Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.

Ex Input:
The past tense of run is ran. However, you couldn't say something was being 'ran' poorly i.e. the business was ran poorly. However, saying 'runned' would be wrong as well. What would be the word to use in this instance: The government will be prevented from being ____ properly.

Ex Output:
The passive voice in English uses the past participle, not the simple past. Sing-sang-sung. Song being sung. Ring-rang-rung. Bell being rung. Do-did-done. Deeds being done. Speak-spoke-spoken. Word being spoken. Break-broke-broken. Rules being broken. Run-ran-run. Government being run. (Your confusion probably stems from the fact that for many verbs, the past participle and the simple past are identical, as in make-made-made, play-played-played, etc.)


Ex Input:
The B strings tuned w/ low E 7th fret harmonic-(6th string,7th fret).

Ex Output:
The shorthand w/ is used to mean with. 2 pieces toast w/ gravy Is a shorter way of writing 'Two pieces of toast with gravy.' The B strings tuned w/ low E 7th fret harmonic-(6th string,7th fret). means 'The B strings tuned with low E, 7th fret harmonic . . .' Edited to add: As Denis de Bernardy correctly notes in the comment below, w/o means the opposite: without.


Ex Input:
I often hear US citizens say something like this: <Some phrases>. Period. What does period mean when it appears in a sentence by itself in this type of situation?.

Ex Output:

Period at the end of the sentence means, the things said in the sentence are definite and no change is allowed. For example, 'I want the document without any errors, period' meaning that there should not be any errors in the document.