texts: Houses, Flats, Shops comes in which category?

texts:
I'm building an application for managing Rent for houses, flats and shops and I came to point where I wanted to give the Main Menu a name.

I named it "residentials" at first, but it seemed to me "residentials" are only places where people live, shops are for work, so shops might not come into the category of "Residentials".

So next thing I thought about was "Property", but I am not sure about that too.

I am not good with English, what name should I give to this category and the website name also depends on it.


texts: If conditionals "would seem like you are / were" and more

texts:
If you had given the answer, you would seem like you are / were on my side.
if we were to be chased by mob, so help me, would kill you even you are / were my bestfriend.
if I were given a chance to prove that I am / was / were honest, I would still lie.
if you could coddle the infection, they can amputate it once.
(Lyrics from Mama by MCR)

What type of sentence conditional is this? It has simple past in the if clause and simple present in the main clause, right?


texts:
A good place to begin is to add or subtract one-half kg for every 20 kg of body weight, plus
one-half kg for the weight of your equipment.

Does this mean to add or subtract 0.5 kg for every 20 kg of body weight, and then add 0.5 kg?


texts: The girl deserves your attention more than he/him

texts:
Which one is appropriate? he or him ?
I think there are two acceptable answers:

The girl deserves your attention more than him.
The girl deserves your attention more than he does.


texts:
Is it necessary that the tense of the entire sentence should be the same?

In the following sentence

  I declined the invitation not because I did not want to go, but because I have no time.

According to my book have must be converted to had, because the sentence is framed in the past tense.

But I think the above sentence is correct, because if I never have time is a fact, then it (I never have time) will be true in all the tenses, and hence use of present indefinite tense is not wrong


texts: I'm checking an update before release and as I was checking everything out, I realized the English version of our product uses "Payment mode" as caption for payment methods. I wasn't exactly sure if it was an accepted term or not. I know mode of payment exists, but I've never heard of "payment mode".


texts: How to understand "Roses are red" in this context?

texts:
I stumbled across this answer on The Workplace, where the OP has done freelancing work but had their remuneration withheld. The answer opened with

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Pay me.

Some quick Google-ing turned up the Wikipedia article suggesting "Roses are red" comes from classic poetry. This left me even more confused about the quotation in the answer. I had two hypotheses without making sense out of either:

Both "roses are red" and "violets are blue" are straightforward facts, implying whatever follows would also be "straightforward", in a manner similar to "because (...), (you should) pay me".
It's just some (random) poetry trying to make the "Pay me" word less absurd or blunt.


texts:
My two-year-old kid recently started to speak English and it made me happy and worry in the same time because I could teach her wrong English.

I often ask her ''can I hold you?'' means that I want to cuddle her.
She mimicked it last night said ''hold you? hold you?.
She meant that she wanted me to pick her up and swing her for night sleep.
I corrected her that ''hold me up''.

Am I wrong?
Should she say ''pick me up'' ?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thank you:)


texts: subject vs subject-complement; inversion

texts:
Oxford Guide to English Grammar; John Eastwood; Oxford University Press 1994-09

Page 56

  We can also sometimes put a complement in front position.

  They enjoyed the holiday. Best of all was the constant sunshine.

  The scheme has many good points. An advantage is the low cost.

  Here the subject (the low cost) is the important information and comes at the end.

How about viewing "an advantage" as the subject while viewing "the low cost" as the subject-complement, and there being no inversion?

How about viewing "best of all" as the subject while viewing "the constant sunshine" as the subject-complement, and there being no inversion?

related: What's the grammatical structure of "all three of them periods"?


texts:
In the word Facebook what do face and book particulary mean?

I think that face means biography, a self-portrait, a history of a person.
And book means a catalogue like in A book of spells.


texts: When you are looking for someone to carry your load / burden at a hotel, at an airport etc

texts:
Imagine you have just arrived to a hotel and checked in. You have two big and heavy suitcases and you are looking for the carrier. I am going to find out if my self-made sentence works here naturally and if not what a native speaker would say here to indicate exactly what I am going to convey:

  Who can I ask to carry my burden / load?

It seems to me that my sentence structurally and grammatically is correct, but I have no idea if it is natural.


texts: The letter p "consumption" seems odd for me. Why does it not similar to "collect"+"ion"->"collection"? Is there any other similar noun?


texts: "Bare infinitive" vs. "perfect infinitive" in past time narration

texts:
They emerged from the tunnel and were on the airport highway, with its
  lights on both sides attached to tall standards. Witty had watched
  Hardy operating the automobile at first, and had not spoken. He began
  to play with Yolanda, who was on her mother's lap, before they reached
  the airport highway. The three adults on the back seat were amused as
  Yolanda played enthusiastically with her uncle's animated fingers as
  he reached back over the front seat.

  Hardy was completely absorbed with the driving and maintained his
  speed just below the posted limit. He wished he had known Nancy
  longer, and he could be sure that he was in love with her.

  Perhaps they might be married by this time. He would kiss her for the first time before she boarded the plane bound for California. [The italics are mine.]

  His previous thoughts about her had not been desirous, although he was sure  they would have soon become lovers. “When she and Mamie and Albert reached California, she promised to send him their address, and he told her that he would be out there very soon. It did not seem proper, somehow, for him to tell her of his secret plans to marry her, so he did not mention it.  How would she look when she became pregnant, he thought.

  They would have one other child with Yolanda. Nancy's figure was
  beautiful, and he would have it distorted only once with pregnancy.
  This would be for their son. [The italics are mine.]

  Quid Pro Quo -The Story of a Riot and the Cleavage
   By David McIntosh

If we set the narrative time as the present tense, the sentence in the fourth paragraph would be:

  His previous thoughts about her was not desirous, although he
  is sure they would have soon become lovers.

I don't understand why the counterfactual 'would have become' is used here. Soon has a past future time reference here, why not just say "although he was sure they would soon become lovers" instead?

Secondly, the past tense verbs in italics in this passage are clearly in free indirect discourse; they narrate the train of thought in Hardy’s mind, which could be otherwise represented in direct speech as:

  ‘We may/might be married by this time. I will kiss her for the first
  time before she boards the plane bound for California.’

  ‘We will have one other child with
  Yolanda. Nancy's figure is beautiful, and I will have it distorted
  only once with pregnancy. This will be for our son.’

Since by this time has past time reference, I think the quoted sentence should be "they might have been married by this time" rather than "they might be married by this time". Why did the writer use the bare infinitive form over the perfect infinitive form?


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What is the function of the word upon in the sentence in the following paragraph? Which word can be replaced with it ?

  On February 1st, 2003, the seven crew members of the Space Shuttle
  Columbia perished when the shuttle disintegrated upon reentry into
  Earth's atmosphere. But is there a way that NASA could have rescued
  the crew while the shuttle was still in orbit?

http://io9.com/how-nasa-might-have-been-able-to-rescue-the-columbia-cr-1531638458


texts: Should I use "was" or "were" when presenting "a X and a Y"?

texts:
Example:

  The only house-like feature/features was/were a window and a
  double-layer roof.

What's the correct option and why?


texts: Should I use a gerund or a regular verb in this sentence

texts:
Consider this sentence:

  One can observe a sharp fall in/of the IL’s electrostatic potential occurs/occurring in/at the center of bulk water.

Is it "occurs" or "occurring". The sentence explains an observation. I could also  remove "occurs".  However, I don't know which is correct if I want to add a verb to this case.


texts: "Much" used as an adverb in an affirmative sentence?

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For much:

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/150754/differences-between-very-and-very-much-as-adjective-modifiers

An understanding of a sentence - much + adverb

Is "very much" an adverb or an adjective?

But it still doesn't explain how "much" as an adverb, can be used or not used.

It read that you would say "You worry too much", but not "You worry much".
Not being used alone with a verb.

It's said here:

  Warning:
  We don’t use much in affirmative clauses:
  I hadn’t seen my mother for a month. I’d missed her a lot.
  Not: … I’d missed her much.

  We use much in questions and negative clauses to talk about degrees of something. We put it in end position:
  I don’t like the sea much.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/grammaire/grammaire-britannique/much-a-lot-lots-a-good-deal-adverbs

I've found this in many other forums/sites:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/i-work-a-lot-but-not-i-work-much.2892135/

  People just don't use "much" in positive statements, Madagascar. I'm not sure there is any special reason for this practice, but grammar rules are often arbitrary. You certainly have the right idea about when and when not to use "much".

I'm really surprised, because I've heard many native English speakers that don't know this rule.

So, is this rule applied only by Cambridge?


texts: "the rolls come in an assortment of sizes" what does that mean?

texts:
It sound like the tutorial is saying

  the kit is a variety of
  materials you would use to insulate
  between three to five windows. just like
  the adhesive tape and caulking, these are
  also simple to install and the rolls
  come in an assortment of sizes.

the kit mentioned above refers to this kind of things

I cannot understand the last part "the rolls
come in an assortment of sizes".

I guess the rolls mean some kind of tapes

assortment means "a miscellaneous collection of things"

does that part mean that the kit contains a miscellaneous collection of things that suitable to a variety of dimensions?


texts:
What does "tease" mean in football (soccer) context?
36 min: Barnes teases Alexander-Arnold down the left. He works enough space to chip a cross into the centre. Henderson can’t reach it, and it falls towards Vardy, who tries to steer a downward header into the bottom right, but sends it straight into Alisson’s arms. Great chance!


texts:
I want to know if this sentence is grammatically correct.

Is there anyone else who have access to admin panel?
If so, please provide us all ip addresses from all users in order to monitor your website traffic.


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I was reading about the story of the markup languages and noticed that the term markup came from the phrase to mark up.

I'm confused about what does up mean in this context. I learned in school that the word up means all in many phrases. For examples, eat up, and drink up. I'm not sure if up means all in to mark up because what is the meaning of "all" in this context?


texts: What does "embraced its re-discovered freedoms with gusto" mean?

texts:
Reading this article, there is a line,

But Kazakhstan, home to 18 million, embraced its re-discovered freedoms with gusto. Family-oriented Kazakhs went back and forth to see relatives, and police would routinely bust wedding parties of up to 100 people as large gatherings were still banned. Cafes and gyms were busy again, and borders were opened to ease travel

Since I would not like to make this question so long, I take the meaning "embrace" as "to welcome or accept eagerly : attach oneself to : avail oneself of readily", and gusto as "vitality marked by an overabundance of healthy positive and often unrefined vigor and enthusiasm".
My questions are:

Is my understanding of each term correct?

What does the bold line mean in the context of the whole line?


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I was discussing a topic on English usage and found conflicting opinions on the following:

  Our team is a few players short.
    or
   We are a few players short.

One opinion was that this is not correct. Is that true? Could I say that or not?

The suggestion was to say it like this:

  We are short of a few players.

which another commented deemed incorrect, unless it goes on like this:

  We are short of a few players to beat the other team.

So I am really confused. In addition, if I supplement the sentences above, would that work?

  Our team is a few players short of being invincible. We are a few
  players short of being invincible.


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Is it possible to use Continuous tenses together with 'until'? For example

  I will be working until 8 a.m.

In my opinion, Continuous sounds pretty logical since we're emphasizing duration, but I've met only Simple tenses in every book or article I've read so far.

EDIT:
I've found this example:

  I won't be seeing Judy until/before Tuesday.

Can I use 'I won't see Judy until Tuesday' and what's the difference?


texts: Can you explain the rare uses of preposition 'for' here?

texts:
Some different sentences use for in a manner distinct from the usual:

  I was in for a rude shock in college.
  You are good at it for a girl.
  She does it because for you.

The 3rd seems to be a bit weird.

Also, there are some sentences which seem to be missing the preposition for ,

  Draw (for) me some money.

The 'draw' refers to the painting.


texts:
Why do we need comma in the following sentence?

  This is Gabriel, who I told you about.

Is it correct without comma?


texts: "Where" or "How" for asking " in nature"

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Bti is found in nature.

If I make a question on the word "in nature", which question word will be suitable? The doubt is that I think "in nature" is meant for " the way Bti lives".

  Where is Bti found?

  How is Bti found?


texts:
I do not have a context for the sentence but I need to know the meaning and an example sentence.
I cannot find it in any dictionary.


texts: How are numbers such as thousands or millions pronounced?


texts: What's the meaning of "seems out of" and "proportion" in my sentence?

texts:
The skull seems out of proportion with its thick, heavy body because it is so narrow and the jaws are delicate and fine.

What's the meaning of "seems out of" ?


texts: In The chart shows information, should I pronounce [s] or [z] at the end of shows?


texts: What determines the position of the adverb? Example: I could never learn to swim.  or  I never could learn to swim.


texts: Can I drop the /r/ sound if it's in the middle of a word?

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I have no difficulty pronouncing the /r/ at the beginning of a word( like red, rock,...). And, i feel comfortable pronouncing the /r/ when it ends a word or a sentence( like actor, waiter,...). But, in case of words like "harmonic", "superman"; if I pronounce the /r/, I feel like it's a bit slow, and difficult.

So, can I just drop that /r/ in the middle of a word; and do natives do that ?


texts:
Is this sentence correct?

  Give an example sentence:

I'm not sure whether there is a phrase ' example sentence' or not.

I always use:

  Give an example:

or

  Give a sentence as an example:

or

  other better sentences?

What would be the best way to ask someone to provide me with a sentence as en example?


texts: "The children are happily playing" — grammatically correct?

texts:
I would like to seek clarification on this sentence.

  The children are happily playing.

Is it grammatically correct? Or should there be a place as an object to follow?


texts: Can you explain this kind of tense usage?

texts:
Source

  Tear up the scroll and the beast goes back to the place it came from.

I heard it in an anime episode, refer to the video at 14:00. I thoughf it should be will go back. Explain, please.


texts: Does the combination of words “Goals” Challenge together make sense?

texts: I’m looking for domain name for project. It’s basically a challenge that you have to accept and get your goals done. I came up with Goals Challenge, but my friend told me that those two words together don’t make any sense, as those are synonyms. What do you think? What if I put like “Goals” Challenge, means “Goals” is a name of the challenge.


texts: Is there missing subject in 'a credit to whichever house becomes yours'?

texts:
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and
  Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced
  outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your
  triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will
  lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most
  points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you
  will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.  (Harry
  Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, pp.114)

When I read the phrase, I feel like hopping onto the next stepping stone, in between a stone is missed. So I account if the phrase were ‘a credit to whichever house that becomes yours’, I wouldn’t have felt that way.

In this phrase, is there missing subject as I mentioned, or does the phrase itself make the complement of ‘to’? I mean is it the way how English users say?


texts:
The European commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager, said this morning that the EU is willing to investigate the settlement, telling BBC Radio 4 that these sorts of "sweetheart deals" can amount to "illegal state aid," and that they benefit established companies at the expensive of newer businesses. theverge.com

I came across the expression "at the expensive of" while reading an English newspaper today and am having a hard time understanding its grammar since "expensive" is an adjective. I googled that expression and even Google says "Did you mean: at the expense of." It's surprising still there are more than 50,000 results with the expression "at the expensive of."

So, my question is,

Is "at the expensive of" a correct expression?
If it is, how can it be grammatically explained?


texts:
Though I bought this sofa for $2000, I had to sell it for just $150.

Can we replace the word just with the alternatives like mere or sheer?

New sentences will be like under.

Though I bought this sofa for $2000, I had to sell it for mere $150.
Though I bought this sofa for $2000, I had to sell it for sheer $150.


texts: ' a brazen woman like you ' or 'brazen women like you'

texts:
1) I really cannot imagine how a brazen woman like you has the courage to live;
  2) I really cannot imagine how brazen women like you have the courage to live.

Should I use the singular “a brazen woman”? Or the plural with “women”?

Which one sounds more natural besides being linguistically correct?


texts: Differentiating between compound and complex sentece

texts: Our teacher told us that to differentiate between complex and compound sentence, just check if FANBOYS(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) conjunction is present or not. If it's present then it'll be compound sentence otherwise it would be a complex sentence. Is it right method? Or is there any other better way.


texts:
Please help me to understand the difference between Material and Substance.

For instance please tell me what would differ if I change the substance word in the text below with Material.

  Wikipedia :  An oven is a thermally insulated chamber used for the heating, baking
  or drying of a substance. It is most commonly used for cooking.


texts: Differences in meaning when the verb tense changes (headlines)

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What is the difference between the examples below?

Generally, in a newspaper, news is based on past tense (things which have already happened).

Then why are headlines written in ways that says: He Kills (shouldn't it be: He Killed)?

For example:

Parliament passes bill
vs.
Parliament passed bill

Also

He kills his friend
vs.
He killed his friend

Please help.


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Let me know what you guys think should be the correct sentence here..

  Ice cream is made from dairy products, such as milk and cream.

or

  Ice cream is made of dairy products, such as milk and cream.

from what I understand,

"FROM" is used when we don't see the original products in the final products or the physical and chemical transformation is irreversible.
"OF" is used when we use the something as it is in the final product


texts: I caught myself writing "may be" too much instead of something else. What else can I write alternatively?


texts: What does "die hard" phrase mean? Is it hard to kill? I have always been curious about its meaning. This movie title has been translated as 'Deadly Trap' in Czechia.


texts: How structure this sentence to make it easier to read?

texts:
I am a non-native speaking developer and when I am writing documentation of some data structure I usually use the following sentence structure as a definition of a property:

  ID of the contract this service is defined in.

This sentence tries to tell that the contractId property on my Service object, is pointing to a Contract which contains this service. However, this sentence is hard to read and have a strange structure. By strange structure I mean the two subject of the sentence follows each other and the verb is at the end, this makes it harder to understand for me.

My question is how can I write this with an easy to understand wording. (So while scanning through the file, I can understand it without reading the full sentence carefully.)

PS: Sorry for the meaningless title, I could not think of any better one.


texts: Why does it omit "ed" when read it as in "flopped down"?

texts:
Her loose hair flopped down in front of her face and she casually
  flicked it aside

sound source


texts:
In an essay I wrote this sentence :

  A car does not enable you to travel thousands of kilometres in a couple of hours, but an aircraft sure does.

My teacher said "sure does" should be "surely does". However, I have heard natives saying "sure does" many times. Is this some kind of colloquial phrase?


texts: What's the meaning "to put something from someone's mind"?

texts:
I searched the online dictionaries but I didn't find any definition about the phrase  below:

  I put the issue from my mind.

So could you please tell me what the meaning of it is?

The fuller text is here:

  I asked about a memory. It was from the weeks before I’d left for BYU,
  after Shawn had had a particularly bad night. He’d brought Mother to tears,
  then plopped onto the sofa and turned on the TV. I’d found her sobbing at
  the kitchen table, and she’d asked me not to go to BYU. “You’re the only
  one strong enough to handle him,” she’d said. “I can’t, and your father
  can’t. It has to be you.”
  I typed slowly, reluctantly: Do you remember telling me not to go toschool, that I was the only one who could handle Shawn?
  Yes, I remember that.
  There was a pause, then more words appeared—words I hadn’t known I
  needed to hear, but once I saw them, I realized I’d been searching my
  whole life for them.
  You were my child. I should have protected you.
  I lived a lifetime in the moment I read those lines, a life that was not the
  one I had actually lived. I became a different person, who remembered a
  different childhood. I didn’t understand the magic of those words then, and
  I don’t understand it now. I know only this: that when my mother told me
  she had not been the mother to me that she wished she’d been, she became
  that mother for the first time.
  I love you, I wrote, and closed my laptop.
  —MOTHER AND I SPOKE only once about that conversation, on the phone, a
  week later. “It’s being dealt with,” she said. “I told your father what you and
  your sister said. Shawn will get help.”
  I put the issue from my mind. My mother had taken up the cause. She
  was strong. She had built that business, with all those people working for
  her, and it dwarfed my father’s business, and all the other businesses in the
  whole town; she, that docile woman, had a power in her the rest of us
  couldn’t contemplate. And Dad. He had changed. He was softer, more
  prone to laugh. The future could be different from the past. Even the past
  could be different from the past, because my memories could change: I no
  longer remembered Mother listening in the kitchen while Shawn pinned
  me to the floor, pressing my windpipe. I no longer remembered her looking
  away.


texts:
There is an apple on a desk. Your friend who can't see it asks, "are there any apples on the desk?"

What is the short answer to this question?

"Yes, there is" or "Yes, there are."

Or vise versa, I mean there are some apples on the desk and your friend asks, "is there an apple on the desk?"

We should answer in short form based on the structure of the question and then explain it in the long answer? Or we can simply answer based on what we know?


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I wonder if I can use "the result of which" in a sentence.

My sentence is as follows:

"John lacks the ability to focus for a long period of time, the result of which is reflected in the poor performance"

I would like to retain the part "reflected in the poor performance".


texts: About the use of "pending" in this context

texts:
Does pending within:

  Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

mean until? If so, shouldn't the sentence be:

  Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections were set for April 1994.

Source: Please refer to the last sentence of the 6th paragraph from
this Wikipedia article. The full context is:

  Between 1987 and 1993, the National Party entered into bilateral negotiations with the African National Congress, the leading anti-apartheid political movement, for ending segregation and introducing majority rule. In 1990, prominent ANC figures such as Nelson Mandela were released from prison. Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.


texts:
Is there anything inappropriate in using “so far” (with the meaning “till now”) in a negative sentence?
Eg: I have not come across such a thing so far in my life.


texts: "It", "that", "this", and "what" as direct objects of "insist" and "care"

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Can "it", "that", "this", and "what" be the direct object of these verbs "insist", and "care" when they're implying a sentence?

For example,

  You insist what? You insist it? You insist that? You insist this?
  You care what? You care it? You care that? You care this?

Here, if "what", "it", "that" and "this" all imply a sentence, I think there is no need to add prepositions as in

  You insist on what? You insist on it? You insist on that? You insist on this?

  You care about what? You care about it? You care about that? You care about this?


texts: Why 'I had rather...get in trouble' and not 'I had rather...got in trouble' since 'had' is past tense?

texts:
"I had rather listen to my parents or get in trouble." --> I did not understand this because it says, "I had rather" which is past and ends in present "get in trouble" instead of "got in trouble"

Here is the link and it is the seventh example.

Also, is it appropriate if I say "I would rather listen to my parents or get in trouble"?


texts: What alternative expression could be considered correct for the following sentence?

texts:
The message to be conveyed is the following:

"When the film is thinner, the width is shorter".

Can someone explain to me if the following expression is correct (and if not, why not)?

Overall, thinner the film, shorter was the width.

Thank you.


texts: The summer training or (just) summer training

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Should we use the summer training or just summer training in the paragraph. As per me training is a noun and before singular noun we have to use an article and I am using the because I am talking about a specific training for engineers, I also know that before very common nouns we avoid articles, like bed, school, bus, university, so if you say we should use summer training then please give me a valid reason.

  Company(name) has been providing the summer training for engineers
  since 2010. We have been giving completely professional atmosphere for
  engineers to complete the summer training with practical knowledge.
  Our each faculty has a great experience in the education field. We
  make sure you get all the important resources to make your summer
  training a learning and an enjoyable summer training. You may call or
  email us to get your confirmation about the training.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Active voice, "Do not smoke" to passive voice

texts:
The following sentence is in the active voice: "Do not smoke."

What is its equivalent in the passive voice?

1- Let the smoke not be done.

or

2- Smoking is prohibited.


texts:
Can I say "she cannot come in person to give me a hand with producing this journal but she is willing to help remotely"?

Is this fluent English?


texts: What is this cute pose called in English?

texts: What do you call this cute pose that usually young babies adopt?


texts: " I have to go home so I need to leave early" is it correct?

texts: " I have to go home so I need to leave early" is it correct when we are asking for early leave permission in mail.


texts:
What is the verb tense of "is/are met?"
I encountered "is/are met" most of the time.
Could you please explain this?
Is this in present tense?


texts: What is "They Are Wont To Ascribe To Each"?

texts:
Whenever men notice some similarity between two things, they are wont to ascribe to each, even in those respects in which the two differ, what they have found to be true of the other.

My Attempt

Definition of "Wont": (of a person) in the habit of doing something; accustomed.

Definition of "Ascribe":regard something as being due to (a cause).

Meaning according to me: Man is accustomed to suppose that if something is the case in first thing, then it must be the case in second thing, but then it doesn't make any sense to me.


texts: Is the phrase "make a buy" is more casual version of "make a purchase"?


texts: How to right translate "if it is to keep its edge"

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Whole phrase is: "A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge".

How right understand meaning of this part of phrase: "if it is to keep its edge"?

For russians:
Я понимаю, что перевод на русский это "чтобы сохранить свою остроту", но почему не дословно "если есть, то сохранить свою остроту"?


texts: Could anyone teach me how to express my feeling about sunshine day, like I don't like sunshine, cause it bursts my skin and make my eyes unopened? Many thanks.


texts: Pronunciation of mathematical terms "Mahlo cardinal" and "mahloness" by native English speakers

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There are terms Mahlo cardinal and mahloness used in set theory (a branch of mathematics). These terms originated from the name of Friedrich Paul Mahlo, a German mathematician. I've only ever seen them in print and never actually heard anybody saying them.

So, I'm interested to know how these terms are usually pronounced by mathematicians who are native English speakers. In particular, what exactly sounds correspond to letters ah in Mahlo and on which syllable the stress is placed? The pronunciation written in IPA or a link to an audio/video where I could listen to it would be very helpful. Thanks!


texts: Can I use the word “young” in this situation?

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Is young the correct word in the following context?

  First of all, I plan to participate in building the Italian eGovernment. The Italian eGovernment is still young and we need to work for many years in many stages in order to achieve it.

Would it be better to use small or tiny instead?


texts: Why is this future tense used in this sentence?

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I read the following sentence in Flatland:

  when you have placed your eye exactly on the edge of the table, the penny will then have ceased to appear oval...

I don't understand why there is will have ceased instead of will cease. Why is it not:

  when you have placed your eye exactly on the edge of the table, the penny will cease to appear oval

Can you explain the grammar behind it please?


texts: Non-progressive verbs with present perfect?

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Some grammar books/ websites say that 'The present perfect can be used for actions which started in the past and continue up to now...and often we use Non-progressive verbs (state verbs) in this way.' For example,

I have known john for years.
I've been there since 2011.

I've lived here since 2011.
I've smoked since I left school.

The non-progressive verbs have been used in the examples 1 and 2. but, why are the verbs which are not non-progressive used in this way( like the examples 3 and 4.)?

What's the theory used when the present perfect is meant as an action which continue up to now?


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I wonder whether these are really interchangeable as some dictionaries suggest. Being a not native speaker, I cannot tell when it is right.

They are short on confidence.
They are short of money.

But this sounds odd to me:   //I would use “of”.

He is short on 5 USD.
We are short on one person (in the group).

To me the distinction would be that general lacking would be both on/of but lack of a certain number (to reach a limit or so) would be rather “of”. Is that correct?

Also, can the “of” be dropped? Like We are one person short. I am 5 USD short.


texts: What's the meaning of "Something out of"?

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I read the sentence: "China's Government Is Like Something Out of '1984'."

From [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/20/chinas_government_is_like_something_out_of_1984_142444.html][1]

What's the meaning of "Something Out of"? Is this means "beyond 1984?"


texts: what does "outshining in the ambient light on the night half by a factor of two." mean?

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The beam is providing 20 LUX of illumination, outshining in the ambient light on  the night half by a factor of two. (From the book “What if”)

I am confused by the expression by a factor of two.


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Hitler explained his frustrations in terms of a Jewish conspiracy.

I am familiar with the idiomatic meaning of the phrase "in terms of" (Like This film offers nothing in terms of satisfactory entertainment.) I suppose this idiomatic meaning is not used in the sentence above. What is the exact meaning of that sentence? Hitler explained his frustrations in the point of view of a Jewish conspiracy. Or Hitler explained his frustrations with words/concepts of a Jewish conspiracy.


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"You knew?" said Harry. "You knew I'm a –– a wizard?"

  "Knew!" shrieked Aunt Petunia suddenly. "Knew! Of course we knew! How could you not be, my dratted sister being what she was? Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that –– that school –– and came home every vacation with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups into rats. I was the only one who saw her for what she was –– a freak! But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!"

  She stopped to draw a deep breath and then went ranting on. It seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years.

  -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Is the phrase this construction of OALD: go on doing something ––  to continue an activity without stoppingHe said nothing but just went on working?


texts: Is the sentence "They are benches" correct?

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While demonstrating objects, can we use the pronoun they?

For example:

  A: They are benches.
  B: These are benches.
  C: Those are benches.

I know B and C are correct, but what about A?


texts: "with John Locke interpreting the role of harbinger in inscribing the rules of economic behaviour within the laws of nature and God."

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... with John Locke interpreting the role of harbinger in inscribing the rules of economic behaviour within the laws of nature and God.

Does it mean that John Locke was one of the firsts who described the rules of economic behaviour within the laws of nature and God?


texts: "Your either for or against him" - what kinda structure is it?

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I have read this on the Internet at many places including Bible and RailForums UK (used by an established author there) in the context of the news of Nelson Mandela's Death.

In most of the cases, it talks about you being either in favor of someone or against. There's no any middle-way i.e. third choice.

  "Your either for or against him"

Isn't it should be "You are either in favor or against him. Why does it use your? Why omit in favor as well? How can you be for someone in this context? A girl telling I'm for you may express her love but it does not necessarily mean in favor (opposite to against) I guess.

We generally paraphrase either...or this way

  You go to the railway station OR   You go to the airport   = You either go to the railway station or airport.

So, in above case...

  Your(?) for him  OR   Your(?) against him   Your either for or against him

After Helix's comment

Even if I consider that as a typo, what about the second question?

  Does You are for him mean You are in favor of him?


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I have learned something about adjective phrases and participle phrases.

We can't say:

  The window open in the fourth floor is broken.

Because "open in the fourth floor" is not an adjective phrase.

But if we say:

  The country developed in 1990s is my hometown

Here it means the country became a developed country or just made some progress?

Because if the participle is the predicative, I'm not sure if it should follow the same rule as the adjective does. "Be developed in 1990s" is not an adjective phrase, right?


texts: What is the difference between "what is going on with you" and "what is going on for you"?

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What is the difference between go on with someone and go on for someone. For example:

  You are so pale! What is going on with/for you.

I though that the correct preposition was with when used with go on in the sense of something  happening to someone. But in this article they used for. Here is the excerpt:

  After you share your world, and what upset you, welcome the other person to share their side of the story. You might say something like, "I wanted to give you a chance to also share what might have been going on for you in that moment."

Does go on for someone means the same as go on with or it means something else in the context?


texts: What does "gingery" mean in the context of this comic?

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This question is about todays FoxTrot comic.

Jason creates Gingerbread man cookies with blue pants, funny hair styles and chocolate freckles and explains that he "likes his gingerbread men to be extra gingery".

I know what Ginger is, and I looked up possible meanings of gingery in the dictionary (spicy; lively; the color of ginger), but  I still don't get the joke.


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I find the use of over a bit confusing at times in sentence like:

the shop is over the street: does it mean on the street or on the other side of, across, the street, or both?
walk over the street: walk on the street or across, to the other side, of the street?
Come over to me, he said: does it imply you have to cross a place to reach him?


texts: "30 años y pico" as an english expression?

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Spaniards we say "30 years (años) y pico" when we refer to a date without precision. Is like to say a number between 30 and 35.

Has this expression got translation to english?


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the explain of "had true teachers been" structure and meaning of "theta"

Mr. Evans and his associates after the first disturbance, physical and
mental, caused by this spirit irruption, settled down to study what it
really meant. They came to the conclusion that the matter could be
divided into three phases. The first phase was the actual proving to the
observer that the thing was real. The second phase was one of
instruction, as even the humblest spirit can bring information as to his
own experience of after-death conditions. The third phase was called
the missionary phase and was the practical application. The Shakers
came to the unexpected conclusion that the Indians were there not to
teach but to be taught. They proselytized them, therefore, exactly as
they would have done in life. A similar experience has occurred since
then in very many Spiritualistic circles, where humble and lowly spirits
have come to be taught that which they should have learned in this
world had true teachers been available. One may well ask why the
higher spirits over there do not supply this want? The answer given to
the author upon one notable occasion was, "These people are very much
nearer to you than to us. You can reach theta where we fail."


texts: why does American İPA have less diphthongs compared to British?

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American İPA doesn't have 3 diphthongs that ending with schwa such as ɪə,ʊə and eə while British has all of them. For example, phonetic transcription of 'here' is 'hır' in American İPA while it is 'hɪər' in British İPA but when listening American pronunciation of here , l realized that it is pronounced as if there was 'ɪə' in the American pronunciation of it.
Can anybody explain that ?


texts: Can gain be used to say an improvement in decreasing something? Or it's just for improving in increasing something

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I know I can say

  A higher fiscal gain can be achieved by spending more wisely. (self-made sentence)

I am wondering can I use gain when the improvement is reduction in something, for example

  A higher noise (reduction?) gain can be achieved through insulating the wall using the acoustic foam.

Or an extreme example like:

  The fat loss gain can be affected by the improper eating habits.


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Should I use the before the verbal noun in the following sentence?

Here is the sentence:

  John, you should come at 11 A.M before (the) beginning of the game.

I know I can write "John, you should come at 11 am before the game begins."  My question is, in this kind of context, should I need to use the?


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Can I say "movies are a popular media"?
Similarly can I say like "apples are a popular fruit", "engineers are a popular occupation"?
I'm nor sure whether it's correct to put "are" in front of "a".


texts: What does 'trolls' mean in this context?

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Hamilton 68 has been working to expose trolls - as well as automated bots and human accounts - whose main use for Twitter appears to be an amplification of pro-Russia themes. The site's mission is to monitor and illustrate the themes that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Americans to be thinking and talking about, including "the failure of democratic governance in the United States."

The source

Having looked it up in the Collins dictionary, I believe the definition 9 under British 1 is the correct meaning for this context, but I need confirmation here. It looks like it's a usage in Britain. I am wondering if it's used the same way in the US as well.

  troll in British 1

  a person who posts deliberately inflammatory messages online


texts: What is the adjective/phrase that best describes an inconsistent/irregular weekly earnings pattern?

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This is a word- or phrase-request question.

Question: What is the pair of adjectives that best describe

a [consistent/regular] weekly earnings pattern and
an [inconsistent/irregular] weekly earnings pattern?

Context/Details:

There are two unemployed workers:

Worker A earned $500 every week prior to layoff.

Worker B had varying weekly earnings (e.g., week1=$500, week2=$350, week3=$0, week4=$700). This person can be a construction worker, a painter, fisherman, plumber, part-time casual worker, or a freelancer, etc.

In the following sentences, which I wrote, I need the appropriate word to go inside the square brackets.

  (Worker A) An unemployed worker who had [regular?] weekly earnings prior to layoff gets the same amount of weekly benefits across all regions, regardless of the regional unemployment rate.

  (Worker B) In contrast, an unemployed worker who had [irregular?] weekly earnings prior to layoff will receive higher weekly benefit payments in high unemployment regions and lower weekly benefit payments in low unemployment regions.

Research:

"Inconsistent" does not work. The definition below does not mention that term "quantity" anywhere, which makes me think that it cannot be used to describe the variability of "money/earnings".

  If a reason, idea, opinion, etc. is inconsistent, different parts of it do not agree, or it does not agree with something else; not staying the same in behaviour or quality (Cambridge).

"Irregular" does not work for the same reason; it doesn't include "quantity".

  (of behaviour or actions) not according to usual rules or what is expected; not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes (Cambridge).

The following terms - "variable weekly earnings, varying weekly earnings, irregular weekly earnings, inconsistent weekly earnings" - returns nothing in Ngram and in Google news (a few hits but not credible).


texts: Is the past simple and past participle the same for all regular verbs?

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So each verb has the base form (V1) which is used in present simple, the past simple (V2) and the past participle (V3).

For example:

V1: allow  (I allow you to leave early)
V2: allowed (I allowed you to leave early)
V3: allowed (I have allowed you to leave early)

In the regular verb, the V2 and V3 are the same.

In irregular verbs, the V2 and V3 are often different, for example:

V1: eat
V2: ate
V3: eaten

V1: take
V2: took
V3: taken

The question is, do all regular verbs have the same form for V2 and V3? I can't think of any verbs that don't simply add the -ed suffix for both forms. I'm a native speaker, but I'm teaching this grammar tomorrow and want to check.


texts: Is there a difference in meaning between these sentences using preposition "of"?

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First sentence:

  Protection of privacy and personal information on the internet and social media

Second sentence:

  Privacy and personal information protection on the internet and social media

If there is any difference in meaning, then which one of these sentences is more suitable for offering and saying "We will protect your privacy and personal information on the internet and social media"?


texts: Omission of Helping verb/auxiliary, When it is allowed?

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The convicts in this case remain unpunished till date, with their sentences doing the rounds in government offices

Is above sentence construction is correct?

Mainly use of remain unpunished till date. or it should be

a) case is/was remained unpunished till date,

b) case is/was remain unpunished till date,


texts: Would you tell me more about preceding adjectives?

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Would you possibly tell me which of them is more polished or fluent?

By carrying out due research and studies on the received scientific reports from/by someone

By carrying out due research and studies on the scientific reports received from/by someone

I made some mistakes, so I have edited this question.


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Problem statement:

  I just can say Great!

or:

  I can just say Great!

The problem statement is one of many such statements that usually come up in the minds of non-native speakers. Others are like:

  It's 6 only.

Or:

  It's only 6.

One more:

  I wonder sometimes do native speakers even care for such detail.

Or:

  Sometimes I wonder do native speakers even care for such detail.

There may be a possibility that to me it may seem all these examples having a common issue but to an expert there may be more than one problem. Would really appreciate a detailed answer. I can add on more examples, if required.


texts: "swept in this extraordinary, incredible fashion into > invisibility— into some other place." understanding the meaning

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Reading an old story, I have some problems with understanding the following (esp. the part in bold):

it was this very day fifty years ago—February 13—the man disappeared
from its shadows; swept in this extraordinary, incredible fashion into
invisibility— into some other place.

My understanding (using simpler words where I am more certain about the meaning):
...abruptly carried away, in a very extraordinary and incredible fashion, so that he became invisible and got into another place.
Is that correct? I have particular problems with understanding of "into invisibility".


texts: Does "...is as dynamic a process as..." have different meaning from "...is as dynamic as a process..."?

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S1: Our personal development is as dynamic a process as we choose to make it.

The sentence S1 above which is from a passage in a book confused me for a while.

I could understand a sentence S2 which is shown below.

  S2: Our personal development is as dynamic as a process when we choose to make the process dynamic.

Does ...as we choose to make it of S1 represent a meaning such as when/because we choose to make it?

Does ...as ... as we choose to make it of S1 compare something that I did not mention above?

Thanks.


texts: How to create compound adjectives for these sentences?

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A girl that has dark hair is "a dark-haired girl"
A man that looks good is "a good-looking man"

What about the following?

A sky that is illuminated by the moon is a ...?
An experience that opens your eyes is a...?
A stove/oven that cleans itself is a ...?

Thank you.


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First of all, is "good fortune" a proper phrase in English?

And, do British/American people wish others a long life / "good fortune"/ peacefulness? I did some google search, and it seems that Anglo-Jewish people would with someone a long life, but not for others (most just wish others healthy). But I can't be really sure.

Thanks!


texts: Why does this sentence use a preposition 'with'?

texts: With social networking services (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, you can connect with people all around the world.


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I was wondering, what word should I use. I want to use the word to describe a person that makes spells. Should I use it like shipwright, or should I split the words?

Most spell checkers that I use, tell me to split the words or try to change it to other words. But I have a suspicion that is because this word technically doesn't exist.


texts: Marking the functions of a sentence: 'She may like it'

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I am reading Cambridge Grammar of English Language (CaGEL) all over again, though not cover to cover.

One page no. 215, I came across

  The major functions in the structure of the clause are the predicator (P), complements of the predicator (C), and adjuncts (A), as illustrated in:

  He [C] always [A] reads [P] the paper [C] before breakfast [A].

But during the end of that particular chapter, it also says like this:

  In clauses containing an auxiliary verb, such as She may like it, some grammars analyse auxiliary + lexical verb as forming a 'verb group' unit realising (in our terms) a single P function. Under the analysis presented in this book, may is the predicator of the main clause, and like that of a subordinate clause functioning as complement of may. The contrast between these two analyses is discussed in Ch. 14, §4.2. In this chapter we will for the most part avoid the issue by concentrating on examples without auxiliary verbs.

Now what if I need to mark the functions of the sentence below using P C and A, how will you do it? I mean according to the concepts the book follows

  She may like it.


texts: Saying 'Congratulations' on new year and someone's birthday; the act of saying "happy new year/birthday" ; "happy new year in advance"

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I used to think we use congratulations for achievements but I recently came across an occassion when a native speaker said "congratulations" when he heard it's someone's birthday.

Can we use congratulations for birthdays or that person just made it up?!
What about new year? Can we use congratulations for new year's occassion, too? Think of this:
I say

  "Today is our New Year's Day"

can you say,

  "Congratulations, didn't know that"

The following questions are a bit different from the previous ones but they're related to new year and stuff.

When you say "congratulations" to someone, you congratulate them on an achievement (at least I'm sure about this usage). When you say, "happy new year" or "happy birthday" what do you do exactly? (I suppose it's not congratulating!)
There is a week left to the New Year and I want to say "happy new year" to someone maybe because I know I won't see that person anymore by the end of the holidays (in my language we do this because it's polite). What should I say?
Is "happy new year in advance" a good phrasing? If not, what are better replacements for this?

Thanks


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You should buy three apples.
question form -

  How many apples you should buy?

Is this correct? Or should it be:

  How many apples should you buy?

Also, think about this one, if you buy three apples, which one is the correct question form:

  How many apples do you buy?

or:

  How many apples you buy?


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Is the following sentence grammatically correct? Or better to say, is there any part in the sentence with wrong grammar?
Have you ever started thinking of someone while walking to somewhere which then made you smile?
If yes, what would be the correct one?


texts: Is it correct to say "your waistband is folded inward, adjust it" or "your waistband is twisted..." or "your waistband is tucked in..."?

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Sometimes, a child puts on their shorts or pants carelessly and the waistband might get folded inwards as shown in the above picture.
People won't see the waistband and it also makes the child uncomfortable too.
Is it correct to say?:
-Your waistband is folded inward, adjust it!
-your waistband is twisted, turn it out!
-your waistband is tucked in, untuck it!


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She is enough strong.

She is strong enough.

Would you explain your explanations in detail? I am confused.


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“He had just received word that Uber was experiencing difficulties tracking the shooter’s getaway car.”

  Excerpt From: Dan Brown. “Origin: (Robert Langdon Book 5).”

I am wondering why there is no article before "word". My understanding of the sentence is

  He had just got a message/notification from Uber.

so "receive a word" would mean "receive a short message".


texts: Is a subject required for a grammatically correct sentence?

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In particular I'm interested in the sentence:

  Meet with friends and family.

It is a sentence in the 'interests and hobbies' section of a resume, so it can be deduced who the subject is. Is the sentence correct?

More general, I would like to know when we can drop the subject in a sentence.

Edit: The complete section that contains this sentence is:

  Interests and hobbies

  Meet with friends and family. I like sports, mainly swimming and running.


texts: meaning of "enough for the six of one on the rock…"

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All of which makes me feel fiercely defensive of this shiny new incarnation of the bestselling mystery novel of all time, which is destined to be not Christie-ish enough for the six of one on the rock, while being far too Christie-ish for the half a dozen of the other in the hard place. More important: what does being faithful to the original, or faithful to Christie, mean in the context of And Then There Were None? What should it mean?

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/25/agatha-christie-bbc1-adaptation-and-then-there-were-none

Can you explain to me what the pasage in bold means. I vaguely guess that given the context and the used pattern it says that the thing (And Then There Were None by A. Christie) has the quality of A and at the same time of non-A but I am not able to understand exactly the used figure.


texts: My friend and I were having a dispute about when to use “me” correctly in a sentence that’s referring to two people. I said that you say " my friends and I" but my friend argued and said " me and my friends" is correct.


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No matter where people are making new homes and offices, saving energy
  is important. For us humans, the goal can be difficult. But for some of
  our feathered friends, being energy efficient comes naturally. Just
  take a look up there.

What does "there " refer to?


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Right form of the question about past:

Example:

Do you thought about...
Did you think about...
Did you thought about...

Or which to use and when?


texts: Why is "have given" not correct in "...and ___ him his hard earned success..."?

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My question is about this sentence correction exercise:

  The qualities which have supported Tilak and given him his hard earned success have been rare in Indian politics.

The only options are

  gave
  have given
  had given
  no improvement

Here instead of given (gave) is used, why is "have given" not correct?


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If I have a white chocolate like this on a table. I am sitting at the table and I want to ask my son, who is near me. Whether he wants [article] chocolate or not?
Which article is correct?


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I wrote:

  1) If this pattern has a parent and its parent is not active ("Open" state) the algorithm returns and continues with the next/other/following nodes.

  2) If this pattern has a parent and that parent is not active ("Open" state) the algorithm returns and continues with the next/other/following nodes.

  3 ) If this pattern has a parent and that is not active ("Open" state) the algorithm returns and continues with the next/other/following nodes.

Can I use "that" like the above?

Which sentence is more natural?


texts: Proper synonym for following in this context

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Which proper synonym for following can I use in this sentence since I do not want to use it twice in the same sentence:

  After the deploying the service provider code on the server, the following  URL links in the following classes (PostDat, ClearTabe, AvailableRoutes, and GetLLRD) must be changed.


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This is a story of Vienna triumphant.
  Whilst many now feared Napoleon’s expansionist ambitions, he was welcome when he rode into Vienna triumphant.

As far as I know, triumphant is merely an adjective, but the use in the two examples got me totally confused. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Given the answer "It's my first time here", what questions could I ask to receive that answer?

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Confused by this question, I find it difficult to ask a question about a number of occasions (about a single occasion, in particular) when there is a specific answer expected.

  It's my first time in Ukraine.

I don't want to ask

  Is this your first time in Ukraine?

  Is this your first visit to Ukraine?

  Have you ever been to Ukraine [before]?

because it can be answered shortly with a yes-no answer. I am looking for an idiomatic question structure starting with "what/which time/occasion", if there is any.

My abortive attempts like

  What/Which time is it for you in Ukraine?

  What/Which occasion is it for you in Ukraine?

sound awful and look completely incorrect.

  The last time we went to Paris, it rained every day.

Suppose I know that they've been to Paris several times and that one of their trips was spoiled by [the ?] rain. I want to know exactly on which occasion it happened. How would I ask it?

My suggestion

  On which occasion did it rain every day?

is just hilarious.

I am completely lost.


texts: The Times is a highly (respected or respectable) journal?

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What is the correct usage?

  The Times is a highly (respected or respectable) journal.

And if we changed the sentence to this, would you change your choice?

  The Times is a highly (respected or respectable) journal all over the country.


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I wrote this sentence

  There would be no difference between the features defined for a node in the footer and a node in the sidebar.

However the complete sentence could be

  There would be no difference between the features defined for a node in the footer and the features defined for a node in the sidebar.

Are the two sentence equivalent? which is preferred? In general how can I shorten a sentence including a conjunction and avoid repeating some words.


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1a. an explanation as for what happened
  1b. an explanation as to what happened
  2a. As for funding, the committee might have a meeting to address that.
  2b. As to funding, the committee might have a meeting to address that.

Is there a subtle difference between "as for" and "as to"?  Dictionaries pretty much say that both mean "concerning" or "regarding".


texts: 'Changed' in 'She is changed' - an adjective or a verb?

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From Dickens's Hard Times, ch. 13:

‘Thou art an Angel. Bless thee, bless thee!’
‘I am, as I have told thee, Stephen, thy poor friend. Angels are not like me. Between them, and a working woman fu’ of faults, there is a deep gulf set. My little sister is among them, but she is changed.’

Is changed here a verb or an adjective?
Change here means death: an antique sense for the word, mentioned in The Century Dictionary. A quote from there:

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.


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Could you elaborate on the differences and proper use of these two phrases, please:

Thank them for us
Thank them from us

Thank you!


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is it okay if i say that
 "is it the place only gents to stand".
I am in confusion.
please reply as soon as possible so as to
 i can clear my doubt.i will be waiting for your answer.


texts: Subject: Is "it" mandatory in this sentence?

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I have following construction. I have been told it is not grammatical.

  But now, another problem might arise due to unknown unavailable
  edges, i.e. A-B and C-D and should be avoided.

I am not quite sure what the error is. But I guess, in the second sentence "it" is missing.

so, if I write like this, would it be OK?

  But now, another problem might arise due to unknown unavailable
  edges, i.e. A-B and C-D, so that it should be avoided.

Please tell me how it should be, then I can think and learn.


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Medola is a company that has its business footprints across Asia
  Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions.

Is usage of has its business footprints grammatical, and idiomatic?


texts: The balance beasty, the definite article

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About the definite article. I presumed that there's no need of the article, but the speaker used it.

A: who has been doing the balancing?

B: the balance beasty.

The name of the animal is Balance beasty and there is only one existing. Why do you think the speaker B used the article?


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Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct in written text?

  You also are allowed to see your son.
  You are also allowed to see your son.
  Also, you are allowed to see your son.
  You are allowed to see your son also.


texts: How to translate the word "college" from Italian to English

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I am Italian and I've lived for a while in the US and I heard a lot of people using the word college as a synonym of university; however in Italy the word college often refers to the place where you live and spend most of your time with other students when you are not in class. Basically it is the place where you eat, study, hangout and sleep when you cannot have your own house. You can imagine it as a fraternity house, but with strict rules where you have a principle and have to behave according to certain manners.

So here is my question: what is the English word to express the Italian meaning of college?


texts: Is "You say that" a present subjunctive expression?

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For example

  "Look, I've got to get going. I'm due in a meeting in about twenty
  minutes. We'll talk tonight."

  -"You say that, but we won't. We won't talk. We don't know how to talk anymore."

I think "You say that" is a present subjunctive because a modal verb seems to be implied between "You and say".


texts: How to understand "for all the notice anyone took" in this context?

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…Everyone wanted to know how he had done it, how he had tricked Dumbledore's Age Line and managed to get his name into the goblet.…

  “I didn't,” he said, over and over again, “I don't know how it
  happened.”

  But for all the notice anyone took, he might just as well
  not have answered at all.

  “I'm tired!” he bellowed finally, after nearly half an hour.

I don't really get the phrase "for all the notice anyone took". What does "all the notice" refers to in this context?


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"Bundle" and "package" both mean different items put together and sold as one unit. What is the difference between them in the following sentences?

Starbucks is offering a lunch bundle for busy workers in London.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/4971251/starbucks-is-launching-a-3-99-meal-deal-but-it-doesnt-include-a-hot-drink/

Can I use "package" here instead?
Turn yourself into a marketable brand with this $19 training package.

https://thenextweb.com/offers/2019/08/05/turn-yourself-into-a-marketable-brand-with-this-19-training-package/

Can I use "bundle" here instead?
LSAC also now offers packages at a slight discount that include the LSAT registration fee, CAS fee, and school reports. The two packages are as follows:

Package 1: LSAT (including LSAT Writing), CAS, 1 Law School Report = $430

Package 2: LSAT (including LSAT Writing), CAS, 6 Law School Reports = $650

https://magoosh.com/lsat/2019/how-much-does-the-lsat-cost/

Can I use "bundle" here instead?


texts: A question about use of "too" in negative form

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Is "too" able to be used in a negative sentence?

Let's see below.

Alice: I didn't like the movie.
Tom: I didn't like it, too.

Is the above correct?
The dictionary tells me that use of "either" is recommended there, but it does not say the use of "too" there is right or wrong.

How about below?

Alice: I didn't like the movie.
Tom: Me, too.

Any explanations about this matter will be so helpful.
Thank you.


texts: Umbrella term for mustard, ketchup and others

texts: Is there a generic umbrella term that can be used for anything liquid that is added to, for example, a Subway hamburger? That is, mustard, ketchup, etc.?


texts: "will become accustomed to" or "will be accustomed to"?

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Which of the following sentences is correct:

You might find it strange at first, but you will be accustomed to
it soon.
You might find it strange at first, but you will become
accustomed to it soon.

The second one seems to be correct! if I am right why is that?

Also, I am interested to know where we use be  and where we use become in general?

Thanks


texts: Does "bloviate" have a positive alternative?

texts: In Czech we use the verb "vykládat" when someone "talks about something for a longer time with passion / in detail" or vyprávět for "telling a story with passion". "Bloviate" seems to have a similar but negative meaning. Are there some English alternatives for these words / verbs with similar meaning?


texts: meaning of "deepen relationship" and "deep"

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I have a question about the meaning of the verb "deepen" and by extension the adjective "deep" in this New York Times article:

  Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under President Trump.

Most dictionaries define "deepen" as make something more "deep".  So it comes down to the meaning of "deep".  I check this dictionary, but I don't know which definition would work.   Any suggestions from native speakers?


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Is it appropriate for a dissertation / fiction book / newspaper / github / twitter / colloquial speech?

  — there is [description of some bug in the app]
  — fixed at v0.6.7

Which learning book has a chapter about "Minor Sentence (ellipsis)" and useful examples of those?


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This is a bit similar to another question already asked but I think the context is somewhat different.

I was taking a sample Cambridge CPE test and one of the tasks involved was to change a sentence using a given word, changing neither the sentence's meaning nor the word's.

The sentence was:

  The manager refused to discuss his decision further.

The word to use was "open".

  The manager stated that his decision [insert answer here] discussion.

My answer was:

  The manager stated that his decision [was not open for further] discussion.

The answer key says [was not open to further].

Was my answer also correct or not?


texts: Modals, Different usage of can in a sentence

texts: Why is it correct (according to the reviewer I am currently using) that the sentence "Can you make me happy?" is an example of can used for asking permission


texts: Meaning of "I wonder" after being asked a question

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I was doing some grammar exercises on a book and this sentence confuses me.

  Do you think Philip would be good at the job?

  Hmm, I wonder.

What does the word wonder mean in this sentence? How can I interpret this sentence? Can I replace "I wonder" with "I doubt it"?


texts: "Ministry of Education" capital or small initials?

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If I want to mention Ministry of Health in the middle of a sentence should I capitalize initials or not. For example:

  Thanks to the German Ministry of Health

Or,

  Thanks to the German ministry of health


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Both were legally defined offers to save taxes and attract rich people and/or their wealth from abroad.
Swiss Democracy by Linder Mueller

I got some definition of "tax savings" from internet goes like this:

Tax Savings means the decrease in Tax paid or payable to the relevant
Tax Authority (or, without duplication, the increase in any Refund)
attributable to a Tax Benefit.
from lawinsinder.com

My question is does the meaning of "saving taxes" is same as "tax savings"?
Can please someone explain?


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I think I've heard both of the following two sentences:

  That's a great idea.

  That's great idea.

Are they both correct? Do they have any differences?


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Can you help me regarding the following question related to the paragraph below. For me, all the options can be answer because each option contains a non-text and text information.

  Furthermore, very often today words and images of various sorts are
  juxtaposed and integrated in a variety of ways. In newspaper and
  magazines as well as in textbooks, images take up more and more of the
  space alongside words. In fact, in many modern high school and college
  textbooks in the sciences images not only take up more space, they now
  carry meanings that are independent of the words in the text. If you
  can't read these images, you will not be able to recover their
  meanings from the words in the text as was more usual in the past. In
  such multimodal texts (texts that mix words and images), the images
  often communicate different things from the words.

An example from a science textbook of the phenomenon the author describes in the third paragraph could be

A) A genetic tree that coincides with the discussion of specific mammal classes in the text

B) A diagram of a specific chemical reaction that is used to explain a broad definition in the text

C) An illustration of a plant cycle that accompanies a chapter on photosynthesis

D) A cartoon that references the same methods discussed in the text about laboratory safety


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My question is about the place of to+infinitive in some sentences.

For example,

  1- Before I went on holiday for a week, I was really eager to study at mathematics.

I know this is correct.

How about the following one I am just trying to give more emphasise to?

  2- To study at mathematics, I was really eager before I went on holiday for a week.

I know 2 is not natural, however, I am just curious if it is grammatically correct and gives the right meaning still.


texts: What type of conditional is 'If you go to Bay Street, you'd know you've gone too far'?

texts:
On this audio file (1:38), the woman says:

  If you go to Bay Street, you'd know you've gone too far.

Did I catch the sentence correctly? If so, what type of conditional is this? Shouldn't it be you'll know,  which is conditional type 1?


texts: Can you tell me the difference between these two sentences?

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You are actually the third person to call with the same issue.
You are actually the third person to have called with the same issue.


texts: If some event is going to happen soon, what do you call it?

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If some event approaches, what do you call it? I thought I could use 'close in', but it seems I can't. For example

As the election day [approached], the candidates' confrontational rhetoric reached fever pitch.

It's not happened yet, but it's going to happen soon and it gets sooner and sooner, that's what I intend to convey. Please suggest something that works well in different contexts, for different types of events.


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In The Simpsons S12E11 Moe tells Comic Book Guy about the offerings in his bar:

  Your choices are beer and, uh, egg soakings.

What is egg soakings?

Edit: searching for "egg soakings" mostly (only?) returns result about this episode.


texts: Difference between 'He is on the move' and 'He is moving'?

texts: What is the difference in meaning between 'He is on the move' and 'He is moving'?


texts: What does "That guy’s brain is a bag full of cats." imply or mean in the context?

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In the humorous exchange in the Avengers I， Bruce said:

  “I don’t think we should be focusing on Loki,” Bruce said. “That guy’s
  brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell the crazy on him.”

  Thor took a step toward Bruce. “Have a care how you speak,” he warned.
  “Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard . . . and he is my
  brother.”

  “He killed eighty people in two days,” Natasha pointed out.

  Acknowledging this, Thor backed down a little. “He’s adopted.”

I could not locate the exact meaning/implication of "cats" here. So far I have three guesses:

1) There is a phrase "let the cats out of the bag", meaning secrets leaked; so does this mean "Loki's head is full of (dark) secrets?

2) According to Collings dictionary: "a bag of cats" is an Irish informal way of speaking someone "bad-tempered"; so does this mean "Loki is a bad-tempered person? (which I personally don't think it fits the context and the usage of Irish English does not make sense to me in an American movie.)

3) In my culture, cat has some connotation of "smart\clever", which leads to "sly"; so does this sentence mean "Loki's brain is very smart and he is sly?"

Anyone could help me with the "cats" here please? Thanks a lot.


texts: Reported speech: When to not change "was" to "had been"?

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Recently, I was studying about reported speech and while thinking about a few "directly" reported constructions came to mind.

I'm trying to change those sentences to reported speech.

  Barbara said, “I didn’t realise it was midnight.”

  (reported speech) Barbara said she hadn't realised it was midnight.

(example from Cambridge dictionary)

  Ron said, "It was a great experience traveling with you."

  (reported speech) Ron said it (was/ had been) a great experience traveling with me.
  Brock said, "Oh, I didn't know it was you."

  (reported speech) Brock said  he (didn't/ hadn't) (know/ known) it (was/ had been) me.
  She said, "It was a great opportunity."

  (reported speech) She said  it (was/ had been) a great opportunity.

(the rest of the three constructions are from my own thoughts :P )

I feel we should use the simple past tense in the reported speech (no change) rather than using the past perfect form in these cases.

But I've always seen the rules say simple past tense is always changed to past perfect tense.

My question is :

How do we know when to change the simple past because there might be cases when it isn't so obvious?

I've gone through some of the posts like this
and this
but I'm still confused what to use.

Finally I found this one web article which suggests "was" be changed to "had been".

The example is:

  Who was that fantastic man?

  (reported speech) She asked me who that fantastic man had been.

This web article is the only one to suggest the change from "was"
 to "had been".

I'm not sure which version to use or if both are fine.

I'm not sure why almost none of the web resources I've come across so far talk about this. I'd be very glad to hear your suggestions.


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Every cop in this city is gonna be blasting down these doors
  after what you did.

What does the marked phrase mean? Is it something like "break the door down"


texts: How to understand: "Except no deal is falling into place, ..."

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Waiting for a deal

  Trump says that won’t happen. Tariffs, in his strategy, are a way of gaining leverage in negotiations meant to cement trade deals more favorable to the United States. Trump has said he wants a lower U.S. trade deficit with China, and better opportunities for American firms operating in China. Once there’s a deal with China, he’ll rescind the tariffs.

  Except no deal is falling into place, creating what increasingly looks like an open-ended trade war destabilizing to both sides. Larry Kudlow, Trump’s top economic adviser, said on Sept. 17, “we are ready to negotiate and talk with China any time that they are ready for serious and substantive negotiations.”  Chinese officials say basically the same thing. Yet talks have obviously gotten nowhere, and there’s no sign of a breakthrough any time soon.

The sentence in bold is ungrammatical to me.

the usage of 'Except' is confusing. It should be the sense of 'besides' in my opinion.
the main verb should seem to be 'destabilize', but it turns out to be 'destabilizing'. How should we parse the sentence?

Any thought?

The full source.


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I have a question regarding the title of this question: Confusion regarding “to doing something” vs. “to do something”.

My initial thought as an ESL student was to use "Confusion about" instead of "confusion of". It doesn't make sense to use confusion of. Thus, I used "confusion regarding" in my title to avoid this error.

When should I use "of" vs "about" ?

UPDATE: Another example:

I'm still confused of vs I'm still confused about
I'm thinking of you vs I'm thinking about you

UPDATE 2: The question I have linked has been edited. Nonetheless, I have added more examples in my question which I hope someone can use to help me clear the confusion.


texts: Why "I had/got my car repaired." but "I had someone repair my car." and "I got someone to repair my car."?

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"I had my car repaired." and "I got my car repaired." mean the same thing, and, superficially, seem to work in the same way: subject + have/got + object + Past Participle.

Why then, do I have to say and write "I had someone repair my car." but "I got someone to repair my car."?


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Let's not wait any longer. He might not turn up.

I would like to know in this sentence, could we use could instead of might? Can these two words be used alternatively?

What's the difference between this two words when come to asking about a possibility?


texts: Are all city names ending in CESTER pronounced as STER?

texts: I have heard all the names of English city names ending in CESTER pronounced as STER but I wonder if it is a "rule" and I should pronounce all of them as STER? Gloucester, Leicester, and Towcester all have STER.


texts: one the one hand, on the other with more than one sentence

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I am wondering if you can do something like this:

On the one side, feeding an additional mouth often forced families into living on the breadline. Killing a further member of the family was often preferred to ensure acceptable living conditions for the existing children (163). In this sense, infanticide was seen as an option of birth control when contraceptives were not available or other preventive measures had failed (163).

On the other side,... :)

I know it´s a monstrous sentence. Can I do that or is it limited to one sentence a specific number?


texts: what does 'all the more significant for being so rare' mean?

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Excerpted from the site sparknote:

Amidst the callousness and exploitation, moments of compassion are few and far between, although perhaps all the more significant for being so rare. Even though he is taken in only grudgingly, the old man eventually becomes part of Pelayo and Elisenda’s household. By the time the old man finally flies into the sunset, Elisenda, for all her fussing,

I couldn't make heads or tails of the bold part not only semantically also analyctically to analyse the part(grammatically).


texts: Does this "could" refer to the past: "They could unknowingly hit an animal in the dark, so they went home early"

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Do we use "could" the way used in the sentence below -when we want the sentence to refer to the past?

  they could unknowingly hit an animal in the dark, so they went home early.

I was searching about uses of 'could' and 'might', and the results were like it is usually referring to the present and "could have" seems to refer to the past until present.

Source


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A question about "in places":

  link
  1. The paint was peeling off the wall in places.
  2. The paint was peeling off the wall in some places.
  3. The paint was peeling off the wall.

(I added sentences 2 & 3.)
How are these three sentences different?
What does "in places" mean relative to "in some places"?


texts: Correct preposition in a cover letter -- "employment ...with/by/at/in... a manufacturer"

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Are the prepositions in following sentence correct?

  As a highly motivated person in the field of inorganic chemistry I'm looking for an employment with a Swiss manufacturer of established batteries.

I have some doubt if the proposition "with" is correctly chosen.

Here the alternatives:

  employment by a Swiss manufacturer

  employment at a Swiss manufacturer

  employment in a Swiss manufacturer


texts: How would you say a "pila" (Spanish) for water in English?

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I am translating a story from El Salvador. In this country, there is a kind of multi-usage water container called, pila.
People use the "pilas" to retain water (for days or months), wash their clothes or dishes, among other things. They tend to have them in their houses, mostly in their backyards or inside. They are often made from stone or cement, and often have a faucet to fill them.
In the rural parts, you can find them in some public places, where you can rent them for a fee to wash your clothes.
The "pilas" look like this:

Personally, I have never seen anything like that in the European countries I have visited or in California.
I tried to Google it, but I could not find any good enough noun. I got suggestions like:

water stack
communal water supply
water font

And many others. You can read some suggestions here:
https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/traduccion/pila+de+agua.html
Personally, none of the suggestions convinced me. Do you know any noun that could represent this thing?


texts: The meaning of "call out" in this context

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Reading this article, I have had an agony like asking before the definition of call out..
I am not perfectly sure what call out means for such as this line.

The Atlanta Police Department said Wednesday that it was experiencing "a higher than usual number of call outs."

According to the Collins, I speculate the verb is used by the definition of the British English's

(transitive)
to order ( workers) to strike

So my questions are,
1 Am I correct in my speculation?
2 Even though Collins says it the British way of saying, doesn't it matter?
Thank you for your time


texts: What does 2+common walls mean in this ad?

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Interior features

  2 story
  security features: gated community

  Building and construction

  floor: partially carpeted
  common walls: 2+ common walls
  levels or stories: 2
  attached structure: attached

Could you simplify the 2 plus and common walls?


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[...] After marrying so young she was overwhelmed by it all, having a child so quickly, and nursing, and warming up bottles of milk and testing their temperature against her wrist
  while Raj was at work, dressed in sweaters and corduroy pants, teaching his students about rocks and dinosaurs. Raj never looked cross or harried, or plump as she had become after the first baby.
  Source: Interpreter of Maladies

A. as had she become

B. as she had become plump

First, would you please show me if my rephrased phrases, that is., A and B, are interchangeable with the original one?

Meanwhile, could you tell me what the word or conjunction as means here?

Thanks in advanced


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If someone asks me "would you give me your bike", which one of the following will be the usual reply?

1- No, I won't give you my bike.

2- No, I wouldn't give you my bike.

My question is should I be using 'would' to reply as the question is asked with 'would'?


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Mike ( had broken | broke ) his mother's vase last night but he has not told her yet.

Some argue it must use "broke" instead of "had broken" because "last night" could not be used with past perfect tense.
I notice some teachers preach a grammar rule:  Adverb like "last night, last year, a few days ago" should not be used with past perfect tense; It should use past tense. But I never find any formal grammar books make that statement. Instead, I think it is quite a "weak grammar rule" which is often "violated" in some writings. I have quite often seen sentences like "He had taken the test last year."  and similar ones in popular novels, news papers and magazines.

I think "had broken" is a better answer here as it make the sentence more cohesive in meaning and logic, even though "broke" is ok too, at least grammatically.

Maybe only in cases for a specific time point like "at 8 o'clock", we might have to use past tense. e.g,  He broke the vase at 8 pm last night.


texts: What is the difference between "do something a number of times in a day" and "do something a number of times a day"?

texts:
Tell me please what is the difference between in a day and a day in the following context.

  I practice my English five times in a day.

  I practice my English five times a day.


texts: When someone acts obstinately / stubbornly towards you

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I have a very long-lasting question about some quite close concepts which I am sure they have some equivalents in current English. I really appreciate it if you could do me a favor and let me find the most precise English meanings for them.

Let's assume that you as an ordinary person refer to an organization sometimes for some official affairs. There is only one person who accomplishes your needed tasks. But the first time that you meet and dealt with him, unfortunately, you had had a quarrel with him for some reasons and this is why he often keeps procrastinating your affairs intentionally or even sometimes deliberately refuses doing your affairs. (Let's forget about the possible hierarchical follow-ups.)

What do you call his action?

  He is acting obstinately / stubbornly towards / against you?
  — He is spiting you?

What have you done that caused him to act like that towards you in the past?

  Did you make him obstinate / stubborn?

Why he is acting that ??

  -He is doing to spite you?
  - He is doing that out of spite?
  - He is doing that to make you obstinate / stubborn?
  - He is out of obstinacy against you?

Here I just have tried to make up some sentences to imply what am I looking for. I hope that they make sense to you and you could understand me intended concepts.

Please help me with this question. It is of Paramount importance for me to find the answer to this question.


texts: Do we have a "first conditional" in this text?

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The great king, they said, having respect to the mutability of human affairs, was desirous of dealing mercifully with the Romans, and would allow the escape of the remnant which was left of their army, if the Caesar and his advisers accepted the conditions that he required.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16167/16167-h/16167-h.htm


texts: The correct parsing of "than in the breath that from my mistress reeks"

texts:
This one is a line from one of Shakespeare's sonnets.
I don't get which is the subject, and which noun belongs to the prepositional 'from'.
My first interpretation is
"the breath that from [it] my mistress reeks"
i.e., the breath that the mistress reeks from. My other interpretation is
"The breath that (from my mistress) reeks"
i.e., the breath that reeks from the mistress. So which one the truer version?
Also I rarely see the verb "reeks" used with "from", but I often see it used with "of", for example, the abandoned basement reeks of dust. What does reeks from mean?


texts: What is it called when someone acts one way then acts another way in front of someone else and gets you in trouble?

texts: My sister has made me mad so many times by not saying or doing something alone with me but then goes and says it to me in front of my parents, and I have been getting in trouble for it.


texts: Explaining the Second Conditional and the Third Conditional in a "logical" way

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When I was searching for a job, I applied to be an English teacher, and the employer asked me about "how to efficiently explain to students the difference between the second conditional and the third conditional." And I presented to him my own explanation and finally failed.

Please be reminded that I am not asking for my benefit but just asking for the pure confusion because the question of why I failed remains to this day.

The Second Conditional
If there is a sentence like below, how would you, as a native speaker, explain the "logic" of the meaning of the present perfect?

  If I were him, I am going to go to the shop.

The potential employer simply told me that "even though the first part of the speech is past tense, that part (=If clause, here) is demonstrating the present situation."

My explanation was, "The first speech denotes the past. Therefore, that situation is "irreversible." However, if the "irreversible" situation becomes "reversible" by putting "if", that part of the speech will denote that you are describing "now." So, the last part of the speech could denote possible future events."

The Third Conditional
In the case of a sentence like:

  If he had not been there, he would be alright now.

My logical explanation would have been:

  The first part of the speech was denoting the "past before the past." So even if "if" was put, that would remain as a past, so that is still "irreversible." Therefore, the last part of the speech denotes the present (and irreversible) result.

"He" (the employer) did not comment at all because the "interview" had ended before I was trying to explain about the past perfect.

What would you think of my "logic?" Does anyone have "precise" logic about this grammar? After all my searching, what came up was just the case in which English native speakers are not explaining the "logic" at all, but simply the grammar itself.


texts: Further questions: Even if with subjunctive mood or indicative mood

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My main question is; Even if can be used with subjunctive mood or something like indicative mood.
Actually I do know Even if used with subjunctive mood. But my main point is latter one.
=======================================================.
Before asking all of you about it, First of all, I have learned something about "Even if".
The difference between "if" and "even if"
In the meantime, I double-checked again two meanings of "Even if" by dictionaries.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/even_1#even_idmg_2
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/even-if
https://www.englishgrammar.org/even-if-and-even-though/
Also I have got the following feedback

You use "Even if [condition]" when--despite the condition being false, the clause afterwards will still
hold true.

I think this feedback would be right. But I don't agree with mentioning "false". Rather it contains unreal or hypothetical condition.
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According to dictionaries, there are two kinds of usage about 2 sorts of meanings from https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/even_1#even_idmg_2
1. Despite the possibility that; no matter whether
2. Despite the fact that; even though
However, regarding 2. usage I think indicative mood sometimes looks applied to 『Even if clause and main clause』.
For example from https://www.lexico.com/definition/even_if

• ‘My mother always did her best for me, even if there wasn't always enough to go around.’
• ‘It was a brilliant piece of reactive warfare, even if it was not wholly successful.’
• ‘They never doubted his love, even if he could not put it into words the rest of us would understand.’

Do you think those 【even if ~ clauses】 mentions unreal or hypothetical condition?
I don't think so. They now conveys real facts. Furthermore, If subjunctive mood is applied to those sentences, maybe be-verbs in them have to be inflected to "were" regardless of persons. As well main clauses have to come with modal verbs such as would / could / might / should. But as you can the above, subjunctive mood is not applied.
When I compare 1 usage's example sentences in Lexico website, the subjunctive mood is obviously applied to even if clause.
For example,

• ‘It does not matter, even if it were to be clearly established that it had gone astray in the post.’

Therefore, if my reasoning is correct, I can say the following sentence.

Context: Mr. TJ is a good teacher. Now I have a chance to take his class, but I will not take his class due to some reasons such as scheduling conflict or something.

→ Even if Mr. TJ is a good teacher, I will not take his class.
= Mr TJ is a good teacher. In spite of it, I will not take this class.
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Context: Mr. TJ was a good teacher, I will not take this class.

→ Even if Mr. TJ was a good teacher, I will not take his class.
= Mr. TJ was a good teacher. Despite the fact, I will not take his class.
(Maybe no native speakers say 2.-sentence. It is grammatical, though.)
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For your reference, the reason why the sentence from 2. context could be possible is that I have read some paragraph from Practical English Usage.


texts: What is the word for the description below?

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what is the word for domain in which the gun can shoot something?

For example, when a deer is 50 feet away and you can shoot it with a rifle, you say the deer is in what?


texts: Is "his wife" a pronoun in this sentence?

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In this sentence, I know "them" is a pronoun but I'm not sure if "his wife" is a pronoun or not?
Rand loves sports cars, and his wife loves them too


texts: How to parse "they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential"?

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Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors,
  photographers, artists - everyone - is to work harder to make sure
  *they get the help they are demanding to reach their
  potential.*If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.

How to parse the clause sentence in bold? I have two explanations of this sentence and wonder which one is correct and how to judge it?

Explanation 1: They /get /the help( they are demanding)/ to reach their potential. "They are demanding" functions as an attributive clauses, modifying " the help".

Explanation 2: They/ get the help (they are demanding to reach their potential).   "they are demanding to reach their potential" is an attributive clause, modifying "the help".

Which one is correct? And why?


texts: The usage of "she" and "her" in neutral cases

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I am reading an article now and facing some strange usage of pronouns:

  An agent’s probabilities are defined by her willingness to place or accept any bets she believes to be favorable to her on the basis of those probabilities.

The gender of the agent is not defined. Why can't we use the neutral "one" or "one's" in this case? Is this example a manifestation of any new trend in English language?

UPDATE: Excuse me, it was just my misconception. The author stated in the footnote, which I have not initially noticed, that the agent is a female (the article is about quantum physics, and in its tradition there are two general agents – Alice and Bob, so the author was considering Alice).


texts: Does "A but is B" mean that B is not A, or how to interpret "but is" in such a sentence (A and B can be any phrase)?

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Chicago Manual of Style, paragraph 5.92 has a sentence that starts with the following: "For instance, pregnancy lasts nine months but is a nine‐month pregnancy, . . .", which is then followed by another example.

How do you interpret "but is" here? It doesn't make sense to me. Did they mean "is" and erroneously placed "but" in there, or am I missing something?


texts: May I start a paragraph "Being born and brought up in India..."?

texts: Is the phrase "Being born and brought up in India.. " correct usage? It is at the start of the paragraph


texts: How to extend "Some people do this, other people do that..." by a third part?

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To describe differences in the behaviour of people often the expression "Some people do ..., other people do ..." is used. For example: "Some people drive cars, other people ride bicycles".

If I wanted to extend this expression by a third group of people/behaviour, what would be the idiomatic extension? Like

  Some people drive cars, other people ride bicycles, even(?) other people go by the tube.


texts: Meaning of "put in place a line of crossing stones"

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She ran from the passage, not minding that her footsteps were heard, not minding that the
door to the yard banged loudly, that hearing it they would know she’d been
listening. She ran into the woods, down to the stream, where only a few
days ago she had helped her papa to put in place a line of crossing stones.

Does it mean: to put the stone that was for crossing over in their place?
Does "crossing stones" mean: the stones for walking on them?
Source: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor