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Can we use "it's about time" for a sarcastic answers

Like if someone says to me "I think I should return your book back now" and the person who said this to me should have returned my book way earlier and I am quite annoyed with him now. So can I reply him  "it's about time" as an sarcastic reply?


texts: "To whom"/"Whom to" is that boy running?

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Given the sentence

That boy is running to his mother.

How can this be turned into an object-related question?

To whom is that boy running?
Whom to is that boy running?


texts: My best moment is every moment I've had with him/spent with him

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A person was asked: "What was your best moment with your dad?"

So the reply can be: "My best moment was every moment with him."

But can it be:
...

  1.)My best moment was every moment that I had with my dad.

  2.)My best moment was every moment that I spent with my dad.

What sounds natural #1 or #2? Do any of these sentences sound natural?


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What is the meaning of would in this sentence:

  Guy Fawkes established a reputation as a soldier of great courage, a fact that would lead to his participation in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.


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In this quote, should it be ensure or ensures?

  Comprehensive experience in all aspects of entertainment and media law in combination with exceptional people and project management skills ensures excellence at every level.


texts: Examples of using grammar in "unnatural way" in popular culture?

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Can somebody come up with examples of using English grammar in pop culture in "unnatural" way?

What I mean is when grammar is used incorrectly/vaguely, but such usage sounds/looks rather good.

I know, we constantly use grammar wrong because of many reasons, but I am interested in such particular cases, which are well-known to public (pop culture, films, comics, shows, anything). For instance, when wrong grammar was used to avoid copyright issues, or to nitpick opponent, or to make some catchy slogan, and so on.

Few examples to make clearer what I meant.

  Back in late 80s-early 90s Sega company created a slogan, which they
  had been using a lot: "Genesis Does what Nintendon't". It that
  slogan they pointed out that their videogame console (Genesis) is
  better than their competitor's one (Nintendo), but also made fun, by
  mixing "Nintendo" corporate name and verb "Do" in bizarre
  ungrammatical way (it should be "Genesis Does what Nintendoesn't", isn't it?)

-

  In a 2002-2003, during the pre-production of film "The League of
  Extraordinary Gentlemen", director and production company were forced
  to change a name of one of character - The Invisible Man - to
  avoid copyright issues. They have changed his name to "An Invisible
  Man"

Thanks!

P.S. Term "unnatural grammar" I have coined from my native language; I don't know either English has a special word for such concept or not.


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This article has a strange title:

  Some Like It Bot
  Algorithms are getting better at entertaining us.

  Artificial intelligence has captured the rhythm of science fiction. For example, the script of a new science fiction short is the creation of a bot. Although the software provides...

What does it mean? What's the logic or pun behind it? It's extremely un-grammatical, but as a title it is acceptable, so I read it like "Some people like it to be a robot", but I'm not sure and wonder if there is more  meaning behind.


texts: "by the time" vs. "when" in a particular sentence

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The sun will be setting by the time I get home.

The sun will be setting when I get home.

What is the precise difference between these two sentences?


texts: Words to describe story with an unoriginal, formulaic plot

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What are some common words, phrases, idioms or slang to describe a story that has an unoriginal, formulaic plot?

E.g. someone's reaction upon seeing such a TV show is: This is totally _____.


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I am trying to create a tagline.

  "Be an influencer of success."

vs

  "Be an influencer on success."

Which of the followings is correct?
if none is correcrt, what would be a good substitution?


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I'd like to know if I am right about these two sentences:

  He was expelled because he had been misbehaving.

This means he misbehaved on several occasions, probably over a period of time.

  He was expelled because he had misbehaved.

This means he misbehaved once, or a few times.


texts: Definite and indefinite Articles when to write the right one

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I know the rule of definite and indefinite articles ( A, An ), but I see lots of people who speak English as their native mother language and they write a sentences like this :
"I like a apple." should not that be "I like an apple ?." this really confuses me


texts: What is the purpose of using however between commas?

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I encountered a sentence as follows

  It is not, however, impossible to mix high-level and low-level functionality in a language.

I couldn't fiqure out why "however" was used between commas insted of locating it at the begining of the sentence.

Thanks.


texts: Scientific terms (reinforcer, chemicals)

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i'm trying to translate an english article in french. This article explains some scientific experiments. I have the following sentence:

  At the top of our human reward list are food, sex, love, friendship,
  and novelty. These are called ‘natural reinforcers,’ as contrasted
  with addictive chemicals.

I understand the second sentence as "These are a natural help, unlike addictive chemical products".

Am i right? I'm not sure how to translate "reinforcers". And, in this case, does "chemicals" refer to articial addictive products (drugs, ...) or does it refer even to chemical substances in the brain, like dopamine?


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Sentence to be corrected: All the while improving their society for the next generation.

It doesn't seem to be a complete sentence? Because I thought that "all the while" acts more like a conjunction, but here there would only be one clause. I must correct this sentence without any other context and without adding any new information. Any ideas for doing this?

Thanks.


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An ELL post demonstrates the usage of "preface" when talking about words orders.

This may well be my regional preference, though I couldn't quickly find any written examples where options are listed prefaced by "alternate".

Which fits the meaning of it on the Cambridge Dictionary.

an introduction at the beginning of a book explaining its purpose, thanking people who helped the author, etc.

Another example from the Cambridge Dictionary demonstrates the usage of "precede" for the similar situation

Verbs usually precede objects in English.

I understand the meanings of them. I’d just like to know whether they are interchangeable for this particular situation.

Verbs usually preface objects in English.

Do they mean the same thing when talking about words orders?


texts: Can “exist” be followed by an adjective?

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On Wikipedia, I read a sentence like this:

  Logical realism posits that logical truth exists independent of human ideas.

Is that grammatical? According to Wikipedia, this seems connected to adjuncts and predicative expressions. If it is grammatical, what criteria can be used to tell what verbs can be used in this way?


texts: My teacher tells me that if I can't change a clause into a noun phrase, I can use the phrase 'despite the fact that' and then write the whole clause, because  it's always right. Is it true?


texts: Meaning of foot in the context of cliff climbing

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Scene: Climbing a cliff.

A foot above his head, he gripped his smallest handhold yet, and then
stepped up onto a gently sloping surface that contained just enough
grit to give the soles of his boots several seconds of purchase.

Does this foot refer to a footing, footholds etc. or is it a man's foot?
Source; Novel, Pines, Blake Crouch


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What is the past tense of

  I am looking for shirts.

Is it "I was looking for shirts"?

Would I correctly say

  I was looking for dark shaded semi-formal shirts.


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Is there any difference between "getting" and "to be getting"?

Example "Trees getting cut down." and "Trees are getting cut down."

Is there any difference between these 2 sentences ?


texts: X exists eternally. Which of the following ways to express this idea is better?

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X never appeared.
X has never appeared.
X never came into being.
X has never come into being.


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Some people have the habit of moving their pillow and also twisting it (it makes them feel more comfortable). So is it natural to use "twist" in this context? If not, what are the more common alternatives?

  Do you twist your pillow when you sleep?

Is the use of "twist" natural?

P.S. It's just twisted randomly and not along a plane. It becomes a little spiral shapedand not a square (like when it's folded. It's two ends don't overlap each other.)


texts: "If it should" vs "If it does" vs "Should it"

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What is the difference between:

  1) If my car should break down, please, call the mechanic.

  2) If my car breaks down, please, call the mechanic.

  3) Should my car break down, please, call the police

I read that the first variant is informal whilst the third one is formal. But what is the second then?


texts: What is the best way to say the following sentence?

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The best way to say the following sentence?

  No matter how, to be deceived is not something one appreciates.

I want to say that "no matter how one is deceived, to be deceived is not something one appreciates." I want to say this in the most concise and most idiomatic way.


texts: "Full blood Italian" or "full blooded Italian"?

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If I wanted to say I am 100% Italian, which of the following phrases should I use?

Full blood Italian
Full blooded Italian

The reason I am asking is that in Italian, I would use the equivalent of blood.


texts: The difference between English as the primary language, first language and a recognized language

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I'm doing an essay on the extent of the Anglophone world. I must include the following information:

countries in which English is a first or native language
countries in which English holds legal status as the primary language
countries in which English holds legal status as a secondary language
regions and international bodies in which English is upheld as a recognized language

I've been researching these online and it has left me quite perplexed. Maybe it's just me, but I feel there is a great deal of overlap among them. For example the UK can easily fall into three of these categories. I particularly do not understand the difference between English as the primary language, first language and a recognized language in a country. I'm guessing it must have something to do with official languages, yet I can't clearly distinguish the differences.

Could anyone make an example for each type of country?


texts: How would you fill out the blanks in this document? "Done at ..."

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I am applying for a scholarship and I must fill out this page. I've never seen "Done at" phrase before. And, also at the beginning, there is I......... country........................date of birth.
So, how would this John Smith fill out this document?
First name: John
Last name: Smith
Date of birth: 1/1/2000
Country: Paris, France
I am more concerned about filling it out in a way that creates a reasonable sentence with what comes after these blanks.


texts: I don't have "many/enough" friends for a large party - many or enough?

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We can say the following sentences:

(a) I don't have enough friends for a large party.

(b) I don't have enough hair for a haircut.

But when something requires a lot of something else, can I use many, much or a number in a similar sentence?

(1) I don't have many friends for a large party. (because a large party requires many friends.)

(2) I don't have much hair for a haircut. (because I think a haircut requires a lot of hair.)

(3) I don't have ten people for a task force. (because a task force requires ten people.)


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How to recognize which subject or object "it" is referring to in the following sentence:

  The Pump gives 10 bar pressure to the Machine and it will give good
  production.

Here how can we identify whether the pronoun "it" refers to the Pump or the Machine.

This is my confusion that I want to be clear how to use.


texts: Meaning of "His legs were put together" in this context

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The new Pope of Fools was brought out in
  triumph. It was then that everyone realized
  the man had not been making a face—this
  was his real face! Indeed, his whole body was
  ugly. His head was covered with coarse red
  hair. Between his shoulders rose an enormous
  hump. His legs were strangely put together,
  and his hands and feet were huge. Still, there
  was an air of strength and courage about him.
  He looked like a giant who had been broken
  into pieces and then carelessly reassembled.

Dose it mean: His leg was like parenthesis and when he walked his leg met each other?


texts: An idiom or proverb for very easy to find but you are unable to see the object, which is very beside or close to you

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For example:

  A speaker said to a listener go in and bring me the chair. He went in and looked for it but couldn't find, then the speaker said, " Where were you looking for the chair? It is beside you bring it here!

I'm also looking for  a single word for a person who is unable to find


texts: I am looking for a word indicating that I am interested in working in a workshop, meaning working with machines, wood carpentry, metal carpentry, even making automatons, and making stuff with hands. I am going to add this to the interests part of my C.V.


texts: Which adjective makes sense in this sentence?

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Students might not only have ------- time to finish it but also they
  have no time to  think it deeply.

Enough or scarce?


texts: you will be able to get treatment / This, shouldn't have been passive voice?

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the expression below on the picture

  Also, make sure that you travel with proper medical insurance so that
  if you are sick or injured while traveling you will be able to get
  treatment.

Shouldn't have been passive voice? but treatment is not past participle


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Context: "When we didn’t like what we earned(,) and we couldn’t find a better opportunity, we simply moved to another state."
I'm not sure whether to add a comma here or not. Both clauses, "we didn't" and "we couldn't," refer to "when."


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

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Can anybody rewrite this sentence for me, please?
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/define?q=define

  "Success in anchoring inflation in the 1980s and 1990s defined central banking throughout the developed world."

(Source)


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What is a difference between those two sentences ?

  I need a book to read on holiday.

  I need a book to read it on holiday.


texts: The difference between ‘the third time’ and ‘for the third time’?

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When he asked for the third time, the angry policeman told him again of Mr. Lane’s defeat and retirement.

Why not use ‘the third time’ instead of ‘for the third time’? I can not tell the difference between these two phrases.


texts: Omission of the preposition "of" in chemical procedure desciptions: "transfer 1.5 g bovine milk powder".. etc

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From a procedures section in a document:

  Transfer 1.5 g bovine milk powder into a 200 ml volumetric beaker.

Is it common practice to omit of in construction of the kind

  1.5 g (of) bovine milk powder

I have the impression that it is, but I'm not 100% sure. Maybe there's some book describing this condensed style of writing, and this omission of prepositions is mentioned there, but I haven't found a clear mention by googling.

Neither did I find any discussions of this on language-related websites.


texts: I've found this expression on the Natural Selection 2 fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalSelection2/posts/10152301360338105


texts: apply to master's degree in X field at Y University

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Does the following sentence sound natural and formal enough?

I would like to apply to a/the master's degree in business at the
University of Chicago

or

I would like to study/do a/the master's degree in the field of business at
the University of Chicago.


texts: What is the meaning of "stark" in this context?

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"This meeting between these two peoples (Thule and Dorset) would have been a very stark
  meeting," Fitzhugh said, "between people with very conservative,
  beautiful stone technology and beautiful artwork and so on, but
  socially and economically, they were just no match for this onslaught
  from this Thule machine. ... They were, in a sense, sitting ducks."

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dorset-dna-genes-trace-tale-arctics-long-gone-hobbits-n191156

"Stark" has several meanings, so I couldn't understand which one applies here.


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As a native speaker of German, I have the habit of negating every sentence with the word 'until' or 'before' and every time I do that, my fiancee, who is American, calls me out. It sounds right to my German ears, but I can't explain why, though. She tried to give me some examples as to why it doesn't make sense in English, but I couldn't understand it. I hope someone in this forum can enlighten me.

Let's look at these sentences:

You can't buy the car until you do not have the money from the bank.

You should not change lanes before you do not see the car in the rearview mirror

Both sound natural to my German ears because it is something I would also say in German. However, my fiancee always gives me a confused look when I say sentences like the above. She says it should be like this:

You can not buy the car until you have the money from the bank.

You should not change lanes before you see the car in the review mirror

It sounds so off to me.The word 'until' suggests duration for me, as in 'from - to'. You can't do something from moment x to  moment y, and y being the 'interruption' of that duration. That is, you can not buy the car as long as you do not have the money. I apply the same logic to the word 'before'. You should not change lanes as long as you do not see the car driving next to you in the rearview mirror.


texts: "workers and intellectuals who led the October 1917 Revolution and created the Soviet Union"

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The publication of the English-language edition of Stalin’s Terror of 1937-1938: Political Genocide in the USSR by the late Marxist historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin is a major contribution to the study of the purges that wiped out the entire generation of Bolshevik leaders and socialist workers and intellectuals who led the October 1917 Revolution and created the Soviet Union.

Source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/rogo-s09.html

Do you think that it would be a mistake if there would be used the past perfect in bold passages? The October Revolution and the creation of the Soviet Union happened before the political trials. Or is the simple past used because of the minimal time interval between the two mentioned events?


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Are these words mean the same? I'm a programmer and I was wondered by this question while uploading a new file to Github. I want to say reformatted abc function or refactored abc function.

ps. I apologize for some confusion about the terminology and the English language.


texts: "How much is its cost" vs "How much does it cost"

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When buying something, what it more suitable to ask the seller?

  How much does it cost?
  How much is its cost?

I know that the word "cost" is a verb and noun as well, but my question is what is the acceptable way - if there is.


texts: Is it correct to say to your child "you go to school tomorrow" when that event is a part of a school time-table?

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We often use the simple present tense to talk about scheduled future event.
For example, The train leaves at 6 AM tomorrow.
Children go to school according to a fixed timetable that is set up by their school depending on the schedule.
Is it correct to say to your child "you go to school tomorrow" when that event is a part of a school time-table or she is scheduled to go to school tomorrow?
I don't know why not many native speakers want to answer this question, but I would expect a common expression that native speakers often say in this situation.


texts: Should I use "field" or "branch" when talking about the sport a person competes in?

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Is the word 'branch' correctly used in the following sentence?
Or is the correct word some other word like 'field'?

He is a 19-year-old national sportsman. His branch is archery.


texts: What on earth could this metaphor imply?

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Reading this article (emphasis mine), there are 2 lines,

  Chinese media have also singled out Matt Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser who delivered a direct appeal to the people of China — in Mandarin — to embrace democratic change.

  “Everything Mr. Pottinger has done is like a weasel pretending to offer New Year’s greetings to a chicken,” said a response on CCTV to his speech.

What would the Chinese media try to say with the metaphor?


texts: Relative clause and prepositional phrase

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He faced the same difficulty which we had at the airport in finding the direction to the gate.

Firstly, I think the entire clause "which we had at the airport in finding the direction to the gate" modifies the noun " difficulty".

Secondly, I think the PP "to the gate" is the complement of "direction",being an adjective,

and as the PP "at the airport" is closer to the verb "had", it functions as complement of the verb "had", therefore the PP is adverbial. Am I mistaken?

And what about "in finding the directions to the gate." Is it also a complement of the verb "had" or

it functions as complement of either noun "airport" or "difficulty"(difficulty is a bit far away though), serving as an adjective?

And, "which we had..." is a relative clause , so I think the object behind the verb "had" is "difficulty", then the sentence can be looked at this way

  We had the difficulty at the airport in finding the directions to the gate.

As for this sentence, the PP "at the airport" is closer to "difficulty" , then  it serves as a complement of "difficulty", being an adjective?

And the PP "in finding the directions to the gate", is it a complement of the verb "had", being an adverb? Or it is the complement of either the nouns "airport" or "difficulty", serving as an adjective?


texts: What is the difference in meaning between the sentences?

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What is the difference in meaning between the two sentences?

  I want to travel the moon.
  I want to travel to the moon.


texts: At "a graduate level", "graduate level", or "the graduate level"?

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Do you need to use an article either a or the before graduate level in the following sentence?

I understand that studying any course at graduate level requires a
tremendous amount of dedication and hard work.


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It is from this video. It is at 9 minute and 18 second.

  It is a great opportunity to get ideas for your resume, or help you figure out if it is even a job you want.

I can understand what the adverb even means, but I am confused what it means there. Was it used as a synonym if the phrase at all? For example:

  It is a great opportunity to get ideas for your resume, or help you figure out if you want this job at all.

Do those two sentences mean the same?


texts: Is it natural to use the phrasal verb "fasten up" in the sense of fastening one's belt in a car?

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Would a native English speaker use fasten up in the sense of fastening one's belt in a car? For example:

  You had better fasten up as you never know what might happen on the road.

If it sounds off, what would a native English speaker say?


texts: What does the sentence "It's just like him, to have to have the last word" mean?

texts: I heard this on a TV show and I've never really heard a sentence similar to it before. I'd appreciate it if you would help me out with the meaning of the sentence  and its structure.


texts: On the singular vs plural aspects of "who"

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In a question like this one, for example,

  Who have/has come?

Is the word "who" singular or plural? Or is it both plural and singular?

I have heard it’s plural. Please correct me if I am wrong.


texts: These two tenses confuse me a lot. I happened to see my friend's sister's picture. The last time I saw her she was a little. But I was so happy to see her latest picture. My question is what am I supposd to say as "wow she grew so big" or "wow she has grown so big" and please tell me how to differentiate between the two tenses. They confuse me very much


texts: "each win" or "each wins" in this sentence?

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I see this sentence in this online article:

  The following answers to this artful question each win a random book.

It seems ungrammatical to me because win should be a present tense verb in third person ending with s.

If I am wrong, then what is the rule applied here?


texts: How to differentiate all the graduations in a ruler?

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In the ruler below, there are some graduations on the ruler. I wonder how you can differentiate them in English. Specifically,

The entire ruler
The bigger part (0, 1, 2, etc... graduation itself, not number)
The medium part (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, etc...)
The smaller part (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc...)
The number attached on the bigger part

I think the entire ruler should be just described as ruler, but how can I tell the graduations and its number attached on them?

(The picture was taken from this page)


texts: What's the meaning of "way" in this sentence?

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What's the meaning of "way" in this sentence:

  You got way too much free time.

While we can just say:

  You got too much free time.

Is it to emphasize the meaning?


texts: Trying to make sense of ' to come flooding in'

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Orders came flooding in for hemp oil, seeds, lotions, shampoos and
conditioners.

I'm trying to translate a sentence very similar to this one, and it seems to me that the verb is 'to come in', and 'flooding' is an adverb. It that correct?


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I'm confused how to use the word allowance

The word 'allowance' mostly related to some moneywise issues and that is why I'm not sure that the word 'allowance' fits the occasion and 'permission', 'opportunity' as well

Question:

  What is the right way to say 'I stood behind the traffic light and waited for allowance to cross the road'


texts: What's the meaning of "We give up on singles and doubles"?

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I'm not sure of the meaning of the expression "We give up on singles and doubles" in the phrase "We give up on singles and doubles, hoping some slugger will come along and swing for the fences".

Is it something like in money games in casinos ?

From The Atlantic

  Achieving results nationally means participating locally. The scale of the country’s challenges can seem so vast that only grand solutions offer any hope of meeting them. We give up on singles and doubles, hoping some slugger will come along and swing for the fences. This is wrong on two counts. First, the steep decline of democratic participation is itself one of our central challenges, reflecting a loss of conviction that government is actually in our hands. Only participation can solve the participation problem. Second, the impact of participation trickles up. Rosa Parks didn’t start out by taking on all of Jim Crow; she started out by taking a seat on a local bus. National efforts on the environment, health care, highways, the minimum wage, workplace safety—all got their start in one state or another. And Washington isn’t synonymous with America, anyway. Community life is sustained locally, not only through government but through a wealth of civic associations that depend on the participation of ordinary people. The president famously possesses a bully pulpit, but the impetus for change just as often comes from the pews.


texts: Humorous limerick on Cirencester / virencester / explirencester. I don't get it

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According to the English Language Wikipedia page on Cirencester, Cirencester has many pronunciations.  From Wikipedia:

The form /ˈsɪsɪtər/, spelled Cirencester or Ciceter, was once used locally. This pronunciation is humorously highlighted in a 1928 limerick from Punch:

There was a young lady of Cirencester
Whose fiancé went down to virencester
    By the great Western line,
    Which he swore was divine,
And he couldn't have been much explirencester.

I don't understand the humour in this limerick.  I think the words virencester and explirencester do not exist.  But are they variations of existing words?  Where is the humour in this?


texts: What is an English word that would describe an ineffectual, questionable approach?

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What is an English a word that would describe an ineffectual, questionable approach to someone or something so as to get different information on that subject?

In my language this word is the verb "a tatona". I looked it up in the dictionary, but no alternative has satisfied me.

I then checked Larousse, for in French, tâtonner, has the same meaning as in my language. Evidently neither of its alternatives have satisfied me too.

I will provide some examples so as to clarify my point as follows:

The word might be used, for example, to probe the snow in searching for survivors following an avalanche;

A thin ice covering a pool can be probed too in order to see if it sustains you;

In sports, in competition, be it team or individual when commencing and say that the opponents are still feeling each other's pulse? hoping to discover the opponents strongest and weakest points before the actual play starts in full;

In techniques when making small experiments so as to estimate a pattern or a model;

Figuratively, when saying that one probes the ground or the terrain; it means that one wants to check the status of someone or something.

I wonder what would be the equivalent in English of this word or maybe an expression might be better suited? Or would you advice me to use the appropriate word expressions) according to different contexts?

I thank you in advance.


texts: I came across some sentences using out of something or someone and I can't make its meaning clear all the time, say I want to make a supersonic man out of you. How can I understand this sentence and out of here represent what?


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Two people are talking about some hostage-takers. One of them asks the other:
"You know how many they are?"
Is it possible to say "they" here? Or should it be:
"You know how many there are?"
Or
"You know how many hostage-takers there are?"
?


texts: Okay, when I see acronyms I usually see stuff like NYOB, OMG, PM, stuff like that. I also see some of them with periods on them like N.A.S.A. Do you put the dots in them, or not?


texts: Distinction with non-finite clause/subordinate clause

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He left the party and went home, not having anyone to talk to.

**A clause is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb.*

Non-finite clauses contain a verb which does not show tense but have no subject doing a verb so why are they classed as clauses and not phrases.


texts: What's the meaning of "folded onto itself"?

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I've checked the meaning of fold in online dictionaries, it means:

to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part
over another
to fold something several times so that it makes a small neat shape
if something such as a piece of furniture folds, or you fold it, you
make it smaller or move it to a different position by bending it
o cover something, especially by wrapping it in material or putting
your hand over it 1

but  I don't understand what the writer means when she says:

  wrist folded absurdly onto itself

Could you explain it to me?

The full text is here:

  He grabbed my wrist and my body slipped into the familiar posture,
  head thrust forward, arm coiled around my lower back, wrist folded
  absurdly onto itself. Like a dance step, my muscles remembered and
  raced to get ahead of the music. The air poured from my lungs as I
  tried to bend deeper, to give my wristbone every possible inch of
  relief.


texts: Is "come in" a phrasal verb in "Can I come in?". Any suggestion appreciated. Thank you!


texts: What's the difference between using "past participle" and "passive present participle" for describing a reason?

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

  Being built atop lxml, Scrapy also supports xxxxx.

  Built atop lxml, Scrapy also supports xxxxx.

Scrapy is a computer software and it's built atop lxml (a software component). Because Scrapy is built atop lxml, it could do whatever lxml could do.

Are both the sentences appropriate?


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I have this question about the phrase "bound by snow" here:

  Warm temperatures and rain were forecast for the weekend in the city of Buffalo and western New York, bringing the threat of widespread flooding to the region bound for days by deep snow.

How does a region get "bound by snow"?  Would "covered by snow" be better?


texts: "Truest of friends" vs. "truest friends"

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The following are three authentic examples from Google Books:

Both women experience loss, from men to dreams, but through it all
they remain the truest of friends for 50 amazing years.

Loyalty makes the wolf a good member of the pack, the dog the truest
of friends, the savage a good member of the band, the tribe.

We are sharing with a truest of friends and there must also be time to
reflect and unburden ourselves, to voice our hopes, disappointments,
regrets, and to savor his companionship.

I'm wondering what role the preposition of plays in these examples. Why not just say "truest friends" instead?
Are these two constructions interchangeable? Any contextual nuances implied?


texts: What is the meaning of "got myself feeling something"?

texts:
This is the context:

  Paulson: Danny Kahneman, how big a question is this in science, consciousness?

  Kahneman: Well, that’s very odd. I’m in a minority because for some reason I’m one of those people who
  never got myself completely fascinated by this question [audience laughter]. And in part this is because I
  never could imagine what an answer to that question would be.

  source: The enigma of human consciousness.New York Academy of Sciences.

So, I was wondering what is the meaning of got yourself feeling something? Does it mean I never remember being fascinated by this question?


texts: I broke my leg - when I actually did something to break it

texts:
I broke my leg.

I know what it means.

But if I actually did something directly to my leg to break it, how should I say it?


texts: A single word for "assert, but without or before proof."

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"Allege" is a close one, but it related to something illegal or wrong. Is there a word just means "assert, but without or before proof."?

  Alleged, as an adjective, means that something was said to have taken place, but it has not been proven. It is often used when reporting about a person or incident that occurred, but the person has not yet been tried and convicted of the crime or the incident has not been verified by authorities. Unfortunately it is frequently used incorrectly. In your first example sentence, alleged means "asserted to be true, often without or before proof."
  -- An answer about alleged on english.stackexchange


texts: A confusing sentence with Past participle

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I think this is a shortened sentence (the highlighted portion), but I'm not sure. Please help me rewrite it into the full version as separated phrases so that it can be understood more easily.

  ...that alone can cost you a couple of hundred bucks. Given that the model we’re reviewing pushes $3,100 with a quad-core Skylake CPU and G-Sync 75Hz display, every freebie helps.


texts: Corresponding verb for "system architect"

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In computer world, there is a position called "architect", like "system architect", "solution architect". What is the corresponding verb of doing it? E.g.,

  He was a system architect in our team. He architected the whole infrastructure for us.

EDIT This is a very specific question in computer world, so if you are not 100% clear what an "application architect" and an "application designer" does, and their differences, please refrain from answering the question.


texts:
I think the following sentence is incorrect

Leena is a most intelligent student.

because in such constructions the must come before most
But I found this sentence in a book.
I think it should be

Leena is the most intelligent student.

or even better way to write this will be

Leena is the most intelligent student in the class.


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I'm just reading Harry Potter, though people say reading books is not going to improve my speaking fluency.

I'm just reading it, marking down all the text I feel I would not be able to say myself, and then learning.

I've made three different diaries for idioms, word meanings, and Harry Potter text.

Is it a good idea, will this ever result in improving my English?


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Does the phrase "in a way" makes such a difference in a statement?

In other words, is there a major difference by saying:

  "In a way, a part of you thinks they should have been together."

and

  "They should have been together."


texts: "In" vs. "Since" in "She has graduated in/since 1990"

texts:
She has graduated [in / since] 1990.

This sentence is in my homework and I don't know which answer I should choose.

Choosing since doesn't make the sentence meaningful I think the correct answer is in even that my teacher says since


texts: What does “with a one track mind” mean in Queen's I Want It All?

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In the song I Want It All by Queen, there are these lyrics:

  I'm a man with a one track mind
  So much to do in one lifetime (people do you hear me?)
  Not a man for compromise and 'wheres' and 'whys' and living lies
  So I'm living it all (yes I'm living it all)
  And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all)

By dictionary, "one track mind" means "having only one interest/think about only one topic". But here he said he wanted to do so much in life. This is kind of contradictory.

What does it mean here? And if there is contradiction, what is the meaning of the whole passage?


texts: Meaning of Conditional sentences with 'should' and 'happen to'

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I'm a bit familarized with conditional sentences. But the following sentences with 'should' and 'happen to' are quite confusing too me. They are:

If it should rain, I will stay at home.
2.If it should happen to rain, I'll stay at home

If it happens to rain, I'll stay at home.

What are the meaings of those sentences ? Do they all mean the same ?
Thank you a lot in Advance for your answer.


texts: "as claimed by" is it appropriate to be used?

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I am doing a literature review on cocoa demand and supply. The norm is cocoa demand is going up slightly. However, I was reading an article stating:

Demand for cocoa is predicted to rise by 30% by 2020 but without
empowering and investing in small-scale farmers, the industry will
struggle to provide sufficient supply.

Is it appropriate to say

The demand for cocoa was predicted to increase by 30% by 2020 as claimed by .... (2020).

I have used 'according to' several times now and thought to change it.


texts: Should I use "as" or "since" in the following sentence?

texts:
I resolved to reveal my plan, as/since my hopes of hiring Tom returned
  after he’d shared his story with me.

Is as or since the correct choice here? And why?


texts: Do these phrases have different meanings?

texts:
My question is very simple, the phrases

Important notes about productivity

important notes for productivity

have different meanings?


texts: Do I need a comma to set off "which causes thickening and discoloration of the nail" in a drug package leaflet?

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Если вы обнаружили грибковую инфекцию ногтей (грибки растут на ногтевой пластине или под ней), которая вызывает утолщение и обесцвечивание ногтя, Вам следует обратиться к врачу, поскольку крем не подходит для лечения этих видов инфекций.

  If you discover a fungal nail infection (in which fungi grow on the nail plate or under it) which causes thickening and discoloration of the nails, you should consult a doctor, because the cream is not suitable for treating these types of infections.

I translated this sentence from the Russian text of a patient leaflet, and I'm unsure whether I need the comma before "which causes thickening and discoloration of the nails".

On the one hand, it can be considered nonessential information and thus a non-restrictive clause. If you discover an infection of your nails, contact a doctor. And the hallmarks of such infection are the thickenging and discoloration of the nails. Thus, a comma.

On the other hand, how else can a patient discover a nail infection except by noticing the thickening and discoloration of the nails? Thus it must be essential information, and be a restrictive clause. Thus, no comma.


texts: Fourth conditional type (past and possible)?

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I learn that there are 3 types of conditional sentences:

Type 1 (present and possible): If I have money (and it's possible one
day), I will donate.
Type 2 (present and impossible): If I had money
now (but I don't), I would donate.
Type 3 (past and impossible): If I had had money (but I didn't), I would have donated.

What if I want to express something in the past that is possible, eg. If he had money before (and I don't know if he did, but it is possible), then he would donate?


texts: That story about not-so-careful Hans is called 'Careful Hans'

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There's the very popular children's story called Careful Hans.

  Careful Hans is a story about a not-so-careful and foolish boy, Hans.

Why is this so? I understand the name of a story doesn't necessarily have to make sense, but it can't be contradictory to the story itself.

Is this supposed to be ironic? (But children don't really understand irony, do they?)


texts: If an adverbial is at the beginning of a subordinate clause, should I separate it both from the subordinating conjunction and the rest of the clause?

texts: For example, here's a sentence, "What was new was that(,) now(,) the party abstained from a vote" (you can additionally comment on the "was was" structure, if you wish; I don't see anything wrong with it). What should I do with the commas?


texts: "a readiness to respect and appreciate others" VS " the readiness to respect and appreciate others"

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Tolerance should not be understood as an endurance of people whose characteristics differ from our own; rather, it should be understood as a readiness to respect and appreciate others, to fully grasp the value of other cultures, and to recognize the inalienable equal rights of all human beings.
  Tolerance should not be understood as the endurance of people whose characteristics differ from our own; rather, it should be understood as the readiness to respect and appreciate others, to fully grasp the value of other cultures, and to recognize the inalienable equal rights of all human beings.

I am thinking  why there is an article before 'readiness' and 'endurance', considering that both endurance and readiness is uncountable according to the Collins dictionary.

In such a case, since readiness and endurance are a specific kind of thing as explained by what follows them, aka. "to respect and appreciate others" and "of people whose characteristics differ from our own", so 'the' is better than 'a' or 'the' if an article is a must here.

What's wrong with my thoghts?


texts: Is the use of rather in this sentence correct or is there some other problem?

texts:
One of the bold words in the following sentence is used in a wrong way.
I believe it is something to do with "rather"

Why would you rather stay at home to go out tonight?


texts:
I checked the Reverso Dictionary but found nothing.
Searching for synonyms for change didn't yield any results, either.

Any suggestions?

Example sentence:

  The sky ___ from red to maroon and from maroon to black.


texts:
How do you encourage others to respond? What's the most common way to invite others to respond?

Let me give you some examples. Which of the following ways is more commonplace than others?

  You know what (...) means, from what I can gather. __________?

  Does anyone want to tell us?
  Who wants to say the answer?
  Who knows the answer?
  What is the answer to the question?

If there are more effective ways, please tell me.


texts: What would you call someone who sneaks into and stays in places where they have to be signed up, e.g. classes/country clubs

texts: At my school I used to be in athletics class even though I didn’t sign up or paid to be there, I just simply started acting as if I was part of the team. How would you call a person like that?


texts: Why isn't "are" placed at the end of the question in "Have you ever wondered who the people ARE you see every day...?"

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I've been reading an advanced level English book where I came across this sentence in an introduction to one of its articles:
Have you ever wondered who the people are you see every day on the way to work?
As far as I know, in similar questions like the one above, if there is an auxiliary verb, it should be placed at the end of the sentence (indirect questions); however, this structure is quite new to me. Is there a reason why?


texts: "I don't know what" vs "what I don't know"

texts:
Have a look into these two sentences:

  I am waiting for what I don't know.
  I am waiting for I don't know what.

My question is:

(a) Is there any difference in meaning between #1 and #2?
(b) Which one is correct and why? Please explain grammatically.


texts: Why say "...workers who had this, or who that..." instead of "...workers who had this, and those who had that..."?

texts:
I wrote the following sentence:

  Regionally differentiating weekly EI benefits affects workers who had shorter work periods, and those who had inconsistent weekly earnings prior to their layoff (AuthorName Year).

This means that regionally differentiating weekly EI benefits affects two groups of workers:

(a) workers who had shorter work periods prior to their layoff
(b) workers who had inconsistent weekly earnings prior to their layoff

So it affects workers who are only in (a), or only in (b), or in both (a) and (b).

I am told that no.1 is correct, but that many or most native speakers would automatically prefer no.2 (below).

  Regionally differentiating weekly EI benefits affects workers who had shorter work periods, or who had inconsistent weekly earnings prior to their layoff (AuthorName Year).

To me, "workers who had ..., and those who had" is equivalent to "workers who had ..., or who had".

I don't see how no1. could be possibly misconstrued as saying

  "...affects workers who had [both] shorter work periods and inconsistent weekly earnings".

Question: I just want to know why no.2 would be preferred over no.1 when they are both saying the same thing. Why? I don't think many or most native speakers choosing no.2 is a matter of style/choice. There has to be a reason; I can't quite figure that out yet.

I will probably get flagged "duplicate" for this. I have gone through other "and/or" questions in ELL but I can't find anything that solves my problem. It is possible that I might have missed the right one.


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I always thought that the difference between "of" and "from" was very clear to me generally speaking, but after discussing with an English learning friend I realized that my understanding may be incomplete.

I was asked to explain the difference between the two following expressions

the reviews of your clients
the reviews from your clients

A review consists in giving one's opinion/criticism to somebody else, whether it is written or oral. My take is that Option 2 is more correct, as it expresses "the reviews you received, whose origins are your clients".
On the other side, Option 1 is less coherent as a review is not a possession of the clients anymore, it is an opinion they gave to somebody/something else.

An alternative to Option 1 would be "the opinions of your clients", in which case the possession expressed by "of" would make more sense whereas "the opinions from your clients" would be weird.

The above is just my understanding, and it may be wrong, incomplete or not accurate enough. I would appreciate any other attempt at explaining the nuances between both expressions, as well as advices in order to understand which one to choose in similar sentences.


texts: What should a writer do if s/he wants to use a quote, but the quoted sentence seems to contain a grammatical error? Should the writer correct the error when including the quote?


texts: Are both "threatened to" and "threatened that" valid?

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I am not quite sure how to use threaten correctly in a sentence. There's something that seems to be off, but I can't think of a better way of using it without the preposition "to" or the conjunction "that". How do you correctly use the verb?

For example:

  The police threatened the armed suspect that they would shoot him.

  The police threatened the armed suspect to shoot him.


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May I have some clarification as to why this question requires "it" to be properly constructed?
"Why isn't it easy for you to earn money? "
"it" in this case being the act of earning money. I am confused as to why the subject needs to be mentioned twice.


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As I understand, "did mistakes" is not used but I need to use the second sentence. Could you explain why?

  Jackie did mistakes in his test and had to take it again.

  Jackie did badly in his test and had to take it again.

TIA


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I am very confused using future tenses to described situation will be completed at some time in the future.

Let's say that I see that workers are building a highway and I can say to a friend:

  The highway will be finished next year.

  The highway is going to be finished next year.

  The highway will have been finished next year.

or let's say I am repairing my car and somebody asked me when I'll finish. How can I answer?

  I think it'll be finished soon

  I think it'll be ready soon

  I think it will have been finished soon

  I think it is going to be finished soon

etc


texts:
The great leader is one who can perspire a lot.

This "the" is what?


texts: Anything than causes some allergic reactions in someone

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What do you call anything that can cause allergic reactions in you? For instance, when you drink soya milk, your body may react to having it. So, what is "soya milk" called confronting you?
Or a particular brand's olive facial cream which can cause some problems to your skin after rubbing.
The only word that comes to mind is allergic that according to the dictionaries it doesn't have such a connotation. I wonder if you let me know what do you call all the eatable/useable stuff that can cause such allergic reactions in you?

  Example: Eggplant is a / an .......... vegetable to all people specially those who suffer digestive problems.

What adjective should I use to fill in the blank?


texts: What is the difference between the phrase "as I understand it" and "as far as I understand"?

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What is the difference between the phrase as I understand it and as far as I understand it? For example:

  As I understand it, you passed the exam in the end.

  As far as I understand it, you passed the exam in the end.

I feel that there is a difference, but I cannot pinpoint it.


texts: Do periods and question marks come inside the quotation mark, or outside?

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I am very well aware of punctuation usage difference between American and British usage, but this part confuses me a little.

Example:

  A. Why did he ask, "Who are you?"
  B. Why did he ask, "Who are you?"?
  C. Why did he ask, "Who are you"?

The reason I am confused is because a question is enclosed in a question.
Now I know when to put a question mark inside and outside quotation mark:

  He asked, "Will you go and jump in the pond?" [a question within a statement]

  He really said, "Go jump in the pond"? [a statement within a question]

So, which one of the three options is correct? Same goes for use of the period. Should it be placed inside or outside:

  D. He said, "Pluck that flower."
  E. He said, "Pluck that flower".
  F. He said, "Pluck that flower.".

If I pick the D option, would it also mean that my sentence ended with the enclosed sentence?
If I pick the E option, would it mean that my sentence ended while the enclosed sentence was incomplete?

B. and F. seems awkward. Please help!


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Suppose I meet a stranger at park. And I want to ask about his study,i.e., what course he is studying. Then which one the following is true:

What do you study?
What are you studying?

I think first one is correct and till now I was using that. But I just watched an English tutorial video on YouTube (here) in which they use (2). So I get confused. I am not asking about what currently he is studying.

Thanks


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I would like to know first if both expressions are commonly used by English people. If yes, what is the best to use in which circumstances, if they are different.

For example, what would be the correct version (if any)?

I just would like that the items are indented in relation to the section Greetings.

or

I just would like that the items are indented respect to the section Greetings.

May related to also suit for this situation?


texts: What is the English expression for "golden nest"?

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A person who is in a golden nest would not have freedom. They are living under someone's/others' command, although they live with privileges.

What is the English expression of golden nest? I am translating directly from my native language.

Could it be referenced to golden handcuffs as a metaphor?


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Well, I'm curious to know how to say a hot question in other ways. By means of hot I want to say important evolving question...

Secondly, I used word "useful" "fruitful", I want synonyms for it. Kindly don't mention google search I already did that and found these words (below) But I want a unique word like futile for useless. Thanks in advance

beneficial, advantageous, helpful, worthwhile, profitable, gainful, rewarding, productive, constructive, effective, efficacious, valuable, fruitful


texts: What's the difference between can't and won't?

texts:
This won't happen again. I promise.

Vs

  It can't happen.

What does the change of the auxiliary verb mean?


texts: What is the difference between "what had been" and "what was" in this quote?

texts:
This is a quote I got when reading Pride and Prejudice.

  Elizabeth could never address her without feeling that all the comfort of intimacy was over, and though determined not to slacken as a correspondent [of Miss Lucas], it was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.

I am not good with grammar, and tense. I am confused to to what the part in bold means.


texts:
this character ^ could be typed by shift + 6, usually means powers of some number, the question is

How to pronounce this character ^?


texts: "Department A in/at/of School of B in/at/of University C"?

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In writing (such as for statement of purpose in PhD application), how would you choose prep. in following or similar cases:

  the department of A in/at/of  School of B in/at/of University of C ....

Alternatively what do you usually write in such situation?

Thanks!


texts: Where to put 'do not' in sentence where is an adverbs of frequency.

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What is difference between sentences below? I mean using of negative don't.
At school we have always learnt to use the negative don't before adverbs of frequency. I'm learning British English. I would like to know more about it, the second chance.

  I don't often watch TV.

  I often don't watch TV.

Thanks for helps.


texts: Where to put the word "then" in this sentence?

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When I sat with a friend yesterday, she told me that she was sad a day ago and she wanted to call me. I told her that If I knew it I'd call her then. It was as follow:

  She: I was so sad yesterday.
  I: You know. If I knew I would call you then.
  She: You know, I so much wanted that you would call me then.

B.t.w. Did I do a correct usage in the modal "would" in this context?  Is the word "then" placed correctly in the sentence?


texts: How to parse and understand the following sentences?

texts:
He did not speak clearly and correctly.
The film is not  interesting and instructive.

Do we parse it like this: He did not speak [clearly and correctly]?


texts: Someone who uses really bad vocabulary and grammar but not because they are esl but for examplein black communities I’ve heard people say things like “they is bad” or in Mexico they say “ira” instead of “mira(look)” or “chescas” instead of “sodas”, ira and chescas are low class word and we call that people “nacos”, how would you call someone like that


texts: What is the difference between "outlook", "viewpoint" and "perspective" in the scientific writing?

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What is the difference between "outlook", "viewpoint" and "perspective" in the scientific writing, for the conclusion part (last section) of the article?

Should I use "outlook", "viewpoint" and "perspective" when I try to compare our works with other people's works?


texts: Grabbing with your index-finger and thumb - Word Search

texts: Is there a word that describes how a person grabs a pencil or a paper with his index-finger and thumb?


texts: identifying relative clause and noun clause

texts:
This, it has been argued, is probably true for purely informative advertising, where only the product or store information required to make a rational decision is provided.

I think between information and required , that/which is  is omitted,
 is this adjectival clause comprised of only required or is it comprised of the long phrase required to make a rational decision.

  They discussed for a long  time what would be the best epithet to describe a beech-tree.

What is the noun clause in this sentence, is it what would be the best epithet or what would be the best epithet to describe a beech-tree.


texts: Does “should” mean all 6 are required in “A maximum of 6...should be solved”?

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Can someone please explain this sentence to me?

A maximum of 6 problems should be solved in a solution paper.

I am confused. Does this mean it is required to answer 6 problems in a paper? Or can I  write less than 6 in one paper?
I get that the maximum is the highest number possible. However, I'm confused about the "should." Does that mean it must be 6 in one paper?


texts: "properties of a continuous function" or "properties of continuous functions"

texts:
Let me state the context.

A function satisfying ___ is called continuous.

Then I have a question. If I want to talk about properties that all continuous functions have, then which of the following two statement should I use?

Properties of a continuous function are ___
Properties of continuous functions are ___


texts:
I have the following sentence:

  Finally, we list some properties regrading to XXX, and(as) those
  results will be used later.

I want to state:

We next list some properties
those properties will be used later, and this is why we list it here.

So, should I use and or as? or both of them are the same?


texts: How to combine "the last but one" and "the last but three" together?

texts:
If A ranks the last but one and B ranks the last but three, so the combination of them should be the follow ? :

A and B rank the last but one and three respectively?


texts: "This is borderline with comments" versus "this is borderline with being a comment"

texts:
Supposing that I am commenting about an answer given from somebody on Stack Exchange that is so short that could be a comment, what should I say?

  This [the answer for which I am leaving the comment] is borderline with being a comment.
  This is borderline with comments.


texts: Present perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous: "We (have lived) have been living in Canada for 5 years."

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I have heard sometimes people say:

  We have lived in Canada for 5 years.

It tells me they are still living in Canada.

  We have been living in Canada for 5 years.

But I have rarely heard people say the above in present perfect continuous.

Does it mean the same thing?


texts: "the sun is hitting my face." vs "the sunshine is touching my face"

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Please advise me. If I want to say that the sunshine is coming to my face,
do I say

  the sun is hitting my face.

or

  the sunshine is touching my face.

?

I am trying to check online, but didn't find the exact way of posting this question on google!

Whats the best way to say that?


texts:
This question is about the times when you want to use two different nouns to describe the same thing. Some examples, all of which may be used in a sentence of the form "He has X":

a broomstick for a curtain pole
toast for breakfast
this pisstake of a salary
some skank of a mistress

In each case, I believe I have chosen the right preposition, but feel free to correct me. I am trying to see if there's any kind of rule to determine if the preposition in between should be "for" or "of". Is there any rhyme or reason?


texts:
They found a cat when/as/while they were walking in the forest.

I think “when” is better because for me it means they walked before and after finding the cat. Am I right here?


texts:
The Source

On June 22 last year, a dozen police officers raided his home and arrested him on a charge of plotting to flee to North Korea, a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison. Mr. Kwon was released in September after a judge suspended his one-year prison term.

Is the bold line an “absolute phrase” (a phrase that modifies an independent clause as a whole)?
I think the phrase is trying to modify “plotting to flee the North Korea? Isn’t it?


texts: Is miscarriage or stillborn a better choice stylistically of an idea?

texts:
I used an expression for describing a really bad idea that already from start was bound to fail:

  ...that was a miscarriage for an idea...

In an answer, a person pointed out that he'd prefer another expression:

  ...that was a stillborn idea...

Both of us are admittedly non NSE and I under how those two compare in terms of rawness and wittiness. Are there an even better choice instead of those two? I lean towards AmEng, in case there's a cultural deviation.


texts: Set fire to something VS Set something on fire

texts:
These guys set fire to an old house.

These guys set an old house on fire.

Is there any difference in meaning in the two sentences above?


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I want to know the meaning of the bold portion, please.

Also the meaning of the "come up with" and what is subject for the bold portion.

  She has seen six doctors so far but none has come up with a cause or a cure.

Reference: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/none


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Is my use of "so as to" in this sentence grammatically correct?

  Guiding students down the right career path is a designated role for the government so as to ensure the students to get a big picture of how to stay edgy and brush up their skills to get their dream job.


texts: Any more\anymore\any longer\no longer\ no more

texts:
I wanted to say a sentence below but I made whole 5 variants of how it could be said. Do they really mean the same or the differ somehow?

  1) From what shelf will people not be taking milk any longer?

  2) From what shelf will people not be taking milk any more?

  3) From what shelf will people not be taking milk anymore?

  4) From what shelf will people be taking milk no longer?

  5) From what shelf will people be taking milk no more?


texts: "I'd like to have something to drink" vs "I'd like to drink something"

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What differences in meaning between this:

  I'd like to have something to drink.

and this:

  I'd like to drink something.

I'm listening English audio course, and there are used "to have something to drink" variant. But I think the second variant would be much easier. Or it's not correct?

In audio course:

  HE - Would you like to have something to drink?

  SHE - No, thanks. I'd like to have something to eat.

Why they can't use these?

  HE - Would you like to drink something?

  SHE - No, thanks, I'd like to eat something.


texts: Is "g" in "hangover" pronounced /ŋ/, /g/ or silent?

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I've listened the pronunciation of the word "hangover" on Cambridge dictionary, both UK and US.
I am aware that the g is pronounced /ŋ/ here and I really didn't catch the phonetic sound [g] in there.
Nevertheless, I actually heard a few of people pronounce a [g] in "hangover" (like the [g] in "game").
So, should [g] in "hangover" be pronounced or silent?
Here is an example of a Canadian accent.


texts: Please join the "000" Corporation channel of or on YouTube?

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Please join the "0000" Corporation channel of or on YouTube?

My students are evenly split on this sentence. I am using on, but several students are convinced that

Please join the "0000" Corporation channel of YouTube.

Is correct.


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Is it always valid to use make as a verb which causes a change by force in the personality/emotions/behaviors of objects?

Is it always valid to use become before all human emotions/senses/adjectives to express a change?

Is there any general rule which one to use when?


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The rules for the capitalization of job titles are not very clear.

After I've read some internet articles (for instance, this Capitalization of job title question) I compiled some rules:

a) It goes before the name of a person:

  Professor Adams or Director Joe Brown.

b) It goes immediately after the name of the person:

  John Williams, Chairman, will attend the meeting.

Note: if it has "the", we do not capitalize:
Mrs Smith, the chairwoman of the company x, is retiring.

c) In signatures lines at the end of a letter or email:

  Sincerely,
      Sarah Stevens, President

But then, while browsing a well-known job search website I saw ALL the job titles capitalized in the jobs descriptions:

  We are seeking to recruit an exceptional individual as Office Manager for the Registry team.

  We are seeking to appoint a number of Teaching Assistants to support pupils' learning and to raise attainment.

and in a common English grammar book I see:

  What do you do?
  I am a receptionist.

Can somebody explain me the right to way to capitalize a job title?


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James Clear in his recent book Atomic Habits suggests some examples of habit shaping(in this case for becoming an early riser) and says:

  Be in bed by 10 p.m. every night (reading a book, talking
  with your partner).

My question:
Is "reading a book" an imperative sentence here, so means: "Read a book before sleeping!"?

He had said before:

  In one study, scientists instructed insomniacs to get into bed only
  when they were tired. If they couldn’t fall asleep, they were told to
  sit in a different room until they became sleepy. Over time, subjects
  began to associate the context of their bed with the action of
  sleeping, and it became easier to quickly fall asleep when they
  climbed in bed. Their brains learned that sleeping—not browsing on
  their phones, not watching television, not staring at the clock—was
  the only action that happened in that room.

I don't know if there is a contradiction or maybe I misunderstand the meaning

of nonverbal sentence(reading a book, talking with your partner).

Could you pleas explain it to me?


texts: "as it would be natural" or "as would be natural"?

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I recently had a paper reviewed and, among other things, one of the reviewers said that I should replace the sentence "as it would be natural" by "as would be natural".

The whole whole sentence on the paper is

  This implies that a user cannot take advantage of the low number
  of states to make the homomorphic evaluation faster, as it would be natural.

I have the impression that the clause would lack a subject if I wrote it without the pronoun "it". Could you please tell me which of the two options are more appropriate?


texts: Is "I have much money." correct? If not, what is a one word synonym for "much" here?

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The only synonyms I can think of are high and good, but they seem incorrect.

PS: I am trying to avoid "a lot of".


texts: Can we say "Let's have a beer meanwhile they play tennis"?

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I am a bit confused on how to use "meanwhile". I know you can use it as a connector. Meanwhile, I did not notice

I see dictionary.com says:

  noun

  meantime.

  adverb

  in the intervening time; during the interval.
  at the same time:
  Meanwhile, the others were back home enjoying themselves.

I assume this is fine:

  Let's have a beer. Meanwhile, they will be playing tennis

But I wonder, can you use it like this?

  Let's have a beer meanwhile they play tennis


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Who of the  patients has recovered?
  Which of the patients has recovered?

Which one is correct?

  Who of the  patients has recovered?

I never ever heard such sort of sentence.
Would you like to differentiate between them?


texts: meaning of the word "marginal" in context

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It is from this news article. The context is that Mr Trump asks a child if he believes in Santa.

  Footage of the incident circulating on social media shows Mr Trump then telling the boy: "Because at seven, it's marginal, right?"

Does Mr Trump mean that Santa is not important to a boy of 7?


texts: "My sister and I" versus "I and my sister"

texts: I've been told to put "I" at the last part of the subject, as in "My sister and I walk to school." Is saying "I and my sister walk to school." wrong?


texts: can American people use "bring" for "fetch"?

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See these definitions

  to fetch: to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:

  [ + two objects ] Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please?

  I have to fetch my mother from the station.

  This glass has been used - please fetch me a clean one.

  Would you like to wait out here, and the doctor will come and fetch you in a minute?

  She fetched another chair from the dining room.

  He fetches the children from school on Mondays and Fridays.

  That looks uncomfortable. I'll go and fetch a cushion for you.

  to bring: to take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking:

  "Shall I bring anything to the party?" "Oh, just a bottle."

  [ + two objects ] Bring me that knife/Bring that knife to me.

  Can you help me bring in the shopping (= take it into the house)?

  The police brought several men in for questioning (= took them to the police station because they might have been involved in a crime).

  When they visit us they always bring their dog with them.

  I'll see if Louisa will bring her guitar to the party.

  Please remember to bring a mat and a towel with you to the next aerobics class.

  Is it okay if I bring a friend to the party?

  The waiter brought the menu and the wine list.

  I brought him some sandwiches because I thought he might be hungry.

Say there are 2 situation.

Situation 1: Tom & Mary are in a room. A ball is right next to Mary.

Tom should say "Bring the ball to me", right?

Situation 2: But if the ball is 3 meters far from Mary's position.

Tom should say "Fetch the ball for me", right?

But many people, especially American people think "Fetch" is rude. But if they don't want to use the word "fetch", then they have to use a much longer expression "go get the ball & bring it to me".

Would American say "bring the ball to me" in Situation 2? But then the word "bring" doesn't carry the meaning "going to someplace..."

So, how do American people express themselves in this situation?


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Which question is correct?

Are both of these women married?
Are these women both married?
Are both these women married?


texts: Well, the question is crystal clear. How do you ask someone (politely) to clean up the room  using a vacuum cleaner?


texts: Which is the correct form and under what topic does this fall?

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1) I stand before the court requesting that ...

2) I stand before the court to request that ...

Is only #2 correct? Are both correct? And why?


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I want to ask somebody something like this : When do you want to start our conversation?

Is it correct to use present simple ? I am asking, because it doesn't happen regularly.


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I don't understand what this article is saying:

  We use come to describe movement between the speaker and listener, and movement from another place to the place where the speaker or listener is. We usually use go to talk about movement from where the speaker or listener is to another place.

  When we talk about another person (someone who is neither the speaker nor the listener), we can use either come or go, depending on whether the speaker sees things from the receiver’s viewpoint (come) or the doer’s viewpoint (go).

  [doer]Yolanda came to [receiver]her mother for help.

  We use come when we see things from the receiver’s viewpoint (in this
  case the mother).

  [doer]Melissa went to [receiver]her mother for help.

  We use go when we see things from the doer’s viewpoint (in this case Melissa).

Could you explain it clearly?


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Is there a difference between "good" and "nice" when talking about people or foods? It seems like people usually say "this spaghetti smells good" and "you smell nice." Does that mean you can't reverse these uses?

  You smell so good.

And

  This cake smells so nice!


texts: Definition of “definitiveness”. Is there a simple way to tell whether a noun is definite or not?

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“The letter from the company gave a final warning that the bill should be paid by the end of the week.” (From Hewings’s “Advanced grammar in use”).

If something is final, how can it be indefinite? What would change if it read “the final warning”?


texts: Business trip, but not commercial activity

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We have in Polish this very generic term "być w delegacji", literally translated as "to be in a delegation". It is usually translated by dictionaries as a "business trip", however it does not have a nuance of the trip being part of a commercial activity—it might be used by both a for-profit and government/not-for-profit trips.

Can "business trip" be used for a non-commercial, non-entertainment trip? Or maybe there is a more general phrase do describe a job-related trip with no subtext of being money-related?


texts: "...based on the sub-graphs themselves" grammaticality

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I tried to join several sentences together, and I ended up with this:

  To this end, we introduce a method to recognize semantic phenomena of
  vertices points through sub-graphs available in the Main graph and then
  geometrically fix such vertices at high precision, based on the
  sub-graphs themselves.

I'm worried that the word themselves at the end is incorrect. Is this sentence grammatical?


texts: What do you call a glass container containing a large artifact? I am wondering if there's a particular name for these things. I thought they were called glass casing, but it seems glass casing is a term used for smartphones.


texts: What's the meaning of Modality in Simple English?

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I was recently applying for Admission to my desired college and they released a PDF called "Admissions Modality".
Dictionary shows the meaning of Modality as the quality of being "modal". The meaning of Modal is "relating to mode or form as opposed to substance".
I'm out of my wits here. Can someone please explain in simple terms what all of these words mean?


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I've seen the following joke on Pinterest.

  How long does an owl live?
  Six and a half books.

I don't get it. Googling gave me no connotations to the context that I recognized as related or relevant.


texts: I don't understand the use of will in this sentence

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She has been chosen and she is going to / will /is spending (spend) the next 8 months working on a school project
I choose going to as it is a personnal plan  and should have been decided before she was chosen and the beginning is imminent .  I thought is spending can fit but the solution was will.  Why ?
http://olmo.pntic.mec.es/~renciso/ejercicios_1/tiempos%20verbales_gapfilling_1.htm


texts: What do you call a person who cares about personal well-being, hygiene and fitness?

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In colloquial English, what a person who cares about personal well-being, hygiene and fitness, is called? if there are words which refer to just one or two aspects please mention them too.
(Looking for words/expressions that are used in Australian English mainly.)


texts: to take note vs to make a note vs to note vs to write down

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I have read the following sentence:

  I took note of the telephone number.

However, Cambridge dictionary says that "to take note of something" means "to give attention to something, especially because it is important". Example: You should take careful note of what she tells you because she knows their strategy well.

1) Based on that definition, my understanding is that "to take note of a telephone number" means "to pay attention to a telephone number", not necessarily to write it down. Is that right or can it also mean the latter, depending on the context?

2) If I meant that I wrote the telephone number down, I know I could use "to write down". Could I also use "to make a note of a telephone number" and "to note a telephone number" ? AFAIK "to make a note of sth", "to note sth" and "to write down sth" are synonyms..


texts: Verb for someone who refuses to repay money

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What's the verb to say the behavior of someone who refuse to repay the money he owed?
(Even if he knows it and is able to pay it back.)

As far as I know, there is a commonly used noun which called deadbeat to describe this kind of person, but is there a corresponding verb to describe this kind of behavior (idiomatic one) in English?

How would you say it in real life conversation?


texts: Use of to in the sentence- "to the unspeakable relief of the student ..."

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Why to is used here:

  tuberculosis,bad tonsils,sleeping sickness, poor digestion,various forms of mental and nervous difficulty have been brought to light by the doctor during the past few months,to the unspeakable relief of the student and enlightenment of faculty.


texts: On separating two prepositional phrases with a comma followed by and

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Is it grammatical to separate the two prepositional phrases (P.P) by a comma in

  The truth is that after hospitals are hit, and in areas like this where there is just one hospital, our houses have become hospitals.

?

The first P.P is

  after hospitals are hit

, and the second is

  in areas like this where there is just one hospital

Both have the same grammatical 'weight', so there shouldn't be a comma before and, which, here, acts as a coordinating conjunction here; should it?

Source: the last paragraph of this newspaper article.


texts: "Will I have to come there?" vs "Do I have to come there?"

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What is the main difference between these two sentences:

  (1) Will I have to come there?
  (2) Do I have to come there?

Which is most appropriate to use. Is "Will I have to come" grammatically correct or not?

Here is the context: Today I was on call, and I wanted to say that am I required to be there in the meeting? Then I suddenly got confused that which of the above sentences I should use. Can anyone tell me which is more appropriate in this situation?


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I am trying to write figure captions for a paper and wondering if there is more natural way to explain below.

  The amount of sweep gas was 0,3, and 6 mL/min. for A,B, and C,
  respectively. Similarly, D,E, and F corresponds to 0,3, and 6 mL/min.
  condition.

A and D, B and E, C and F were the same amount.

Thank you in advance.


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Tell me please if the use of the word number is correct and natural in the following context.

  Person 1: How many of you are today at work?
  Person 2: We are the same number as we were yesterday.


texts: How common is the use of the noun "run" as a place for domestic animals?

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I'm solving now tests in English and one of the questions is about the name of the place that hen is found: the options are: a) coop b) run c) shed. According to the key of the book (which is not attached here), the three options are correct.

Then after checking in Oxford dictionary I found that the word run has a lot of meanings and one of them (no.8) is:

  "An enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds may run freely in the open."

Now my question is: how common is the useage of this word in nowdays, since I didn't see this use in the past and I know that there are lot of words or meanings that they are actually not in use, and someone who uses them may not be understaood by people or alternatively considered weird because their archaic usage. Is that the case here or not?


texts: Can we say, “And you?” or “You?” to a person that said “What’s up”?

texts: As far as I know, we can say “How/What about you” to a person that said “What’s up” to us like in “Not much. How about you/What about you?” Is it also okay to say  “You?” or “And you?” instead of “How about you/What about you”?


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So if this stands by itself is "Trying" a gerund or a participle. So in my opinion there are two ways to go about this. It could definitely be a gerund (Trying to be happy is always good) but I want to know if it being a participle where the agent is omitted is also possible. (It would be a progressive tense be + -ing form)

Imagine something like:

  Person A "What are you doing?"
  Person B "(I am) trying to be funny"

as a short answer which is still sufficient in conveying the intended meaning. Maybe I am completely mistaken here and it probably doesn't even matter if it's a gerund or a participle but I like to truly understand the things I see and say so I hope someone can make sense of this.


texts: Why is it "rob" instead of "robbed" in this sentence? "...he saw a police officer rob the man."

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Why is rob not in the past form in this sentence?

  The witness claimed that he saw a police officer rob the man."

Is it not supposed to be in the past tense also?


texts: What do you call this part of the sentence that describes a quotation in a dialog?

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In this dumb example:

  — I can hardly find a good example, he said.
  — I know, she answered, I can hardly find one too.

What do you call the bold parts of the sentences, which describe how the character is speaking?

I've found many questions/answers about the use of a comma before a quotation, nothing related to the name of the part of the sentence introduced by a comma after a quotation, especially inside a dialog.

If I translate the french word for this in english, it should be a parenthetical element. But in all I've read so far, parenthetical elements never appear in dialogs (I mean in the construction of the dialog, since a character can pronounce a sentence with a parenthetical element, that's not the question).

EDIT: The french word is incise. Sorry I forgot...


texts: What is the meaning of "I weigh it off on 20 cents on the dollar"?

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Hank telling to Andy that he wants to knock down a jewellery shop:

  Hank: Well, you need money. So do I. Let's solve it.

  Andy: What are you talking about?

  Hank: Well, there's a place we can knock off. Know it like the back of
  our hand. Easiest money you'll ever get.

  Andy:: What are you saying?

  Hank: It's worth about 600 grand. And it's insured, so it's a
  victimless crime. I offer that in case your faggoty little conscience
  bothers you. I weigh it off on 20 cents on the dollar. That's 60 grand
  each. Give or take.


texts: What is the meaning of "positions" in this sentence?

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I read this on an English blog today:

  This suit of clothes is invisible to those unfit for their positions,
  stupid, or incompetent. — the emperor’s weavers

I can guess the general meaning because I've read the story of The Emperor's New Clothes before. But what is the meaning of the word positions here?

Thanks,


texts: What does it mean: They "are not in it with" something?

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I do not get the meaning of the expression: "They are not in it with the bees".
I need an equivalent that can be understood by everybody.

This is the full text:

ALIN CAILLAS, L’Apiculteur, p. 464, estimates that a bee carrying .0007 oz. of honey at a load will make 12,632 trips to fill a section 4 inches square and 1 inch thick. If it average 5/8 of a mile to the trip, it will travel as much as a third of the way around the world. In a colony of 120,000 bees, if 80,000 are fielders, and each one makes 10 trips of 5/8 of a mile daily, the total travel for the day will be more than twice the distance to the moon. As flyers, the Wright brothers are not in it with the bees. [If a bee carried .0007 oz. of nectar it would have to make nearly twice 12,000 trips in order to make enough honey to fill a section 4 inches square and 1 inch thick. — ED.]
Source: Gleanings in Bee Culture, March 15, 1911, p 160, bottom of the first column.


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SHOVE off from the wharf-edge! Steady!
  Watch for a smooth! Give way!
  If she feels the lop already   She'll stand on her head in the bay.  It's ebb–it's dusk–it's blowing–  The shoals are a mile
  of white,  But (snatch her along! ) we're going  To find our
  master to-night.

This is from  "Song of the Red War-Boat" by Kipling.

I am glad if some one kindly teach me the meaning of  two lines below.

Watch for a smooth!
If she feels the lop already


texts: What is a difference between "make an effect" and "have an effect"

texts:
According to a dictionary both "make an effect" and "have an effect" are right expressions.

Is there a difference between them?


texts:
Consider:

The story begins with narration explaining that only exceptional humans become aware of the Matrix on their own (without help from redpill hackers). This would be people who have "a rare degree of intuition, sensitivity, and a questioning nature." However, "some attain this wisdom through wholly different means." Source1
Both the Merovingian and Oracle use Matrix humans to process all information that is flowing through the Matrix at any given time. It would only make sense for the Oracle to take over trafficking of information since doing so is not anywhere near as intense of a duty as what she's already doing with all the information, namely calculating the future.
I think the Merovingian knows why the One needs to return to the Source since the Merovingian monitors all information in the Matrix - this information would have to include the Prime Program's encapsulation of rejection into the One.
Source2

I cannot find out the implicit hypothetical conditions in these examples.
Please help me to clarify what these bolded would is intended to express.


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The effects of the mechanization of women's work have not borne out
  the frequently held assumption that new technology is inherently
  revolutionary.

I am perplexed to understand the above sentence. Could anyone help me to paraphrase this sentence, that way I can understand this clearly.


texts: What do you call decorated cloth? I am referring to the cloth that have decoration on them meaning they don't have a smooth texture, but have decorated parts that budges out of the fabric.


texts: What is the difference between opposite and against?

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When pushed, this push switch generates a reaction force opposite (opposing) / against a force applied to it, protecting it from an excessive applied force.

I would like to know which of "opposite / opposing" and "against" is suitable for the sentence above I created.  As far as I searched, it seems that "against" is usually used in combination with real objects, such as walls and wind.


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I'm confused about using prepositions in the following sentences:
1-You can't flirt someone at/on the first call.
2-He is number one at/in that major.
3-He is number one at/in making pancakes.
4-When I was at/in high school I used to smoke.


texts: On my leisure vs At my leisure vs In my leisure

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Which one is correct and why?

  on my leisure vs at my leisure

Prepositions are always confusing to me. I know that they are based on context apart from its general meaning. I get confused about it.

Generally on is used to denote something situated at a surface, and
at to pinpoint a location or time. But is what is the case here?

Additionally, what about in my leisure?


texts:
Ashya King's parents have been freed from Spanish custody after prosecutors withdrew a European arrest warrant. Brett and Naghemeh King were detained after taking five-year-old Ashya, who has a brain tumour, from a Southampton hospital against medical advice. UK prosecutors said they were happy any risk to Ashya's life "was not as great or immediate as... originally thought". Despite being released from custody, Mr and Mrs King have yet to leave prison, the BBC understands.

What does have yet to mean?
Does its meaning is a fixed meaning in any other context?
Is it about grammar or idiom or something?

Thanks in advance.


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Is "looking forward" in this sentence an adverb? Is to in this sentence a particle, a preposition, or neither?

  I am looking forward to getting a good job?


texts: Other grammatical structures for "Let's call it a day"

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I always find let's call it a day in that usual form but I am curious to see if it is possible to use it in other grammatical forms. For example, can I use can/do/should or any other form for that matter?

Sometimes you want to make the suggestion but in a more tentative way. What I am concerned with is the prospect of deviating from the common form. More than one example would help me better see how much wiggle room there is in steering away from the standard form.

None of the dictionaries I have checked answer my question.


texts: What type of construction is: "We’re certainly no one’s Emerald City"

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This isn’t New York City, or the Windy City, or Sin City, and we’re certainly no one’s Emerald City'

What does  "no one's city" stand for?
The question is not to understand what Emerald city is but what construction "no one's" is.


texts: Can "rather" be used with pleasant adjectives or can we use it only with unpleasant adjectives?

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Which of the following sentence is grammatically correct?

It was a rather good book.
It was a fairly good book.


texts: "Curry now works as a color commentator" meaning

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I've read the wiki article about Dell Curry, a retired NBA player and the father of Stephen Curry. In the article it reads:

  Curry now works as a color commentator, alongside Steve Martin, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts.

Could you explain what "color commentator" means in this context, please?


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What is the difference between "What should I do", what am I going to do" and "What will I do"?

If I am asking myself what should I do in a specific situation which one of those 3 above should I use?


texts: What does the word "dissipation" exactly mean?

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Merriam Webster Dictionaries define the word "dissipation" as:

  An act of self-indulgence especially : one that is not harmful : amusement

Whereas  Oxford Learner's Dictionary define the word as:

  Living a life of harmful but enjoyable activities

Now I want to ask why Oxford Learner's Dictionary define the "activities" as harmful where as Merriam-Webster do not.


texts: "You're keeping well" vs "You keep doing well"

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I hope you are keeping well.

and

  I hope you keep doing well

Are they essentially the same thing?


texts: What's the difference between 'why would you do that' and 'why did you do that'?

texts:
What's the difference between

  Why would you do that?

and

  Why did you do that?

I always saw the sentence 'why would you do that' while watching movies. Why they prefer to use the word 'would'?


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Why is movie not spelt like movy?
I thought all nouns that end in "y" should be changed into "ie" when it's a plural.


texts:
I have a question about preposition usage here:

  "The Florida Supreme Court also conducted a review on the proportionality of the death sentence, even though Barnes did not challenge this issue."

Shouldn't it be "a review of" instead of "a review on"?


texts: What does the phrase "wall-run around threats" mean here?

texts:
Please help me figure out the meaning of the phrase "wall-run around threats" in the following sentence from the description of the game Super Glitch Dash :
There are some spots where you can wall-run around threats or even flip the level upside down for a quick escape.
Here is a description of the game from a different source:
Feel the rush of your reflexes as you swipe your way past axes, hammers, lasers, meat grinders and spikes while trying to navigate the insane obstacle courses that comprise each stage. Grind rails, flip upside down, and scream into all-new indoor environments as the rollercoaster-like worlds unfold before your very eyes. (Google Play Store)


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When I read the document of PRTG features.

  PRTG comes packed with specialized monitoring features you’ll love learning to use.

What's the meaning of packed feature ?


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When referring to people that have joined a company, would the term new-joiners be hyphenated or not?

My understanding is that the word is a compound noun where "new" is the adjective and "joiners" is the noun, forming a single word meaning it should be hyphenated.

For example:

  We’ve been working on a project to help welcome new joiners.

You wouldn't refer to someone as an old joiner, or just a joiner.

"new-joiner" or "new joiner"


texts: What's the difference between "could you" and "will you" when you request someone to do something?

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Will you get me a meeting with the head of NTSB?

I searched "difference will you could you", seems found nothing useful.


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What is the difference in meaning between "limit to" and "limit on".

A report of some sentences that I found on Google book follows:

Limit to

  It may be noted that the annual limit to the eye lens (150 mSv) is related directly to the threshold dose for cataracts (approximately
  5Sv)
  Hence, the static method represents the lower limit to the true ultimate load and has a maximum factor of safety
  These reductions were attributed to an intervention in the normal course of events which was identified as the reduction of the speed
  limit to 55 mph

Limit on

  (B) Replacing the plan's previous annual limit on mental health benefits with a $500,000 annual limit on all benefits (including
  medical/surgical and mental health benefits);
  The limit on bank guarantees was removed and fully delegated to commercial banks


texts: combining sentences containing "Will be"

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I trying to combine these three sentences

  1.Soon usability will be commodity.

  2.Usability will be something that user will expect

  3.Usability will not be a leverage or key differentiator

I came up with this

  Soon usability will be a commodity and it will be something users will
  expect. It will not be a leverage or key differentiator any more.

Is there any better way


texts: Could this "would" possibly be for attenuation?

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To hear her speak, I would think she is from Tokyo.

I can't imagine a situation very well when this sentence makes sense.

Could it be used like this:
A: ~. So my daughter have gotten very much used to Tokyo dialect.
B: To hear her speak, I would think she is from Tokyo.

I think it's forced. Could I request a convincing example?

I think the original sentence should have been "you would" rather than "I would."

For example, "A new student has joined us. To hear her speak, you would think she is from Tokyo."


texts: What does "One CPU is going to 'smoke' another CPU" mean?

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I faced the following sentence:

  You really can’t say a 4.1GHz FX-8350 is going to smoke a 3.5GHz Core i7-3770K because in a hell of a lot of workloads the 3.5GHz Core i7 is going to dominate.

I can guess that 'smoke' is similar to the word 'win', but is it right?
What is the exact shade of meaning?

I appreciate getting the russian translation.


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Are there synonyms for the collocation 'take video'?

For example:

  He wanted to take a video of this scene, but then his battery died.

I'm looking for other ways to express while talking about talking videos. Are there such ways?What about record video, is idiomatic?

I checked the dictionary (Cambridge, Oxford) but I didn't find an answer.


texts: What's the difference between 'January "of" next year' and 'January "in" next year'?

texts: What's the difference between "in January next year" and "in January of next year"?  In what instances do we need to use "of"?  Thank you.


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I have a question
 I would die rather than marry/marrying him.
marry or marrying , which one would be better in this context or either of them ?

I don't have native ears , so please help me with this!

Please, Explain the rule[if exists] behind it, so that I can decide on my own in future and don't trouble you people with such trivial things.


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1) Sustained growth in consumer spending and heightened health
  awareness augur well for the health and wellness beverage industry in
  China.

Is the above sentence grammatically correct ? The word processor indicated a mistake in using "augur", "augurs" seemed to be the right word to use.


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As far as I know, the direct object of pay (when meaning provide money for something) is who or what you want to pay.

However, I read the following sentence from a (supposedly) native speaker:

  Can I pay my credit card?

From the context, it is clear that the writer did not want to pay for her/his credit bank, but with it.

Another example shows the use of transitive/intransitive forms with this verb.

I guess that using the transitive form in this context is acceptable.
Yet, does it sounds informal, or can it be used in every situation?

EDIT: The sentence has been (possibly hastily) written in an email.


texts: "war-concomitant event" as a adjectival phrase

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Can I use "war-concomitant" with a hyphen as adjectival phrase?
I am aware that I can say "an event concomitant with war", but I need to use it as"war-concomitant" as in "war-concomitant event" for example

  Thus war-concomitant The Four Quartets, I argue, should not be seen
  as  war poetry in relation to the Second World War in the same sense
  that post-war The Waste Land is in relation to Great War.


texts: how to avoid repeating same words in one sentence

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I have one sentence which should explain two different things. These two things have the same works. I would like to express the idea without repeating the words.

  Model A is established in order to uncover complex dependency structures in the high-dimension data. It can facilitate the comprehensive study of the complex dependency structure in high-dimensional data.

How can I avoid repeating words?