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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Grammar.
By giving you a metaphor for song lyrics, do you know that the English in English is different from another language? What is “to initiate something” in English?
In the context of the song, Michael Jackson indirectly refers to the many ways the media had been trying to “start something” with him, rather than just letting him be, i.e. “It would be just not fair in the eyes of the people for their own good” What are his personal rumors for sure?
What is ‘want to start something’ at all? This sentence pattern is vernacular primarily used by an ethnic group, and while it’s probably OK to say it, you should not ignore it unless you fully understand its nuance.
What is a fine line between mockery and imitation?
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Grammar.
My sister is a college student. “come out” is not the idiom I am used to using. Then I would say many mosquitoes live in the drains and will fly out if you go near or some similar expression like: Don’t
walk over the open drain covers. Why do mosquitoes love drains so much?
I use the present tense to indicate the current condition of the drains, but not an ongoing action. I would only use the present continuous to describe something that is really going on as I speak:
Oh see, look. John didn’t listen to my warning and now he’s being attacked by the swarms of mosquitoes that live in the drains.
How can you use that information?
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Other.
About the sentence: this line of paragraphs you are reading is not about the money itself. In this instance, if you know that money in the world was in a box, to provide the money in the world, you’d receive
all the money in the world. How would you distribute it?
How will you feel after you give me the
money you gave on your birthday?
What do you do when you donate to charity?
Does Money exist as a concept? I don’t care
too much for money, and money can’t buy me love — John Lennon / Paul McCartney A wise person should
have money in their head but not in their heart. –Jonathan Swift
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. –P. M. V. What can
I do with all the money in the world?
All money in the world, in whatever form, relies on collective agreement that it is worth something. If you ask a teenager for food, even gold, it has no value to you, as a depressed American.
Consider that money donated to charities is either a kind of ellipsis, or else refers to a conceptual subset of the concept of money. In an example, it makes little difference whether I’m talking in general about donating money, or as a specific example of some quantity donated. If we used same sentences, then the second half of the sentence could be given either way.
What is the importance of giving money to charities when the donation is not in order.
If you don’t donate a certain amount of money to charity, you may declare that same amount of money as a charity. I do this at the time.
Does using definite articles violate the right of OP’s interpretation and should question be considered as an inquiry?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
Both are correct. “Sophie” is probably more common, but “had” may be better, as a reply to a question that is using same verb, e.g. “spent” What
is the best moment you had as a boy with your father?
What is the best moment of my life?What is good English writing style? As in any other language, some people can speak, some don’t. Like all languages are, some do it well and some don’t…! Are there good and bad writers? How can people be very clever about things if they have the time to write and not bite the joke?
How do I mirror the general form of the question asked? Your first example is somewhat like this, where the questioner expects you to respond with one or maybe a couple of anecdotes, but the response is unexpected but sweet.
What makes you a clever person? How many times has anybody explained “every moment is the best moment” for this kind of twist? If you’re looking for an answer for your question, a question is provided and the answer is “no”, then you should ask a stupid question about it. What was the best moment with your father and why?
B: The best moments are the ones that I’d almost forgotten about, until something passing — a smell, a flash of color, a word — sparks the memory, and I’m back reliving that moment the day after.
How can I work together to solve the problem?
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Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.
It’s idiomatic to leave out an article even if the sentence is not a newspaper headline. As a matter of style this works well as a list of three or more elements, separated from the main sentence by parentheses. How
is Giacomo Casanova an example of a well-known Italian ladies’ man who has written and spoken about (e.g., in the early 20th century) the customs and norms of European social life and culture?
William Shakespeare (a playwright, poet, and actor) was born in the old village of Stratford-upon-Avon and became famous in the local press.
Why don’t you leave out the article in a sentence?
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
Where “Only” (and in some instances “just”) may be used as an accent… “However” What follows is less extreme, less significant, less unusual, or less unusual than you might expect. What happened
if my car wouldn’t start and I was not running out of gas?
When using only “only” implies that I expected the problem would be serious, but it turned out to be minor. It should be explained through java. At this
moment, she is missing out on a great bakery, so no one offers her a lunch. But she is making a trip to the same location again and again. How can she stop and buy other goodies and cake from her favorite bakery?
How should one consider something more important, she would be expected to buy more than just pastries.
To avoid confusion about why Buddhist thought is permanent, not always.
Here there is an expectation that Buddhist philosophy might be complicated, so the “only” reminds the reader that it actually is based on a simple philosophy.
In your example, “only” implies less extreme. Parents, while it’s expected that parents will care about their children, some people might still think it’s unusual. If “only” helps reassure their parents that their concern is reasonable,
why do they never ask about “only”?
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
A potential for error” is an odd expression, as it suggests there is more than one kind of potential for error. What makes sense to me, who is making a complete philosophical statement? Why does this video goes into more detail about the variation of potential errors? I would instead say: In
any human endeavor there is the potential for various kinds of error retaining
“potential” as an uncountable noun.
What are the reasons you think it’s strange. I’m not going to say that the speaker in the video cheated by editing another segment, or is not a native English speaker, but may be unfamiliar with the typical way this idea is expressed.
Can a noncountable noun be also a countable noun, for example?
I like to enjoy a music in the evenings, he said. “I like to enjoy a music in the evenings,” he said. Why play more than one music when I’m feeling indulgent” It’s
not impossible to be creative, but creative writing is. If your writing is nonsense, or for an inaccuracies reader, you just have to be aware.
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
If someone says anything is abnormal then it’s the result of a logical or unspoken assertion that it’s wrong. Then it’s saying something is innocent or “normal”. I don’t
know what you’re staring at. Wearing black brightly coloured galoshes on a sunny day is perfectly normal.
People say she’s weird, but she thinks eating dessert before dinner is perfectly normal.
I can’t tell from the context of your sentence what the mean “perfectly” is. Why is growing vegetables so common and not like it generally?
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
How many English words might have been borrowed from any other language? If a word is transliterated from a different alphabet (like English) then the English spelling is meant to approximate the pronunciation in the original language, but the actual pronunciation is meant to be as close as an English speaker can manage to the original.
The sauce catsup/ketchup is from the Chinese , pronounced more like ” ke-jap”. How do I improve my pronunciation? Other examples of karaoke can be found in Wikipedia. Known as sanyaka, “karaoke rah oh keh” is a pronunciation taken from the Japanese, while an American pronounces it more like Carree- Okee”.
(This is actually an abbreviation of the English word “orchestra”, which is also an abbreviation of the English word “orchestra” for karaoke by Japanese themselves. Please use it). The term Lechitic relates to
Polish legend of Lech (apparently
a distorted form of *lch). Also, Lechites (Polish: Lechici) was an ethnic and linguistic group of West Slavs, the ancestors of modern Poles and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians. Source
I don’t think the proper pronunciation of lech will be as close to the original Polish as possible, with “itic” pronounced the same as in “Semitic” or “Levitic”. I, as a Polish, could be a German-German dialect If this video of (what I assume is) a native Polish speaker pronouncing “Lech Walesa” is accurate, “Lech” is pronounced with a “hard” ch sound, like chemist or chorus. So lechitic is likely pronounced as “lek- i- itic” — with some variations.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
What is the term “stalemate” and why?
In every game, everyone on the table looks at the opponent having already changed his/her move. This makes it easier for the player to understand the outcome. Is there ever a stalemate between two players?
If a game’s out of three ends in draw, then players must call a stalemate and end the game, even if there are only 3 moves left to play. In the same way a computer can look ahead any number of possible moves and decide there is no winnable outcome, and declare the game over.
When we use terms to refer to “tie” and “draw” we can also use both of them. Would anyone please declare isStalemate (or isDraw) as true, and possibly add a statement below to explain how this means it’s inevitable that neither player will win.
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