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Asked on March 25, 2021 in American english.
What’s the equivalent to using two things for each others?
equivalent for when a thing is like something in another field
“Mare” is the word for a female horse. My dog has been called equivalent
to and is either just equivalent for themselves or equivalent to. So what does the dog equivalent mean? The former is used in the definite, the latter the indefinite, ie. What are the equivalents of “the equivalent of”?
equivalent in
It is a phrase “broyer du noir”, what is the equivalent in English?
Paris has the Louvre Museum (Louvre Museum). What are some equivalent places in London?
How is the Electrify Act implemented?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Word choice.
Both are bad. Both of the above suggest you might have tried to fail, the
- second either that you failed to try, ie. You tried to try and failed, but you didn’t. You
- tried to fail.
I assume you want to say that you tried to see a change, but failed to get it through – the attempt was unsuccessful.
I have tried to contact the customer
but have no success. I won’t read the email
for
days! Is it better to write either one or neither?
I
have tried to contact the customer, but have been unsuccessful.
(Really. thanks
to Daniel )
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