texts: 'Where I should be' vs 'The place I should be'

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Which of these is correct:

  Where I should be.

or

  The place I should be.

?

Context: When you are going to fill the autobiography section on SE, it says 'Location' and it's supposed to write USA or something like that and I wanted to write one of the 2 above.

What are other alternative ways to mean the same?

Thank you.


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Although the question is about possessives, I got it wrong because I am confused whether to use one of or not.

The correct answer is D. I marked C because I thought that D is awkward and wordy.

Please help me with this concept.


texts: Difference between 'Go to a movie' and 'Go for a movie'

texts: I've googled go for a movie and I think that it is as same as go to a movie but it is less used. What is the difference in these two?


texts: Unusual sturucture: What does it mean "which to"?

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I have a question that confuses my mind. I've come across this text:

"You have eight hours in which to complete this exam."

The point which I didn't understand is the meaning of "which to ...". Because "which" is a relative clause. And relative clauses contain subject and verb. Here is the definition of clause:

A clause “a group of words containing a subject and predicate and
functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence" (Merriam-Webster).

Okay so, normally after relative words there should be a clause which includes subject and verb like in this example: "This is the stone against which he leaned." But in mine, interestingly there is no complete clause. There is just an infinitive verb.
Could you please explain the reason why there is not a complete sentence after "which"?
Edit: To make myself more clear I changed and shorten the question.


texts: Is there a simple website that can show the different forms of any word?

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Some words for example I don't know what the adjective form of it is

But looking for it in google sometimes take time

So, I will be glad if you know a website which provides all the different forms of any word easily and quickly.


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Which one is correct, explain with reasons. 'He prefers to watch hollywood movies because they have good stories' or 'He prefers watching Hollywood movies because they have good stories'.
Please also explain elaborately when to use gerund or infinitive after 'prefer'?


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A shop is being opened.
A shop is about to be opened.

What is the difference between these two sentences?
The first one is voice change, the second one is also a voice change? Is there any difference in the meaning?


texts: Absent any verb, when can you use an adverb?

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dualism = {mass noun}
  1. The division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided

I know that definitions don't have to be written as complete grammatical sentences,
but while reading the above definition, I noticed no verbs.

1. So what does conceptually modify? Is this use right?

2. Does this instance offer any lessons in the big picture?


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I can't figure out what's the subject for "seeing" in the sentence below:

Seeing some foods and beverages being consumed on, or hearing them mentioned on, television programs increase the likelihood that viewers will consume similar kinds of foods and beverages.

Taking it as a reduced relative clause, I thought the omitted subject for "seeing" is "television programs". This was how my trouble began.
Any helps would be greatly appreciated!
Leon


texts: When someone is asking where are they heading, they ask you 'where to'? Why is that they say this instead of just 'where'?


texts: Why is there an "in" in "Of America's million millionaires in, the average age is 63"?

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Of America's million millionaires in, the average age is 63.

https://www.shanbay.com/review/learning/42379858288

Why is there an "in"? (The main question)
How about using "American" replacing "America's"?


texts: What tense should we use to talk about the habits of a dead person?

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Is it correct to say: "Franklin used to wake up early to read and write"?

Franklin is dead and I'm talking about his daily habits. So, what tense should I use?


texts: "A halved Pinang"; What is the equivalent expression in English?

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"Like a halved Pinang" is an expression in my native language to compare the appearance of two persons who are alike/very similar/like a twin.

Note: Pinang (lat. Area catechu) is a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa.

What is the equal English expression for Like a halved Pinang?

Note: Thanks for your responses. I should really be careful to use the expressions suggested that fit my native culture. For instance:

doppleganger, I think I can't equally use it as the translation of a halved Pinang.
cut from the same cloth doesn't ring the bell either, because my native expression refers to a case that may include non-relative persons, although it is usually applied for a twin.
long-lost brother/sister/sibling/twin, I sense that it explains the situation that you haven't met someone for a long time.

Anymore input please? :)

Pics of Pinang:


texts: 'Remind us if we did not give you due credit'

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This is what we have for a paper online.

I am not sure whether the word 'due' is used correctly or not.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Should I use "have " or "are" when asking the question?

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Have we crossed the bridge?
  Are  we cross the bridge?

  Is this your pen?
  Has this your pen?


texts: What does "you guessed an inch off" mean?

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I don't know how to explain the context. Two people are speaking about the Budapest oil deal of 1931.

  Kurt to Teck: "You too wish to go back to Europe?"

  Teck: "Yes."

  Kurt: "But they do not much want you. Not since the Budapest oil deal
  of '31."

  Teck: "You seem as well informed about me as I am about you."

  Kurt: "That must have been a conference of high comedy, that one.
  Everybody trying to guess whether Kessler was working for Fritz
  Thyssen, and what Thyssen really wanted--and whether this 'National
  Socialism' was a smart blind of Thyssen's, and where was Wolff. I
  should like to have seen you and your friends. It is too bad: you
  guessed an inch off, eh?

  Teck: "More than an inch."

  Kurt: "And Kessler has a memory? I do not think Herr Blecher would pay
  you money for a description of a man who has a month to travel. But I
  think he would pay you in a visa.

I think it means "- You began to guessing a little? - Not a little" I couldn't find any dictionary entries about "guess off" or "guess an inch off" though.


texts: How to differentiate between got and receive

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If I ask someone "have you got my email?", is it wrong? Or should I ask "have you received my email?"

Which one is gramatically correct, and other than this scenario, how do we differentiate these words for other sentences?


texts: What do we mean by the word "distinct" in this book?

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What do we mean by the word "distinct" in the first line of the first article Number in this book?

This is the line: "We say of certain distinct things that they form a group when we
make them collectively a single object of our attention."

Example: Suppose a collection of three coins(may be of same or different value) in my pocket. I call the collection of these three coins A. Let's name the three coins C_1,C_2 and C_3. So  A can be written as A={C_1,C_2,C_3}. Let C_1 and C_3 be of same value(say 1 rupee each). Are C_1 and C_2 still distinct from each other?

  Does the word "distinct" have some other meaning in Fine's book as compared to the general meaning of the English word "distinct"?

Note: this question is also being asked at Math.SE
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/732370/what-do-we-mean-by-the-term-number-of-things/743660#743660


texts: Is it correct to say "The prices settle down/up $2 at $100"?

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The prices settle down $2 at $100.

or

The prices settle up $2 at $100.

Are these two words down and up both adverbs or prepositions?

What is the meaning of settle here?

I guess the meaning of first sentence would be

$102 --> $100

and the meaning of second one would be

$98 --> $100.

According to the dictionary OALD settle I look up,

there are some meanings of settle which confuse me.

For example, [8.come to rest] and [9.sink down]

How is the word settle used?

Here are some context:

  settle up

Gold futures for June delivery traded mildly lower before turning to settle up $6.30 at $1,243.80 an ounce.

  settle down

Even the possibility of production quotas helped crude prices shed most of their declines today and they settle down just 0.2 percent.


texts: Is "reveal himself as" and "reveal that he's" the same thing?

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I am wondering if these two are synonymous in most cases. I am also not 100% sure that "reveal himself as" means about the same thing as "reveal that he's", but I think they are. They should mean the same thing, but who knows?

For example:

  He revealed himself as the double agent who leaked everything.

  He revealed that he's the double agent who leaked everything.


texts: Does the definite article change the meaning?

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What is the difference

On the biggest issue facing our country since the second world war, Labour should be committed to providing the opportunity for people to change their mind.

VS

On the biggest issue facing our country since the second world war, Labour should be committed to providing an opportunity for people to change their mind.


texts: Present perfect or past simple for asking about a current problem that came from something in the past

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Shall I say

  Has anyone who bought the record the same problem

  Has anyone who've bought the record the same problem

I think present perfect fits better because the problem is now and the problem comes from the record.


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I would like to know if I should omit an article in front of a title.
For example,

  NPR's Michel Martin speaks with American University professor Allan Lichtman about the prediction he made two years ago that President Trump will be impeached.  NPR

Here, there is no article.

But,

  Migrant children face bleak conditions at detention facilities along the border. Warren Binford, a law professor who visited some of the facilities, speaks to NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro. NPR

Here, it has A.

And here again, there is no article:

  NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Eliana Johnson of Politico about Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta's resignation, infighting in the Democratic party and the census.NPR

How can I know if I need to use a or the in front of a title?

Please help me. Thanks.


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looking at below sentences which of these look more correct

my genes came knocking last night

which means i was craving for some home food

my genes knocked me last night

that means i have to prepare my fav dish


texts: Present participle + being usage. Is it ok?

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Is everything OK grammatically in this sentence?

  We are being wise, to make that decision.


texts: Correct usage in a sentence: kept quiet vs remained quiet

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In the following sentence:

  I asked her what her problem was, but she -------------------- quiet

The answer "remained quiet" was marked wrong and the correct answer was given as "kept quiet".

No reason was provided in the answer key.

Can you let me know why the use of remained quiet is wrong and why kept quiet should be used?

Searching on the net indicates the use of "remained silent" in sentences but could not find any references that indicate the use of "remained quiet" in a sentence is wrong


texts: "correspondence from A to B" or "correspondence between A and B"

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Usually we are familiar with the usage:

  "correspondence between A and B"

but can we also use:

  "correspondence from A to B" ?

Does the 2nd case grammatically work, too?

Here the correspondence is not specific to the mailing correspondence,  but to the math function or the physical relation.


texts: What's the difference between "disparage" and "denigrate"?

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I met the two words in this article:

  Long-term memory is sometimes disparaged. It's common for people to denigrate “rote memory”, especially in the classroom.

Two explanations I got on the web:

I also found this video clip, which use the two words in the same sentence:

In my understanding, both the two words means to criticize (someone or something) badly.

Then, what is the difference between the two words?
Could they be used interchangeably?


texts: Is "call something/somebody to somebody" a normal collocation?

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“You must have shown me real loyalty down in the Chamber. Nothing but that could have called Fawkes to you.”

  —Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I haven't found the use of "call something/somebody to somebody" in dictionaries. I think it means "... called Fawkes to help you." Is it a normal collocation? What's the exact meaning it conveys?


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In the following sentence

  A specialised police unit arrested Majed, one of the fugitive convicted Bangabandhu assassins, as he returned home after hiding for nearly two and half decades in India.

I don't understand the meaning of bold part. I think it is not grammatical.

For full article

 Link


texts: Is there a more sophisticated way of saying "surprisingly?"

texts: I am writing a paper for my English class, but I don't want to use colloquial speech. Is there a way of saying "surprisingly" in a more sophisticated way? Thank you.


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You get into your car and then you are trying to start the car but it's not working then you realize that the car doesn't have any fuel .What would you say?
I think the second one should be the answer but I am not sure.

1-I thought I filled up the car .

2-I thought I had filled up the car .


texts: What is more appropriate for the word "time"?

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I want to write a scientific writing. I do not know what is more appropriate for "slack time".
For example:
which of these is correct?
Slack time is small.
Slack time is short.
or
Slack time is large.
Slack time is big.
and ...
Thank.


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Let's say you are cooking together with spouse, then while your battering eggs, you ask your spouse to get the frying pan and give it to you can you say:

  "Can you hand me that frying pan please"(get the pan ang give it you)

Am I correct to say this according to what I really mean?


texts: The difference between Detached Homes and Townhouses

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A tutorial video calls the following image (A) as Townhouses

and calls the following image (B) as Detached Homes

what is the difference?


texts: How can the position of 'only' change the meaning of a sentence?

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It only seemed that way as India took lead to Australia.

It seemed only that way as India took lead to Australia.

Both mean the same and both are correct?


texts: the difference in meaning between 'the way ... is', 'as ... is' and 'like'

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The moon is not a magnet the way the earth is.

Can I rewrite the sentence like as:

  The moon is not a magnet as the earth is.

or

  The moon is not a magnet, like the earth.


texts: Phonetic transcription (or pronunciation) of date and diet

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I'm an English learner and I've never been good at grammatical rules or other technical sides of English. However I need to learn them in order to graduate. And on my way to it, I'm taking a class in which we're learning about vowels and phonetic transcriptions of them.
(I feel the need to clarify that we take RP - Received Pronunciation or British English - as basis)

What confuses me is that our instructor gave these two words ("date" and "diet") as an example for homophones. He said that these words are pronounced the same but differ in meaning. As far as I know, when we pronounce diet (/daɪət/), we're using an "a" while date (/deɪt/) doesn't include it.

I've been thinking that his teaching experience of decades would be superior than my knowledge, but I am really confused. Is it safe to say that my instructor has a wrong idea?


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

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I was watching a Ted lecture titled "Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes" and came across this paragraph.

  And she looked at me, and I could tell that she recognized me, but she couldn't quite place me, and she looked at me and she said, "Stephen Krosoczka?" And I was amazed that she knew I was a Krosoczka, but Stephen is my uncle who is 20 years older than I am, and she had been his lunch lady when he was a kid. And she started telling me about her grandkids, and that blew my mind. My lunch lady had grandkids, and therefore kids, and therefore left school at the end of the day?

I don't understand what he meant by "and therefore kids" both grammar-wise and meaning-wise because as far as I know, "therefore" should have a full sentence.

Can anybody explain this to me?

Thank you!


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I was very confused in this sentence:

  (Most/Virtually) every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.

I hold the view the answer is "most". I contend that "most" means more than 50% percent or almost of somebody/something and "virtually" is equivalent. I suppose both of them are correct but "most" is more appropriate.

However, there is only one correct answer, and it is "virtually". I have no idea why that one is right. If you choose "virtually", could you explain the reason for me?

Here is the full sentence:

  ________ every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.
  A. Wholly
  B. Hardly
  C. Most
  D. Virtually


texts: How to use the "who ...." modifier in a 's sentence?

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I want to say:

I am very jealous of a friend's success. I've known this person for over 10 years.

How can I say it in one single sentence?
Can I say something like these:

I am very jealous of a friend's success, who I've known for over 10 years.
I am very jealous of a friend who I've known for 10 years' success.


texts: What is the difference between self-evident and self-explanatory

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I just read the book 'Don't make me think' by Steve Krug. But I had the trouble understanding the difference between self-evident and self-explanatory.

Could someone please make it clear for me, or provide an example to explain it?


texts: Does the word “intriguing” have a positive connotation?


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Is there another way to say "something has no more to do with something, than something"?

Marx emphasized that ‘since exchange-value is a definite social manner of expressing the amount of labor bestowed upon an object, Nature has no more to do with it, than it has in fixing the course of exchange ... so far no chemist has ever discovered exchange-value either in a pearl or a diamond.


texts: Confusing sentence with "want announced"

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What does this sentence mean?

  "Bad sex isn't really something that wives want announced to the dirty ex-mistress."

Does it mean, "Bad sex isn't really something that wives want, and bad sex is announced to the dirty ex-mistress"?

Why use "want p.p (want announced)" instead of "want to infinitive (want to announce)"?


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A stock is a type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the the organisations assets and earnings.

Here I want to know the meaning  of "represents a claim" because represent has multiple meanings but the usage of the word doesn't go with the meaning of the word. Please explain properly thank you.


texts: To walk while holding/steering a bicycle

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I couldn't figure out how to express this in English. In Swedish it is called "Att leda en cykel", but directly translating it to English ("to lead a bicycle") seems to mean something different. Google Translate gave me "passing a bike", which also seems to be incorrect according to a Google Image Search (just literally passing).

There seems to be some discussion about which expressions are used in is US and British English. I would love to see a comment about that (US, British or Both) in the answers as well.


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In the following sentences, when to use plays and when to use goes and when to use does:

He plays basketball

She plays volleyball

He plays football

She goes skiing

He goes ice skating

She goes roller skating

He does judo

She does athletics


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How do you understand when bill is the money   or the statements of fees?
Of course if I am in a resturant and my friend tell me

  give him a $100 bill

I will give the money, but what if there is no data about the context?

How can I be more clear if I want to say give him 100$ paper money?


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I am confused with the use of 'so far' wirh simple past tense in the following question. Please explain it to me.

  What was the best part of your day, so far?


texts: Why is it "roof of mouth" and not "ceiling of mouth"?

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I am actually a native English speaker but I thought this question would be better on ELL than ELU.

My house has a roof outside with free space above it. It also has ceilings inside with free space below them. However, the roof of my mouth is inside, like a ceiling, and has free space below it, also like a ceiling. Why don't we call it the ceiling of the mouth?


texts: Pronunciation of -ies, like the last syllable of "accessories" and "bees" in BrE

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Accessory
  noun BrE /əkˈsesəri/

What is the pronunciation of the last syllable of accessories?

/ r iː z /
/ r i z /
/ r ɪ z /

My guess is 3. / r ɪ z /

  Bee noun BrE /biː/

What is the pronunciation of the last syllable of bees?

/ b iː z /
/ b i z /
/ b ɪ z /

My guess is 1. / b iː z /


texts: In this context, can I say:"They drank two bottles"?

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teachers.

Normally, The amount of a bottle of wine is 750ml.

Yesterday, My friends drank 1500ml from the barrel,

can I say:

That means they drank two bottles yesterday.

Here, "two bottles" still means the wine, right?

Thanks a lot!


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The usage of "the" is really difficult. When it combines with the usage of plural nouns, it is hard to tell whether "the" should be used in front of the plural noun.  I searched the forum. There are some similar questions and examples, which I think I understand. But I am still not confident on this.
For example,

The App Store has remained unchanged in terms of general fee structure since it first debuted in 2008, and while policies have been updated, the development principles have remained the same.

Why not “the policies”? Can the readers know the policies are related to Apple Store? The policies are definite.

In response to claims that the App Store is anticompetitive because there are no alternate app stores allowed on the iPhone, Apple points to competition in the device and game transaction markets.

Why not “the claims”? The clause after "claims" is a modifier through which readers can know which claims?

The 30 percent fee that Apple charges is in line with the fees charged by other app marketplaces and software providers as demonstrated in a study that Apple had commissioned earlier this year, and Apple recently introduced the Small Business Program to drop fees to 15 percent for developers making under $1 million annually.

Why not “the developers”? Can those developers making under 1 million annually make a group? Can this group be definite?
(The above sentences are from the same article, which can be read here: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/08/epic-games-apple-conclusions-of-law/
)


texts: Is it sensible to say "Engineers find problems to solutions"?

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A teacher was telling us about engineering the other day and she said that engineers solve problems. I thought about it and came up with "Engineers find problems to solutions".

The sense of the statement:
Suppose something has a fault in it but, it is used as a solution to another problem. An engineers happens to find that problem in that solution.

So, would be correct to say "Engineers find problems to solutions"?


texts: Should one use the definite article before "peptide LC 10-28"?

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The examination of the mass-spectra showed an absence of the oxidized form of peptide LC 10-28, thus we determined only the contents of oxidized peptides HC 150-156 and HC 118-140.

I'm not sure about the use of articles here. Does the "where is room 301" rule apply here?

"LC 10-28" is a kind of code indicating the position of the peptide in the light chain of the antibody molecule. Looks like the number "301" in "room 301".

Or does it work like a proper name here, necessitating the use of the definite article?

  The examination of the mass-spectra showed an absence of the oxidized form of the peptide LC 10-28, thus we determined only the contents of oxidized peptides HC 150-156 and HC 118-140.

A peptide is not exactly like a "room", this is one thing that confuses me. Peptides differ in their length and amino acid composition.


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How to interpret the phrase 'do not will have to'?
For example:

Under the new system, although hospitality venues will be allowed to stay open until 11pm – with last orders at 10pm – only those that serve substantial meals can operate. It means pubs and bars that do not will have to close.

I understand that 'do not will' means 'do not want', for example: If you do not will it, It remains a dream.


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I want to say that someone had prepared the report and ,afterwards, spoke at the discussion based on their report.

  X spoke and delivered their report at the discussion.

Is it correct usage of this phrase?


texts: 'easy for you' vs 'easy to you' vs 'easy with you'?

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As a foreign person, it's hard to understand exactly and use the proper preposition.

I don't know whether following sentences are right. Also, I don't know the exact meaning of following sentences.

It's easy for you.
It's easy to you.
It's easy with you.

Could you tell me whether these sentences are right?
If not, answer me why that sentence is awkward.
If that sentence is right, answer me the exact meaning of that sentence and from which meaning of preposition that interprets is possible.

In advance, thank you!


texts: "Which" versus "that" when I can't put off the phrase by comma

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John takes a long sling, connects its one end to the cam which is inserted into the hole close by her and connects the other end to the climbing rope.

There are many cams. "The cam" refers to a particular cam. I think I should use which but some grammar references says I have put a comma before which. I don't think it's correct to put a comma before which.

Should I use that or which?


texts: Is "Whoever does not progress every day is in loss" good English?

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It is a quote from a not-English religious leader of many centuries ago. I like to know which rendering is the most natural. These have come to my mind:

1) Whoever does not progress every day is in loss.

2) A man who has not progressed from yesterday to today is loss.

3) If you do not progress on a daily basis, you are a loser.

4) A man whose two days are the same is a loser.

Which translation do you think is the best? How would you put this concept?


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When there is little; many people want to buy.

Can I change this sentence as following sentence?

  The less there is; the more people want to buy .


texts: Gaming in my second language, I met the phrase "I have shown the crystals to by companions...". I interested what "to by" could mean? It seems to me that "I have shown the crystals to companions" should be enough.


texts: How should I interpret this sentence? (the meaniing of the word "secure")

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I am not sure about the meaning of the word "secure" in the sentence below.

The purpose Christopher Columbus's journey was to find a way to safely bring black pepper from Asia and secure the kitchens of Europe.

"Secure" means 'to manage to get money or achieve something, often something difficult', so in the sentence can I interpret the sentence into that he took a journey to find a way to supply large amounts of pepper to Europe?


texts: Why does *spot* mean "to help someone with weights"?

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Thanks to a recent question on ELL, I discovered a new meaning of spot. User @John Feltz defined it as:

  In a gym, to "spot" for someone means to help them with heavy weights

The Oxford Dictionary Online defines the verb:

  1.4 (in weight training, gymnastics, etc.) observe (a performer) in order to minimize the risk of accidents or injuries.

Now, I understand that the verb to spot, meaning to see, pick out, or identify something, is derived from the noun spot, usually a small dark roundish mark or stain. Imagine seeing a ‘spot’ in a distance, if you can identify what it is, your eyesight must be very good. From there the leap to the British English trainspotter is relatively brief. To spot a train didn't mean to "see" a train coming, it meant finding, and  collecting steam trains' numbers, and their names. It was a fascinating hobby for British schoolboys and grown-up men during the 1950s and '60s (ahem...)

But in the US, how did spot mean to help someone not hurt him or herself in the gym? I don't spot the connection.


texts: What do native speakers make of hearing the phrase "disputed land"

texts: Does the phrase "disputed land" emphasize being under control, or being a subject in an arguments between countries. Based on dictionaries, both might be correct. As a native what do you make of it?


texts: What does 'a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood' mean in this English joke?

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Guys,

  I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. I think deep down I just did not want to know the truth, but last night she
  went out again and I decided to finally check on her.

  Around midnight, I hid in the garage behind my golf clubs so I could get a
  good view of the whole street when she arrived home from a night out with
  'the girls. '

  When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, which  was
  open, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on.

  It was at that moment, crouching behind my golf clubs, that I noticed a
  hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood.

  Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the pro-shop
  where I bought it?

What does that sentence mean in this English joke?

Edit: It surprises me that this question would get many comments and upvotes, thanks folks. I feel compelled to write an explanation. The reason I think this question isn't off-topic basic on:

  I never seen a real and clear golf club in my life, so when I look up those words, it quite stuck me there, because I can't form an image of what it specifically look like in details on my mind; In situation to understand something that's not exist to you before with a Dictionary seem very hard, because you has to form a concept of it from nearly nowhere. For example, if you are a Mandarin learner, when you encounter words like '礼金', '奶金', you might have a hard time to understand that even if you look them up in dictionary, because, as far as I know, there isn't similar concepts of them in English, that's where you might need to ask someone who understand Mandarin for an explanation, and understand the background and culture of those words that usually doesn't defined on a dictionary.


texts: What do I call a smaller section of a cave?

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I mean, in the context analogous to when there's a side road leading off a main road.
I look for a term that replaces such a 'side road' when I'm speaking about caves.
Is 'branch' a correct term or do I need to use something like 'passage' or 'section' and be more specific instead?


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Which is correct, "I like you the best" or "I like you best"?

And I hear " I like you most" is incorrect, so which is correct, "I love you most" or "I love you best"? Are there any rules that which one should be used?


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Is present perfect possible in "ever since [present perfect]"? I guess my question wasn't clear.

  It's been a long time since I've read an interesting book.

Isn't this usually

  It's been a long time since I read an interesting book.

Although this one doesn't use "ever since," I think it means something similar:

  Upon close inspection [I think this phrase could mean something like "ever since"], I found that it was wrong. I have made changes so please update it accordingly.

I'm kind of confused because I thought you were supposed to use past tense with ever since and present perfect in the clause that follows it:

  "I always thought it was wrong, but ever since I read it, I've been more confused."

But then, can you use past tense with past tense?

  Ever since I did that, it stopped bothering me.


texts: as was previously hoped all but 10 years ago - meanig of "all but" in this context?

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Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/1467926/world-war-3-russias-nuclear-weapons-fired-vladimir-putin-warns-u-s-of-more-corresponding-countermeasures/

  Unfortunately, Russia’s nuclear bombs are increasing in number, not decreasing as was previously hoped all but 10 years ago.

What does that mean in this context?


texts: Is it correct to use past perfect continuous with "during"?

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As soon as I realised the big box placed outside of my room, which had been making you feel inconvenient to go along the corridor during the past 3 days, now I would like to say sincerely sorry to you.

The period of the inconvenient time was happened 3 days ago till the time that I realised the problem. So is it grammatically correct to use the tense of past perfect continuous with the word "during" in this example?


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Harry stowed everything he needs into his trunk.
Harry stows everything he needs into his trunk.
Harry stowed everything he needed into his trunk.

May I know which of these sentences is correct?

I am a bit worried about using a past tense and a present tense in one sentence.


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It is stated in my grammar textbook that in American English people use “must not” when they want to say that something is improbable or it is improbable that somebody has done something:
American English:

It must not be broken, because I checked it before delivery.

British English:

It cannot be broken, because I checked it before delivery.

Later in the textbook, it is stated that we use “must not” to order someone that it is necessary that they do not do something:

This machine is very dangerous, you must not even touch it.

Now, my question is: can’t we use “can not” instead of “must not” for the first case? Because I think it’s clearer and it is even more logical.


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I want to know if the following sentences are correct or not.

  If you went to the party tomorrow, would you go with me?

  If you went to the party yesterday, why didn't you go with me?

  If you go to the party tomorrow, will you go with me?

Here's what I think the sentences mean:

The first one: "If you had the possibility to go to the party tomorrow, would you go with me?"

       Or maybe

"If you were to go to the party tomorrow, would you be willing to go with me?"

The second one: "If you did go to the party yesterday, why didn't you go with me?"

         Or maybe

"If you were at the party yesterday, why didn't we go together?"

The third one: "If you for any chance go to the party tomorrow, will you be willing to go with me?"

            Or maybe

"If you are going to the party tomorrow, would you like to go with me?"

I hope I got them right, please comment and let me know if I'm correct or not.


texts: "would you be surprised" vs "would you have been surprised"

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Which of the following is right grammatically? And why?

  Would you be surprised if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?

  Would you have been surprised if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?

If both are right , is there differences between them?


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i just read a comment on Facebook:

  Future grandpa will have more chances of stealing your girlfriend.

Can I use this sentence by another way:

  Future grandpa will have more chances to steal your girlfriend.

Nouns in English really make me confused.


texts: Does referring to a question in a statement reverts subject and verb?

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In my thesis (in maths) I would like to write something along the lines of:
"Given X it is natural to ask how close is it to being Y", where X is some object and Y is a property.
I'm not sure about the bold part; should it be "it is" instead?

My intuition is that the original version is correct since if we were to actually ask the question it would be "how close is X to being Y?".
However I can imagine there being a grammatical rule stating that whenever a question is referred to as a sentence it reverts to original subject and verb structure, but I couldn't find this on Google.

I came across this question that seems very similar to what I'm asking but I could not deduce from it an answer it my question.


texts: The correct word for filling out the application form

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I want to understand what is the difference between fill IN and fill OUT?

For example, you have some site's registration form and some of the fields are required.. How should looks like the error message:

lease fill out field A
Please fill in the field A

Thank you in advance.


texts: Do all adverbs come before another adverb modify it, or modify the whole sentence?

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Keith Tharpe was convicted of the 1990 murder of his sister-in-law, Jacquelyn Freeman, who had been accompanying his estranged wife. After shooting Ms. Freeman with a shotgun, Mr. Tharpe kidnapped his wife and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Source: Wall Street Journal, emphasis mine

Ostensibly, allegedly doesn’t modify sexually, and I mentally paraphrase it this way:

And [allegedly (as people think or talk)], he assaulted her sexually.


texts: A good noun to describe "complex details" of a project/model

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I've been struggling to find a good word to describe "complex entangled details" of a project.

Example:

  The model is too simple to describe [the complex details] of the project.

What's a good noun there?


texts: My favourite song [of/from/by] her is...

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My favourite song of her is...

My favourite song from her is....

My favourite song by her is...

Which sentence is correct? Which preposition do I use?


texts: When a woman leaves a lipstick mark on the rim of a cup

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I need to know whether the sentence bellow sounds natural in English or not. If not, then how shall one indicate it in a more natural way:

  Her lipstick mark left on the rim of the cup.

Please let me know if any further information is needed. For me, the sentence is expressive by itself. Meanwhile, for me as a non native speaker, it seems to be absolutely correct, but I doubt if a native speaker would say it in a more complete way or not. For instance, I've often seen the sentence below:

  Her lipstick left a red mark on the rim of the cup.

Where the color of the lipstick (as a compulsory/optional) details of the lipstick is mentioned in the the sentence. I doubt, if my sentence, sounds idiomatically natural to native speakers too.


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I don't understand the meaning of the interjection we do me old in this article. I can't find it on Google. Is it simply a typo for "we do mean old"?

  Florida International University professor and all around curmudgeon Stanley Fish is up to his old -- and we do me old -- tricks in the New York Times again.


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If I have a quarrel with somebody and say:

I can envision all your further words!

Is it appropriate in the context that I want to emphasise that all they words are a commonplace for me and they cannot persuade me to do something?
Or should I use a "predict", "forecast", etc.


texts: That puts us almost at the same age, actually. (Meaning in context)

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An interview between a show host and a famous guitarist.

A: Well, my guitar career has started shamefully back in 1974 when I was four years old.

B: That puts us almost at the same age, actually.

What does the B sentence mean?


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Suppose in an exam I am told to write a paragraph about "tiger"? Should I start with a or the?

A/the tiger is a ferocious animal. It eats flesh. It has four legs. Its skin is yellow with black stripes on it.

Do they both sound natural and grammatical?


texts: Which is better between "Friends you have more, more powerful you became" and "More friends you have, more power you will will have"?

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I want to say if you have more friend, you will be more powerful.

Which one is better in form?

Friends you have more, more powerful you became
More friends you have, more power you will will have

Does the above options correct?


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"You may want to use 20 squares of paper with the statement numbers on them to shuffle into appropriate piles "

What shuffles into piles? "You"or "paper" or "statement numbers"?
Can you explain why? Please try to make it simple and straightforward.


texts: "As beautiful a girl as you are" - subject / object / complement

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I'd like to get used to "As (adjective) a (noun) as ~" sentence pattern by making 3 different sentences.(subject, object, complement)

  As beautiful a girl as you are would never date me.

I think this is grammatically possible because "As beautiful a girl as you are" serves as a subject

  I met as beautiful a girl as you are in the library yesterday.

Here, "As beautiful a girl as you are" is used as a object and I think it makes sense.

  I'm not as beautiful a girl as you are.

"As beautiful a girl as you are" is used as a complement.

So, I think the 3 sentences are all possible to use, am I right?


texts: "Engineer at the Quality Assurance Department" vs. "Engineer of the Quality Assurance Department"

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Which preposition do we use? Which one is better here?

  John Smith, Process Engineer at the Quality Assurance Department.
  John Smith, Process Engineer of the Quality Assurance Department.
  John Smith, Process Engineer in the Quality Assurance Department.

This is from a table in an MS Word document. The column lists the names of employees who took part performing a particular task. Jonh Smith works in the QA Dept., another employee works for the same company, but in the Production Department, and so on.

I know that if it were the name of a company, not division, then we would use at. But maybe of is allowed (or even preferred) when we talk of a division or department.


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Can we consider the so in the following text as a pronoun? if no, what is its grammatical role?

  Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

Looks like it is functioning as the object of the verb does here.


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Does "as" mean "at the time that " in the following sentences?

"As he finished the speech, the audience burst into applause."
"As I was leaving, the phone rang."

Thank you very much!


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"I used to think it were my narrow attention span, but later I came to realise it was just the teacher".

In this sentence, I first describe a reality that is contrary to reality. Going by the book, the word "were" in the sentence should describe a subjunctive mood. Yet, to my ears at least, it seems a bit off-putting.

So the question is: was it correct to use "it were" in this sentence, or had it been more correct to use "it was" (if so, then why?)

Thank you.


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What does "movie-going" mean in this phrase? Can we use the same for other locations like the theater or the stadium?

  She isn't a movie-going person

Source:
https://twitter.com/tvs_movies/status/1224530855709827073


texts: What does it mean "might as well have "?

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I read the thread about "might as well have" on a website. But I still don't understand the last sentence in the following text. Would you please tell me what the last sentence means? Thanks!

Rachel: I know, but y’know condoms only work like 97% of the time.
Ross: What? What? What?!! Well they should put that on the box!!!
Ross: Well they should put it in huge black letters!!!!
Rachel: Okay Ross come on let’s just forget about the condoms.
Ross: Oh well I may as well have!


texts: Difference between 'an interim governor' and 'an acting governor'

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Would it be equally okay to say 'an interim governor' and 'an acting governor'? Is there any difference in meaning or connotations?

An incumbent, suppose, resigns, then the president appoints "an interim governor" (or "provisionally performing duties of a governor", as it's officially called in Russia) before an election is held. What would it be called in English?


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I have followed a few discussions about whether "on lunch", as opposed to "at lunch", is correct.

One opinion stated that "on lunch" indicates a status (on leave, on break) while "at lunch" is more likely conveying a sense of a person eating in a physical location.
Thus, I do not know whether "on lunch" is grammatically correct or it is just an informal, shortened version for "on lunch break".


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Once one of my professors who I worked with said that he was amoral; that is, neither moral nor immoral. I guessed that there was some difference between amoral and immoral.

I have referred to the dictionaries and searched on the Google for the difference in meaning but in vain because both amoral and immoral mean almost the same.

The oxford dictionary says "amoral means  behaving in
a way that shows you don't care if what you are doing is wrong. It means immoral as morally wrong.

I have understood that a person who is amoral or immoral is not concerned with the morals so I could not understand the difference between amoral and immoral.

Orient longman's word master  gives the meaning of amoral as having no understanding of the difference between right and wrong. It gives the meaning for immoral as "not in keeping with the principles of morality."

All these definitions have not clarified my doubt properly.

Could you please tell us the difference between the two with suitable examples and explanations.


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pleas read my sentences

i can read and understand all english words and sentences

but i have problem in writing

but i know all words meaning but can not write true

this question is example as my english writing you can view my another questions and english level

now my question is this : what i need more than to learn? ( grammer or more words? and what is best and fast way to learn?)

i want good writing then good speaking

(my main languages is persian and turkish)


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I am trying to write the acknowledgment section of my thesis.  I am trying to say that I have been in this place (the country where I am doing my thesis) for three years.

How to express this:

It has been almost three years in XXXX
It is almost three years in XXXX
Almost three years has been passed in XXXX

I am not sure which form is correct (may be none of them).
Thank you for your help.


texts: You hit your head on a piece of a block. And can I reduce this sentence and tell someone simply, "he hit on that thing" or he hit on it?


texts: What is 'pay their way through legal battles'

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I was reading an article and could not undertand the line marked in bold.

Crruption in high places is a malaise that is easy to diagnose but difficult to cure. Even in the rare cases they are arraigned before a court, top politicians often pay their way through legal battles, and spend little or no time in incarceration.

Please help.
Article reference :
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/The-conviction-and-after/article17302631.ece


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I read an essay about family tree and came across this sentence,

  ...has extensively researched the experiences of a 3x great-uncle who fought in the momentous Battle of Waterloo...

What does a "3x great-uncle" mean here? How to express it in a full and formal way?


texts: How to Convert a sentence to Interrogative in requesting way?

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Actually I have a scenario to rename the Query to slick (requesting
manner) way.

Statement:

  "Model not binding properly in nodejs"

Converted to Interrogative:

  "Why Model is not binding Properly in nodejs?"

It does not seem to be requesting . Is it good way to convert like above?


texts: If "want to" be pronounced as wanna, then what about "wanted to" and "wants to" and etc

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If "want to" be pronounced as wanna, then what about "wanted to" and "wants to"?

If "have to" be pronounced as "hafda" and "has to" be pronounced as "hasda", then what about "had to"?

If "need to" be pronounced as "needa", then what about "needed to" and "needs to"?


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A quote from The Economist (Higher education: The attack of the MOOCs):

  “Ads propelled radio and TV, why not education? There is a lot of
  misplaced snobbery in education about advertising,” says Mike Feerick,
  Alison’s founder.

Can the (a?) definite article be used here before "radio"? I've read that nouns denoting institutions of human society often take THE; my textbook mentions "the radio", "the press", etc.


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We started interviewing a Yeti with a microphone.

How do we ensure that we mean the picture on the right and not  on the left?

And how would we describe this one?

Edit, from the comments:

unlikely Yeti would hold the mic, so it is clear who is holding the mic. Replace Yeti with a person, say "Tom".
we could write extra before/after sentences to clarify, but would want to keep it short as one sentence.
it is important to clarify who is holding the mic.


texts: Wishes, words, and gifts *for* the birth?

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We would like to thank everyone for their heart felt wishes, kind words and wonderful gifts for the birth of our son.

Does this sound correct?  We aren't sure about using "for" in this situation.


texts: present perfect or past simple in this case for an event that has finished recently

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Restorers have returned the Leaning Tower of Pisa to its former glory after an eight-year restoration project in which they cleaned and partially straightened it.

Workers were using chisels and hi-tech laser technology to scrub grime from the more than 24,000 blocks of stone on the 183ft tall tower.

that was the solution given to that exercise but

Could we use have cleaned and have straightened if the restorers have returned, it shows that the restoration has been finished very recently and could it be the same with  "workers have been using "instead of "workers were using"
https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/presperf1b.html


texts: What is the term for titles such as "Alexander the Great"?

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Is anyone aware of how one might refer to this sort of title ?

I would like to submit this question:

  What would your <insert word I don't know> be if you were a monarch? (e.g. Frank the Foolish, or Hillary the Hot, etc.)


texts: What could be a plan status higher than "pro"?

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I am developing a web application that currently has a pro plan for users. What could be the appropriate word for the next level plan? I do not want to use the word ultimate because the word can restrict potential expansion in the future.
Would it be acceptable to have the word "premium" as the first level status and "pro" as the next level? As a native speaker, do you find it awkward to have pro as the next level of premium?

EDIT

The web service I am developing currently has a single plan named pro. The reason I named so is that the plan has all the essentials of the service and the next level plan will only add extra features to the existing service. The dilemma I have is that I can only implement the first level plan at current state. If I name it to something like basic with the next level in my mind, I suppose the sales  will not be satisfying without actually having the next level plan. So I should name it to emphasize its essential nature but at the same time should consider the future adoption of the next level plan. That's the reason why I came up with the name 'pro' and now am asking which name might be suitable for the higher plan. Since I do not have to stick to the name 'pro' for the first level plan, any suggestions of the names that meet the relationship I described : essential - advanced will be much appreciated.


texts: Confusion between "would" and "would have"

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A project was given to our group by our honorable project guide, and none of us started the project, nor have informed anything about the project. After two month's hush, our guide sent us an email, and threatened to cut the deal if we didn't show any progress. We panicked and started doing the project; within three days, we completed 65% of it. One of our fellow members sent an apology email to our guide, after he allocated some time for us to meet with him from his busy schedule, stating:

  Thank you very much for giving some of your valuable time to us especially after all the time we wasted.

The reply of our guide contained the following sentences, along with the confirmation of the meeting time:

  And about the apology, I hope you understand that it was not my time, but yours, that you wasted so far, and I really wouldn't mind if you did actually waste my time. It's your time and project completion that is at stake. I am happy that you are taking it seriously now.

The highlighted part confuses me. Should not it be "would not have minded"? The reason behind such thinking of mine is it isn't that our guide has not minded. Our guide minded, but later we were able to pacify him. Should not the phrase be "would not have minded"?


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Watching a movie, I've just heard of this lines:

A: "I'm just looking for Barbie. Is he around?"
B: "I haven't seen him."

I've always been confused about present perfect and simple past.
So why did B say so, not "I didn't see him." What's the difference?
 The dialogue appears to be from the first episode of Under the Dome and "Barbie" is the nickname for a male character named Dale 'Barbie' Barbara.


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I'm thankful (to/of) him for caring for my mother when I wasn't at home.

Which is the proper preposition to write there?
I already know that 'to' must be in the blank. But I think 'of' is fine as well, in that 'of' means 'relate' between 'thankful' and 'him'.
That is to say, it would mean that I am feeling thankful to him is related to him directly.
Why is 'of' not correct semantically?


texts: "I have never done it" vs "I have never been doing it"

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"I have never been dating."

I heard some non-native speaker said it. For me it should be just Present Perfect ("I have never dated.") Because my grammar book says that an absence of some action in the past up to now calls for Present Perfect. And "I have never done it" sounds better to me, more succint. I have no idea how it differs from "I have never been doing it."

I did search in Google, surprisingly, the continuous aspect ("been doing") is 35 times more popular.


texts: In terms of ranking, competition, is it idiomatic to say “won THE first place“?

texts: In terms of ranking, competition, is it idiomatic to say “won/took THE first place“? I have always used and heard it without the definite article.


texts: Phrasal verb: 'Ease someone on out' or 'Ease someone out'. How to use correctly?

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In the context of helping someone out in driving

Should it be 'ease me on out'  or can I simply say 'eased me out'?
Finally, is my constuction correct?

For Example

  I'm new to driving a car. My cousin eased me on out to ride through the narrow street.

I'm trying to say this: When I was learning to drive the car I got stuck in the middle of the street. It was not quite easy for me to drive futher without hitting any obtacle that come in the way. So my cousin helped me out and drew the car till we were off the narrow street.


texts: Someone/thing that a responder responds to is called?

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I know a Responder is a person or something that responds to a specific thing.

But what do we call a person or thing that a responder responds to? I think it's something with "respond" or "response" as its root.


texts: "as little as possible" vs. "as least as possible"

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I am not able to understand when "as little as possible" or "as least as possible" should be used.

For example, I cannot understand which is the more appropriate form in the following example

  Energy for transportation from heat source to evaporator needs to be as least as possible
  energy for transportation from heat source to evaporator needs to be as little as possible


texts: What is the meaing of "for" as in "a rare visit for somebody”

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Trump seeks to project confidence on economy at New Hampshire rally

  The rally marked a rare visit for the president to a state won by
  Democratic contender Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential
  race.

This "visit for the president" definitely is not "somebody made a visit for Trump."

So I wonder what that "for" exactly mean.

I looked up longman dict, but there are tons of meanings for "for".


texts: Which is correct 'Researches are going on' or 'Research is being carried out'?

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Researches is a verb. Can it be used in a context like:

  Researches are going on

OR should it be

  Research is being carried out?

Which is syntactically and semantically correct English?


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1 When you say about a bird in general, you say "This is a feather of a bird", you can also say "This is a bird's feather".

a. So when you say "These are feathers of a bird", so will you say "These are bird's feathers" or "These are a bird's feathers"?

b. You will not say "This is a cage of birds / This is a birds' cage", because there is not a cage belong to all birds in the world, right?

2 When you say about a bird in particular (the bird you bought yesterday), you say "This is the cage of the bird", you can also say "This is the bird's cage".

a. So when you say "These are the cages of the bird" (several cages for one bird), will you say "These are bird's cages"?

b. So when you say "This is the cage of the birds (the birds you bought yesterday / one cage of those birds)", so would you say "This is the birds' cage"?

When you say about a man in general, you say "This is a wallet of a man" / "This is a man's wallet", you can also say "These are wallets of men. / These are men's wallets.".

But you will not say "This is a wallet of men. / This is a men's wallet." because there is not a wallet belong to all men in the world, right?

But when you say about a men in particular (the man you told to me yesterday):

a. You can say "These are the wallets of the man." / These are the man's wallets.", right?

b. And if those are some men, you can say "This is a wallet of the men." / "This is a men's wallets.", right?

Thanks!


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What's the difference between 'turn round' to 'turn over' for the following contexts?

Let's describe two scenarios in order to make my question properly understood:

  a) A patient stand in front of a physician while his face sees the
  physician face. The physician wants to see the patient's nape which is
  located in the back side. Assuming the physician has two ways:
  "Please, turn round" or "Please, turn over". What's the correct one in
  this context?

  b) A patient lays on the bed in a supine position  (i.e. on the
  back). The physician wants to see the patient's back and he want's him in prone position (on the abdomen). Assuming the
  physician has two ways: "Please, turn round" or "Please, turn over".
  What's the correct one in this context?


texts: Difference in meaning between 'I'd be surprised if he hadn't/hasn't'

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"Has he tried to flirt with you yet?
  I'd be surprised if he hadn't."

  "Has he tried to flirt with you yet?
  I'd be surprised if he hasn't."

Is the first one more appropriate than the second?
And in both the sentences, I'm talking about present time.

Is there a difference between the two sentences?


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Is "up to" a preposition?

Example sentence: You can set up to 70%
Also is it the object of the sentence? Or it acts as prepositional phrase that modifies "set"?


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What is the difference between these?

I am going to run.
I am going running.

Do those mean the same thing as each other?  Do they mean the same thing as any or all of these next ones?

I am going to go run.
I am going to go running.
I will go run.
I will go running.
I will be going running.

I am teaching my student the present continuous construction with be going to as an alternative to will for expressing future events, and he asked me the difference between the first two sentences.


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Context

  A deadly overnight fire raced through a 24-story apartment tower in London on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring 74 others, police said. Witnesses reported seeing residents throw babies and small children from high windows to people on the sidewalk in a desperate effort to save them from the flames.
  .
  The inferno lit up the night sky and spewed black smoke from the windows of the Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, where more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze. A plume of smoke stretched for miles across the sky after dawn, revealing the blackened, flame-licked wreckage of the building, which was still burning over 12 hours later.

Are both 'blackened' and 'flame-licked' Adj?


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Source (news article): Russia to Start Bombing in Syria ASAP

Example:

  Russia has also sent 16 helicopters, two surface-to-air missile batteries, nine T-90 tanks, and enough modular housing to hold 2,000 Russian troops, up by 500 in just a matter of hours. U.S. officials believe there are at least 500 Russian troops on the ground now, presumably to serve as advisers to Syrian forces on the front lines and help them launch more precise artillery strikes and support their ground forces from the air.

I'm not really sure that I am following that particular sentence. The line up by 500 throws me off completely. What exactly does it say? And break it down for me in terms of grammar too, please.


texts: ‘I couldn’t agree more.’ (Is this sentence 'past tense' or 'present tense'?

texts:
‘I couldn’t agree more.’

Is this sentence 'past tense' or 'present tense' We need 'context'?


texts: What is the difference between civil liberty and personal liberty?

texts: Can anyone help me understand the differences in the meaning of civil liberty and personal liberty?


texts: Error Spotting : His parents usually spent / their summer in New York / but this year they are spending it in London

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His parents usually spent (A)/ their summer in New York (B) / but this year they are spending it in London.(C) No error (D)

What's the error in the above sentence ?

My books says part A is wrong . It says since we are talking about their habitual action we need to use spend, is this correct correction ? I am not a native speaker, to my ears spent sounds fine, may be Use of his is wrong here ?


texts: What does "only the best was good for you" mean here?

texts:
Elvira ... took something in her ... hand. It was a syringe and she
was stricking it into the ... drip tube....
What was that? Thomas asked.
Atempted murder. Insulin. Her Long was meant to die of a hypoglycaemic
coma...
why did she do it?
Ask her yourself....
"you tried to kill him" Thomas said.
"Who says so?" Elvira said.
"I saw it. It's all recorded on tape  ."
This jolted Elvira. "Her Long's room is filmed?"
"Only the best was good enough for you."
What does it show?
you injecting something into the drip ...

I searched online dictionaries. Only I found good enough for meaning. As a result, I didn't understand the sentence.
So, could you please explain it to me? What is the relationship between this sentence the before one?

Note: Elvira is owner of a company, the head of the family and Thomas's mother.

From Small World by Martin Suter.


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Written by people more or less knowledgeable about the subject and about the history of technology, these accounts tend to focus on the unusual and the spectacular, be it people or lines of research, and they often cede to the self-evaluation of their subjects.

This is a sentence excerpted from a history article by Michael S. Mahoney, "The History of Computing in the History of Technology."

What I cannot understand is the part of "be it people or lines of research". I know that 'be' and 'it' are inverted and that there is an ellipsis, but I don't know why and what is omitted.


texts:
What's the difference between the two? Example:

  Everyone thought it was a panther. As it turned out, that was precisely the case.

  Everyone thought it was a panther. It turned out, that was precisely the case.


texts:
I am wondering if you use the following phrase? Or, is it archaic? and is there any difference between except for and except with?

except with

Thanks


texts: Can I start apodosis with the phrase 'I'm going to'?

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Sentence:

  When McDonald makes it happen I'm going to try the sausage out

Protasis:

  When McDonald makes it happen

Apodosis:

  I'm going to try the sausage out

Question:

  Can I start apodosis with the phrase 'I'm going to', 'I maybe', 'Probably I will go', 'I think I will'


texts: Usually I hear all the acronyms (like ASAP) spelled out, even if reading them like they were a word would be possible. So my question is: is there a formal rule for the pronunciation of acronyms? Or would it be possible to pronounce them like normal words but for the sake of clarity this isn't done?


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I always feel uncertained when using apostrophe s. For example,

  company's rules.

and

  company rules.

I am not sure when to use apostrophe s. More examples

  The Pepsi's logo.

vs

  The Pepsi logo.

or

  The company's sales raise ...

vs

  The company sales raise ...

Or

  Thai culture.

vs

  Thai's culture

or even

  Thais' culture.


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Can someone explain to me how this second sentence is a bad pun?

“More wings?”

“Yeah, but just the medium ones this time. I’m not too hot on the honey barbecue kind.”

“Bad pun penalty,”

I didn't get it.


texts: Can “pecuniary” be used as a synonym for “financial”?

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pecuniary- MW

Pecuniary: of or relating to money

pecuniary needs
pecuniary rewards
Pecuniary advantage

  Does this word have an interchangeable use with financial?

DC

Financial: relating to money or how money is managed:

financial difficulties/success

financial affairs


texts: Meaning of the expression "flush right up"?

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I'm reading an Agatha Christie'es book, Appointment with Death and I don't understand this sentence:

  The boy flushed right up to the roots of his hair

The boy was pulling his hair? He was scratching his head a lot?

Thank you for the help


texts:
Example:

  I never drink tea. I never drink coffee.

I wonder how I can connect the above sentences using neither...nor. Is it correct:

  I drink neither ever tea nor ever coffee.


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Background: I have several skills like programming, data analysis, etc., which were learned when I was a graduate student, and I was a graduate student for 3 years, so how should I say like this:

...all these skills were obtained after almost three years' post-graduate training...


texts: What's the difference between "Have you slept" and "Are you asleep"?

texts:
If I ask someone:

  Have you slept?

  Are you asleep?

What's the difference in meaning?


texts: How idiomatic is "He cooks badly" vs. "He doesn't cook well" & "He cooks poorly"?


texts: Are the verbs "parlay" and "draw on" interchangeable?

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The definition for "to parlay" is

  to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater
  value

Examples sentences are :

  He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship.

  She parlayed $5,000 and years of hard work into a multimillion-dollar
   company.

He hoped to drawn on his basketball skills to get  a college scholarship.

She draw on $5,000 and years of hard work to create a multimillion-dollar
 company.

The definition for "to draw on " is :

  to use (information, experience, knowledge, etc.) to make something

Examples sentence are :

  I'll have to draw on my savings.

  The novelist draws heavily on her personal experiences.

I'll have to parlay my savings.

The novelist parlay heavily her personal experiences.

Even though they are not changeable directly since they are used in different sentence structures, I wonder if they convey the almost same meaning and can be changeable in case we retouch the sentences  above a bit. Another thing intrigued me that when I looked up the synonyms of the words which mean "to use" in general sense such as utilize, harness, employ or exploit , the verb "to parlay" never shows up as synonym.  I wonder if it is because it sounds a bit old also?

P.S. : The sentences in bold are my sentences I tried to transform.


texts:
If I had been serious about music when I was young, I might participate in the concert tomorrow.

If I had been serious about music when I was young, I might've participated in the concert tomorrow.

Are they both correct?


texts: Keep the wheels/gears of the company running/turning

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Which of these combinations are possible? Which one do you prefer?

It is your hard work that keep the wheels of the company running.

It is your hard work that keep the wheels of the company turning.

It is your hard work that keep the gears of the company running.

It is your hard work that keep the gears of the company turning.


texts: "shaky" vs "shaking" in the use with "old age"

texts:
Her hands were shaky because of her old age.

  Her hands were shaking because of her old age.

Are there any differences between "shaky" and "shaking"?


texts: Is it possible to write as follows "to make a change from A to B"

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This command changes (switches) a PC from a standby mode to a sleep
  mode.

I am trying to describe this without an object "a PC". My example is as follows:

  This command makes a change from a standby mode to a sleep mode.

Is this acceptable?


texts: "Let's call such terms for properties" or "Let's call such terms properties"

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I have run into some doubt in the exact wording when formulating definitions in English sentences. Which of these sentences are correct?

  Let's call such terms for properties

  Let's call such terms properties

In some simple sentences I have no doubts, such as in:

  Let's call this a cat

But in others I suddenly am not sure if I am missing a binding word, such as in (edited: a better example added):

  Let’s name such things to use in the kitchen for kitchen tools.

In this latter sentence, I really feel that I need the for to avoid messing up the understanding of the sentence. I am not sure if this for is just me mixing my native language into it, where you are allowed to say the sentence both with and without the for.

So, are such sentences missing a binding word such as for (or something else; maybe a comma?), and how are the rules about when to use it?


texts: Does "remembered to" mean that the action was done?

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John remembered to call Alex.

Does this sentence imply that John called Alex? Or does it merely mean that John remembered that he needs to make a call? That is, is the sentence

  John remembered to call Alex but John did not call Alex.

contradictory?


texts: Adjectives starting with capital letters?

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Adjectives are written starting with capital letters in english?
Example: I don´t speak German... or german?
In Spanish we write "alemán" not Aleman because it's an adjective
Would you answer me please? thanks!


texts: Phrases to describe firing several shots with a firearm?

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Do you know any phrases to describe firing several shots with a firearm?
I have seen a burst, is that natural?

The gangster fired a burst at the cops, then got into his car and speeded off.


texts: to lease property vs to rent / rent out property exact meanings

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Explain, please, where I am mistaken:
a) "to rent" is you take or use timely smb's thing or property for money.
b) "to rent out" is you give to smb your own thing or property for money.

1st question: to rent property is to lend thing or to borrow (timely for money)?
 2nd question: to lease = "to rent" and to lease out = "to rent out" as described in "a" and "b"?


texts: Why so many verbs in this sentence in the published book?

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There is a bird on the lawn that I think must be a nightingale come over on the Cunard or White Star Line.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, emphasis added)

Isn't it better to write "there is a bird on the lawn that I think must be a nightingale that come over on the Cunard or White Star Line."?

Is this common in native writing? Or speaking?


texts: Was one of those that "turned" or "turn" to...?

texts:
I think it should have been written "turned", right?

  It was one of those scheduled ten-minute meetings that turn into a two-hour meeting. [The New Yorker]


texts: Can I say "had better do this THAN do  else"?

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I'd like to form this sentence:

  For the sake of learning more, one had better seem to not know much than to know everything

However, I am not fully sure if I can use "than" with "had better" phrases; I want to express that this advice is better than another option, just as we can use for preferences rather... than

  I would rather do this than do that


texts: How to read this formula aloud: "f(x) = x²"?

texts:
f(x) = x2

Having heard this read only in Korean, I don’t know how to read it in English. What is the right English reading?


texts: Type of sentence, its structure and its parts

texts: I uttered these sentences in the class."First of all I will read a story for you people. Side by side I will give you the story map and you will do this activity in pairs."Is this utterance grammatically correct, if not why not?


texts: Is the sentence, "What are the properties that are part of that", a little bit redundant?

texts:
From a tutorial

Try to encapsulate everything that has to do with that object
into a class.
What are the properties that are part of that?
If you're making a rainbow, the properties
are the colors, potentially.

The last "that" in the sentence in question refers to an unspecified object and the properties are part of the object.
Is it a little bit redundant? How about just first part?

Try to encapsulate everything that has to do with that object into a class. What are the properties? If you're making a rainbow, the properties are the colors, potentially.


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In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting. Daring burglaries by armed men, and highway robberies, took place in the capital itself every night; families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to upholsterers’ warehouses for security; the highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light, and, being recognised and challenged by his fellow-tradesman whom he stopped in his character of “the Captain,” gallantly shot him through the head and rode away;

(Source: A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens.)

I am really wondering what the bold part means. Would any one please shine a light on it in a readily-accessible way?


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Here it is in context:

  When people appeared in Australia, many species died off. This is true of Europe. Think woolly mammoth.

What does it mean and why there is no article before "wolly mammoth"?


texts: Sentence Structure and a Phrase - Are these sentences correct?

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I havent learned english since 5 years, so I have joined an English lecture this year. I sometimes struggle with the sentence structure ...

Like this:

"Pandora, a moon the film is set on, ..." - Is this correct? In german it would be :D. Or is it better to say "The film is set on Pandora, a moon, ...

"If you want to know the result of this conflict ..."

"between ... and us, the humans" - "us the humans", can you say it like this? - "Result of this conflict ..." or is there any better way to say that, like outcome or ...?


texts: What does "a chunk of the bid is likely to have come from their own money" mean?

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Does it mean "they used their money to offset the purchasing price"?
For the Issas's purchase of Asda, a chunk of the bid is likely to have come from their own money, believes independent retail analyst Richard Hyman.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54343391


texts: Is it okay to use “are" in the sentence?

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Other than beach Wet & Wild, Sea World and Movies World are bring a lots for fun too.

is it ok I'm using "are" on the sentence ?


texts: "claim": What does this word actually mean in general context?

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Can anyone please help me explaining the weight of the word claim in general purpose sentences?

For example, if I say

  I will claim the amount.

Does it mean it is my right to get the amount, or it means that I may get the amount or may not?


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Source: http://online.wsj.com/articles/many-ukrainians-flee-to-russia-angry-afraid-determined-to-stay-1404333568?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

  Many of the summer facilities aren't winterized, so they will have to move come autumn, but they don't know where.

Is this just a fancier way of saying if autumn comes?


texts:
A headline of a news article reads:

  link
  As sequencing moves into clinical use, insurers balk

Do native speakers think that "move into clinical use" is not that well written?  Would "move into clinical use stage" be better?


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Frank was chatting with his neighbor when suddenly they heard a gunshot. They looked down the street to see a man falling to the ground and another man fleeing the scene on foot. Frank's neighbor quickly jumped in his car and screeched off toward the wounded man.

Is "screeched" natural to use when talking about a car driving off fast (with sound)?

Does "screeched" need "off" in this context?


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Is this usage possible and common?

  In order to provide a more accepting and comfortable setting for children with autism or other special needs, AMC movie auditoriums will have their lights brought up and the sound turned down, families will be able to bring in their own gluten-free, casein-free snacks, and no previews or advertisements will be shown before the movie. Additionally, audience members are welcome to get up and dance, walk, shout or sing - in other words, AMC’s “Silence is Golden®” policy will not be enforced unless the safety of the audience is questioned. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the event.


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An excerpt from Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts to Code by Jacquie Barker:

  As mentioned previously, one of the arguments against declaring public attributes is that the object loses control over its data, for as we saw earlier, a public attribute’s value can be changed by client code without regard to any business rules that the object’s class may wish to impose.
  On the other hand, when an accessor method is used to change the value of a private attribute, value checking can be built into the “set” method to ensure that the attribute value won’t be set to an “improper” value.

I don't understand that phrase. If it simply were as we saw earlier, then, yes, that would make perfect grammatical sense. But with that for at the beginning, I'm confused.


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I have term 31.3. and sentence "Teams are only allowed to have maximum of three games remaining on the day of the deadline."

I have question.
Deadline is 31.3 00:01 or 31.3 23:59?


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The campaign is barraging superdelegates in the South with requests
  for support. -NY Times

What's the meaning of "barraging" in this sentence?

I searched it in the dictionary('If you are barraged by people or things, you have to deal with a great number of people or things you would rather avoid.') but its meaning is still unclear to me.


texts: what is the meaning of 'that sounds too cynical of him'?

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I am reading the Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee.

It has '
He passed the bar immediately, though I know he never intended to practice the law or big corporate business. He wanted the credentials. But that sounds too cynical of him, which would be all wrong. He wasn't vulnerable to that kind of pettiness.'

I do not quite understand that sentence.
Thank you very much.


texts: When I finished University or When I finish University or When I have finished University

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I want to write about a future situation when I graduate my university.
I'm currently going to university.
What is best sentence and what is difference between the three?

  When I finished University
  When I finish University
  When I have finished University


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How do I know how to turn a statement into a question ? I read sometimes a different verb in the end than the one used in the statement before. I guess most of the time it has the following format:

<statement>, <question> ?

Examples (made up, not quoted):

He is quite fast, isn't he ?
He is doing it well, doesn't he ?
You can get quite angry, don't you ? (or "can't you" ?)
She isn't that beautiful, is she ?

Is this correct English ? How do I know which verb I need in the end ?

Update:

More examples:

I must go home, mustn't I ? (or "don't I" ?)
He plays well, doesn't he ?
She has a beautiful nose, hasn't she ?
I can't do it, can I ?

So if I have an auxiliary verb in the statement, can I just "negate" it in the question ?
When I have no auxiliary verb do I always use "do" and negate it (according to the statement) ?

Auxiliary verbs (source):

to have
to do
to be

Auxiliaries:

can
may
will
shall
must

(I'm lacking technical terms, sorry. I'm not native English.)


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Is it a correct sentence? Can I use "into there" in this context?

  "We travel through the time into the black hole, let's come back home into there."


texts: What does here "backyard trail warrior" mean?

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Here is the whole paragraph:

Through the years, I’ve trended off into the mountain riding scene and
that’s where my heart lies. Today though, I’m going to share with you
some tips that might help you decide what is the best snowmobile for
you. It doesn’t matter if you’re brand new to the sport, an ice
fishing enthusiast, a backyard trail warrior or getting serious about
loading up and heading high up into the alpine, I can guarantee you
one thing… There is a snowmobile out there for you!

I am not a native English speaker and, to be honest, I did not really get the idea of this play on words. As an option, the author probably wanted to say that it is a person who conquers roads. Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance!


texts: The relationship of/between company x and company y

texts:
The relationship of company x and company y
The relationship between company x and company y

Which one is the best for the context of law terms?


texts: Is it fine to say in comparative degree?

texts:
D.r A.P.J Abdul Kalam was more wise and highly-educated than you think.

Is it ok to place in that sentence “highly” before “educated” to make comparative degree with compound adjective?


texts: Is "Do you have any advice by any chance" redundant?

texts: I don't know if it's ok to say this sentence, and if not what I should say instead. Does it sound redundant ?


texts:
What does I am all stomach mean?

A: ‘’It’s my turn for a gift. I would like to take you to lunch. To my favorite spot.’’
B: ‘’I am all stomach, professor!’’

Lonely Man Full of Love


texts:
The Wiktionary gives the following as an example sentence for the use of 'nicety':

"We met the new captain while we were taking enemy fire and were
unable to observe the niceties of formal introductions."

In the sentence, what does the expression 'taking enemy fire' mean?


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Is it correct if I use it in this sentence?

  If we pull one's hair, it could hurt the scalp.

I'm using it because I'm referring to the action of pulling hair. So the action could hurt the scalp but I feel like the sentence sounds weird with the usage of it in there.


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Let's say you're running a marathon and someone catches up, runs faster than you, and wins the run at the last minute.

Did the person who catch up to you and won the marathon passed you while you were running or did they cut you off and passed you?

Does pass alone explain the idea that the person ran faster than you and won the race or do I have to have cut me off after that to sound more natural and explain the action?


texts: Demonstrative vs Personal Pronoun, "This is John" vs "I am John"

texts: Why people introduce themselves on phone by saying "This is John" instead of "I am John"? Which one of "this" and "I" or "he/she" is preferable in different circumstances?


texts: Why do the pronunciations of "ion" given in the Longman Dictionary and the Cambridge Dictionary differ?

texts:
Ion
   /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪən, ˈaɪɑːn/
  (LDOCE Online)

OR

  Ion
  UK   /ˈaɪ.ɒn/ US  /ˈaɪ.ɑːn/
  (Cambridge Dictionary)

Why does the pronunciation of these two words differ in these two sites?


texts: How to understand this question 'what did you shop for?'

texts: I clearly understand the meaning of 'what did you shop?' But I don't understand this 'for' at the end.


texts: Which tense of main verb follows "could" and "would"?

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I am really confused with the following sentences.

  • I could do my work earlier.
  • I could did my work earlier.

And

  •I would do exercise if I was in your place.
  •I would did exercise if I was in your place.

From both, which one is correct?
And if both are correct, then what's the difference between them?
Please answer timely because I am having the exam of English grammar tomorrow.


texts: Why is “Dunerider” 4 syllables instead of 3 syllables?

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According to https://www.howmanysyllables.com/, “dune” and “rider” are 1 syllable and 2 syllables respectively, but “Dunerider” is 4 syllables.
I don't understand.
The first word of a close compound noun is usually stressed, so “Dunerider” should pronounce [ˈd(j)uːnraɪdə], right?
I feel "Dunerider" should be ˈd(j)uːn-raɪ-də, 3 syllables. If it is 4 syllables, is it ˈd(j)uː-n-raɪ-də?

related question: A better parody of “traitors, Rattlesnakes and alligators”


texts: Does speaking generally mean all with no exception?

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"People are nice" - All the people with no possible exception are nice?

What if we say then: "People are nice. However, there are some who are not".

"A computer is a reliable tool" - There can't be any unreliable computers?

And is my theory correct:

When talking generally grammatically it means all of a group with no exception.

In real life it is perceived that "there are more entities of certain type in a group (more nice people among people, more reliable than unreliable computers and so on)". Like some average estimation.

And if the group we are talking about is relatively small (10-15), that we would more probably think that the speaker talks about all at all.

Correct?

Thanks.


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One would be evaluated based on:
  1. what one does.
  2. what is available to ----.

Some use "her" for the blank above. I want a gender-neutral pronoun. Can I simply use "one" again?


texts: companies that mapped (the, 0) shale reserves

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A quote from the Economist ("The Father of Fracking")

  His company counted on support from various government agencies,
  including those that mapped the shale reserves (demonstrating that
  they were plentiful) and promoted the development of technologies such
  as diamond-studded drill bits.

Does THE here points at some specific reserves in the territorial sense (say in the US, not anywhere or in general)? Is it the parenthesized "demonstrating that they were plentiful" that makes the use of THE imperative?

If the parentheses are cut, can we substitute "THE" with the zero article? Would that switch the meaning from "US reserves" to reserves in general (reserves-mapping firms in general)?

  His company counted on support from various government agencies,
  including those that mapped shale reserves and promoted the development of technologies such as diamond-studded drill bits.

Is that O.K.?


texts: Is it correct to use "too" in "Same to you, too" for emphasis?

texts:
My friend and I had the below conversation on some occasion (let's say the new year).

  F - Happy New Year.
  Me - Same to you :).
  F - I wish you have a great year ahead, full of happiness and Success.

To this I reply..

  Me - Thanks a lot. And Same to you, too.

I used "too" here for emphasis. Is the usage of "too" incorrect or redundant here?


texts: I have never seen her wear trousers. Why not use ‘she’ instead of ‘her’?

texts:
I see a sentence in my book: I have never seen her wear trousers.

And I think we should use she instead of ‘her’.
Am I right?


texts: What does "take the soapboxing over to Pat's Pub" mean?

texts:
Take the soapboxing over to Pat's Pub.

I came across this sentence in an online discussion forum. Obviously, there was a debate. Although I had some meaning of the sentences, I would like to know its full explanation.


texts:
A: I have eaten them.
B: I ate them.

Which answer is better to the question "Where are my cookies?"


texts:
David is not very fit. He does not do any sport.

VS

  David is not very fit. He is not doing any sport.

Which is grammatically correct? What is the difference in meaning?


texts: Differences between past simple + future simple /future in the past

texts:
Let's consider the following sentences :

  He didn't know that we will soon buy a new house.
  He didn't know that we would soon buy a new house.

I believe that both of them are gramatically correct, but they express different things.
In the first case the action refers to the future i.e. he wasn't aware that in the near future we are going to buy a new house. The second one has the same meaning, but in this case the action of buying the house is in the past i.e. we have already bought it. I would like to know if I am right.


texts: Asking for instruction with present and future simple

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What is the difference when we ask for instruction with simple future and simple present. For instance:

  Where do I pay?

and

  Where shall I pay?

Both of these sentences ask for instruction. Are there something differences between them?


texts: Their relationship with (relationship plural or singular)

texts:
I saw a title of an article:

happiness, anxiety and their relationship with diseases

I am confused. Why it is "their relationship", not "their relationships". Shouldn't there be two pairs of relationship? One between happiness and diseases, the other between anxiety and diseases!


texts: Which variety of English is used outside of the UK and the USA?

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One of my problems in using English is I don't know well which variety of English I should choose in written speech. I know there are at least two: British English and American English. They do have some differences, e. g. you spell the words as centre and colour in BrE, but center and color in AmE. There are also certain differences in pronunciation, grammar rules and so on.
My question is: what variety or dialect is used in English-speaking countries other than the United Kingdom and the United States? Examples: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana or Nigeria etc.
Or imagine if two people communicate in English, but none of them has English as his native language. E. g. one person is Russian and another is Greek. What variety or dialect of English would be appropriate for them to use?


texts: Is the phrase "Could I then..." correctly used in the following sentence?

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The universe was so infinite, so immense, I felt it'd never fit inside
  my heart. Could I then just ignore its existence?

I'm not very sure why, it sounds a bit weird. Maybe because it's not a common usage?


texts: Main stream synonym of "clown fiesta" meaning consummate display of ineptitude

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I seem to remember having read or heard a possibly compound noun describing a hilariously incompetent performance. The context at the time was football (soccer).
Trying to remember what it was I came up with clown fiesta but that appears to be a rather niche term "used by the League of Legends gaming community". (I don't even know league of legends, so I wonder where I picked that one up.)
If the field of inexpertise is specified I think "comedy" as in "comedy defending" (context: football again) can be used but I am looking for a stand-alone term.


texts: "worth to be verb-ed" vs. "worth verb-ing"

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I read somewhere that Kynesian theory was contradicted, and therefore worth to be abandoned, ...
  —Dorigo G., in a comment on Paul Krugman's blog

My grammar book says that this sentence is wrong:

  The car isn't worth to be repaired.

Whereas, this sentence is correct:

  The car isn't worth repairing.

But in Dorigo G.'s sentence, the clause worth to be abandoned is used and this clause seems to have the same structure of worth to be repaired—e.g.,"worth to be verb-ed".

Is Dorigo G. wrong? Or are there differences between the grammar under his sentence and the grammar under the example sentences reported by my book?


texts: When you remember some past sweet memories and want to mention to them

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Suppose you are recalling a sweet memory from the past and you remember a specific person / event in which you e.g. laughed / was very happy a lot. How would a native call that moment / event / person / scenery etc. at the time being (when he / she is remembering it)? The only way I think it should be translated from my mother language is:

  May it always be brought happily to mind.

I would be thankful if you help me find the best way to say it.


texts: "That three days ago comment" - when referring to a comment

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Is it correct to specify the period of a comment since its insertion when referring to it, like instead of saying:

  There is a comment that has been submitted three days ago in which it has gained more popularity than yours.

I would say:

  That three days ago comment has gained more popularity than yours.

?

And would that part (three days ago) function as an adjective of the noun (comment)?


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As per Cambridge Dictionary, the usage of "attract" is:

  attract sb to sth They are trying to attract more holiday-makers to the area.

Is it grammatically correct to use "attract sb to do sth"?

  The government has made lots of policies to attract specialists to immigrate.


texts: What does the word "Print" mean on a form?

texts: I find the wording of this form confusing. What should I write next to "Signed" and "Print"?


texts: present continuous for a future plan that is only involving you

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Can we use present continuous for a future event even it involves only yourself
If you are a student can you say I am working tomorrow or is it better to say  I am going to work tomorrow as only  the person working is involved


texts: Usage of "At most" at the beginning of sentence

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I wrote:

  At most, a handle and a pattern can be defined for every node of the tree. For each node a sub-tree, which at most equals the whole DOM-tree, must be revisited; therefore, N is multiplied by N in the formula.

I try to explain the reasons for a formula, I describe the worst case. In the sentence above by "At most" I want to say "the most number of the patterns equals the whole number of nodes of a tree". Did I used "At most" correctly in the right position?


texts: Can "is" be omitted in "is to be held on 14th April"?

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While reading an article online I found a sentence:

  Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013 is to be held on 14th April
  2013 has been postponed and now will be held on 28th April 2013
  (Sunday)

Is this sentence correct? I think is is not required here?


texts: How do I say movie is no longer played in the theatre?

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What is the proper verb to describe that the movie is no longer played in the theatre, to express following?

The movie will be closed in the theatre on this Sunday.
To see with wide screen in the theatre, we have to go for that movie until Sunday.


texts: Is it OK to use F-words in English culture? I hear my co-workers saying What the fuck or a slang containing "fuck" sometimes. Does it depend on if you are a woman or a man saying it? Or does it depend on if any woman is around? If it is not really inappropriate why don't they say it in front of their kids or on Kids' TV programs?


texts: Usage of "an algorithm was proposed that"

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Is it good English to say

  An algorithm was proposed that <does something>.

as opposed to

  An algorithm that <does something> was proposed.

?


texts: what does "What need did i have to go to Portugal?" mean?

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I've been reading the book, "life of pi" and I saw the sentence, "What need did I have to go to Portugal?" in the book.

I don't understand that "what need" part...
at the moment I just assume that it means like "why did I have to go to Portugal?" or "What need did make me go to Portugal?"

What does that sentence mean exactly? and is that grammatically correct and used normally?


texts: What does the phrase "tight level design" mean here?

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I am not sure about the meaning of the phrase "tight level design" in the following sentence from a combat game's description:

  The tight level design and many opportunities for vertical gameplay
  mean players will need to bring their A game if they want to stay
  alive in this highly competitive theater of war.

I know the lexical meanings of the word tight, but cannot figure out which of them suits here.


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Can I say

  Let we do it

Instead of

  Let's do it

One more question. Because let's is a contraction of let us, so can 'us' be a subject? Isn't 'us' only used as object?


texts: Adjective for having enough and satisfactory food

texts: I have eaten enough food. The food was delicious and may be I have eaten a lot more than required. I enjoyed it. Now I am very happy about it. How to describe this? Should we say "I have had enough food/ satisfactory meal" or should it be "a decent meal". Somebody suggested me "bellyful" which I don't think is right in this situation because 'bellyful' talks about only quantity. Please suggest right vocabulary.


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This is a weeping song /  A song in which to weep.

I would like to ask how I should understand the passage in italics. Is it possible to paraphrase it as "a song which forces us to weep". Is this a standard structure or is this – for me a little bit odd – condensation of the adjective subordinate clause  used because this is the lyric.


texts: Can we use "would have had" to speculate about past?

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Can we use "would have had " to make a guess about the past?
For e.g.

He would have had those dollars!

(We don't know if he has the dollars but he might have had them)