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Asked on March 18, 2021 in Word choice.
In Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage: When “either” and “or” join subjects, make the
verb agree with the nearer subject.
The first justifies the second one. But it is hardly more satisfactory than it does in any other, meaningful way. I know a loved one has suffered from an injury, so yes both are possible. if you don’t like either, the only answer
is to recast the sentence again as something like: Inevitably.
What is the best ways to give an answer to a given question?
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Asked on March 17, 2021 in Word choice.
In Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage: When “either” and “or” join subjects, make the
verb agree with the nearer subject.
The first justifies the second one. But it is hardly more satisfactory than it does in any other, meaningful way. I know a loved one has suffered from an injury, so yes both are possible. if you don’t like either, the only answer
is to recast the sentence again as something like: Inevitably.
What is the best ways to give an answer to a given question?
- 858139 views
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Asked on March 17, 2021 in Word choice.
In Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage: When “either” and “or” join subjects, make the
verb agree with the nearer subject.
The first justifies the second one. But it is hardly more satisfactory than it does in any other, meaningful way. I know a loved one has suffered from an injury, so yes both are possible. if you don’t like either, the only answer
is to recast the sentence again as something like: Inevitably.
What is the best ways to give an answer to a given question?
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Meaning.
The power of being meticulously accurate is a key determining outcome.
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Asked on March 14, 2021 in Meaning.
Passing in this context is an adjective indicating transient and not long-lasting.
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Asked on March 14, 2021 in American english.
I have to explain by inserting a reflexive pronoun in this sentence but it is not needed. Me, as in B, is enough. As in C, the use of I is frequently found, but many people don’t like it, so it’s best avoided if you think your readers will be among them.
Either isn’t necessary, but a comma before it’d will help readers, because it shows the start of a new clause.
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Asked on March 12, 2021 in American english.
I’d say it was a feature of a certain social dialect. When I shop where I live (not West Country), you’re quite likely to hear what was you after? However, the OED has an entry for to be after with no term, and all quotes are blank. Again, the ‘to be trying to get or
achieve (something)’ is marked as in the OED’s header ps3.
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Single word requests.
I think it depends on the specific context, but you might want to consider expanding…
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Meaning.
This means ‘take revenge’, as in this quote from William Thackeray in 1849: ‘You see if I don’t pay you out after school—you sneak, you.’ It was still being used even through to the twentieth century. Is the title appropriate in the work of the Rev. A.P.J.R. Awdry, but seems to be in decline, as this ngram shows (subject to the usual cautions about nGrams).
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Word choice.
What are the costs of taking a TV down on television? In recent years I’ve not seen any folding tv. How does the plane sit above the seat? I just thought that I’m gonna watch TV again. How would you answer that question? What are some ways to
get the message sent out?
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