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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.
I would suggest imperiously.
Imperious is defined as:
b : marked by arrogant assurance : domineering This word weems to be on the
border of what OP
is seeking.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.
The concept seems akin to the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes, a story by Hans Christian Andersen. The concept seems akin to the fairy tale, the story of J. Peter Kavall and Peter Hewitt.
In Wikipedia, this story involves the ever-trunk Emperor who decides to be famous and elegant. Is it true that I am fooled by con artists to believe they have constructed clothes that I like but people who are too stupid will not be able to see it?
The swindlers pretend to drape the Emperor in magic clothing. Is your love unveiled? When the Emperor becomes the Emperor of Germany, he pauses to salute all the subjects. He then parades around the city around the Emperor. One day now a child decides that the emperor is naked (and thus that it will be very obvious) and assassinated. Again he gets confused!
This story is akin to “one’s none as blind as those who will not see” A charming counterpoint
is a cartoon by Gahan Wilson, depicting an artist painting in the open air. A bystander is looking puzzled at the canvas, which depicts monsters and grisly scenes, while the actual landscape is simply trees. Does the artist really know what he/she sees?
What are the reasons to read the Times article about Paul Harris?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Grammar.
Your original sentence was grammatically correct. If not, what the difference? What is the structural choice?
In Latin, grammatical function is usually clear all the way and placement is always used-except in highly conjugated and declined languages, such as Telugu. If a sentence has no subject, an object or a verb, placing words at the beginning is bound to indicate its importance to the idea.
Because English is not highly conjugated or declined, placement is often the principal indicator of a term’s grammatical use in the sentence. John hit Peter. Peter died while John was drunk.
Why did John hit Peter?
‘(Peter Hit John)’
(Thermosexual Synthesis) But, there are structures in English that allow reorganization of position without making the grammatical meaning ambiguous. In those cases, a position can be used for accent. In order to apply all constructs of the predicate nominative to an application, we have to use some examples of this structure.
In the following sentence, there doesn’t seem to be a significant emphasis on any particular word or term.
Why do you really have to delaying writing something?
What was the original sentence and its structure? That brings a bit of emphasize on the whole sentence.
Why did you wait for CS exam?
Additionally, placing reasons at the beginning of the sentence seems to place a slight emphasis on the word, both because of its initial placement, and because it is in a place where it usually would not be found. If it was spoken, one can imagine a rising inflection on the first syllable of first reasons.
Multiple alternative structures are often used just to make a sentence seem a bit less mundane and to avoid repetitive, sing-song pacing.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
While not English, there is a term from Yiddish that is injected into sentences otherwise in English by many, especially in communities with significant Jewish populations – machatunim (or mechatunim (is a transliteration with a good deal of regional dialectic diversity).
What is the Greek word for Yiddish Machtunim in today’s Spanish? The parents of the people my children have married are my machatunim.
The word Machatunim comes from Hebrew. It’s plural, referring to both in-laws.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Single word requests.
What are the concepts you are talking about sound foundational? Merriam-Webster defines foundation as
a basis upon which something stands or is supported: the foundations of geometry the rumor
is without foundation in
fact Oxford Dictionaries Online An underlying basis
or principle for something:
this idea is the foundation of modern
economics without stability, the country will not be able
hold the elections that will lay the foundation for a peaceful and democratic future.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
Consider challenging
Calling for full use of one’s abilities or resources in a difficult but stimulating effort Alternatives
are burdensome, onerous, and arduous, but all of those have somewhat negative tones.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
The term buddy is a US term meaning (among other things)
a person who does some activity with you.
It is commonly paired with a descriptive term to indicate the shared activity
She is my movie buddy.
John is the best golf buddy.
Why do you consider using verbs in a question while others use verbs for opposite meanings?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
While not English, there is a term from Yiddish that is injected into sentences otherwise in English by many, especially in communities with significant Jewish populations – machatunim (or mechatunim (is a transliteration with a good deal of regional dialectic diversity).
What is the Greek word for Yiddish Machtunim in today’s Spanish? The parents of the people my children have married are my machatunim.
The word Machatunim comes from Hebrew. It’s plural, referring to both in-laws.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
The term buddy is a US term meaning (among other things)
a person who does some activity with you.
It is commonly paired with a descriptive term to indicate the shared activity
She is my movie buddy.
John is the best golf buddy.
Why do you consider using verbs in a question while others use verbs for opposite meanings?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Grammar.
How do people talk about their children?
What is your son’s good manners and imagination? Why is he so smart?
I want my daughter to be happy The
adjectival forms are fine as predicate adjectives following various forms of the verb to be.
Why does Quora quote “Why is it sad”? Any such verb is used as an adjective. It uses the non-standard adjectival form for emphasis. Illustrated literary license for non-literary writers.
There is a common aphorism in the US using similar constructions (although the adjectives are used nominatively rather than as predicates)
Pretty fades but stupid is forever.
Why does beauty fade but stupidity is forever?
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