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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.

    Is it common to drop an obvious subject in English, such as a first person or second person accent in a common English conversation?

    This has nothing to do with topicalisation. Which is better to topialise

    in English by our own parents?

    but we can not then drop the

    subject.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Phrases.

    Do the OED announce s.v.? “ON” means 12 by definition. A:

    a. A person. (percentage) M. With nouns of action (especially nouns derived from or closely related to verbs) or state, indicating the activity, state, or condition of a person or thing; = upon prep. 10. 10. Also (with nouns denoting a subject of study, etc.), indicating the sphere of activity of a person.

    Is parallel compounds

    of a prep. The adjective 1 are used as well as or instead of on with nouns of state and condition, e.g. Where afire should be found and seen for the etymological purpose. afire, alive, asleep. See etymological note.

    The etymological note explains that these words (afire, alive, asleep and many more) were originally “on fire”, “on live”, etc. For some reason “on fire” has survived, where many of these phrases continue only in the merged form.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Meaning.

    Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “Pearl”, 2.b. (Application for the flower), “Pearl”, 2.d. (Applications of the flower)” If

    a good or wise saying is a valuable or precious thing, a virtuous or highly sought after person, a fine example or type; a significant or wise saying may not be a valuable or valuable thing without its value as a whole. How has the pearl of wisdom been told?

    What is the significance of this passage of time?

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Meaning.

    What does heterological sound like?

    It doesn’t get used much, because it was invented primarily to express a form of Russell’s paradox.

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  • How does “no matter the season” sound to me, because it is a subordinating conjunction, and this writer seems to be using it as a preposition.

    Nowhere else in Britain” can you regard as a reduced relative clause, but I don’t think that’s necessary. Modifiers consisting of an adjective plus complement of some sort are often postfixed.

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  • Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.

    What does heterological sound like?

    It doesn’t get used much, because it was invented primarily to express a form of Russell’s paradox.

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  • Asked on March 25, 2021 in Grammar.

    The main difference between using such and such as a pronoun is in the first example.

    In modern text, such as has been, would appear “people who have been”, or “some from those who have been”

    Do this make it clearer?

    What’s the best way to improve your communications skills?

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  • Antony Quinn is correct, but this one should be explained.

    No.1 is understandable, but would not be used by a native English speaker. If 4) I won’t

    bother looking for it but 3 is acceptable,

    it will be no problem for me

    if I tried to look for it in a dictionary.

    I think the difference in the two cases is to do with whether it is of a specific or a general statement: to my intuition the “-ing” form is strongly preferred for a general sense, but not when a specific occasion is being referred to.

    How will the almost synonymous phrase “can’t be bothered” prefer the “to” form though the “-ing” form is also found?

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  • How does “no matter the season” sound to me, because it is a subordinating conjunction, and this writer seems to be using it as a preposition.

    Nowhere else in Britain” can you regard as a reduced relative clause, but I don’t think that’s necessary. Modifiers consisting of an adjective plus complement of some sort are often postfixed.

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  • Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.

    Stubble is a mass noun, originally referring to what is left in a field after harvest, but often applied to skin shaved but not shaved smooth.

    The word bristles was taken from the words strife (twice) and stiff. It is known as stiff bristle. Is human facial hair normal?

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