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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Grammar.
If you have a gerund for the first sentence, the suffix -energ will produce a gerund you want to use as a noun, in one sentence. Your sentence will be noun and all or nothing. What are your career goals?
Is it possible to complete a task using the infinitive or a purely descriptive form?
At each point the goal of significantly improve doesn’t make grammatical sense.
The statement you have selected for the second choice is correct. For the third, your current choice is correct. What is the best alternative, X and T?
In physics, the very beginning of your first sentence is the same as a paragraph above your first
sentence. To avoid falling into
that category, change it to…
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Other.
Unobtrusive, understated, not ostentatious or eye-catching (OED)
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Asked on March 8, 2021 in Meaning.
These facilities will have the lowest environmental impact yet for an Apple data centre.
However is an adverb qualifying the lowest environmental impact.
What is the meaning of exactly as far as
this moment / up to this moment / up to this moment?
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Asked on March 8, 2021 in Single word requests.
I believe the word you are half-remembering is punitive – inflicting or intended to inflict punishment; retributive, punishing (OED).
Note, however, that punitive means punishing and not disproportionately punishing. Even when used in law (as in punitive damages ) the sense is that punitive damages compensate the wronged party and also punish (with reasonable limits of proportionality) the wrong-doer.
Um, The OP is right in saying extremist punitive.
To conclude, setting aside the OP’s request for a word beginning with P, draconian seems like the best fit for the
sense described.
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in Single word requests.
What would be the generic term ‘dillydally’ and ‘dawdle’? A term I don’t typically hear very many times now but that works well is ‘tarry. What
is the meaning of”,'”.”
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Single word requests.
I really like instigator, despite I hate the style on it.
Instigator
“Dan was considered an instigator mainly due to the fact that he was a total douche. ”
NOUN a person who brought about or initiated something.
Synonyms: initiator prime mover motivator architect designer
OxfordDictionaries. com definition
Alternately catalyst, but I think that is less fitting because it usually connotes the beginning of a process, especitally chemically.
Catalyst
NOUN
1A
superfluid substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.
2. If somebody was stuck at some point: “you are stuck, why?” 2. The governor’s speech, acted as a catalyst for debate OxfordDictionaries.
What is
com definition?
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Word choice.
Contrariwise (meaning, “wonderfully”) draws attention to itself and runs a risk of distracting the reader or listener from your message.
In most contexts when you might like to use contrariwise I’d definitely say on the other hand.
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
“Tilting at windmills ” is a literary English idiom that means attacking imaginary enemy.
The expression in the 1605 novel “Don Quixote” comes from jousting or tilting: A combat between two armed men on horseback and his or her opponent (short to medium) with lances or similar devices, the aim of each being to throw his or her opponent from the saddle (OED = armed with a barcode).
Which are the idioms for wild goose chases and chasing rainbows in science fiction? All three phrases make the point that an objective is illusory, impractical, or impossible. As such, people who tilt at windmills, chase wild geese or chase rainbows are frequently said to be ‘off/away with the fairies’ and “in a world of their own”!
Why do I tend to read the press releases when it is all about me leaving the house?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
How about ” spoil “:
to cause damage to something, in regard to its value, beauty, usefulness, etc.
What do you think is the moment for improving or spoiling yourself? ;
Here again the computer spoils things rather than helping. ;
Apart from everything else, there is a risk of spoiling what we already have.
What is the best way to start a business?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
I like the word and use it. Have you seen the word redeemed or changed? I’m out on a limb it seems.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph? Content=thrice%2C+three+times&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cthrice%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthree%20times%3B%2Cc0.t1%3B%2Ccollege%3B3%2Cc0.
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