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37,700 | 116,254 | 76823_0 | I need one word (if there is any) for "seemingly small but very important". |
37,701 | 56,925 | 76823_0 | I'm almost sure it's 36 thousands, since we're talking about 36 not 1. But I'm in doubt because 36 already indicates that it's more than 1, so maybe, just maybe, it could be 36 thousand? |
37,702 | 56,927 | 76823_0 | I think that the "that" in the following sentence might have to go. How would you beautify such a sentence? > Not only that the car was damaged, it had no gas either. vs > Not only was the car damaged, it had no gas either. |
37,703 | 94,043 | 76823_0 | Is there a single word in English which can replace _someone/something who gives shelter_ or _shelter-giving_? I am not only interested in a person who gives shelter but something which gives a sense of shelter e.g. _shelter-giving earth._ |
37,704 | 57,035 | 76823_0 | What is the difference between "where do I eat?" and "where should I eat?" ? |
37,705 | 192,572 | 76823_0 | Are a waist coat and a dinner jacket the same article of clothing? Are they worn both in the US and UK? |
37,706 | 2,793 | 76823_0 | Could you recommend your reference English tools useful to improve your English every day? I constantly use: * Wordreference for translations * Google with double quotes to test if my sentences are kinda correct * Howjsay for English pronunciation |
37,707 | 102,461 | 76823_0 | The following sentences all involve the verb "show" followed by a noun phrase. Number 6 sounds a bit weird, and the last one is just wrong — but why is that? > 1. The video shows the differences between them. > 2. The video shows them being different/the same. > 3. The purpose of the video is to show the differences be... |
37,708 | 57,039 | 76823_0 | I am not a native English speaker. The other day, I've had a conversation with an American, who claims my assumption to be wrong. I still think I am correct, so here it is: According to Wikipedia, the word _sophism_ has the meaning of "a specious argument used for deceiving someone". I read this as "something twisted e... |
37,709 | 190,627 | 76823_0 | What are some phrase/word synonyms for the phrase **'Question Everything'**. My friend came up with **nullius in verba** , which I really like, and I was wondering what others are out there? Edit (from comments): Perhaps synonym was not a good word-my vocabulary is not the best. I am just looking for phrases that portr... |
37,710 | 190,621 | 76823_0 | As the title says. I'm looking for a good word or expression for saying something like "I have read only several chapters from random location of the book, but someday I want to read from cover to cover." I was wondering if there's a way to say like "I have ***ed the book, but..." **Addendum:** More specific context is... |
37,711 | 190,623 | 76823_0 | I sometimes see sentences that begin with "In which", but I can't seem to understand the meaning, e.g.: > In which James demonstrates the presentation he's been working on. Is this grammatically correct? |
37,712 | 108,601 | 76823_0 | I want to say "using a grapple hook" as a verb. In context it would be like "sprinting, jumping, grapple hooking"—but that doesn't sound right. Is it correct? If not, is there a way to say it as a verb? |
37,713 | 108,607 | 76823_0 | I work for the Church and I've seen the term "nones" used to describe those who are non-Christian or those who are considered "spiritual, but not religious." I find the term belittling. What's the origin of the term? Is it from "none of the above"? Is there a better term out there? |
37,714 | 108,604 | 76823_0 | Is there a verb that characterizes being shot by someone from a hiding place, perhaps at long range, like a sniper? |
37,715 | 62,992 | 76823_0 | I saw this in VMware's annual report: > We sell and market our products largely through a network of channel > partners, which includes **distributors, resellers** , system vendors, and > systems integrators. . . . What’s the difference between _distributors_ and _resellers_? |
37,716 | 52,714 | 76823_0 | Both Wikipedia and TheFreeDictionary list the term _hike_ as an alternative term for snapping the football at the beginning of play. Where does it come from? |
37,717 | 45,978 | 76823_0 | This may not be an English language question, but I've always wondered. In Sweden, it is very unusual to have surnames that can also be used straight up as first names. In fact, I can think of no such examples. But in English speaking countries, it seems to be rather common. List of examples: > Barry Lyndon – Lyndon Jo... |
37,718 | 62,995 | 76823_0 | I'm a programmer, and in my case students need to pick from a set of exams. They get to choose which ones but they must select at least 2 and at most 3. I've been trying to find a way to refer to such exams. I've thought of: * Elective Exams * Opt-in Exams Given English is not my mother tongue, I was wondering if there... |
37,719 | 62,999 | 76823_0 | > I saw a bear, a lion and a donkey. Is the usage of the article _a_ necessary before each word in a list like this? > Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and gold-panning > trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother bear, yearling, and > cub sitting on a stream bank. Why is there no art... |
37,720 | 157,291 | 76823_0 | Really, what the question title states. In my language there's a more "flowery" phrase to say "size doesn't matter". It would roughly translate to "even a small clown can work in the big top" – I'm looking for something that tries to maintain the wit of the "small"/"big" antithesis. |
37,721 | 52,718 | 76823_0 | I've seen so many links which have this title: > ioncube php encoder **nulled** What does it mean? |
37,722 | 107,846 | 76823_0 | When reporting an action that's just taken place, would it be okay to use simple present and present perfect? > She wishes to buy some clothes, so I've placed an order for her. I feel like I should talk like the above sentence, but would it be more grammatically correct to say "She wished to buy some clothes, so I've p... |
37,723 | 113,750 | 76823_0 | What term sums up the situation in which a person does not feel (s)he has to weigh into (or put much effort) into an argument because the implications will not affect them? Thus, person X debates for the motion that group A are a worse bunch of people than group B. However, person X knows that the reality is that group... |
37,724 | 113,755 | 76823_0 | Currently I'm writing a thesis. I came over the although sentence several times. After reading through time after time my head started to hurt :P I tried to google it but didn't find any help. So the sentence goes like this: > Although that/it is true, it is not insensible since one rule alone cannot > classify the ent... |
37,725 | 9,785 | 76823_0 | A small dispute broke out in the office today about this. Does anyone have any ideas? |
37,726 | 9,786 | 76823_0 | Please bear with me as I am not an English expert, only an aspiring amateur! I'm mostly aware of the rules regarding punctuation and quotes. Something like the following sentence makes sense to me: > She was so rude that I felt compelled to say, "I hope you act that way > toward everyone." However, where I get confused... |
37,727 | 113,756 | 76823_0 | I’ve been hearing the word _cunt_ used several times now. What kind of situations do you usually use this word, and what sort of person does this swear word usually describe? |
37,728 | 113,759 | 76823_0 | What are some early uses of "deprecation" in computer science? When did the word enter common usage in the field of programming? Are there any particularly well-known examples of early deprecations (perhaps in Unix or Linux?) |
37,729 | 37,939 | 76823_0 | What is the origin of the term _continental breakfast_? Was it originally from British English and meant to describe a sub-par breakfast eaten by mainland Europeans? |
37,730 | 112,409 | 76823_0 | How frequently is the word 'Appropriation' used in American English? In what contexts might young people commonly hear it? |
37,731 | 54,714 | 76823_0 | Which is the correct form? > Ask yourself, is this really what you want? or > Ask yourself, "Is this really what you want?" or > Ask yourself. Is this really what you want? (Sorry for the title. I can't phrase the question properly. I don't know the areas in grammar associated with my question. If someone can give me a... |
37,732 | 37,932 | 76823_0 | I found the word, ‘ _political gold’_ in the following sentence of the article of Boston News (August 13) titled “Romney sees gain in ‘Corporations are people’ remark.” > “Romney's response that "corporations are people" to a liberal heckler > during an exchange over fiscal policy at the Iowa State Fair immediately lit... |
37,733 | 112,404 | 76823_0 | What is more common and natural, "table booking" or "table reservation"? Is there a big difference between these two? |
37,734 | 112,405 | 76823_0 | Just curious to know whether people having a lisp (speech defect) write in the same way as they pronounce the word. For example they pronounce **_s_** as /θ/ and **_z_** as /θ/. So, do they write 's' as 'th' like with the word _thick_ written as _sick_? Another example as Spanish is spoken with a lisp, like _pez_ is pr... |
37,735 | 112,402 | 76823_0 | If somebody called me over phone and asked to give your Passport number / Pan card / Roll number something. If it is not in my remembrance , how can I apologies in best way for this ? NOTE -Please do not answer the straight forward English Sentences . i want to know best options to communicate my inability to provide s... |
37,736 | 54,711 | 76823_0 | Every time I read a new and unknown word containing the letter 'i' I wonder how I should pronounce it. What's very frustrating for me is that, when I look up the words, I find out that my gut feeling was wrong for most of them. A Google search only gave a few links talking about the pronunciation of this letter, but mo... |
37,737 | 37,934 | 76823_0 | There is Old English, and there is the English we speak now. When did exactly did the British (or Americans) change from speaking Old English to speaking the current form of English? |
37,738 | 62,668 | 76823_0 | I was watching the movie "As good as it gets" and came across the phrase "never a break" in reference to a car. What does it mean? Also, what does the movie title itself mean? edit: replaced brake with break. |
37,739 | 48,165 | 76823_0 | The quote in the title of this post is an extract from the official report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, authored among others by Kofi Annan. To me the comma is clearly misplaced. But is the following any better? > The war on drugs has not, and cannot be, won. Or, to avoid incorrect ellipsis, must it be: > T... |
37,740 | 48,162 | 76823_0 | Some magazines often offer, as their center page, a pin-up poster. _Playboy_ 's centerfolds are an obvious example, but plenty of other magazines do the same, from celebrity magazines to children's periodicals. I'd always thought these were called 'pin-ups', but the Wikipedia article seems to consider the phrase primar... |
37,741 | 116,435 | 76823_0 | Often I read that "X's quality Y was _the greater_ by virtue of Z", which makes perfect sense as a result of me being used to this form of expression, but not when I am now trying to understand what is that "the" referring to. If we drop the "the", what precisely happens to the meaning? Which is the _the_ 's noun? In p... |
37,742 | 48,160 | 76823_0 | A multiple choice question is the one with several choices of which only one choice is correct. What type of question is the following? It has multiple answers. > Which of the following are planets? > 1) Jupiter > 2) Moon > 3) Mars > 4) Earth > 5) Sun > |
37,743 | 48,168 | 76823_0 | > Sometimes days **go speeding past** I know every words of this phase, just don't know the meaning of this combination. |
37,744 | 67,013 | 76823_0 | The CLR under .NET is referred to as the "Common Language Runtime." It seems that the convention is "runtime" for a noun and "run-time" for the adjective. Is this correct or should it be "runtime" also? I'm inclined to think it should be like the following: > 1. The variable is typed at _runtime_. > 2. The _runtime_ va... |
37,745 | 115,758 | 76823_0 | The phrase: "This attack would require the user to comply" What tense is would require? Several thoughts were that it is somehow a present unreal conditional, but is it present? |
37,746 | 36,477 | 76823_0 | When planning an appointment for a specific day (and time), for example, should **on** or **for** preposition be used? See the context below, though, I am guessing, the rule should be universal: > Sure, I will tentatively pencil you in **for** Sunday evening. Is there change in meaning if I use **on** above? I picked *... |
37,747 | 195,987 | 76823_0 | I am looking for the difference meaning between 'I don´t care' and 'I don´t mind' Thank you |
37,748 | 67,018 | 76823_0 | I'm sure we've all seen these devices which can "lock" and "unlock" vehicle entry and exit to an alley / road /etc. They consist of one or several hefty steel or concrete "pillars" less than a metre high which can be lowered into the road surface.  about his sacking Sir Somerset, ex-chairman of Sydney-based newspaper compan... |
37,751 | 115,757 | 76823_0 | Background: > A packet has a source IP and a destination IP. > I set the source IP as `10.0.0.3`. > The destination IP can be set as `10.0.0.1`, `127.0.0.1` or `138.9.32.4`. > These 3 IPs belong to the same computer. My sentence is > The destination IP can be set as `10.0.0.1`, `127.0.0.1` or `138.9.32.4`, > but here w... |
37,752 | 145,178 | 76823_0 | The letter `U` is pronounced differently in different words such as _Umbrella_ and _Utensils_ , as well as when it is Used inside of words such as _stUdent_ and _stUdy_. Can I please have a grammatical explanation? |
37,753 | 115,755 | 76823_0 | > Growth solves (nearly) all problems. The above sentence can be taken to mean "Growth solves nearly all problems" or "Growth solves all problems". But, is the usage of parentheses correct? If yes, why? |
37,754 | 137,133 | 76823_0 | Say, you ask the father... > A: How is Mary? > B: She is fine, but she put on some weight. Say, you ask someone who just saw Mary after a long time... > C: How is Mary? > D: She is fine, but she has put on some weight. In the given context, would it be correct to say that the Present Perfect tense in the second example... |
37,755 | 137,131 | 76823_0 | I'm writing my CV and do not know how to correctly say that: * > After I graduated from X (//X is a high school), I applied to a university > to study chemistry and also computer systems. * I'm not sure about the prepositions and also this should be clear that I studied 2 courses (also got 2 degrees). Thank you |
37,756 | 137,137 | 76823_0 | Suppose I'm building a website and I want to have a page to help the user know about the website: the apt title would be **Help** , but I've named it **About**. (Normally **About** pages tell us about the author / company /reason for the existence of that website, but I've used the term **Contact** here.) What is the t... |
37,757 | 142,559 | 76823_0 | 1. Is one of the following constructions incorrect? 2. If not, do they differ semantically in any way, even if only mildly so? * _Sometimes, I bring my lunch to work with me._ * _Sometimes, I bring my lunch with me to work_ Usually, I prefer fewer words between 'to' and its complement. However, I don't actually know wh... |
37,758 | 132,569 | 76823_0 | Is there an error in this sentence? > When Darun heard the news that his father had been hospitalised he cancelled > his trip and returned back to his village. I think the error is 'back' but I need your confirmation. |
37,759 | 186,361 | 76823_0 | In French we have a word, _vulgarisation_ , which is the act of synthesizing complex knowledge into a form that a broad audience can understand. I know that the final product is called _popular science_ in English, but I'm not sure how you call the process of taking "hard science" and making it popular science, and it ... |
37,760 | 157,874 | 76823_0 | I work in a bank and I have always wondered why our relationship managers, i.e. sales representatives, are commonly referred to as "the platforms," or "the platform officers." |
37,761 | 157,876 | 76823_0 | > If I do all this, I would have such a story to tell. Is this sentence wrong? I've searched it up and it's wrong according to grammar guides -- but I've seen it so often. The _would_ is supposed to show how the event is: 1. Possible 2. Ambitious but somewhat probably and not unlikely |
37,762 | 157,877 | 76823_0 | I'm still confused even after studying the prepositions on and of. Can you please help me and explain to me the difference of the ff: > 1. progress ON your project > > 2. progress OF your project > > When should I use on? of? |
37,763 | 132,562 | 76823_0 | While I know that most songs don't necessarily follow proper grammar or usage, or even need to make any sense I couldn't help but be troubled by a line in a song I heard. "These are hurried times" It felt as though I had heard this phrase somewhere before, and after some quick searches I saw a handful of news articles ... |
37,764 | 142,553 | 76823_0 | Can I use something like " _I write of love, I write of hate. I write of destiny and fate._ " instead of " _I write about love, I write about hate. I write about destiny and fate._ "? Do they mean the same? PS: It's not "off", it's "of". The context is: > I write of love, I write of hate. > I write of destiny and fate.... |
37,765 | 132,567 | 76823_0 | I cannot interpret the following sentence from Dickens' _The Haunted House_, particularly the bold parts. Can someone help, please? > If this should **meet the eye of** the gentleman who favoured me with these > disclosures, **I trust he will excuse my confessing** that the sight of the > rising sun, and the contemplat... |
37,766 | 132,566 | 76823_0 | What is the action ot slowly blowing air on the ignited fire to build heat and intensity called? Intensifying the flame. Making a dying flame alive. |
37,767 | 132,564 | 76823_0 | I am a university student studying hospitalities and business English,I have to read a lot of published paper and cite them into my paper, but I find it really hard to understand the articles. I am not an English native speaker, but I can speak fluent English and understand most English newspaper. However, when it come... |
37,768 | 111,982 | 76823_0 | In every case where we find the word _anointing_ (KJV) in the Old Testament it is from a Hebrew word that is a noun. Most of the time it is coupled with the word oil as in _anointing oil._ If I was reading this without knowing that the word anointing is a noun I would think it is an adjective. Is the word anointing a g... |
37,769 | 111,980 | 76823_0 | "Most were convinced that those responsible were of their own, silently waiting for another chance to massacre innocent lives." Would you say that the above example is acceptable or unacceptable with regard to the verb "massacre" in conjunction with the noun "lives"? |
37,770 | 111,988 | 76823_0 | What are some clear-cut distinctions between objectivity, objectivism, and objectiveness? |
37,771 | 130,314 | 76823_0 | I can't figure out a rule that says whether 'oo' makes one sound or the other. Same number of syllables: one closed, but the sound is different. |
37,772 | 29,017 | 76823_0 | The sentence was in Lost (TV Series). I got the overall meaning of the sentence. But what does it exactly mean? > [SAWYER pointing a gun at JACK] > > **JACK** : Trying to be funny? > > **SAWYER** : Yeah, I was fresh out of pies to throw at you. Here you go, > sheriff. [SAWYER gives the gun to JACK] |
37,773 | 29,012 | 76823_0 | In my native language (Latvian) there is a word that denotes a superstition, but in a more positive way, somehow. It’s hard to explain, so let me give some examples: > If you swing on the swings a lot during Easter, you won’t get bitten by > mosquitoes later in the summer. > > If you eat eggs without salt on Easter, yo... |
37,774 | 145,176 | 76823_0 | I know that the apostrophe can be used to denote the omission of letters in a word, so I'm wondering then if _'em_ can be used to denote the colloquial shorthand for _him_ , or if it would be more proper to use _'im_ (and that _'em_ is really just shorthand for _them_ ). |
37,775 | 129,461 | 76823_0 | This is my first question on this stack exchange. I'm hoping this kind of question is welcome here, and excuse my ignorance, but my confusion evident below is exactly why I am a Software Engineer rather than a writer. Run-on sentences haunt my dreams. When using the phrase `"including but not limited to"` how should it... |
37,776 | 78,510 | 76823_0 | It seems agreed (for example in this question) that _wish_ is usually** counterfactual; that is you wish that something actually the case were not. _I quit my job last month: I wish I hadn't_. _I have to go to work tomorrow: I wish I didn't_ (because the emphatic form is _I do have to_ ). But _The office just called: I... |
37,777 | 79,643 | 76823_0 | I was reading this article on the New York Times. This sentence caused me some confusion: > But what I’m teaching are topics such as 5th-century Indian theories of > logical inference, or the concept of qualitative atomism in classical > Buddhism: material that is sufficiently obscure that no student, of any > backgrou... |
37,778 | 72,619 | 76823_0 | It seems to me that the "from" is unnecessary and perhaps redundant. |
37,779 | 72,614 | 76823_0 | I often see the fraction 2/3 written with a hyphen, but I never see 1/2 written with one. Is it correct to have the hyphen in "two-thirds", and if so why don't we write "one-half"? |
37,780 | 79,649 | 76823_0 | I see people putting these in emails, are they correct? My gut feeling says that _please_ would have sounded a lot better. > Do let us know your thoughts. > Do let me know. > Do consider the proposal. |
37,781 | 79,648 | 76823_0 | What is the meaning of the phrase "sow wild oats"? Where did it come from? |
37,782 | 72,611 | 76823_0 | I'm not sure about the verb tense I should use here: > Run this definition so that the previous changes **become/became** visible. I think the correct one is Present Simple but it sounds better with Past Simple. |
37,783 | 140,521 | 76823_0 | What is the difference between "on doing", "by doing", and "in doing"? A difficult point to French learners of English as in all three cases, you would say "en faisant". Example sentences, taken from the _Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English_ : _What was your reaction on seeing him?_ _Howard had put his own life ... |
37,784 | 144,782 | 76823_0 | Do I need a comma before "particularly" in the case below? Thank you very much for your help! > Vitamin D has properties against metabolic, neoplastic, and immune disorders > **particularly** breast cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. |
37,785 | 144,784 | 76823_0 | Regarding the sentence, > _I spoke (on the phone ) [with John]_ , should the phrase in parenthesis precede the phrase in brackets, or vice versa? 1. Do you know of a principle of construction that pertains to ordering phrases such as the two above? If so, how would you apply it to the sentence in question? 2. Do you no... |
37,786 | 26,773 | 76823_0 | Is there a better way to say "lossily compressed"? The adverb _lossily_ can not be found in Merriam-Webster, but the adjective _lossy_ can. It also feels a bit unnatural. |
37,787 | 180,646 | 76823_0 | My quarrel with the phrase in the question title is the use of "been doing it". Is it valid to use it this way (without the word "having" in front of it)? If it's not grammatically correct, is it at least informally acceptable? |
37,788 | 180,645 | 76823_0 | In her emendation of her earlier work on antilogism here, Christine Ladd- Franklin wrote > ... That no human beings are immortal and no angels are mortal precludes any > angels being human. [She then presents the syllogism in symbolic form] > The formula says "precludes that any angels (some angels) are human" but > rh... |
37,789 | 92,449 | 76823_0 | In general sense of the language we would say that a door " _opens_ " or " _closes_ ". But I am looking for a one-word answer ( _preferably_ ) that would indicate its motion around the _hinge_. Does it _swivel_ , _swerve_ , _flap_? ( _you get the idea_ ) **NOTE:** I am not talking about spin doors that revolve or slidi... |
37,790 | 194,622 | 76823_0 | I recall back in the late 1980s and perhaps early 1990s a library that was available in a number of forms that achieved excellent hyphenation in many/most languages. I seem to remember it was called the xxx and yyy hyphenation libraries but sadly my age is getting the better of me and I cannot remember its name. Anyone... |
37,791 | 180,649 | 76823_0 | Of the two adjectives, Top-level and leading, which one is stronger? Which journal is more prestigious, a top level one or a leading one? |
37,792 | 114,809 | 76823_0 | > * She harassed me for days **over** mistake. > * They would have teased me **for** not being brave. > Both prepositions indicate the reason for harrassment. What is the difference in meaning? Can they be used interchangeably? |
37,793 | 188,410 | 76823_0 | I am currently writing my thesis. It is based upon an application that I developed. My question is that should I use _the_ in front of my application's name in my thesis. In this example suppose my app's name is _mSecure_ : > Applying the concepts of HCI in the development of _mSecure_. OR > Applying the concepts of HC... |
37,794 | 188,415 | 76823_0 | Which of two following sentences is correct? 1. Depending on whether a birth or a death **occurs** , we have... 2. Depending on whether a birth or a death **occur** , we have... **Update** I changed the title. |
37,795 | 114,801 | 76823_0 | Do you remember the _other_ Year 2000 problem, regarding the nicknames of the years? If 1999 was "ninety-nine," then what would we call 2001? At the time, answers such as "one", "oh-one", "two-oh-one" and even "naught-one" were suggested. Now, with well over a decade of experience, what conclusion have we come to, if a... |
37,796 | 114,803 | 76823_0 | I'm looking through house listings and keep coming across "split plan." This is not a synonym of "split level," because the houses are pretty flat. What is a "split plan" house? |
37,797 | 187,694 | 76823_0 | I was in England and I heard that some people use word "will" as non auxiliary verb, in meaning "wish". Have I misheard? If it is true, in which cases can I use "will" as non auxiliary verb? |
37,798 | 114,806 | 76823_0 | My grandmother from Georgia openly refers to herself and other white southerners as "Crackers", and sometimes adds a state as in "Georgia Cracker" or "Florida Cracker". She says it means simple folks who can only afford to eat crackers. I've also heard it refers to a cattle rancher who likes to crack their whip... but ... |
37,799 | 114,807 | 76823_0 | As far as I know, the word "species" can pronounced either as spee-sheez or as spee-seez. I understand that neither of these is incorrect: they're just two different ways to say the same thing. I also know that the second one is pretty much only used in the US. Not being a speaker myself, I'd like to know: is this a re... |
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