description:

"This studio had experience filming miniatures for television, and this game’s wistful settings connected to the idea of using real-world scale models. "

The game uses both 3D technique and handmade photos. To make the visuals more attractive, developers have used real-scale models. I am not sure about the meaning of the phrase "connected to the idea of using" here.


texts: Which tense be used by a reader when he explains this stanza of the poem?

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I am a student of Class VIII. Our English teacher often gives us the task of explaining one or the other stanza, or even the whole, of the poem in our own words to find out if we have understood what the poet wanted to say in the poem.

Currently, I am reading the poem "Ode to Autumn" written by John Keats. I need to explain this stanza of the poem in my own words, but I am unable to understand in which tense (past or present or something else) I should explain it. The stanza is as follows:

  SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
  Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
  Conspiring with him how to load and bless
  With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
  To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
  And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
  To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
  With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
  And still more, later flowers for the bees,
  Until they think warm days will never cease;
  For Summer has o'er brimm'd their clammy cells.

Link: http://www.bartleby.com/106/255.html


texts: In a story about the cultural divide, an author writes about the "white-dominate society." I intend to change it to "dominant" in this example. Is that correct?


texts: In technical texts, there is often a section that includes things that are not listed in other sections. What is the common way to name it, "Miscellany", "Other things", or something different?


texts:
One of my friends asked me about another friend Jim yesterday, I said

Jim thought he could get a promotion this year but he didn't.

Should I have said this?

Jim thought he could get a promotion this year but he didn't make it.

In fact, Jim did his best to get a promotion, but unfortunately his competitor did better.
Which one is more clear and natural?
Are there any other expressions more natural could be used for the situation?


texts: Prepositions: what relationships do 'to' and 'of' express?

texts: Preposition: What is the difference between to and of when expressing relation. Example: solution to the problem ; lid of the box


texts: What is the difference between is used to doing something and usually do something?

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for instance, has it the same meaning to say :

I am used to playing football.

and

I usually play football.


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A friend of mine used the following sentence:

  I recently acquired a pizza stone to use for baking bread.

In Italian, comprare (buy) and acquistare (acquire, in a sentence like the previous one) both imply that I paid for something. Is it so also for English?

The reason I am asking is that I noticed that acquire is also used in cases where Italian would use acquisire, which normally doesn't imply any payment. My doubt is that, in the example sentence I used, acquire could not necessarily mean something was paid, but it could also mean something was obtained in other ways. Is it really so?


texts: How can I name a person who never tells the truth about themselves?

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How can I name a person who always purposely says wrong about himself (or hide the truth) if you ask anything about him, but in really he is not like that.

Small example:

  Me: Buddy, how many coding programs have you worked-out for the practical exam?
  He: I didn't prepare anything buddy, I'm afraid, I'm going to fail in this practical exam.

But he prepared well and scored full marks in the exam.

One more example:

  He keep on saying he didn't look for a job change and all of a sudden comes with 2 offers in hand.

He prepared for a job change but always hide this from other friends

What is the suitable word for these kind of attitude person?


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"You are not a servant at the hall, of course.  You are—"  He stopped, ran his eye over my dress, which, as usual, was quite simple: a black merino cloak, a black beaver bonnet; neither of them half fine enough for a lady's-maid. He seemed puzzled to decide what I was; I
  helped him.
  "I am the governess."
  (Jane Eyre)

What's the meaning of half fine?


texts: Confused on the grammar for asking people to do something

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I've wondered how to ask people to do you a favour without making a grammatical or implicational screw-up.
For example, I've considered these sentences:

Can you pass the ketchup, please?

(Meaning: Are you able to pass the ketchup?)

May you pass the ketchup, please?

(Meaning: Do you have permission to pass the ketchup?)
The following sentences might make sense, but seem a bit rude.

Will you pass the ketchup, please?
Pass the ketchup, please.

What makes sense when you ask someone to do something simple?


texts: "of high quality" or "of a high quality"

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I would like to know which expression is the right one:

  they are of high quality OR they are of a high quality.


texts:
I got a sentence like the below on VOA site.
what does "quick walk away" means? Does it means "near" or "close"?

  One of Lou Malnati’s downtown locations is a quick walk away from another Chicago institution


texts: Using contribute instead of using contributing in a sentence

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I really wonder and want to learn why actually the bold word "contributing" ending with -ing form in the following sentence.
Shouldn't be like ", thus they contribute to enhanced productivity."?

  Available  MATLAB  features  and  packages  help
  programmers  to  focus  on  problem  solving  and  allow  high
  expressiveness  when  dealing  with  matrix  computations,  thus
  contributing  to  enhanced  productivity.


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I am really dejected about the "Passive sentence" of this "Active sentence" = I know him.

One of my friends told me that "He is known to me" is not a passive sentence.  He said that it is like this "He is industrious, or he is intelligent". "KNOWN" IS ADJECTIVE HERE.

I am really confused about this sentence.
Even we know that "in passive" the word "Know" is followed by preposition "To". Is it not a passive sentence?

My friend's explanation is given below.

I know him.

This sentence cannot be changed into passive voice. The verb (know) is a stative verb here.
 A knows B.
It's just a statement, no action is taking place.
Similar sentence:
☞I am James.
This is also a statement. (No action is taking place, it's just my name.)
So, this sentence cannot be changed into passive voice.
If you think "He is known to me." is in passive form, then you need to know that "known" is an adjective here.

It's not v3.
He is known (adjective) to me.
So, this is not the passive form.
Similar example:
He is worried (adjective) about him.
The right answer is: The given sentence cannot be changed into passive voice.

He is known to me.


texts: A bad swimmer: like a beer bottle in water

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"Beer bottle" is a Korean idiom for a poor swimmer. You could express it as 저는 물에서 맥주병입니다 which would translate literally to "I, in water, am a beer bottle."

The phrase obviously derives from the behavior of a beer bottle when thrown into water: It bobs at first, but once water gets in its mouth it sinks quickly to the bottom. Is there a similarly colorful expression for a bad swimmer in English?

I tried searching on the web, but the most common translation offered is "I swim like a rock." which is not quite the same image.


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I read this on the Stack Overflow blog:

  Computer security is always evolving. Passwords are “what you know.”
  Smart cards are “what you have.” We decided to ask “how you do you.”

Is the phrase in bold a grammatically correct one?


texts: Proper nouns and common nouns grouped together?

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This sentence was taken from a BBC article:

  "England knocked out by late Romania flurry."

Is this association of words grammatical? Also, are there any more cases in which proper nouns combine with common nouns?


texts: How can 'reading' in 'carefully reading these papers' be a noun?

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Source: Rebecca Gowers. Plain Words (2014 ed). p. 222 Middle.

  TROUBLE WITH VERBS

  (1) ing endings
  Words ending in ing are mostly verbal participles or gerunds, and, as we shall see, it is not always easy to say which is which. By way of introduction it will be enough to observe that when they are of the nature of participles they may be true verbs ('I was working') or adjectives ('a working agreement') or in rare cases prepositions ('concerning this question') or conjunctions ('supposing this happened'); if they are of the nature of gerunds they are always nouns ('I am pleased at his coming') — or rather a hybrid between a noun and a verb, for you may use the gerund with the construction either of a noun ('after the careful reading of these papers') or of a mixture between a verb and a noun ('after carefully reading these papers'). It is most confusing, but fortunately we are seldom called on to put a label on these words, and so I have preferred to give this section an indeterminate title.

'Carefully' is an adverb, and must qualify a verb. So how can the emboldened reading possibly be a noun, much less a mixture?


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What are the verbs describing the kind of deaths caused by lack of oxygen?

(For example to suffocate, to smother, to drown..)


texts: what are the other usage of word "been" in english?

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I have heard usage of "been" other that in perfect continuous tense.

like when we are talking about past, could we say that "I been given some work"?

is the above sentence correct? if not why?

but, this sentence convince me, because it is the situation in which i am talking about past and some thing happened on me, so in order to say that i need to use forms of "be", but i cannot say in perfect form because "have " and "had" is not form of "be", but if i use "have been" or "had been" then it will be in perfect continuous, again i don't want to add continuous sense to it, it should be in perfect with 3rd form of verb.

am i correct?


texts: (...)when his elbow got injured or he got his elbow injured?

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Rohan had been playing for his club for fifteen years when his elbow got injured.

Someone suggested to me that the italicized part of above sentence is wrong, the reason being the subject of got verb in above sentence - his elbow is wrong either the subject should be he i.e. he got his elbow injured  or his elbow should be used in passive form i.e. his elbow was injured. I don't understand why the subject his elbow is wrong?


texts: Is it "nobody's business but the Turks" or "nobody's business but the Turks'"?

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Is it nobody's business but the Turks (it's nobody's business, except that it is the business of the Turks); or is it nobody's business but the Turks' (it's nobody's business, except that it is the Turks' business)? Should there be an apostrophe or not?
The phrase, for context, is from the song "Constantinople" by They Might Be Giants.

Istanbul was Constantinople.
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks


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"At the last moment, when disaster seemed positive, he pulled his hands from his pockets and broke his fall by grasping the golden pole [location: fire station]. He slid to a squeaking halt, the heels one inch from the concrete floor downstairs" p.10 Fahrenheit 451.

"To come to a screeching halt", meaning to end abruptly, is a recognized idiom and it fits into this context but I don't know if it's interchangeable with the expression in the quote.


texts: When to pronounce plural suffix "-es" as "-ees"?

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In physics, I frequently come across "vertices" and "matrices" as well as "processes" (as the plural of "process") and "gases". In what the two groups of words differ, is the pronunciation of the plural suffix "-es" - at least as far as I got it. Correct me if I am wrong.
Vertices and matrices are effectively pronounced as "verticees" and "matricees" [iː] - this is what dictionaries like dict.cc tell me: https://www.dict.cc/?s=vertices and https://www.dict.cc/?s=matrices.
On the other side, "processes" and "gases" are pronounced with a common short "e" [ə].
I wonder if there is a (maybe unofficial) rule about when to stretch the "-es" to an "-ees". Is it just a feeling of what sounds good, or is easier to pronounce respectively? Or is there a "hard rule"?
My thoughts so far: If the forelast syllable has a pronounced [ə] vowel, then the plural appendix "-es" is stretched to an [iː] vowel for nicer pronunciation.


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This is the final part of the story of someone who has NOT followed in her parents' footsteps. At times, she seems to regret not having done so. Here is how she feels:
"I wonder what being a doctor would have been like. If only so at parties I could receive admiration and respect, instead of being regarded as uninspiring and unimaginative."
I have no problem understanding the meaning of the sentence in general. However, from a grammatical point of view, I can't clearly figure out how those bold parts work and what exactly they mean.
Does would have been like refer to the third conditional clause? and what if only so mean?


texts: Would you help me with adverbs, such as also?

texts:
Not only did he give everyone gifts but he invited them to a party also.
Not only did he give everyone gifts but he invited them to a party as well/too.

Which one is more common? or which one is accurate or correct?


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My knuckles lay against the child’s blue jeans. She was barefooted;
  her toenails showed remnants of cherry-red polish and there was a bit
  of adhesive tape across her big toe; and, God, what would I not have
  given to kiss then and there those delicate-boned, long-toed,
  monkeyish feet!  (Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov)

It’s hard to find out the proper account for above ‘what’ in dictionaries. What does ‘what’ mean: does it mean ‘on what reason’?


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Should I write "I opened him the door." after I had made him open the door? (In that situation I had shouted to him to open the door.)

Really the verb 'open' is inadequate in that sentence, or is just less common using 'open' as that meaning?


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The phrase is from an animated tv series called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song.
You can see the full lyrics here:
https://genius.com/Teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-turtles-theme-2003-lyrics

This is where it first appears:

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  Turtles, count it off!

  One, Two, Three, Four!

Wikipedia says it's something related to music to establish the piece's initial tempo, time signature and style. But this doesn't appear to be related to music at all. Is it?

Perhaps it's just because the main characters are four? Or maybe because they follow four rules?
The four rules from the lyrics

  One! / Live by the code of the martial arts.

  Two! / Never fight unless someone else starts.

  Three! / Always stick together no matter what.

  Four! / If all else fails then it's time to kick butt!

Dictionary.com had this entry:

  Count off

  Count aloud from one end of a line of persons to the other, each person counting in turn. For example, The soldiers counted off one by one. This usage and the practice it describes come from the military.
  But what is


texts: What does "live down" mean in this sentence?

texts:
I'm not sure if lives down means forgotten or that she lives in a floor down the protagonist:

  "When your teardrops go sour and no longer fall
  the splash cross the virgin that lives down your hall"


texts:
If I'm at a bar and I want, for example, drink my cup of coffee at a table outside, is

  can I take it outside?

a good way to say that?
Also, does

  can I take it out?

have the same meaning?


texts:
Example:

  The third wave of immigration came from 1949 on, after the Second World War. At that time, Australia’s government made the decision to start a major immigration program, as Australia’s population was relatively small and the country needed more people if Australia was to grow and prosper.

How do you understand that on on the end of from 1949?


texts: Is this phrase okay to use to convey bathing with bucket and mug?

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In India, most people use this kind of thing for bathing (Shower is for rich people and luxury. Not everyone can afford it here.). A bucket of water and a mug.

Now, I want to say that "Yesterday, at this time, I took a bath".
When I Googled about it and saw it in a dictionary, it showed me that take a bath means to suffer a financial loss.
So I'm confused whether I can use this phrase or I can rephrase like this:
"Yesterday, at this time, I had a bath".


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I'm struggling with the following sentences, I've seen some examples of them but it's still not clear to me.

This sentence means the door is in the proces of opening.

  the door is being opened.

1.1. Does this also mean I can completely replace the sentence with the following and it would still mean the exact same thing?

  the door is opening.

does this sentence mean the same as the first?

  the door is opened.

Does this sentence mean the door used to be open or the door is still open? I believe this means someone opened the door a while ago and it is still open right?

  The door was opened.

Now i'm not quite sure what to use anymore, should it be:

  the door is/has been opened for too long.

  the door is/has been open for too long.

to me the first sentence sounds better but i have no idea what the rules for this are. Since open is an adjective and opened is the past tense of a verb.


texts: what do you call the edge that goes along ironed trousers?

texts: When you move a heated iron up and down a pair of trousers it causes the trousers to fold and a resulting line is noticeable on the front of the trousers. what do you call that "line"?


texts: Is there a term for "Visual Nutrition" in English?

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In Arabic, we have a terminology "التغذية البصرية" which literally means "Visual Nutrition".

It means basically to develop an artistic eyes by looking into other people's photographs (or art in general), hence kind of reach a saturated status of art visualizing to be able to produce better art or just simply learn from the others (e.g. browsing through Flickr or Instagram for photographers).

What is the correct respective terminology in English?


texts: Passive voice of “they did not do the work”

texts: What is the passive voice of “they did not do the work”?


texts: Generic term for "lowercase", "uppercase" and "camelcase"

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I want to write something like this:

  In choosing his variable names, the applicant did not show a clear pattern or
  convention. Not only does the casing seem to be chosen randomly, ...

But I did not find in my dictionary that casing can be used for anything other than a box. Can I use it here?


texts: "Acknowledgment [to?] those who helped me"

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I am writing the Acknowledgment section of my thesis. Because of the etiquette and because I tend to be verbose, this section is rather long.

Thus, I would like to divide this section into subsections. The latter would show what category of person is acknowledged in this section. Here is an excerpt:

  Acknowledgment

  ... [to] those who supervized me

  I am grateful to Professor Doe... I would also like to thank Erika Musterman...

  ... [to] those who helped me

  Jane and John did so much for me. May they here be thanked.

Question: Is the preposition "to" the correct one in this situation?


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But if you are a teenager who criticizes your parents for their lack of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them.

Or

  But if you are a teenager who criticizes their parents for their lack of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them.

Which is correct?

I found it on SSC Exam tutor.

I think it should be their since who refers to third person but I'm not sure of that.

Can you please tell me which is correct?


texts: Idiomatic usage of "well worth the ride" to refer to a journey (on foot)

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The idiom "well worth the ride" is usually used for a journey made on horseback, bike, motorcycle, or vehicle.

But what I mean in the following example is "ride" as a journey on foot (e.g. mountain climbing) and "ride" as a metaphor for a journey/ trip / effort in general:

Dan: "You should try and climb this mountain. It’s hard, it will take lots of time, but it's well worth the ride."

(ride as a journey, or as an effort).

Sam: We will be traveling on foot.

Can " worth the ride" be used to refer to a journey on foot, mountain climbing, specifically?

Can " worth the ride" be used to refer to a way/journey/ trip/ effort in a general sense?

E.g.

"You need to study hard, many years; it’s a long way up, but well worth the ride."


texts: Usage of "get away with something" in sentences

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I'm wondering if that's the correct usage of the 'get away with something' phrase:

  I still can't believe how I got away with attending philosophy classes only 3 times through the year.

What I mean is I still can't believe I didn't get punished for skipping philosophy classes (I was present only 3 times during the year - I skipped the rest and I'm still amazed I didn't get punished for skipping so many of my classes), but instead of saying I still can't believe how I got away with skipping school so much I wish to say I still can't believe how I got away with attending school so little and I'm wondering if it's the correct usage and if it sounds natural.


texts: "I'm afraid to hear" and "I'm sorry to hear"

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I'm sorry to hear that you won't be able to join the party.

In this sentence, I mean I can be upset, sad, disappointed instead of sorry.
In this case, is it possible to use afraid instead of sorry?
Can I use ”I'm afraid to hear” as ”I'm sorry to hear”?


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I am getting confused with 'you' as a possessive pronoun, could we always say 'yours' for any context?

Possessive Pronoun of She:

•   Janice is a friend of mine

•   I am one of Janice’s friends

•   I am a friend of Janice’s (I am a friend of hers)

Possessive Pronoun of You:

•   You are a friend of mine

•   I  am one of your friends

•   I am a friend of yours

Question:

Could we say: I am one of your's friends??
It is said that for 'you' as singular, we have to use a possessive pronoun 'your' instead of 'yours'. Anyone could show us (the ELL's friends) the difference?


texts: Can I replace ‘failed in’ by ‘failed to’ in the sentence?

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I had failed in every attempt to find her.

Can I replace ‘failed in’ by ‘failed to’ in this sentence?


texts:
Can I say the following sentence in English?

  I’m going to go to vote.

“Vote” is a verb here.


texts: What is value of the question mark stands/standing for in the figure sequence given?

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What is value of the question mark stands for in the figure sequence given?

I've seen this question in a book.
I don't understand why "stands" is used here instead of "standing".

I think the question should have been either

  What does value of the question mark stand for in the figure sequence given?

or

  What is value of the question mark standing for in the figure sequence given?

Also, shouldn't "the value" have been better?


texts: Can I use present perfect twice and present simple + simple past in the same sentence?

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I have just checked your bank account, and it appears that you
  have already received all of the money that I sent you.

I am not sure if I can use second past perfect verb tense in the same sentence after using present simple, or it has to be simple past: "have already received" -> "received", or "had already received". Grammatically I don't know which one is correct. Could you please provide any examples how to better structure the above sentence?


texts: Does "throw up" have alternative meaning?

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I always thought that "throw up" means to vomit. But I heard on a news channel

  ... The police officials cornered < robber's name >. He had no other option than to Throw up. ....

I initially thought that the robber vomited. But I saw on another channel that he has told the truth.

Question: Does "throw up" mean to reveal details?

I read this but it gives another interpretation of the word


texts:
Is it "disappearing" or "disappearance" in this case?

Moreover, they are causing the disappearing of several lakes, which are endemic wetlands of my region vital to the wildlife.


texts: "Ain't even in third yet." What does it mean?

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In the movie Bonnie and Clyde (2013), Clyde just escapes from prison. He jumps in the car that Bonnie has prepared and says "Ain't even in third yet."

  Clyde: Ain't even in third yet.

  Bonnie: I got your suit in the back. Even got us a place to go.

What does Clyde mean here? What is third in this context?


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Merriam-Webster doesn't help:

  plural vortices also vortexes

Is the plural form a preference linked to the dialect (Am vs Br), or to the domain (aerodynamics vs meteorology), or something else?


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Will is used to make immediate decisions but I heard a native say this:

I forgive you

instead of

I will forgive you

why did he say it like that?


texts:
From The Godfather:

  They had assumed that it was another gang execution, and had
  questioned hoodlums with records in the rackets and a history of
  strong-arm. Since Vito had never been in trouble he never came into the
  picture.

So, what is the meaning of that here? I haven't found that in dictionaries.


texts: The Alternates For 'in respect of' In Two Cases

texts:
I'd like to ask if the three phrases below can be used instead of in respect of in the two cases and still mean the same thing.

with respect to
in/with regard to
as regards

A writ was served on the firm in respect of their unpaid bill.

money received in respect of overtime worked

Thank you.


texts: If a product is not yet released and no one has bought it, do you say "it will be safe for the customers" or just customers?

texts:
Alternative designs that are potential safer for customers must be explored even if they come with greater costs.

In this case, the product is still in its designing stage and no one has bought it yet. You don't know the specific people who bought the product. So do I just say customers or THE customers?

  Companies must foresee, by rigorous tests or some other mean, potential misuses of the product by the customers and avoid these problems with better designs.

Here the designers of the product is envisioning when a customer has bought a product and is using it. So I wrote THE customers.

Am I right? Can any native English speaker confirm this?


texts:
sorry for the stupid question, but I am preparing the student for FCE and we have such sentence:
As a result ...it..... is common for old people to fall asleep during the day.
Can we use here "that" instead of "it"? If yes, would it be a mistake on the FCE exam to use "that"?
And a few more questions:
It is one of the United Kingdom’s top ten beach
destinations and was recently (2)....voted?......the UK’s Green Capital.

Can we use here another verb? one-word only ("chosen as" will not work in the FCE)

However, living with someone will put all kinds of pressures
on your (31)....friendship........

Can we say friendship instead of friendships?


texts: What is the difference between "in-line" and "inline"

texts: When I type inline on Google, I get the definition of in-line, but no indication of misspelling.


texts: Question about diffrenece between "go to home" & "go home"

texts:
I am going home.
I am going to home.

Irrelevantly I should mention here that I perfectly know what the difference between to and towards is. My concern has to do with the meaning when we make the sentence without to or towards


texts: Can the passive voice be used without a subject

texts:
For example in this sentence:

"Your message was sent"

I think here sent is not the past form. It's an adjective right? Or isn't it?


texts:
Is the following infinitive considered dangling modifier?

  To get good results, the model needs to be tuned carefully.

I tend to think it is fine because the following seems to be right.

  The model needs to be tuned carefully to get good results.

Anyway, I am a bit confused. Please let me know.


texts: To beat someone in a competition/debate/etc in a humiliating way

texts:
What is the most common informal/casual idiom / expression / verb to imply making someone feel defeated in a humiliating way in AE?

For instance, let's say two youngsters are playing soccer against each other for a bragging right. Before the game, one of them threatens the other guy and needs to convey the message that he will put him down in his place.

I know three idioms that seem to be close to the meaning in my question:

  To take the wind out of somebody

  To take somebody down a peg

  To face somebody down

What should he say?

a. I'll take the wind out of you
b. I'll take you down a peg
c. I'll face you down

Just for more clarification let me raise another example:

Please imagine two people are arguing in a social setting in a serious manner and they both want to have the last word and it turns out to be of paramount importance for both to succeed in that debate.
Finally one of them persuades the other one and after they scatter, the winner says his friend proudly:

a. I took the wind out of him
b. I took him down a peg
c. I faced him down

I was wondering which choice encompasses my intended meaning.

What would the best idiom to use for this? (Open to further suggestions if they fit better)


texts: Alternative way to say "closest to the direction pointed at"?

texts:
A blind-folded person extended his arm and the angle to which the
closest person whose body is pointed towards was chosen.
The blind-folded person was Eric and the chosen person was Robert.
Next to Robert were Sophia and Lydia.

I can't find a good and brief way to say this. How would you reword the first sentence?


texts:
There is no serious work on this subject. The existing literature
  lacks the proper focus.

Is "the" required before "proper focus"? Why?


texts: What is the meaning of "although the literature maintains that it’s a noble thing"

texts:
I do not understand what "although the literature maintains that it’s a noble thing" really means.

Here is the full sentence: Dealing with unrequited love is remarkably unpleasant, and although the literature maintains that it’s a noble thing, there is no escaping the fact that it is painful.


texts:
Today morning I have faced a viva-voce exam, and I did good in exam.

How will I write this as formal cover-letter with 100 % Grammatically accuracy? What tense is good for mentioning this? past tense or present perfect tense?


texts: Ask about the reason of not giving money to people by banks

texts:
Suppose you live in a country, and an economical issue was happened, and the country's banks refuse giving money back to people ... what is the best way to ask about the reason?

Why are not banks giving you back your money?
Why banks does not give you back your money?
Something else ...

And why?

Another question, is my title grammatically correct?


texts:
Let's say there is a hospital in your town, regarding its name, you say:

  This hospital is named after one of the heroes of this country, Nelson. (Don't focus on the name "Nelson")

Vs.

  This hospital took its name from one of the heroes of this country, Nelson.

What is the difference between the two?


texts: Is "Maybe he …, maybe he …" considered a comma splice?

texts:
Maybe he told her everything, maybe he'd been watching me all this time.

Is this considered a comma splice? Why or why not?


texts: What do you call something that goes against the spirit of the law, but is legal when interpreting the law to the letter?

texts: Sometimes, the wording of a law or contract is vague and imprecise, and it allows people to abuse it, but doing so goes against the spirit of the law or the contract when it was written, or in other words the intention the people who wrote the law or contract. Is there a word for this?


texts: Can I call a software dialog box a form?

texts:
I wrote this sentence:

  Figure 1 shows a screenshot of the main form of the software.

While in computer we call a dialog box a form (at least in programming), but in the dictionary I didn't find that meaning.

Is the sentence above acceptable?


texts: Could you tell me why I need "the" here?

texts:
I think that the/no article means of transport will become even more accessible in
  the future, which will tempt more people to travel.

The grammar rules I know suggest NOT to put "the" here because it is a general context, but a native English speaker, lots of newspapers and my gut tell me to put "the" for some reason.  I need to know this reason to not repeat this mistake (if it is a mistake) again.


texts: Difference between "however" and "whereas"?

texts:
What is the difference between however and whereas?

  Cooking is hard, whereas eating is easy.

Can I use however in that sentence (instead of whereas) or not? If not, why?

The meaning of the two words seems very much the same: they both show a contrast between two things. I am confused about how and when to use them in sentences.


texts: Pronto VS ASAP; Which one is quicker/the quickest?

texts:
I'll collect my daughter from school pronto, due to the political chaos that has just started in our town.
  I'll collect my daughter from school ASAP, due to the political chaos that has just started in our town.

Which one is quicker/the quickest?


texts:
Consider these sentences:

1. This rule doesn't apply to/in this situation.

2. What do you agree with/in that statement?

3. He greeted him with/in a horrible way.

If part of a sentence contains
 verb ___ noun.

If the verb is followed by a certain preposition and the noun is preceded by a different preposition. Which preposition is used in the blank?

For example, in the first sentence, the verb " apply" is followed by the preposition "to" and the noun "situation" is preceded by the preposition "in" Which one do you use? And how do you determine that?


texts: Should I write "partially ... and the rest" or just "partially ... and"?

texts:
In addition, the information about the sensor is  partially
  obtained  from the data sheets provided by the vendor and  the
  rest from scientific research .

Which structure is correct for the sentence above?

  [...] partially and the rest [...]

or

  partially and [...]


texts: Is this the right way to use "too short to..."?

texts:
I saw a sentence on the wall in a coffee shop in China, is this right to use "too...to"here?
//Transcript:

Life is too short to spend time with people who share happiness with you.
//

I used to think "too...to"can only be used as "something is too...so we shouldn't", for example, life is too short to spend time with someone we don't love.


texts: what are the parts that grow out of the top & bottom of a fruit: a stem or stalk and stigma called idiomatically?

texts:
any fruit such as an apple, a papaya, a tomato, etc has the parts that grow out of its top & bottom.

What are they called idiomatically in general?

According to my study, the top could be called "stem or stalk" and the bottom could be called "stigma". But I am not so sure if they are the common everyday terms that people use.


texts:
I was reading an article about the recent election and how "The Simpsons" series predicted Trump's victory in the election. When the writer was asked for an explanation he replied:

  What we needed was for Lisa to have problems beyond her fixing, that everything went as bad as it possibly could, and that’s why we had Trump be president before her

What do "fixing" and "beyond one's fixing" mean here?


texts: What is the meaning of " got a funny look"?

texts:
What is the meaning of "he got a funny look" ?

What is the difference in meaning between two sentence,

  1) he take a funny look

  2) he get a funny look

Does "he got a funny look" mean "he made his face funny" ?

Deos "he take a funny look" mean "he see someone make the face funny" ?


texts:
A deeply conservative pontiff, whose tenure has been overshadowed by sexual abuse scandals, Pope Benedict, 85, leaves with a chequered reputation after a papacy that was at times both conservative and divisive.
(The Guardian)

Yes, this is a basic question, but I'm wondering why the journalist uses "at times" rather than "at the same time." Are these expressions identical in meaning?


texts: What does "on the square" mean in this context?

texts:
A recently released song from Ghost troubled me.

The chorus troubled me, since I don't understand what would mean "on the square":

  Are you on the square?
  Are you on the level?
  Are you ready to swear right here right now before the devil
  That you're on the square
  That you're on the level
  Right here right now (bis)

I've already seen that phrase used, and inferred from the context it was the square of a chessboard, but in that song, we are talking of the listener, nor a chess piece.

I've also seen it used to point to a square in the meaning of a place, but I don't see how it make sense in that song either.

Could anybody enlighten me on what was meant here?


texts: "In a laboratory scale" or "On a laboratory scale"?

texts:
I am at a loss. Which of these two is correct?
I mean scale as  range of action, not a laboratory equipment.

Thank you in advance for suggestions


texts: "To speak in order to be written down by others"

texts:
A teacher or someone else speaks in order to get it converted into text.

What are the English verbs for this?

  The teacher ____ us some beautiful lines.

I am not a native English speaker.


texts: Noun for the event of something splitting in two directions

texts:
I know there's a perfect word for this, but I just can't seem to recall it.

I know about split, but I'm thinking of something more eloquent.

For example:

  After the split of Western philosophy into these major directions,
  new thinkers began to emerge.

For another example, consider this sentence from this question:

  What is the historical/etymological explanation for this split in
  names?


texts:
The expression

  It will be soon ...

is used widely but

  Will it be soon (because I am in urgent need of ...)?

seems strange.

Can I ask like that? How to express if I couldn't?


texts:
I come from Indonesia, and I like to learn English more deep, but my English is so weak, can anyone help me? which is better or right? or all my sentences are incorrect?

  Can I have that?

or

  Can I am have that?


texts: Can anyone help explain this "Western Hemisphere brunch banter" in the TV series, The Good Place?

texts:
Below is from the TV series, The Good Place.

  Michael: I've been working on my Western Hemisphere brunch banter.

  That New Yorker article was crazy.

  You haven't seen Hamilton?

  Hey, did you hear about Stephanie?

Michael is a demon in a human body, now (pretending to be) trying to learn about human lives.

I think he said Western Hemisphere "brunch" banter because he could share those jokes about western culture over brunch table or something, and New Yorker is a newspaper and Hamilton is a musical(?)
(Have I guessed right so far?)

But I'm not sure about what Stephanie is.


texts: Past conditional -missed opportunities and past hypotheses

texts:
If you had told me the truth, I would have believed you.
If you told me the truth, I would have believed you.
If he had worked harder, he'd have received a better grade.
If he worked harder, he'd have received a better grade.

Which one is currect past perfect or simple past in if condition.
What is the meaning of above sentences ?


texts: Which one is correct and why?( "a' before name)

texts:
Should I use "a" before a name when referring to a part of someone like "fan"?

1) I'm a Ronaldo fan.

2) I'm a Ronaldo's fan.

3) I'm Ronaldo's fan.


texts: Creating a noun phrase by forming an infinitive into a gerund

texts:
I recently consider creating a noun phrase by forming an infinitive into a gerund as follows :

The chairs need to be repaired  -->   The number of chairs needing to be repaired.

Whether the way I create a noun phrase : Chairs needing to be repaired  is grammatically correct or not ?


texts:
The simple version of my question would be: "What is the abbreviation of 'Supervisor'"?

However, I will add some explaining. I am abbreviating the word "operator" as "Op" already (size constraints) so would it be understandable if I abbreviate supervisor as "Sv"?


texts:
Jair substituted for Kitty on Saturday, and Corny had a lot of fun.

  Jair substituted Kitty on Saturday, and Corny had a lot of fun.

Is for mandatory in the first sentence? If not, do those sentences have different meanings?


texts: pluralNoun + "are" + "a/an" + singleNoun

texts:
Today a sentence hit my mind :

  Processes are an integrated set of ....

vs :

  Processes are integrated sets of ....

to an EnglishLanguageLearner the second one feels more valid, because we hear everyday a/an is not used with with(after) plural nouns. But what I am trying to say is about a single set containing of plural processes.

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

Thanks Everyone :-nice_smile


texts: “To burst fetters of violence” in non-historical context

texts: If I search “burst fetters” in Google there are only historical texts in results. So, can I say “Maybe, one bright day humanity will burst fetters of violence and cruelty” if I don’t mean anything related to the slavery but want to say “to get free, to get rid of”?


texts:
I got this email from a colleague:

  I am writing because product #55 has not sold and we would like to expand the list...

Is this the right sentence structure or should it be written:

  I am writing because product #55 didn't sell and we would like to expand the list..


texts:
I wrote the following sentences in my paper:

  It's only after 1998, the practical realization of the tiny devices called "Motes"  by the Smart Dust project at the University of California at
  Berkeley, which could compute and communicate wirelessly, and to which sensors could be connected, that  has since triggered a new wave of research in WSN, not only in theoretic development, but also in engineering practice.

My question is that, I want the which refers to the tiny devices, I don't know if I use it correctly.


texts: Conditional Sentence(simple present mode or future tense)

texts:
Would you please tell me if I use "If you will be selected*" instead of "If you are selected", does it make sense? Would please tell me the differences between these two tenses?

Thank you for your reply.  I note that you are planning to take your IELTS test in April and will advise the shortlist panel of this.   If you are selected for interview, we will be in contact after the closing date of 15st August 2019.


texts: I have difficulty understanding word pronominal

texts:
I can not understand what pronominal mean?

dictionaries say that it is "of, relating to, or constituting a pronoun"

I don't get  it what it means?


texts: What the rule for these questions without any subject at all?

texts:
Expressions and sources:

Why pretend? (Depeche mode 'Little 15')
Why so serious? (Joker 'Dark knight')
Why make sense? (Hot Chip 'Why make sense')
Who to be? (Whitey 'Who to be?')
Why try? (Limp Bizkit 'Why try?')
Why not go out and make a scene? (Shamir 'Make A Scene')

Question:

  What's the rule, in terms of grammar, for these subjectless questions (i appreciate the link to a grammar book with explanation)

Thank you in advance


texts:
I’m citing a theorem in a reference, and I want to say

By Theorem 1 in [1] and the following paragraphs, we can know that......

I mean the paragraphs in that reference below the theorem, but my expression makes me think I’m referring to the following paragraphs in my paper.
Is it better if I use “the paragraphs following it” or “its following paragraphs”?
Is it really a problem? How to make it clearer?


texts: Problem understanding a specific part of a sentence

texts:
This is from a book.

  That individual distress as such would not elicit any substantial government
   succour became clearer than ever during the hard-hitting depression of
   1913-14. Public debate and investigation was still about all the federal and
   provincial governments had to offer. The outbreak of World War I did reinforce
   this attitude, if anything, as the war demands promised to alleviate the unemployment problem in due time.

So, the war would alleviate unemployment; there would be much demand for labour in the war industries. I understand all that. What I don't understand is the structure of the last sentence. This part made sense to me "outbreak of World War I did reinforce this attitude" but then I don't know what the author meant by "if anything, as...", especially "as".

It could be written this way.

  The outbreak of war reinforced this attitude. Governments were certain that the war would increase labour demand and eventually alleviate the problem of unemployment.

There is a reason why the author chose that style. Can someone explain to me what it is and what purpose is "as" serving here?


texts: Could gerund be modified by an adjective?

texts:
Is to possible to modify a gerund by using an adjective, especially when the gerund functions as noun?
Such as this example:

  Open shaming of anyone who spoke out discouraged responsible dissent.


texts: What does this statement in a English book mean?

texts:
"......This book is sold subject to the conditions that it shall not,
  by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise
  circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of
  binding or cover other than that in which it is published."

I'm a Asian English student and It's too long for me to understand its meaning, please simplify it so that I can understand it, thanks!


texts:
What does "come out" mean in " 'I came out top in the test,' he bragged"?
There are lots of meaning of come up. I just don't know which meaning I should look at.


texts: I felt her tilt her or I felt that she tilted her

texts:
Why is this sentence written this way? Is the first one a grammatically correct sentence? Or is it some style?

  I felt her tilt her head back to look at me, not that she would have seen anything in the dark.

and not this way

  I felt that she tilted her head back to look at me, not that she would have seen anything in the dark.


texts:
What is the difference between the two, and which one of the following is correct?
1) Your country's experience of democracy.
2) Your country's experience with democracy.


texts: What does "have all" means? Is it a collocation?

texts:
Examples:

  We have all said that we advocate effective multilateralism.
  The coaches have all necessary documentation for domestic and
  international passenger transport.

What is the difference in translation approaches (in Russian)? In the first example, we have Subject + have all + Past Simple verb, right?


texts: present participle or reduced relative clause?

texts:
in the midst of desperation spread by the darkness fraught with fear,
  there appeared oriflammes of knights, waving against the harsh and merciless storms

The expression in bold refers to knights or  there appeared oriflammes of knights  or oriflammes of knights ?

I mean, in this sentence and context ,

1.)is the action of waving related to knights as in "knights who wave against the hursh and merciless stroms" which is meaningless to me  ?

or

2.) related to the oriflammes of knights as in oriflammes which is waving?

or

3.)is the mentioned expression in bold present participle which explains whole sentence it follows,  meaning that oriflammes of knights appeared while waving. ?


texts:
Because the ocean basins really are short-lived features on geologic
  times scale, reconstruction the world’s geography by backtracking
  along the hot-spot trail works only for the last 5 percent or so of
  geologic time.


texts: What does "launch forth" mean in this context? (From the book, Life of Pi)

texts:
This is from the book, Life of Pi.

  He's a small, slim man. Mild fall weather, yet puts on a big winter parka with  fur-lined hood for the walk to the diner. Expressive face. Speaks quickly, hands flitting about. No small talk. He launches forth.

I already saw the dictionary definition of it, which is "To begin or set out on a journey or trip" or "To issue, propel, or project something forward with force".

But I still can't quite grasp what it exactly means here.

Does it imply that the man says "without any hesitation" and "goes straight into whatever he wants to say"?


texts: Does anyone know how to distinguish between (1) [ Subject(plural) + are + Object(plural) ] and (2) [ Subject(plural) + are + a/an Object(singular) ]?

texts:
For example:

  Computers are important research tools
  Computers are an important research tool.

Does anyone know how to distinguish between (1) and (2)?


texts: Determiner and article - Can we omit them if sentence becomes wordy

texts:
There is no enrollment form, membership fee, and restrictions on the
 frequency of use.

or

 There is no enrollment form, no membership fee, and no restrictions on the
 frequency of use.

If we omit "no", does it change the meaning?

On a similar note:

 I have a blue purse and an indigo umbrella

or

 I have a blue purse and indigo umbrella

If we omit a or an, does it change the meaning/Is it gramatically correct?


texts: How to parse:HERA was passed into law in 2008 and it governs FHFA

texts:
HERA was passed into law in 2008 and it governs FHFA

source:http://seekingalpha.com/article/4028577-mechanics-decoupling-gses-net-worth-sweep

HERA : the sister and consort of Zeus  in the dictionary.
it governs FHFA, the word it means HERA?

What does the sentence mean?


texts: Using "both" for the subject definition in a negation

texts:
As advised by @TRomano in my previous question concerning the use of Either in a negative sentence I ask about the word both in the same role. Here are the examples:

  Both this and that fruit are not tasty.
  Both cars are not for sale.
  Both students will not be restricted.
  Both of the lakes are not polluted.
  Both paths have not been taken.

Do those sentences sound unnatural? May be even ungrammatical? Or maybe just slightly off?

As I mentioned in my other question, I do not need any help rephrasing those statements using neither. That's an obvious way and a good one too.

My particular concern here is the word both being used for subject in a negation.


texts: Is it okay to use the forward slash in informal dialogues?

texts:
Is it okay to use '/' in a dialogue of an informal story? If not, what is the alternative?

My sentence:

  They all wanted to come; to support you and/or to witness the event.


texts:
[para 4:] To many, this last assertion is proof of his advanced eccentricity. But let’s give him his due: anyone who has climbed every one of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks, as the springy 69-year-old Souter reportedly has done, knows a kind of exhilaration that his black-robed colleagues in the tidal basin will never know.

  How strange is it, really, to want another taste of the savage winds atop Mount Washington before the knees go bad?

  tidal basin =
  n.
  A body of water in an area subject to tides whose water level is maintained at a desired level by artificial means.

Although I tried consulting a dictionary, I don't understand what is implied about the US Supreme Court?


texts:
This example is from the Cambridge Dictionary's article for 'orifice'.

  I was stuffing cake into every available orifice.

My American friend told me that it sounds inappropriate, because orifice might mean anus. Does it really sound so vulgar when you first hear it? I am interested in the level of vulgarity here.


texts: The meaning of "snatched them out breast-high"

texts:
Then he carried on steadying the ironed men (some were slaveringmad)
  till it was time to unshackle them by fives, and give ’em their
  chance. The natives made a chain through the surf, and snatched them
  out breast-high.’

https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/limits/chapter19.html

I do not understand the meaning  of the sentence below.

The natives made a chain through the surf, and snatched them out breast-high.

I am glad if some one would kindly teach me.


texts: Response to ( let’s make it happen sometime.)

texts:
A friend sent a message

  My friend: Love to have coffee someday

  Me: yeah! That would be great

  My friend: let’s make it happen sometime.

Does it mean I have to pick a day?


texts:
She is intelligent but her sisters are dull.
   She is intelligent but her sisters dull.

Both sentences are correct. But the second sentence is missing "is" before dull. Can anyone explain this?


texts:
As this dictionary says can is used with the verbs see, hear, feel, taste, and smell, and with verbs connected with thinking, to mean that someone sees something, hears something etc. For exapmple:

  Here they are – I can see their car.

  I can’t understand why you’re so upset.

  Can you smell something burning?

But what if I omit can from the sentences, for example:

  Here they are – I see their car.

  I don't understand why you’re so upset.

  Do you smell something burning?

Is there is any difference in meaning between the sentences? If there is, then help me to see one please.


texts: What word lies between two comparatives?

texts:
We can get hotter and colder.
What's a word for staying at the same temperature?
For example:

Should I turn the heating on? That way I will get hotter.
Or should I go and sit in the fridge? That way I will get colder.
I think I might stay where I am and (your word goes here).


texts: What is the meaning of Will words after investigating the murder scene?

texts:
Will say this words to board meeting members about his investigation about Serial Killer's murder case.

  Will: Skillful entry indicates premeditation and planning. Therefore, I
  believe he's an organized individual who probably lives life
  competently with little or no leakage.

  Board member: Meaning in appearance he could be absolutely anyone?

  Will: That's right.

  Will: Bodies being arranged into an audience and the mirrors make me believe
   that there's a rich and intense fantasy life going on here. The
   elevated experience is the fantasy. The act fuels the fantasy. The act fuels the fantasy.To discover what he thinks he's doing in there,
  why he picked who he picked, did what he did, to understand his motive,
  you have to know his illusions, his dreams.

  Board member: Which are?

  Will: I don't know.

How Mirror & fantasy are related to each other, I really don't know why he is referring to mirror with fantasy in his statement?


texts:
To me, the words "personality" and "character" more or less mean the same thing, but I wonder if for a person who is not personable, we can say:

  He lacks personality.

But would it be possible to say:

  He lacks character.

If not, then why?


texts:
I have read the following in a forum:

  Now that I have it learned pretty well, I’m learning other things

Is "have it learned" correct? I don't even know if that is the causative construction "to have something done" or the usual Present Perfect conjugation ("have learned") in an odd word order.


texts: Difference between " to apprise" and "to impart"

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When I look up the word "inform" and check out its synonyms, I can see that the words apprise and impart are listed as a synonym of it, besides more informal words such as tell and communicate.

However, neither the word apprise nor the word impart is  shown as synonyms of each other on the Oxford Dictionary, when I looked them up one by one. I am cognizant of they are formal words, however especially for this reason I would like to use them correctly in my writings.

Therefore,this made me enquire concerning the difference between them in terms of meaning.


texts: What is the difference between "as much as" and "much as"?

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What is the difference between the following sentences?

  As much as I admire him for his sterling qualities, I cannot excuse him for being unfair to his friends.

  Much as I admire him for his sterling qualities, I cannot excuse him for being unfair to his friends.


texts: What is the difference between push and give a push?

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I would like to know the difference between push and give a push when used in the conversation.
Why people use the phrase, 'give a push' instead of the word, 'push'?
ex) walk=take a walk, shower=take a shower.


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Capable. "Men are capable of being flattered." Say, susceptible to flattery. "Capable of being refuted." Vulnerable to refutation. Unlike
  capacity, capability is not passive, but active. We are capable of
  doing, not of having something done to us.

  Capacity for Ability. "A great capacity for work." Capacity is receptive; ability, potential. A sponge has capacity for water; the hand, ability to squeeze it out.

  Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Ambrose Bierce

I suppose this excerpt is not very accurate. The distinction between capacity and ability isn't as clear-cut as is said above. The rule only applies to a limited number of examples.

I'd like to know what a native speaker would say about it.


texts: Where are the vases in this picture? A term for that space

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In my recently purchased apartment, I've come up with an idea for the hall as a part of interior designing. In my mother-tongue, we have a term for those three pits(?).

  Vases in the wall? - I'm not okay with it.

How do we describe this in English? Non native speakers? I'm searching for the term that describes those three (without vases). They are three ______ in/on the wall.

Here is the actual picture


texts: What is the difference between a class teacher and a form teacher?

texts: I can't get which one, class teacher or form teacher or homeroom teacher, in the UK and the US, is what we call "professeur principal" in French secondary schools, meaning one of the teachers of a class of 25 to 30 students who not only teach them their own subject, but also are in charge of their pupils as far as their overall school life and academic performance are concerned, checking out that they are doing well or helping them overcome the difficulties they might be going through.


texts: What does "But there I go, adopting" imply?

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Source

I thought that it meant "OK, I will accept this self loathing of the line but hey, the line is not bad, why bother?"

Am I right? If I am right, I thought "and" should be "but"

But there I go, adopting Auden’s retroactive self-loathing of the line, and I’m not sure it was such a crime against poetry.


texts: May I use the word 'vacational' (as opposed to vocational)?

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After being declined by Grammarly, Microsoft Word and other grammar/spelling tools, I'm quite skeptical to use the adjective word 'vacational' i.e. related to 'vacations' — free/leisure time.
I have been using it for past many years and did not bother much about it. Why? Because I was (or am?) confident.
In fact, in Berkshire, UK there's a school (accredited by the British Council) titled:

Vacational Studies English Language Summer School

The school is very old and in the market for 42 years. In fact, it's an English Language learning school!
and they run a course:

Vacational Studies English Language Summer Course

We all know that the language of English adapts things very quickly. Do native speakers prefer this? Do they mind this word if written somewhere?

Edit after reading Catija's answer:
I gave one example that I found it easily. But I think considering 'vacational' in the sentences and not just in title as the answer says is also found.
Here are some of the examples:
Mid-day

So much so the Hollywood star recently mused, "I don't think you find them, I think they find you" about landing a keeper instead of a vacational lover.

9News Australia

Azel Prather Jr turned to a popular funding website GoFundMe to pay for the round trip flight after his girlfriend Marissa planned a holiday to the popular location during the vacational period.

Queensland Country Life

Because, as a good friend told them recently, when in search of a vacational playground, look no further than the Hamptons…the Rocky Hamptons.

Times Herald

Regal Financial and Development Corporation. This San Francisco-based company envisions a mix of projects, including a vacational college for healthcare industry jobs and a warehouse facility for food and wine export to China.


texts: What do you call the movement you do by car within a local distance?

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If you move from a place to another by feet, you call it a walk. A long distance displacement by any means can be called trip, travel, journey. But what about small distances, like inside your own town, (e.g. by taxi). What is the most appropriated word?

"Yesterday I made a __ from Brooklyn to Queens (in my car)".


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Some people tend to capitalize the phrase "pros and cons" in the middle of the sentence and write it as "Pros and Cons". Should this be considered a grammatical error?

Thank you.


texts: "Head start" for "advantage". Then what is for "disadvantage"?

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There are many synonyms, slang expressions, and idioms that refers to or almost to "advantage." For example, well as I said, a head start refers to an advantage.

However there are rarely a few words that is for "disadvantage." Here are from Thesaurus.com:

detriment
harm
prejudice
damage
deprivation
disservice
injury

bolded: common

So I am looking for a cool idiom for "disadvantage". It should sound:

cool (duh)
informal (well, I said "cool")
not necessarily 2+ words
spoken widely in the U.S. (but British and other dialects are welcome, too) or
be an idiom that everyone (native speakers) knows but is possibly offensive for some people (or something that I should bear in mind in case I come across it and use it without knowing and running into a problem. For example, I am not supposed to ever say the n-word in my entire life. Like that.)

I'm fine with seeing foul language like "grab them with the... ahem" without being censored or warning, if you need it.


texts: If adjective 'happy' is without a noun, does this word still have a meaning or have no meaning without a noun?


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A little confused with the pronunciations of "compliment" and "complement".
Are they distinguished based on the subject of conversation or based on pronunciations?
Is this a good meaning for compliment :

An expression of esteem or approval


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Please look at the following

This is the best performance I have ever seen. This means I have never seen a performance which was better than this, so this is the best. Am I right?

Similarly, when we say

This is the best performance I ever saw. I think this means the same as above. Am I right? If not, then please tell me what the difference is

But, when we say

This is the best performance I will ever see. This sentence confuses me really.I don't understand what this means. Can anyone please explain to me what it means?

Thank you.