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37,000 | 77,054 | 76823_0 | I am trying to phrase "beyond the hype Cloud computing" tersely. I've been racking my brains for a single word, trying to get it into the form: > [word] Cloud Computing I thought of: > Real Cloud Computing But I want a word that hints at the fact `Cloud` is a buzzword and inverts it. Intuitively I feel the word is out ... |
37,001 | 172,467 | 76823_0 | Can anyone help me to make sense of the following statement : > **May all sentient beings never separate from peace and happiness.** Thanks for your help. |
37,002 | 73,579 | 76823_0 | I recently used "I own some.email@gmail.com", and a friend said this was incorrect. I can see logically how this is true, you wouldn't use own in the context of an account identifier in any other circumstances (e.g. "I own 07700 123456"), but I can't think of a better word. Here's the full context: > I own some.email@g... |
37,003 | 172,469 | 76823_0 | What would you call a person that doesn't care for your personal space and is kind-of sticky and doesn't get the hint that people are awkward around him/her and generally avoid him/her? |
37,004 | 132,710 | 76823_0 | What is a single word for a title and short paragraph, for example: > # Lorem ipsum > > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus sagittis > dictum nisl. Duis ac dapibus diam. Maecenas porta non dolor in commodo. > Aliquam feugiat nisl non enim vulputate semper. Cras imperdiet aliquet eros > se... |
37,005 | 132,711 | 76823_0 | I am looking for an alternative phrase to replace "what you don't know can't hurt you." |
37,006 | 132,714 | 76823_0 | Does that mean: a) I know that or b) I don't know that and in a) or b) the other person is not aware of this? |
37,007 | 132,716 | 76823_0 | The paragraph below began with the past tense but soon switched to present tense (highlighted in bold). I am trying to learn tense consistency. I don't know why such switch is allowed. It's very confusing for me to learn to keep a consistent tense =( > In Banjuh, the capital of Gambia, I met with a group of Gambians. T... |
37,008 | 116,207 | 76823_0 | There are lots of cities and other designations with the word "Heights" in the name. Does this refer to something specific? Is it a marketing tactic perhaps? Examples: * Hacienda Heights * Sterling Heights * Washington Heights * Golan Heights |
37,009 | 180,305 | 76823_0 | A person is recollecting his college days in Oxford. He used to be in the team of an eight, rowing a boat. > In the year I got my colours the Wadham boat went up five places on the > river. It was the happiest week of my life. What is _go up five places on the river_ supposed to mean? Five victories or something else? |
37,010 | 124,069 | 76823_0 | I know that diacritics are often retained in loanwords in formal writing (cf. _naïveté_ ), but I haven't seen this done with direct adaptation of Latin words; i.e., _per se_. In Latin, _per sē_ comes with a macron, indicating the longness of the vowel. This practice is uncommon (unused?) in English, but so are accents ... |
37,011 | 180,303 | 76823_0 | Here’s a simplified version of the sentence I'm working on. > Despite what he believed — or thought he believed — he still had to contend > with the truth. Or should I use commas? |
37,012 | 124,067 | 76823_0 | My understanding is that the "par" portion of "subpar" comes from the sport of golf, as in the phrase "par for the course". However if this is the case, then the construction of the word doesn't seem to make sense. In golf, the farther _below_ (i.e., _sub_ ) the par you are, the better you've done and the better your s... |
37,013 | 124,060 | 76823_0 | I came across this statement. Is this correct? I am specifically confused at the part where "a" comes after "are". |
37,014 | 130,718 | 76823_0 | Suggest a word to express a task/thing has started, is running and is not yet complete. Does _inchoate_ fit? Also, suggest a word to express completed/fully built thing/task. |
37,015 | 130,713 | 76823_0 | As a non-native speaker, I already get used to the word _enough_ in expressions like those below, but I sometimes still got confused of it. It makes me wonder **what it actually means** and **where does it come from**. There are two different groups in which it confuses me. Actually, the first group contains only one e... |
37,016 | 130,714 | 76823_0 | The sentence is like this: > Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial > support they need in order to thrive. I'm not sure about the `to thrive`. Does this sentence mean: (1) To make the major cities thrive, governments need to support them financially. Or (2) To make the governments themse... |
37,017 | 181,652 | 76823_0 | I have a statement like > The performance of the proposed scheme, and its dependence on … Here, ‘it’ can refer to either the performance of the scheme, or the scheme itself. I changed the statement to > The performance of the proposed scheme, and the dependence of the > performance on … – which doesn’t seem very profes... |
37,018 | 76,906 | 76823_0 | Is there a phrase or word for a problem that appears simple but is in fact full of complexities? A few situations come to mind: * Painting a room * Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend * Eating a pomegranate ... and a million more. What to call these? |
37,019 | 76,901 | 76823_0 | Man and woman, male and female have the same phonetic element and root (man, and male) in English, while man and woman in both Japanese and Chinese language - Otoko (男) and Onnna (女) in Japanese, Nan (男) and Njui (女) in Chinese - don’t have the common phonetic elements as woman and female in English, and are totally di... |
37,020 | 140,129 | 76823_0 | A customer want to place his gold to bank account. He shows up in a bank with his gold bars and says that he wants to put it to his gold account. I was unable to choose the correct word here. Customer delivers his precious metal bullion to the bank. Customer leaves his precious metal bullion in the bank. Customer gives... |
37,021 | 140,126 | 76823_0 | Not sure how to phrase the question so, please, feel free to edit. Preferably without biting my head off. :) I'm looking for the (technically) correct term to describe the box that delivers electricity to a home or workplace. I've found " _fuse box_ " and " _electricity plant_ " but those are not quite correct. I'm loo... |
37,022 | 140,124 | 76823_0 | I can't figure out whether to use _got_ or _gotten_ in the following sentence: > I no longer recognized my own skin, my own feelings, my own thoughts. It was > as if the real me had **got/gotten** lost on the highway. Which is the correct form of the verb? |
37,023 | 181,658 | 76823_0 | I'm looking for a better phrasing for use on a poster describing a scientific project. In this project, we will examine recipes of varnishes and lacquers from old recipe books. We will follow these recipes to recreate the varnishes, and paint these on small glass plaques (the so-called mock-up objects) suitable for che... |
37,024 | 140,123 | 76823_0 | Is there a rule I could tell the difference between: > * Both A and B have other attributes that distinguish them more > completely. > * Both A and B have other attributes that more completely distinguish > them. > |
37,025 | 140,120 | 76823_0 | > The function _f(a,x)_ returns the value in the array _a_ specified by _x_ , > where _x_ is a percentage of the length of the array, divided by 100. (i.e. x can be any number between 0 and 1, corresponding to a percentage between 0% and 100%) Examples: if a = [1,2,3,4,5], then f(a, 0.5) = 3; f(a, 0) = 1; f(a, 1) = 5; ... |
37,026 | 30,458 | 76823_0 | Does this sentence "He's too thin to carry it" make any sense to you? This is really bothering me for quite a long time! |
37,027 | 86,839 | 76823_0 | Could anyone please tell me which one of these sentences is correct? * If you are thinking about it, chances are that so **is** many others! * If you are thinking about it, chances are that so **are** many others! |
37,028 | 167,053 | 76823_0 | I'm not sure if Old English counts here, but I can't find the answer to this anywhere. How would one pronounce _gemænscipe_? I believe it's Old English for "community". |
37,029 | 86,835 | 76823_0 | My teacher told me that the phrase _be necessary to_ can be used only on people. For example, > Something is necessary to someone. Assuming she is correct, then this following sentence, the one I want to ask, will be incorrect. > Actually, healthy fats are necessary to our overall well-being. Which of us is right? |
37,030 | 116,874 | 76823_0 | > Would you mind if I **use/used** your mobile? One of my friends said _used_ is wrong here. But I think it's grammatical. Who is right? |
37,031 | 128,696 | 76823_0 | I would like to know the difference between " _Final English Exam_ " and " _English Final Exam_." Thanks in advance. |
37,032 | 74,506 | 76823_0 | Why is the article _the_ used in the following verse of the Bible? > **At the first** God made the heaven and the earth. To me _at first_ , which according to OED means _at the beginning; in the initial stage or stages,_ sounds more natural, unless there are specific grammatical delicacies that I am not aware of. The p... |
37,033 | 128,694 | 76823_0 | In my office everyone uses "Please find enclosed the attachment" in emails. I can't digest the "the" between "enclosed" and "attachment". Is the sentence grammatical? |
37,034 | 172,906 | 76823_0 | James Wolcott, Vanity Fair culture critic, wrote a piece on the HBO series True Detective, including the following segment: > What lifts creator Nic Pizzolatto's show above the **misabilerist** monotony > and addiction pathology of Nordic noir and its derivatives is Proustian > time-shifting, sharp, sneaky-funny writin... |
37,035 | 42,342 | 76823_0 | Both _pillage_ and _plunder_ refer to the taking of goods by force. What is the distinction in how the two words are used? Specifically, (due to a recent argument) do pirates only plunder, or can they pillage as well? |
37,036 | 42,343 | 76823_0 | In honor of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I’d like to ask a question about the pirate dialect of English. Most pirate sentences begin with a standard pirate-sounding hedge to lend authenticity. A frequent hedge is _arr_ , but the variations _yar_ , _yarr_ , and _yargh_ are also quite common. Is there a distinct... |
37,037 | 177,173 | 76823_0 | I replaced "Thanks for setting me straight" with "Thanks for correcting me" when editing an email to a recipient who is queer. Is the term "setting [someone] straight" inappropriate if the writer/speaker or reader/listener does not view straightness as better than non-straightness? Note that I am not interested in opin... |
37,038 | 177,171 | 76823_0 | I was drawn to the word, “hearts-and-minds diplomacy” in New York Time’s (June 8) article titled, “From China, With Pragmatism.” written by an American Fulbright lecturer living in Beijing: > At a recent lunch with United States Embassy officers and local Chinese > intellectuals, we had a complete cultural breakdown ov... |
37,039 | 113,050 | 76823_0 | If not, is it well readable anyway? "Ray tracer" seems to be used more frequently but this is not my question. An example sentence could be: > A **raytracer** is a computer program that uses an algorithm where light > rays are traced back to their origin to create realistic 2D images from 3D > scenes. |
37,040 | 189,227 | 76823_0 | I'm a non-native english speaker (from Brazil). I'm looking for the most common day-to-day word for the stationery device called "mechanical pencil". Indeed, while "mechanical pencil" seems to be the most commonly used word for that device, at least in US, I've also found the words "propelling pencil", for UK and "pace... |
37,041 | 128,725 | 76823_0 | Having just come across this site, I am finally asking a question that's been on my mind for a while … I am looking for a book, website or infographic that gives a (relatively) concise, high-level history of our modern English language – something that paints a picture of its sources, geographical roots, and who the pe... |
37,042 | 70,080 | 76823_0 | I know the meaning of friendly fire, but I never thought about it too much, if you are shooting someone who is your brother in arms, it's not like I'm not going to shoot someone just referring mostly to FPS as you probably guessed already, how can the fire be 'friendly', any idea about the origin of the word? |
37,043 | 70,081 | 76823_0 | I have a proverb in my native tongue saying something like "there is no cat chasing fish for God" which implies that anyone who does anything that may seem beneficial to you, is doing it for themselves. What is the equivalent proverb in English? |
37,044 | 70,084 | 76823_0 | I am trying to say _I always have feelings about you_ in a different way: > My feelings for you never ___ _ My first thought was _reduced_ , but it seems that _reduce_ is for size. (I remember hearing something similar in some movies, but I can't remember the name of it.) What's a good word to use here? |
37,045 | 121,259 | 76823_0 | There are a couple of idioms whose meaning is _from time to time_ or _occasionally_. > Every so often > (Every) once in a while > (Every) now and then/again _Every_ actually is a determiner (or, broadly speaking, an adjective) specifying a noun or noun phrase and means that everybody or everything of the referred group... |
37,046 | 121,255 | 76823_0 | To my understanding when expressing something is not fact I should use subjunctive, e.g. > Without your instruction, we would be working now. I'm wondering if I can use subjunctive to express something that is possible for being a polite way. In my case, I'd like to reply to the recruiting manager like this: > If I was... |
37,047 | 121,256 | 76823_0 | > I have lunch at school _every day_ > vs I _always_ have lunch at school. Why does the frequency adverb, _always_ , go before the verb, _have_ , whereas the expression, " _every day_ " is placed at the end of the sentence? |
37,048 | 121,251 | 76823_0 | When looking at examples listed in OED it is very noticeable that English differs greatly before 1700s and after (roughly) and it becomes recognizable and very similar to modern starting roughly from 1700s. What is behind this transformation? What happened in society which transformed language? |
37,049 | 121,252 | 76823_0 | I'm pretty sure I have to use _the_ in **'The people/citizens of this city speak a dialect'** but when I try to use another preposition, instead of _of_ , it doesn't seem right. I don't know why. Do I have to use 'the' in the following sentences assuming that those things have never been mentioned before in a conversat... |
37,050 | 173,418 | 76823_0 | For example, the arity property of a function might be unary or binary. The (???) property of a variable might be discrete or continuous? |
37,051 | 77,071 | 76823_0 | > I'm not been able to make up my mind or > I'm not being able to make up my mind? Which one is the correct sentence? Why is it correct and why is the other one incorrect? Edit 10/09/2012: What if I'm talking about a present action? Like: "I'm not been able to make up my mind now, so I'll try to decide it later. |
37,052 | 172,404 | 76823_0 | "Omnipresent" means everywhere at once, while "ubiquitous" means _seeming_ to be everywhere at once. My question is whether "omnipotent" (all-powerful) has a similar _'seeming to be all-powerful'_ counterpart. |
37,053 | 184,689 | 76823_0 | > Money/Assets/Property that is earned through unethical sources is called ? Money that is earned through bad sources like corrupted politics, corrupted business, ransom money, stolen or theft money. What is such money called? Is it bad money, black money. What is **one** particular name for it? |
37,054 | 184,681 | 76823_0 | I'm looking for a word to signify the ancestor from which a family tree is derived. They would be the first, from whom all other family members are descended. Does such a word exist? I imagine, given the long history of creating family trees, that someone at some point decided on a word other than 'the first guy'. |
37,055 | 121,786 | 76823_0 | Is there any grammatical error in this sentence: > Having been up all night makes me tired Can I use having been/done... as subject? |
37,056 | 125,006 | 76823_0 | I've been reading articles about trends in names. Apparently names like Bonnie-Mae, Ellie-Mae and Lily-Mae are trending up in the UK which I find odd in itself (aren't they typically Southern US?) but never mind... You don't see many endings other than -May or -Mae in double-barreled names. -Anne perhaps, and a few oth... |
37,057 | 85,561 | 76823_0 | The recurrent cholangitis happened in the past. But when I am discussing the event now, which of the following should I use? > * It is the incomplete stone removal that caused the recurrent > cholangitis. > * It was the incomplete stone removal that caused the recurrent > cholangitis. > |
37,058 | 121,782 | 76823_0 | The argument about the pronunciation of _scone_ :- > skoʊn, skɒn noun 1\. a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of > oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like. reappeared in the pub last night, as usual with no-one being able to produce a convincing argument about which of _skoʊn_ or _skɒn_ was correct. So ... |
37,059 | 104,220 | 76823_0 | Is it correct to use 'domestic animal' instead of 'livestock' (cattle)? |
37,060 | 869 | 76823_0 | Here's the problem. Many common terms in the programmer's lexicon--i.e., used in information communication and in published texts--are identical to everyday words; others are slight 'distortions' of everyday words (so that if you saw them but weren't a programmer, you'd swear they were misspelled or used incorrectly). ... |
37,061 | 38,456 | 76823_0 | As an American, and a particularly myopic one, I am a bit confused to the language that I speak. I understand that we were once a colony of England, where English was/is spoken, but do we in the present still speak English? Or, since the language has evolved so much (on our part) can it be considered that we Americans ... |
37,062 | 38,450 | 76823_0 | Are they just actually the same? Especially as in the following examples: > I realize then whom I love. > I know then whom I love. |
37,063 | 184,978 | 76823_0 | There is one person I know who never accepts other people's opinions and ideas, even if those opinions and ideas are worthwhile. What single word might describe such an attitude? |
37,064 | 165,665 | 76823_0 | Is there a word to describe when an Author doesn't fully explain a particular scenario, and leaves it rather ambiguous, so that the reader may decide what happened? **SPOILERS** for Mockingjay and Life of Pi (mouse over to see): > For example: In Mockingjay, was it Gale who killed Prim? > Life of Pi: Was the whole stor... |
37,065 | 187,026 | 76823_0 | I came across the following sentence: > **What gets put where** determines the particular type of the architecture. What's the meaning of the phrase in bold? |
37,066 | 184,975 | 76823_0 | Is this an example of parody "A-Midsummers-Nights-Dream " http://www.scribd.com/doc/233474857/A-Midsummers-Nights-Dream-erotic-poetry These are the reasons I think it is parody I am interested whether you agree parody "a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing" why "A Midsummers Nigh... |
37,067 | 45,375 | 76823_0 | When writing I find myself using the phrase _"in that"_ when tying together an opinion or point of debate. I am needing some alternative phrases that have the same meaning to spice up my writing. Any suggestions? Example: > The same can be said about Twinkies; in that over-consumption can lead to > obesity, cardiovascu... |
37,068 | 184,976 | 76823_0 | > Can there exist an uncountable planar graph? This usage of _exist_ bothers me. In this context, my understanding is that it is used as a replacement for _be_. That looks very strange to me. However, I found it in the writing of a person who is very good at teaching and explaining, and I guess it might be actually cor... |
37,069 | 44,029 | 76823_0 | I'm trying to say something to the effect of: "While practitioners before the war were in an environment of **___ __ ___** , practitioners after the war were in an environment of accountability." Meaning the previous era's practitioners weren't holding themselves to the results of their contributions. Anyway, something... |
37,070 | 80,888 | 76823_0 | I have a small question regarding the usage of the present simple, present continuous and auxiliary verbs. Is this correct English? > 1. Feel safe? (Do you feel safe?) → So do I! > 2. Feeling safe? (Are you feeling safe?) → So am I! > 3. Feeling safe? So do I! > In this particular case (3), a question is asked in prese... |
37,071 | 44,025 | 76823_0 | When I wrote thank you to a commentator in this site, I added a message to it like this: “It all clicked into place the moment I saw your comment!” After a while, I came across an article about the usage of ‘the moment’. I’d like to know if my comment sounded offensive and what I should have written in the comment to e... |
37,072 | 5,217 | 76823_0 | **This** people or **these** people? Different sources suggest different ways. What's the right way and why? |
37,073 | 5,214 | 76823_0 | What does _salad days_ mean? I've heard the term used to describe past better days, but what does that have to do with salad? Also, when was the phrase coined? |
37,074 | 5,210 | 76823_0 | A relatively modern dictionary (I don’t know which one, because we’ve cut out the pages and used them as wallpaper in our bathroom, but I know it’s less than 20 years old) indicates that _R’s_ is one correct pluralization of _R_ , as is _Rs_ , but whichever dictionary this is, it’s kind of a no-name brand, so I’m not s... |
37,075 | 108,573 | 76823_0 | What does this phrase mean? > I never give a sucker an even break. Does it mean that the author of this saying is unwilling to offer somebody who he doesn't like a break/rest while he is working? |
37,076 | 175,157 | 76823_0 | Many online sites generate a customized address for you like CAeporFsks2373454-submission@myblogging.com. You may write an email to that address and what you write in the body of that email gets published or entered in a database. Some sites like Trello refer to it as "your email" but it is not 'your' email account (e.... |
37,077 | 164,278 | 76823_0 | I am developing a Trading Card Game and I am in need to extract functionality from two of my classes as they are both doing almost the same. it is about the Deck and Graveyard constructs which are visible on the field. The Deck is where the cards are which you can still draw, the Graveyard is where your used cards are.... |
37,078 | 138,371 | 76823_0 | Can this word be used to mean observing the patient's condition in a hospital in order to make a diagnosis? |
37,079 | 103,922 | 76823_0 | I don't know which of the following expressions is correct for depicting past version of "think": 1. I _didn't think_... 2. I _don't thought_... 3. I _didn't thought_... |
37,080 | 164,276 | 76823_0 | I wonder, which sentence fragment is better? > 1. ... effectiveness of the **interface** failure detection > 2. ... effectiveness of the **uplink** failure detection > |
37,081 | 122,781 | 76823_0 | It was suggested to me that the correct verb to use referring to something I paid for in the past is the word _purchased_ : > I purchased x. instead of > I bought x. As far as I can tell, the words are almost the same in this context. The only thing I've seen online is that _boughten_ is a colloquial past participle of... |
37,082 | 18,074 | 76823_0 | Please explain to me the meaning of the phrase: > Two weeks ago tomorrow. It seems to be in the past ( _ago_ ) but with a link to the future ( _tomorrow_ ). |
37,083 | 71,063 | 76823_0 | What is the antonym for _conversely_? Or what is a concise way to say, "because of x, y follows"? |
37,084 | 147,045 | 76823_0 | Well, am working on a business project where I need to name a category, say clients, now this applies to the people who directly places an order to the company, but the company also accepts outsourced projects, so they want to maintain records for the other companies who outsource their work to them. So what is a corre... |
37,085 | 71,060 | 76823_0 | Is there a word or expression that describes phrases like "Freedom fries" or "Death panels"? I'm thinking of phrases that seem intentionally designed to either re-frame a familiar concept or to be purposely evocative. The examples I can think of are mostly (US) political: "Job creators", "Death panels", "Death tax", "F... |
37,086 | 20,217 | 76823_0 | I'm not talking an artificially-dyed Hollywood redhead, either. I'm looking for a word that perfectly recapitulates the kind of redhead who has lots of freckles, an extremely light complexion, and the kind of fiery red hair one would never mistake for the fake stuff. Basically, the stereotype of an Irish lass (though I... |
37,087 | 14,378 | 76823_0 | What is the difference between the following sentences: > This product is sold very well. > > This product sells very well. If the meaning is the same, what pragmatic difference is there? |
37,088 | 122,250 | 76823_0 | > The boat lies half-sunken in the bay. _Sunken_ is an adjective, right? But in the previous sentence, it seems to be acting as adverb modifying _lies_. Should the sentence be: > The boat lies half sunk in the bay. |
37,089 | 154,440 | 76823_0 | Are "ins", "hrs", "mins" and "secs" the technically correct plural abbreviations for "inches", "hours", "minutes" and "seconds"? I'm hoping that all examples below could possibly be correct. Examples: _Plural: He finished the race in 4hrs 34mins 9secs._ _Singular: His 4hr 34min 9sec finish was unprecedented._ _Plural o... |
37,090 | 14,372 | 76823_0 | So... I am seeking a new job and several recruiters are helping me. Instead of saying 'Thank you', should I say 'I appreciate'? Which one is more polite? Could someone please tell me how to express one's gratefulness to someone else in English? |
37,091 | 14,370 | 76823_0 | I.e. is there a known historical reason behind why the British began calling each other "governor" and "guv"? The various online dictionaries I've consulted say it is now a way to refer to those of elder status, but I was wondering how it was adopted in the first place. And is it still used frequently amongst native Br... |
37,092 | 14,376 | 76823_0 | Are there any words that are slang for another word which is itself a slang term for something else, but the secondary slang term is not slang for the original word? That is, given words `Y` and `Z`, where `Y` is a slang term for `Z`, does there exist a word `X` such that it is slang for `Y`, but not for `Z`? |
37,093 | 14,377 | 76823_0 | As we all know, English is evolving. Constructs considered repugnant 100 years ago are widely-accepted today. Thousands of words in our vocabulary have fallen into disuse while thousands more have been adopted. My question: is English becoming easier to learn or harder? This is especially relevant given that--for bette... |
37,094 | 45,957 | 76823_0 | > I live in a small town called Barrie. Which noun is proper – _town_ or _Barrie_? I answered _Barrie_ and the examiner marked it as wrong. And another one: > Last night, I watched the movie My Cousin Vinny on television. In this sentence, is _Cousin_ a proper noun or a common noun? |
37,095 | 45,952 | 76823_0 | If I am going to put the list of specific technical knowledge on a résumé, is it appropriate to use the term "Technical skills precisely", or is there a more appropriate term to use? |
37,096 | 146,216 | 76823_0 | Why is the standard for implementations of the AES algorithm called "Rijndael"? Is it simply a name? Or has it some kind of meaning? I tried googling this one, but without any helpful results. |
37,097 | 146,211 | 76823_0 | Can we write: " Something is already eliminated out at this cut-off." |
37,098 | 123,789 | 76823_0 | Is there some word that I could use in place of precipitation when I don't know if it's raining, snowing, or hailing outside? Saying "there is probably precipitation right now" (in place of something more certain about the state of the precipitation like "I think it's raining right now") sounds stiff. For instance, if ... |
37,099 | 182,043 | 76823_0 | Would someone please compare these two? Or is this correct, even though it adduces nothing? > As a noun (and not adj), ethic = A set of moral principles, especially ones > relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct: > > ethics [usually treated as plural] = 1. Moral principles that govern a > ... |
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