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4,600 | 144,287 | 76823_0 | When I read the first time that someone _spend the best/better part of the day doing something_ , I took _best_ literally. Although I now know its meaning, it's confusing me over and over again whenever I read such a sentence. What's the reason for saying _best part_ and not, for instance, _most part_? |
4,601 | 144,285 | 76823_0 | I observed that 'idiot' is sometimes used as a modifier, which, as grammar.ccc says, ' _are like teenagers: they fall in love with whatever they're next to. Make sure they're next to something they ought to modify!_ ' Some instances of real English usage I found, among others, are the following: > What kind of _idiot t... |
4,602 | 119,345 | 76823_0 | What is the meaning, origin and usage of the " ** _phe-_** " prefix? According to one source, it means "to speak". |
4,603 | 189,719 | 76823_0 | Wiktionary's definition of "open" as a noun includes two that say: > 1. _(withthe)_ Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. > 2. _(withthe)_ Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view. > **What is that " _(with the)_ " called?** It's not a scope, is it? Note that I know it means to use "open" with "the" before it... |
4,604 | 144,289 | 76823_0 | I posted the following sentence in a blog and the majority of people could not understand it. > The exercise consist of making the buffer A dynamic so that the application > is able to read and print an arbitrary long string. I am wondering if the sentence structure is correct. In particular, I am not sure whether I am... |
4,605 | 110,426 | 76823_0 | I'm researching if a "to do list" is a familiar term or concept to English speakers around the world. I found this related question on how to **spell** _to do_. Specifically, Hugo's answer hints that _to-do list_ may be familiar at least to the US and UK. My specific scenario is explaining the idea of a "task" (for exa... |
4,606 | 145,155 | 76823_0 | I'm not a native English speaker but I'm always trying to do my best. Unfortunately I have a real problem with dates for some odd reason, I couldn't learn when was my birthday until I was 12 years old. Anyway, as I was learning names of the months on English, and since I know some Latin from high school I noticed that ... |
4,607 | 35,472 | 76823_0 | When do you use _approach for_ , and when do you use _approach to_? (How can I answer questions like this? In which dictionaries should I look? How do I google it?) * * * The reason to ask this question is an argument with my friend: what's right, _approach to caching_ or _approach for caching_? (Caching in the softwar... |
4,608 | 145,157 | 76823_0 | Allow me to clear the situation. I was talking with my professor about a piece of software that I had developed. While we were discussing, I _wanted_ to say something like > I don't want to sound too cocky, but my code is way much more efficient than > what we have right now. But I didn't because I thought _"I don't wa... |
4,609 | 145,151 | 76823_0 | With "big in stature", we have large, tall, rotund, huge, mammoth-like, towering and so on. What would be valid (and if possible, comical sounding) words that would be able to describe somebody who is small in stature, short, petite? |
4,610 | 145,152 | 76823_0 | Should you put a period after one-word "sentences?" For example, my boss frequently emails me this way: > Name. > > Content content content. > > Thanks. It feels very angry, rude, and standoffish to me and I feel a bit as though it's backed with a dismissive/sarcastic undertone. As if she's not TRULY thankful for my he... |
4,611 | 110,421 | 76823_0 | I have seen and heard both, but I cannot tell the difference between "meaning of life" and "purpose of life". Could anybody explain it to me? When to use which? |
4,612 | 71,001 | 76823_0 | When would you use the following? * I have to go the market. * I must go to the market. * I need to go to the market. If I replace 'have' with 'had' would you have any other way to say it? E.g. I had to go the market. |
4,613 | 109,777 | 76823_0 | As far as I know, When you speak about yourself and you refer to your own feeling of necessity of doing something you use **must** and not **to have to**. If I am talking about outside command or necessity I should use **have to**. But what when you are talking about someone else (the third person singular or plural)? ... |
4,614 | 71,532 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > "I have to" vs. "I must" Which of these is correct? > The camera have to be moved sideways instead of rotate to track the scene. or > The camera must be moved sideways instead of rotate to track the scene. or > The camera must move sideways instead of rotate to track the scene. Should these ... |
4,615 | 100,834 | 76823_0 | From Wikipedia's article on Virgin Australia: > Virgin Australia was launched as **Virgin Blue** in August 2000, with two > Boeing 737–400 aircraft, one leased from then-sister airline Virgin Express. > Initially offering seven return flights a day between Brisbane and Sydney, > this has since been expanded to cover al... |
4,616 | 100,836 | 76823_0 | In a sentence, if someone says the _former_ , they are talking about the first thing they listed, and says the _latter_ for the last thing they listed. What would be the term to refer something in the middle of a list? Consider the following two scenarios: > I like to eat burgers and hot dogs, although I like to eat th... |
4,617 | 100,837 | 76823_0 | An example sentence from the Cambridge Dictionary: > [I] He only lived a few days after the accident. [I] means "intransitive verb". He (subject) + lived (verb) + a few days (noun). What part of speech is _a few days_? From the Longman dictionary: > number 5 > > 1. way of life[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, ... |
4,618 | 74,695 | 76823_0 | I've heard both "cater to" and "cater towards" used, but I was wondering which one was correct. For example: > * The event's theme seemed to cater to the artistic crowd. > * The event's theme seemed to cater towards the artistic crowd. > Are there rules for this? Which is correct? |
4,619 | 74,693 | 76823_0 | Wondering if there is a common name for the "Dis-contiguous" states of Alaska and Hawaii. If not, what would be a good single word label to describe these two states, especially in context of dividing the country up into time zones. Context: this is for a web application that presents data based on various filters. One... |
4,620 | 74,690 | 76823_0 | I wanted to tell my friend that he should do something nice today (it's his birthday): > You should do something nice, you do not want to have your birthday ending > this way. I know it is wrong but is there a way how to say it still with the "want to have" in the sentence? Or is the "have" here entirely incorrect? |
4,621 | 130,333 | 76823_0 | What is the difference between trust and believe , and when should we use them . For example "I don't believe him " is correct or "I don't trust him " . |
4,622 | 130,335 | 76823_0 | Which of the following is the most appropriate usage * "You have to be _always_ logical in your analysis." * "You _always_ have to be logical in your analysis." * "You have to be logical in your analysis _always_." Thanks. |
4,623 | 23,803 | 76823_0 | What is the correct way to write, in American English, that something will happen over a date range? * The event will take place through July 1-10, 2011? * The event will take place from July 1 to July 10, 2011? * The event will take place starting on July 1 through July 10, 2011? Any other suggestions are welcome. |
4,624 | 23,801 | 76823_0 | My wife often uses the phrase "I'll give you into trouble if you do that again" and it seems to be reasonably common in western Scotland, however I can't find any way for it to be grammatically correct. I can understand "I'll give you trouble" which means the same, or "I'll get you into trouble" which is obviously a bi... |
4,625 | 23,806 | 76823_0 | I quite frequently use a word that sounds like "shtook", to mean, trouble with the law or other authorities, as in, "You'll be in dead _shtook_ if you do that" or "you'll be in real _shtook_ if you don't finish your homework", but I have never seen it written, and don't know how it is spelt. Can anyone shed some light ... |
4,626 | 140,501 | 76823_0 | When I need to deliver someone an unfortunate news, what would be the opposite phrase to: > I'm happy to inform you... or > I'm delighted to give you this news... |
4,627 | 27,139 | 76823_0 | Is the plural of "BlackBerry", _BlackBerries_ or _BlackBerrys_? I am asking, because I'm altering the underlying brand name to look more like the food and less like the product, leaving the reader to infer it from context. |
4,628 | 1,115 | 76823_0 | As I watched the murder of crows sitting on the line above my house this evening, I got wondering where all of the collective nouns for animals (pod of whales, gaggle of geese, pride of lions) came from and why we need so many. If sheep can be a flock, why can't whales, geese, lions, and crows? |
4,629 | 36,807 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Terms for collections of animals In the collective names _unkindness of ravens_ , _shrewdness of apes_ , _murder of crows_ , I cannot find any remote relation to a _group_. What is usually the reason for such collective names to have originated? |
4,630 | 65,832 | 76823_0 | The boss asked me the other day whether it's more correct to say > In our business, change is constant. or > In our business, change is a constant. Both of these sound perfectly correct to me, which is what I told him; but there's a slight difference in meaning that I just can't seem to articulate. Help? Definitions, n... |
4,631 | 65,835 | 76823_0 | I'm confused with the usage of the definite article. > During the development the following tasks were accomplished: > > * Software with a graphical interface was created; > > * [some other things] > > I know exactly the software which was developed, and I am writing an annotation for my work. Should I use _the_ before... |
4,632 | 27,134 | 76823_0 | Here's an example sentence: > "consumers may not trust producers _for_ enforcing the property" Should it really be " _for_ " there on the middle? Or should it be some other word? |
4,633 | 9,700 | 76823_0 | > The word rarely turns up outside that context. and > The word rarely turns up outside **of** that context. Which one is correct and why? |
4,634 | 177,415 | 76823_0 | Is it ok if I use _outside of_ like this: "It can do much more outside of a gaming machine". |
4,635 | 155,260 | 76823_0 | Is the preposition "of" necessary in the phrase "outside their comfort zone"? |
4,636 | 25,403 | 76823_0 | I work at a game store, and my manager insists that "versus" is to be considered when alphabetizing, and is not in the same league as "a, as, the, and, of, or," and the like. Although I do deem it more important a word than those other smaller ones, I don't think it should be considered when alphabetizing. What's the r... |
4,637 | 25,408 | 76823_0 | In this article, a top French official is in trouble for sodomizing a maid. Yet, the article says that he forced her to perform oral sex. I always understood sodomy as involving anal as that seemed to be what was going on in Sodom in the Bible. Then I looked at this definition on Onelook.com and found that it includes ... |
4,638 | 154,844 | 76823_0 | The term, talkies, i.e. _talking pictures_ , I was surprised to learn was not coined in 1927, after the release of _The Jazz Singer_ , but in 1913. The term is now obsolete whereas _motion picture_ , meaning _moving pictures_ on a screen, has existed since 1896, although nowadays it's become very dated. Movie, its shor... |
4,639 | 32,294 | 76823_0 | Can all verbs have "re" attached to the front of the word? I play Scrabble with a friend who feels that in the English language you can put "re" in front on any verb, and not just the ones listed in the dictionary. |
4,640 | 27,045 | 76823_0 | In cartoons and comics it's not uncommon to see a series of Zs to indicate that a person is in deep slumber, such as in the following political cartoon.  How and when did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping? |
4,641 | 32,292 | 76823_0 | These are a few of my favorite lines of Shakespearean poetry: > Methinks I am a prophet new **inspir’d** , > And thus expiring do foretell of him: > His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, > For violent fires soon burn out themselves; > Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; > He tires betimes that sp... |
4,642 | 28,657 | 76823_0 | Not being a native speaker, I wonder why they call a murder a "red ball" case ("redball" or "red-ball") in certain TV-shows and films. Specifically this expression is often heard in TV-shows like The Wire and not least in the film Minority Report (2002). Where does the expression come from? |
4,643 | 139,110 | 76823_0 | Which is correct? > * Do you still want me **to** do the project for you? > * Do you still want **that** I do the project for you? > |
4,644 | 74,930 | 76823_0 | I have read this sentence but I can not understand it. Under which circumstances is this type of sentence is? Also, please tell me which grammar rule has been applied. > they will open our salary account so it is must to bring the originals Can anyone explain it? |
4,645 | 139,115 | 76823_0 | Terry Pratchett is particularly fond of knees. More than once, he has used an expression describing an abundance of knees, or an excess of knees, or suddenly growign extra knees, to describe his characters. While the concept is, visually, one I can understand, I feel like I am not quite getting the exact meaning of thi... |
4,646 | 11,422 | 76823_0 | I'm having fun with paradoxes, and I'm trying to come up with a catchy word for non-self-descriptive. Maybe "autosemantic" fits the bill for self- descriptive (definitely open to other suggestions!), but I'm having a hard time negating it in a natural way. For an example of the sentence I'm trying to construct: > Is "i... |
4,647 | 75,875 | 76823_0 | If one was wanting to say that someone had a passion/enthusiasm for something like mathematics, can it be said that "they have [a] quantitative zeal" or "they are full of quantitative zeal"? I normally think of zeal to mean excitement or enthusiasm; however, I felt that saying something like: "they had a zeal for mathe... |
4,648 | 39,962 | 76823_0 | I was speaking with an acquaintance recently and a discussion came up in which I desperately needed a word to describe someone who has experienced many hardships throughout his life. Does such a word exist, or would I have to make do with a phrase? **EDIT:** Thank you all for your answers; it is greatly appreciated. Th... |
4,649 | 167,625 | 76823_0 | I have three examples **where** I am confused about comma usage with the subordinating conjunction 'where': a) The primal algorithms broadly correspond to implicit congestion control mechanisms **where** noisy feedback from the network is averaged at some sources using increase/decrease rules, which are commonly found ... |
4,650 | 39,964 | 76823_0 | This question is a spin-off from “Is _you’re the door on the right._ grammatically correct?” . After the original question, some ideas came to me, about its conditions and construction. I opened this question to see if my ideas are worth considering and to organize them. > "There." They had reached the second landing. ... |
4,651 | 64,988 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat." what is the origin of the expression "there is more than one way to skin a cat"? I can't find a good reference for it. |
4,652 | 134,411 | 76823_0 | i've been informed that this is actually an incorrect rendition of an old english nautical term (there is more than one way to swing a cat) referencing the use of a cat-o-nine tails under different circumstances (below decks/limited height, etc.) Any verifications? |
4,653 | 32,122 | 76823_0 | I want to quote something from a song and say something like "this is just like in this song." What is the correct phrasing between the following sentences? > But, as song says, "now you have it, now you don't." > But, as THE song says, "now you have it, now you don't." Based on some answers I added an extra question. ... |
4,654 | 143,128 | 76823_0 | Is there a word for the feeling someone may have who recently had a blackout or was so hungover that they can't even stand smelling something alcoholic? You know what I mean; the feeling that makes you throw up if you smell or drink an alcoholic beverage. Something like alcoholo-phobic? |
4,655 | 166,065 | 76823_0 | I'm correcting some writing and the student wrote, > We can see the shrine **become** big, little by little, from the ferry. As far as I'm concerned, it's grammatically okay, but I'm having trouble explaining why it shouldn't be 'becomes big'. For the life of me I couldn't find the correct way to refer to the grammar i... |
4,656 | 151,506 | 76823_0 | **Can you help me with some good arguments to prove that English is the best language for scientific writings?** (some hard-core scientific articles would be nice). I'm from Slovakia. Few weeks ago I receive a response from my University which states that I am not allowed to write my "pre-dissertation" thesis in Englis... |
4,657 | 56,098 | 76823_0 | Why can’t words like _interested_ and other similar past participles, which are adjectives, be placed before their noun? I was taught an adjective can be placed before noun to describe it. When asked, my teacher does not seem to give me a clear explanation why I cannot put an adjective like _interested_ before noun. |
4,658 | 22,459 | 76823_0 | What happened to them, and how were they once used? Straining my mind to sound archaic, I came up with the following: > Dost thou **thinkest** thou can escape thy sins? and > **Bringeth** me mine armor and favorite sword. I’d like to use these suffixes intelligently, so my questions are: how are _‑est_ and _‑eth_ prope... |
4,659 | 131,515 | 76823_0 | I have seen the phrase "What hath alienators wrought" in the name of an article. Searching throught the web I learned that "hath" is the version of "has" in old English, but in the singular case (mostly used in the phrase "What hath God wrought", I guess it's biblical). Therefore, I am guessing that the phrase "What ha... |
4,660 | 79,780 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > What happened to the "-est" and "-eth" verb suffixes in English? How were > they once used? > How do you conjugate Early Modern English verbs (other than present tense)? In all the languages I know about, including German - the cousin of the English language, all the verbs use different suff... |
4,661 | 146,159 | 76823_0 | I know the must have/must had thing has been asked before but I have yet to see it in the context of this question. Does "have" make grammatical sense in the following? It sounds like it conflicts with the "at that point in time." "I remember clearly my seventh birthday (and my subsequent trip to the hospital). At that... |
4,662 | 141,674 | 76823_0 | Proper English sentences can end with various types of punctuation characters: periods ("."), question-marks ("?"), exclamations ("!"), etc. **Is there a proper terminology for these kinds of sentence-terminating punctuation characters?** * Ending punctuations? * Terminating punctuations? * Finalizers? Thanks in advanc... |
4,663 | 56,092 | 76823_0 | Dictionary.com defines _Englishly_ as _in the manner or style of the English people_. Is there an adverb for the word _English_ in the sense of English language? Is there one word for saying _in English_? |
4,664 | 158,282 | 76823_0 | The following passage is given: > Recently an unusually high number of dolphins have been found dead of > infectious diseases, and most of these had abnormally high tissue > concentrations of certain compounds that, even in low concentrations, reduce > dolphins’ resistance to infection. The only source of these compoun... |
4,665 | 101,879 | 76823_0 | I am writing a personal statement for applying to a school, and I have a question about past tense. The following paragraph describes things that happened several years ago: > My school is located in a rural area and has an extremely small Asian- > student body. During my first semester, I did not have a car and could ... |
4,666 | 190,040 | 76823_0 | A couple of weeks ago I came across a word meaning someone who dislikes language change. Despite my joy at learning that English has a word for this, I can’t for the life of me remember what the word actually is. I’ve Googled many variants, tried reverse dictionary, and am now crawling through a list of more than 1200 ... |
4,667 | 8,917 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a name for inverting word order to accomplish a different meaning? I came across this sentence recently and I was wondering what is this repetitive style called? Also, can anyone provide me with another few interesting examples of sentences like this? > I wish people would say what ... |
4,668 | 57,633 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a name for inverting word order to accomplish a different meaning? > “Some champagne for my real friends, some real pain for my sham friends.” > Style of this sentence I recall once knowing a name for a statement like "I love to hate and hate to love." What is the name? I am also in... |
4,669 | 142,356 | 76823_0 | > A murdering thief or a thieving murderer. I have looked up all possible literary devices, and can't seem to find one... |
4,670 | 39,126 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Is there a name for inverting word order to accomplish a different meaning? > "Some champagne for my real friends, some real pain for my sham friends." Is there any one similar kind of phrase here, what are they called? For example : > 1) Why do we park on Driveways and Drive on Parkways ? >... |
4,671 | 182,312 | 76823_0 | New York Times (July 3) carries an article written by its Op-Ed columnist, Paul Krugman under the title, “Build We Won’t.” in which the author claims; > “In prosperous times, public spending on roads, bridges and so on competes > with the private sector for resources. Since 2008, however, our economy has > been awash i... |
4,672 | 84,012 | 76823_0 | Some definitions of _squalor_ and its adjectival form _squalid_ : Merriam-Webster > _squalor_ : the quality or state of being squalid > _squalid_ : marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty Collins > _squalor_ : the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and > filth > _squalid_ : dirt... |
4,673 | 84,016 | 76823_0 | > 1. In which city are you located? > 2. Which city are you located in? > 3. Which city are you located? > I know the first is grammatically correct, and the second used frequently in conversation, but my question is this: I know you would answer using the preposition such as “I live _in_ Denver”, but is the prepositio... |
4,674 | 46,273 | 76823_0 | > **Possible Duplicate:** > Why "I win" instead of "I won"? My friend and I are designing the "game over" screen for a game we are developing, and I'm thinking of putting "you lost" into the screen design but my friend said it should be "you lose" instead. I'm a bit confused because since the screen is shown after the ... |
4,675 | 160,033 | 76823_0 | In my understanding, a sentence of the following form > A requires B, something that may be difficult even when C means that > A is difficult since a necessary condition B is difficult. While B appears > to be easier (to obtain or achieve) in the case of C, it is indeed not. However, I came across the following sentenc... |
4,676 | 3,796 | 76823_0 | Why is _walri_ not the correct pluralization of _walrus?_ |
4,677 | 154,029 | 76823_0 | Should professional, occupational and official titles be capped after a person's name? _Mike McCormack, Human Resources Director for the XYZ corporation, resigned on Friday._ If we use the definite article _the_ , do we go lowercase? _Mike McCormack, the human resources director for the XYZ corporation, resigned on Fri... |
4,678 | 2,157 | 76823_0 | It seems _amongst_ is quite often used as a synonym for _among_ but it is supposed to sound more _distinguished_. Is there any difference in the meaning? |
4,679 | 2,152 | 76823_0 | In contracts numbers are usually written twice: in numerical and literal form. I understand the vast majority of text in a typical contract can be safely deleted without impacting the core message due to the typical insane amount of repetition and unnecessary verboseness, but I don't really understand what's the point ... |
4,680 | 2,153 | 76823_0 | In a recent blog entry, Jeff Atwood quotes his sysadmin Kyle: > "Should the developers have access to the production environment, and if > they do, to what extent?" My understanding is that this sentence is only perfectly grammatical if it's parsed as: > "Should the developers have access to the production environment,... |
4,681 | 138,240 | 76823_0 | > 1. If you ask without any background, many people _are_ likely to assume > you are just too lazy to do the work yourself. > 2. If you ask without any background, many people _will_ likely assume you > are just too lazy to do the work yourself. > Shouldn't (2) be better than (1)? I searched for "future tense vs. prese... |
4,682 | 138,508 | 76823_0 | "I love this version the best" or "I love this version the most"? Are these both normative constructions? I have come to the realization that I am not sure whether "love this the best" is natural-sounding English, at least in the US. Thanks for your help! |
4,683 | 112,016 | 76823_0 | I feel that using 'I like this name more' is more correct than 'I like this name better'. Since English is not my mother tongue, I am not sure. |
4,684 | 134,540 | 76823_0 | I want to describe a circle that is rotating, but the center of rotation is off center, thus giving the circle a sort of "wobbling" motion. Is there a word or term to describe this? |
4,685 | 134,546 | 76823_0 | Can we say "the supervisors can better monitor employees" rather than the mouthful that is "supervisors can improve the monitoring of employees"? |
4,686 | 113,449 | 76823_0 | The suggestions in this same forum say that the use of the phrase "the car's antenna" is correct. Questions: 1. Nobody mentioned the use of "the car antenna" -- which to me would be much more natural, although not perfectly precise. It is clear that the particular "car's antenna" may be borrowed from e.g. a transistor ... |
4,687 | 113,448 | 76823_0 | I was in a Teacher's selection for a school in my country, and one of the coordinators said that she heard a mistake from another teacher that was unacceptable. I tried to figure out why was that, but I thought it was silly and forgot about it. Then I was asking about the weekend in my classroom and one of my Ss said t... |
4,688 | 116,261 | 76823_0 | Here's something I was thinking about the other day: is there a word like "onomatopoeia" that can be used to describe words that sound like what they describe? This can include, for example, seeing a picture of a bear's head Photoshopped onto an elephant and calling it "belephant", but I am also interested in a word to... |
4,689 | 133,010 | 76823_0 | Duck, Duck, Goose is a common children's game but a typical Minnesotan calls the game a slightly different name: Duck, Duck, _Gray Duck_. I have never talked to anyone outside of Minnesota that knows of this game as Duck, Duck, Gray Duck. Wikipedia merely notes that it is a Minnesotan variant: > "Duck Duck Gray Duck" i... |
4,690 | 159,972 | 76823_0 | I am going to send a email to a secretary of a CEO thanking her for scheduling a meeting. What would be a good phrase for the opening of email? Should I write: > Thank you for scheduling the meeting or would it be more appropriate to write: > Thank you for accommodating our request |
4,691 | 113,442 | 76823_0 | What is a word or concept that describes a situation where one person puts forth a point of view, and another person does not directly address the position, but instead responds with an obvious, basic fact whose implications cast doubt on the correctness or strength of the point of view? This is intended to belittle th... |
4,692 | 133,014 | 76823_0 | > 1: _He is nice_ except that _he is a little shy_. > > 2: Except that _he is a little shy_ , _he is nice_. Are these sentences both correct? If so, are these two sentences identical? |
4,693 | 133,015 | 76823_0 | The logic of some terms of endearment is fairly clear. _Sweetie, honey, cupcake_ all refer to food treats. However, the use of the term **pumpkin** as a tenderness seems somewhat counterintuitive. While reasonably tasty and the basis for making some treats (pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie), on its own it is a rather prosaic... |
4,694 | 93,442 | 76823_0 | What article should be used in the following sentence? > He was English by [a/the/] blood. I feel there should be a zero article here, but I was taught that the zero article is impossible in English. |
4,695 | 14,064 | 76823_0 | After having watched British TV and movies for a while, I came across several accents I liked. But I'm not completely sure what they are, so I need your help :) 1. David Tennant as The 10th Doctor (skip to 0:39 if it doesn't for you). When he speaks more calmly, he sounds almost RP to me, but when he's more agitated, I... |
4,696 | 157,313 | 76823_0 | Another question related to correctly conveying a sense of time: > Who will be held accountable for the costs incurred **as** the managers > dragged their feet? vs > Who will be held accountable for the costs incurred **while** the managers > dragged their feet? Are both of these correct? "As" sounds better to me, but ... |
4,697 | 4,870 | 76823_0 | I have read few sentences which has "have had". I would like to know in what kind of situations we will have to use this? |
4,698 | 106,065 | 76823_0 | What is scientific racism? What is institutional racism? Are there any discernable differences between the two, or can they be used interchangeably? |
4,699 | 3,249 | 76823_0 | I'm wondering what is the _best_ way to express that an email contains an attachment. I'd like to have a formal example, and an informal example. For example: Is this informal? > Attached you can find the document... Is this too formal? too old school? > Please find enclosed the document... |
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