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1,800 | 3,215 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Use of "that" in a sentence It's all in the title. Should I use "that" as a connector, or should I refrain from using it ? |
1,801 | 195,840 | 76823_0 | E.g.: > "... with all the sustainability considerations that that entails." If I'm correct, the above example is _relative pronoun_ followed by _pronoun_ \- it just happens to be the same word for both grammatically legitimate, albeit adjacent words. Or, even an example with three _that's_ in a row: > "It wasn't that that that was referring to." The above sentence may even sound natural in common speech if delivered fluently and in a context in which it was fully understood. So if one accepts grammatical correctness and one is being clear in it being known what the examples of _that_ are adjuncts for, are repeated _that's_ acceptable after all? |
1,802 | 161,880 | 76823_0 | Here are the original sentences: "I completed forms that contained the person's information and a description of the problem." "I completed forms which contained the person's information and a description of the problem." |
1,803 | 132,998 | 76823_0 | We know all people are... We know that all people are... What is the better or more correct way to use "know"? I rarely hear people use the word "that" after every "know" so I try to avoid it myself. But now I'm writing a paper and someone pointed out to me the lack of "that" throughout the entire writing. |
1,804 | 15,823 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > When is it appropriate to use 'that' as opposed to 'which'? We've had an American Americanise some phrases for us (with the point of teaching children English), e.g: UK English: There’s a little white dog **which** lives on the second floor. US English: There’s a little white dog **that** lives on the second floor. But there are three sentences which were not altered. We would rather not have a mixture of that and which to make things less confusing for the students. The sentences that were not changed were: I really like this pencil case which Rose gave me. There’s a store near here which is open all night. This is a really cool picture which I brought with me from Little Bridge. Should these be changed to **that** , or should we change the other sentences that have already been translated back to **which**? |
1,805 | 57,436 | 76823_0 | > A child with bloodied clothing lies in a hospital, unable to move because > her legs have been blown off. CNN What does "her legs have been blown off" mean? Does it describe the way how her legs have been damaged? Does it mean an explosion or shooting? Or does it refer to the current state of her legs? Does it mean she lost her legs or that she has burns on her legs? Edit: Related, therefore I will amend my question. In the same article it is also said: > We have pictures of children under the age of 14 with half of their faces > blown away, [...] In my understanding, _to blow away_ means to kill someone. In this context it sounds a bit different. Is it the same meaning as the answers given for _to blow off_ mention? (Here: to lose a part of the face.) |
1,806 | 53,954 | 76823_0 | When not used as a polite closing, are "Thanks" and "Thank you" sentences ending with a period? "Thanks. I appreciate your effort." "Thank you, Kevin. I will be in touch soon." |
1,807 | 36,772 | 76823_0 | Which prepositions can be used with "competence"? Specificially, which of the following examples are valid/legal: * I have competence on computers * I have competence with computers * I have competence as a programmer * Our company has competence in programming * Our company has competence on programming * Our company has competence with programming and cooking * Our company has competence within the fields of programming and cooking * Our company has several employees with competence with programming * Our company has several employees with programming competence |
1,808 | 163,157 | 76823_0 | In American English, "Knocked up" means "pregnant." I just found out via an article regarding jobs that no longer exist that in British English, they use use the phrase "Knocked up in a completely differnt way. This due to the job of knocker-uppers being the tapping or knocking on windows to awaken people in the days before alarm clocks. From "Knocked up" to mean "woken up", it appears that the meanings split somewhere between the 1920s and the 1940s. Does anyone know the history of how the meanings split and exactly why and how it happened? |
1,809 | 105,400 | 76823_0 | I am having trouble with something very specific and I found both in usage but one _has to_ be better than the other. Right? * He wanted to go back to Kazakhstan, so I suggested we **go** together. * He wanted to go back to Kazakhstan, so I suggested we **went** together. Which uses the correct sequence of tenses? |
1,810 | 14,660 | 76823_0 | Today’s Quote of Time.com (TIME@time.chtah.com) carries the following line of Charlie Sheen’s remark. Being totally ignorant of the background of CBS and Warner Brothers’ cancellation of the production of the program, I have no idea about the phrase, ‘bang 7 gram rock.’ I understand the line after ‘Because that’s how I roll ...’ means he is single-mindedly do what he decided to do – to sue CBC and Warner Broth. Can somebody translate the above line into English easier for a foreign learner like me to understand? > "I probably took more than anybody could survive. I was banging 7 gram > rocks. Because that's how I roll. I have one speed. I have one gear: Go." > CHARLIE SHEEN, who on Monday night, in addition to giving incoherent > interviews, announced that he plans to sue CBS and Warner Brothers for > canceling the production of Two and a Half Men.” |
1,811 | 58,969 | 76823_0 | In the statement "Editorial use of images do not require a model release." which form of do/does would be correct? Should the verb agree with images (as in "images do not require..."), or with editorial use (as in "editorial use does not require...")? |
1,812 | 167,271 | 76823_0 | Which one is correct: "A popular approach is the so-called immersed interface methods." "A popular approach are the so-called immersed interface methods." In Portuguese, the second one would be correct, because the verb "to be" sometimes agrees with the object instead of the subject. I was wondering if in English such exception also exists, of if the verb "to be" always agrees with the subject no matter what. |
1,813 | 14,664 | 76823_0 | _Liquorice_ is pronounced **ˈlɪkərɪʃ**. But every other word I can think of ending with -ice is pronounced differently (such as _police_ or _rice_ ). How did liquorice get such a strange pronunciation, or alternatively, to be spelt like that? |
1,814 | 33,720 | 76823_0 | The Grammarist says I should use _rife with_ rather than _ripe with_. So far so good and I agree. But is there an exception for _ripe with opportunity_? Googlefight overwhelmingly prefers _ripe_ , and I like the imagery of an _opportunity tree_ ripe with fruit. Which is correct: _ripe with opportunity_ or _rife with opportunity_? |
1,815 | 14,667 | 76823_0 | I need to quote a sentence from a book which is a collection of stories of various authors. So usually when quoting a book I would put something like "lalalalala"(John Doe p.101) Now I am not sure if in this case for the authors name I should put down the textbook's author's name or the short story's author name that I am quoting. |
1,816 | 106,665 | 76823_0 | Which order is correct? 1. National African weightlifting federations. 2. African national weightlifting federations. 3. African weightlifting national federations. |
1,817 | 38,600 | 76823_0 | What does _crowded out_ mean in the following sentence? > Adultery and theft of food or animals were **crowded out** by highway > robbery, pickpocketing and other crimes common to an increasingly industrial > and urbanized center. |
1,818 | 11,204 | 76823_0 | I often get confused when trying to use who vs that. Some examples that often confuse me: ### _That_ > The person that went to the store. > > The people that went shopping. > > The persons that went shopping. > > The group that went shopping. ### _Who_ > The person who went to the store. > > The people who go shopping. Please explain when to use either for plural subjects and singular subjects. Animate and inanimate objects as well. |
1,819 | 427 | 76823_0 | Which of the following is correct? > * There were 10 people **that** went to the store. > * There were 10 people **who** went to the store. > **Edit:** Which of the following is correct? > * There were 10 people **that** had brown hair. > * There were 10 people **who** had brown hair. > |
1,820 | 47,039 | 76823_0 | I came across this SAT Question of the Day: > Unbelievable as it may seem, many individuals **that fought** in the > American Revolution were still alive in 1839, the year the world was > introduced to photography. (choose the error - the 'answer' is in bold) It noted that the reason "that fought" is wrong is that 'The relative pronoun “that” may not be used to refer to people (“individuals”) and should be replaced with the relative pronoun “who.”' I had thought that the word "that" could refer to both people and objects (while which was reserved for objects and who reserved for people). Am I wrong? |
1,821 | 169,808 | 76823_0 | Can I say, "He is the only person that I know."? Are there rules about using that to describe people? |
1,822 | 166,149 | 76823_0 | Hello everyone I would like to know if my sentence is or is not correct. "I don't share my hobbies when I speak to someone is not aware of them like a relevant, a wife, and anyone that I'm not familiar with." |
1,823 | 173,148 | 76823_0 | Consider this sentence : "I was going down the hill and on my step down I saw a guy **who** appeared to be disguised". "I was going down the hill and on my step down I saw a guy **that** appeared to be disguised". which is correct usage of English in such case that or who? |
1,824 | 146,100 | 76823_0 | Is it correct to say 'He is the one that did it' instead of saying 'He is the one who did it' ? |
1,825 | 17,221 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > How to use: who/that I have seen many writers using _"that"_ as a pronoun in cases where _"who"_ should be used. For example, a book author says I apologize to those of you **_that_** are unable to obtain electronic copies. Should it not be I apologize to those of you **_who_** are unable to obtain electronic copies. Or is it wrong to use the latter, in the modern context? |
1,826 | 145,260 | 76823_0 | When are the relative clause "who" and "that" used? Someone told me it depends on what sounds better: > Rosa is the woman **_whom_** I love. But > The child **_that_** asked my wife was not from this neighbourhood. |
1,827 | 133,382 | 76823_0 | I'm often confused by the correct use for "who" and "that". I believed always that "who" in a sentence refers to people or persons and "that" refers to inanimate objects, machines, animals, etc. In the case of: "SATA III SSD drives are ideal for users **that** demand maximum performance." I believe should read: "SATA III SSD drives are ideal for users **who** demand maximum performance." Gregg |
1,828 | 66,422 | 76823_0 | I found the phrase “... the horse _which_ ran was not the horse nor of the age which he was represented to be at the time of entry ...” in a sentence of _Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York 9 Executive (E) - Chapter 1, Subchapter A : State Racing Board Thoroughbred Rules, 4039.19._ [->] Is _which_ wrong in the phrase above, or is it the exact word as the horse is a brute animal? To be clear, which is grammatical : "... the horse _which_ ran ..." or "... the horse _who_ ¹ ran ..."? ¹ See the following nGram for "cat who" (cat: no brute), "dog who" (dog: no brute), "horse who" (horse: brute) and "bull who" (bull: brute).  |
1,829 | 96,486 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > How to use “who” vs. “that” > ‘Which’ applied to brute animals Is the use of "who", as applied to non-human animals, ever considered grammatically correct? Would it be correct to refer to a cat as "the same cat who I saw yesterday" instead of "the cat that I saw yesterday", or is this considered incorrect? |
1,830 | 14,831 | 76823_0 | What is the correct pronunciation for the mathematical abbreviation 'cos' when it is _not_ pronounced in its complete form 'cosine'? I pronounce it as 'k-aw- ss', but a couple of Canadian friends I have pronounce it as 'k-oh-s' (like the adjective 'close'). I tried looking up dictionaries but none that I came across list the IPA / phonetic pronunciation for the mathematical abbreviation. (I think the former is the British English pronunciation, and the latter is the American English / Canadian English pronunciation.) |
1,831 | 22,293 | 76823_0 | One example that comes to mind is _terrific_ which originally denoted something quite terrorising while now it has positive connotations... How and why did these changes occur? |
1,832 | 75,017 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > How and why have some words changed to a complete opposite? How did 'sick' come to mean 'awesome' or 'really good / cool' in modern U.S. slang? I'm interested in origins and possibly regional patterns, if applicable. This usage reminds me of the use of 'bad' to mean 'totally awesome' in the 80s. It would be interesting to know how that came about as well, and if the pattern is related... |
1,833 | 189,071 | 76823_0 | How did the definition of _bad_ change over time? When did it change to mean _good_? |
1,834 | 38,607 | 76823_0 | During the Battle of the Bulge, when asked to surrender, US General McAuliffe answered with the single word "Nuts!" I know that "nuts" can be a crude way to refer to testicles ("He got hit in the nuts by the baseball") but I've always thought of the exclamation ("Aw, nuts!") as anodyne. Would a kid saying it in the 1940s have had his mouth washed out with soap? |
1,835 | 102,753 | 76823_0 | Does one use "on" or "at" in the following: > Kate met him at the corner > > Kate met him on the corner. Or are they the same? |
1,836 | 119,195 | 76823_0 | What is the difference between > I am yet to see X and > I have yet to see X and in which situations would each be preferred? |
1,837 | 83,433 | 76823_0 | I'm trying to figure out what the correct past tense form of "he bears the weight" would be. Wiktionary says that "bear" has a simple past "bore" and a past participle "borne", but I don't understand when one is used instead of the other. So, would the correct form be > He has bore the weight or > He has borne the weight ? It would also be helpful if I could see example sentences for "borne" and "bore" to illuminate the distinction. |
1,838 | 102,756 | 76823_0 | When ending a sentence with a `?` and a `!`, is there a rule which one comes first? That is, `?!` or `!?`? If either is okay, are they interchangeable, or for difference circumstances? |
1,839 | 83,439 | 76823_0 | The following passage comes from _The American Journey_ (sixth edition), page 156. It's a quote of George F. Regas, addressing President George W. Bush (not in person). Notice the `[sic]` after the word _preemptive_ , indicating some kind of misuse of the word or other kind of error. But what's the error? I googled this quote and got many hits. Other than the cited book, none use `[sic]`.  |
1,840 | 83,438 | 76823_0 | I wrote a song for a play I'm writing where I utilize a degree of early modern english, it's not entirely in archaic prose as for many audiences that would be a turn off, as its a comedy and a pastiche so it's only lightly used and blended with more modern conversation. Think 'Kiss Me Kate' but when I do use I'm trying to make sure I'm using the grammar correctly and not wrong. As I said I wrote a song for it, during a "play within a play" scene and I'm having some trouble figuring out if I'm conjugating some of the verbs correctly, a lot of these are I think the imperative since the character is asking/commanding something of someone else so I'm a bit confused. Can anyone make any corrections for me? The song is addressing the moon as if it were a person; i.e. the goddess Diana Pale moon, pale moon go fade into the night away, adrift for sad light, sad light is lade by thy face white and cold. O how swift (O how swift) I get lost and turned quick a fool in moth hours wan and blue under thy silvered shone. O who’ll beareth the heft (beareth the heft) of this folly that runneth me through? (For in truth I’ve given all my sprigs of rue, offered up all sprigs of rue.) O spare my heart and spare my head from thy hunt, thy fleet and forest train. No hounds, no hounds that teareth and shred, they art not mine (not mine) this bane. Let me alone, alone my eyes to sleep I bid thou sink into the mirror’d sea and cease, cease, a sabled state so deep, bringest good reason back to me. |
1,841 | 128,080 | 76823_0 | For example: Lucas's dog was joyful. do I pronounce the first word the exact same as if I just said Lucas, or do I say lucas-es? |
1,842 | 146,128 | 76823_0 | Should I say, > **Take** the elevator to floor number x or > **Use** the elevator to floor number x? I want to know the same for stairways. [This phrase is used in an app and to avoid the detection of _-st_ , _-nd_ , _-rd_ and _-th_ , I want to use only 'number x'.] |
1,843 | 1,314 | 76823_0 | Is it correct to say _user accounts_ or _users account_ when referring to the accounts any user has on a site like this one? In general, in the case of a noun that is used as adjective for the noun that follows, is it better to use `<plural-noun> <singular-noun>` or `<singular- noun> <plural-noun>`? |
1,844 | 113,395 | 76823_0 | I'm trying to write a list of features available in my product, and I'm confused what the title should be: Should I say "Features List" (features are plural) or "Feature List" (feature is singular). Thanks in advance. |
1,845 | 190,430 | 76823_0 | If a company has several products, is that a products line or a product line? |
1,846 | 174,561 | 76823_0 | What should it say on a label: Is it "ladies' beer" or "ladies beer?" |
1,847 | 112,028 | 76823_0 | I'm sorry I couldn't word that better, the following example will hopefully clarify:  As you can see, the teacher refered to the bank of words as "word bank", as opposed to "words bank". Which one is correct? If "words bank" is the only correct usage then wouldn't it be fair to say that the exercise was resolved perfectly? |
1,848 | 113,435 | 76823_0 | What is more accurate to say when writing a noun before a list? "student list" or "students list" (also "student group" vs "students group") |
1,849 | 166,989 | 76823_0 | If I wanted to say: `this folder contains the links to all the programs`, should I use: `this folder contains the program links` or `this folder contains the programs links` ? |
1,850 | 14,115 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "user accounts" or "users account"? If I mean "number of lessons", which grammatical construction should I go for? I can imagine three of them: 1. Lesson count 2. Lessons count 3. Lessons' count |
1,851 | 123,120 | 76823_0 | Which of the following is correct: 1. Journalists' Solidarity Forum 2. Journalist Solidarity Forum |
1,852 | 93,378 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > “User accounts” or “users account” > “BookList” or “booksList?” > Is it correct to say “lesson count” or “lessons count”? > should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list” > “Employee list” or “employees list” > "Thing count" or "things count" > And others I know I can say > what color of towel do you like? And the same: > what towel color do you like? I also know I can say the same about multiple colors: > what colors of towels do you like? But I'm not sure if I should say: > what towels colors do you like? or > what towel colors do you like? |
1,853 | 36,657 | 76823_0 | I’ve been looking over what has been posted regarding the use of _’s_. I used to be a Technical Writer (years ago). The title of one of our training documents was _Users’ Guide_. Once, a coworker said every time he saw that title he expected users to start coming. Never made any sense to me, but I have to admit that the majority of us didn't understand the use of _s’_ in place of _’s_. What is the difference? |
1,854 | 127,741 | 76823_0 | when a noun is used as an adjective is it always singular, eg Event Request or Events request? Service Request or Services REquest? |
1,855 | 87,345 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide When describing, for example, a bicycle for boys as "a boys bicycle", should it be "boy's" or "boys"? The phrase is not implying ownership but the type of bicycle, in the same way as one for either sex might be described as _unisex_. |
1,856 | 164,714 | 76823_0 | My question is connected with programming. I'm not sure how to name my class. Should it be _ItemQueue_ or _ItemsQueue_? We are talking about queue, which stores many items. We can add new ones or remove existing. Similary, what about _file list_ / _files list_? I have always wondered which form should I choose. |
1,857 | 92,606 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide As in, a conference that is for people in their first year of, say, University. |
1,858 | 72,934 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account" Which is correct: _book market_ or _books market_? Similarly, is it _pirate bay_ or _pirates bay_? |
1,859 | 180,559 | 76823_0 | I'm a surveyor and we are currently setting up our network. However, there seems to be a disagreement on the proper name of the group. The group is composed of young surveyors under the age of 35, hence the name **Young Surveyors Network**. However, somebody in the group has challenged it and has asserted that it should be **Young Surveyor Network**. Personally I think the original name is just fine but I'd prefer more ammunition _wink wink_ Can somebody resolve this issue? Should it be **Young Surveyors Network** or **Young Surveyor Network**? Or does it need to take an apostrophe and be **Young Surveyors' Network** Thanks in advance! |
1,860 | 53,124 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account?" What is correct way to use _-s_ when talking about multiple plurals? For example, what is correct: _items positions_ or _item positions_ or _items position_? In context: "I will update all items positions". What is correct _cars categories_ or _car categories_ or _cars category_? In context: "Please tell me what cars categories do you know?" |
1,861 | 189,026 | 76823_0 | What would I use when setting up a gallery for many members to submit to? I am thinking, _Members’ Gallery_ , as it is a gallery belonging to all the members, but I frequently see the use of just _Members Gallery_. |
1,862 | 11,350 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "user accounts" or "users account"? I keep asking myself which form is the most correct when listing items on a website: * "Article list" * or "Articles list"? Also, when nothing was found, do you say: * "No items were found" * or "No item was found" * or more simply "No item(s?) found? |
1,863 | 76,593 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User's guide" vs. "users' guide" If referring to a **_Users Group_** (meaning a group made up of multiple individual users who have some control of the group itself), would you use: * A: User’s * B: Users’ * C: Users I have read the post on the User’s guide but in this case, plural is appropriate since the group does not belong to one individual. Wikipedia suggests _Users’_ (or _Users_ ) and in my domain, a leading stats software company has a Users Group, though they then use _user’s group_ as part of the description. What do you think — A, B, or C? |
1,864 | 143,103 | 76823_0 | Let me ask you a question which I've derived from my programming practice: Let's assume, I have a number of users represented by their names: John, Pete, Stanislaw, Marc, ... What words should I use to name such collection of names of users: **user names** , or **users names**? Thanks. * * * To provide more context, here is similar example for programmers: JSON of objects: `[{"id": 1, ...}, {"id": 2, ...}, {"id": 3, ...}, ...]` How should I name a variable representing a collection of identificators (ids) of given objects: var objectIds; // or var objectsIds; var objectIdentificators; // or var objectsIdentificators; ? |
1,865 | 75,237 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account" > should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list” > “Book market” or “books market” Which one(s) are correct to indicate the division in(to) tasks of a certain undertaking? 1) Task breakdown 2) Tasks breakdown 3) Tasks' breakdown I would like to understand the "why" of it rather than get an Ngram-like usage statistics chart, please. |
1,866 | 20,763 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account?" When announcing the results to a series of elections, what sounds better as a title? Even though I believe _Elections Results_ seems to be the logical answer, _Election Results_ is by far the better-sounding choice in my head. I did a quick Google search and found that the internet seems to agree by about 10-to-1: that an election can refer to the act of voting for multiple people. If anyone has a very strong reason for or against, I'd like to hear it. |
1,867 | 61,891 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is it correct to say "lesson count" or "lessons count"? I find it odd that the common expression (see Wikipedia for example) is "feed aggregator" rather than "feed*s* aggregator". I would find the plural more meaningful with the concept of aggregating :). Does this happen in other English expressions? Why? |
1,868 | 17,329 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicates:** > "User accounts" or "users account?" > Is it correct to say "lesson count" or "lessons count"? I'm wondering wether or not I should use a plural form noun with a collection name. For example, which one is correct, bookList or booksList (obviously they are variables in a programming language)? |
1,869 | 85,308 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide I am sorry if this is really obvious but I can't work out from Wikipedia if it's right to use one here. My English is terrible but I try: > Christmas parties are the cornerstone of most (companies | company's | > companie's) cultures. Could someone please set me straight? Thank you very much. |
1,870 | 119,873 | 76823_0 | I have always thought that the latter: **Cars sale** , is incorrect; yet Google returns almost the same number of results for both! My concern is about **Rule extraction** and **Rules extraction** to be precise; for a Chapter title! P.S. Clearly, we are selling many cars (or extracting many rules); not one! |
1,871 | 80,040 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide > should a list of tokens be called a "token list" or a "tokens list" I know we can use _list of employees_ , but I'd like to know which is preferred or more correct: _employee list_ or _employees list_? |
1,872 | 100,326 | 76823_0 | > **Duplicate of:** > “User accounts” or “users account” > “Employee list” or “employees list” > Should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list” > “BookList” or “booksList?” > Is it correct to say “lesson count” or “lessons count”? > "Thing count" or "things count" > And others Which of the following are correct? > 1. Countries List > 2. Country List > It is the title of a web page where users can view the list of countries and select one. |
1,873 | 78,021 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User's guide" vs. "users' guide" I prefer non-possessive form of the name of the club: photographers club of Detroit. Is it correct? |
1,874 | 43,436 | 76823_0 | In computer science, you should have a _username_ or a _user name_ or a _user- name_ and a password to be able to log into the system. Which one is the correct spelling? |
1,875 | 84,107 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > User’s/Users’/Users Group What would be the correct way with UK English spelling: patients' care or patients care? I have terrible search skills, I could not find an appropriate answer (did not know how to search for these "'s" or "s'" differences). |
1,876 | 66,282 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account?" I'm writing software, and I need to create an object that will contain a group of contacts. Contacts can belong to more than one group. If I wanted to shorten "group of contacts," would I refer to it as a contacts group, or a contact group? |
1,877 | 133,555 | 76823_0 | We are forming a new organization which is going to be named either “Nepalese Students Association” or “Nepalese Student Association”. I am confused on which one is the grammatically correct form? _Student_ or _Students_? |
1,878 | 127,998 | 76823_0 | What is the grammatical term for the way the word "star" is used in the name Star Wars? Some non-English speakers are concerned that more than one star is implied in the concept and therefore the name is wrong. |
1,879 | 106,122 | 76823_0 | I'm working on a web service and we need to create new menu section, which should list entities to configurate different shops' parameters. Which form of this phrase is right in this case and why? * Shop configuration * Shops configuration * Shops' configuration |
1,880 | 79,429 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account" > Should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list” > “BookList” or “booksList?” When there are many of things what of the following will be correct: * thing count, thing collection, ... (singular `thing`) * thing* _s_ * count, thing* _s_ * collection, ... (plural `things`) ? |
1,881 | 151,182 | 76823_0 | I want to talk about several categories. Each category has only one URL. Which one is correct and why? 1. Category URLs 2. Categories URL 3. Categories URLs |
1,882 | 59,059 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "User accounts" or "users account?" I ask because a list of tasks would usually be called a "task list". However a list or previous winners of a competition seems to be called a "winners list" rather than a "winner list". Thanks. |
1,883 | 188,928 | 76823_0 | > The amount of jobs that have been transferred out of state in the past five > years is staggering; **not only** manufacturing jobs **but** white-collar > ones have moved as well. Is this appropriate usage of the correlative conjunction? It's comparing two noun phrases, but I'm concerned with the positioning of the verb phrase. Should the sentence be "Not only have manufacturing jobs moved, but white- collar ones have moved as well." Would it be redundant in this case? Side note: This is an SAT question concerning comparisons. |
1,884 | 133,308 | 76823_0 | I’m trying to say in one or two words that all of a group of animals and people have taken a leap beyond their usual comfort zone for a reason. This is the context: Some fish fly; some birds swim. Some people leave behind old restraints or habits. All are reaching for something, or escaping something. How can I describe that in a short label? I thought of escaping normality, or escape of some kind, but _escape_ does not convey the reach that is also part of the phenomenon. Would _intrepid_ fit this? What other possibilities are there? |
1,885 | 6,758 | 76823_0 | I am referring of course to the expression describing time. Today a corporate trainer (From north Philadelphia) that is teaching a class at my company used it in the context that the current time was 'ten of six' (5:50PM), but I have always thought of it as 'ten of six' (6:10PM). Which usage is correct? |
1,886 | 67,963 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > What does 'ten of six' mean in regard to time? In a Family Guy episode (The Hand That Rocks The Wheelchair), Meg asks "is it 10 of 8?", apparently looking up at the clock and referring to the fact that the time is 7:50. Is this a commonly used term to refer to the time as being "10 minutes to 8", or is it just a Family Guy thing? If it's common (I've never heard it before), what does it stand for, if "10 to 8" stands for "10 minutes to 8"? |
1,887 | 146,120 | 76823_0 | > * **Composed** of an assortment of ten libraries including inhibitor > library, stem cell signaling compound library, and anti-cancer compound > library, among others, our bioactive screening libraries are ready-to-use > chemical libraries for drug discovery, drug target identification, and other > pharmaceutical-related applications. > * **Being composed** of an assortment of ten libraries including inhibitor > library, stem cell signaling compound library, and anti-cancer compound > library, among others, our bioactive screening libraries are ready-to-use > chemical libraries for drug discovery, drug target identification, and other > pharmaceutical-related applications. > Am I supposed to start a sentence with "composed"? |
1,888 | 146,122 | 76823_0 | Suppose I play a game where I can lose points as well as gain them. Usually I'll say: > I earned 10 points today, hooray! But what if I lost points and still want to use "optimistic" verb? > I earned -1 points today, bummer Is this grammatically correct? |
1,889 | 44,428 | 76823_0 | > I had John **return** the video for me. In this sentence, why do we use _return_ and not _returns_ or _returned_? |
1,890 | 185,527 | 76823_0 | I was reading through this article recently, and I noticed that the first and seventh paragraphs are identical. Stylistically speaking, is it common to repeat entire strings of text as shown here? Speaking personally, I find it awkward to be reading the same thing over again. I'm not seeking a definitive ruling on this, but rather opinions on the prevalence of this particular styling and formatting choice. |
1,891 | 180,674 | 76823_0 | I have seen questions like * "He went through all that just to go to Columbia?" or * "That's the Ferrari?" and I would like to know if they are grammatically correct. Can you use questions like that in regular speech? Can you even start a question with "you" or "that"? |
1,892 | 112,002 | 76823_0 | How did the word "Utopia" (coined by Sir Thomas More) come to mean an ideal place when the Greek etymology specifically means "Not a place." Relatedly, while this might be the prime use of the word "irony" or "ironic", does anyone have a suggestion for a word matching the general public's ideal definition of "Irony?" |
1,893 | 112,000 | 76823_0 | I think it's grammatically more accurate to say,"The market was closed after a virus had been found." However, it sounds "better" to say,"The market was closed after a virus was found." Grammatically, can there be any justification for the second version? |
1,894 | 112,004 | 76823_0 | Are the answers I chose correct. My choices are in bold. I **have been pumping** /I have pumped up three tyres. Would you like to do the forth? I **have been greasing** /I have greased my car. That's why my hands are dirty. She has been polishing/has polished this table all the morning and she is not satisfied with it yet. ( I chose both answers as correct, but accroding to the test my answer was wrong.) I only have been hearing/ **have heard** about him twice since he went away. He **has been riding** /has ridden, that's why he is wearing breeches. I have been pulling up/have pulled up dandelions all day. ( I chose both forms) I have been hearing/ have heard from her regularly. She is a very good correspondent.(I chose both forms) I have been making/have made sausage rolls for the party all the morning.(I chose both, but I am not sure 'have made' is correct.) How to explain why using other choices would be wrong? |
1,895 | 27,825 | 76823_0 | > Spain **mulls action** over blame for E. coli outbreak Source: Reuters |
1,896 | 166,393 | 76823_0 | Is the usage of the word 'already' in the following sentence correct? > We have used an already calibrated camera fixed on the robot. |
1,897 | 27,820 | 76823_0 | Does the adjective Machiavellian always have a capital letter? For example: > The Machiavellian Iago manipulates Othello into believing his wife, > Desdemona, had an affair. Not sure if this is anything to go by but, Microsoft Word corrects the word to have a capital. I am not sure if this is also the case when it is an adjective. |
1,898 | 27,821 | 76823_0 | There's a lot of buzz these days about 'renewable energy', and with Germany's recent decision to close down their nuclear plants by 2012, activists are talking about moving to completely 'renewable energy'. But, why is it called that? What is actually being renewed? |
1,899 | 190,567 | 76823_0 | Take the following sentence: My idea is similar to his idea but not quite the same. Is there a single word which means " similar but not quite the same"? |
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