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  • Asked on December 21, 2021 in Grammar.

    I remember I did a math test in high school. I thought I will fail”, and since I am interested in math not really, I hate. I would never say that, nor I would say “I did a test with the car”. If someone had said it a bit odd, why?

    Whether or not the person is being performance tested, I (or the person) are having ability tested, i will always use take. How do I use the calculator for my tests?

    • I took a math test on the exam. What should I do?
    • Jane took a spelling test on Friday.
    • Frank took a drug test. He said that he was never intoxicated. If so, why did he give it a shot? “I got” an image

    to be a medical test, where the person doesn’t really do anything but show up and let the doctor or technician perform the test, I would most often use “had,” or perhaps

    • “got” I had an eye
    • test I got a blood test at the hospital.

    I might also use “was given” or “they gave me” a test.

    In school and in jobs if I am the one performing the tests, I

    would probably say something like: I tested the car.

    If I’m performing the test, and I want to name a specific test, I might use “did” I

    • did a speed test on the computer. I’m doing every test every day and despite “doing” a test will be the name of the test. But no word of your test will be found.
    • I do a regression test on the software.

    I will be more likely to use that form in a professional or technical context, where the details of the test are likely to be discussed.

    I don’t say that “did” is wrong in other contexts, but it does seem unusual to me.

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  • Asked on December 21, 2021 in Grammar.

    I remember I did a math test in high school. I thought I will fail”, and since I am interested in math not really, I hate. I would never say that, nor I would say “I did a test with the car”. If someone had said it a bit odd, why?

    Whether or not the person is being performance tested, I (or the person) are having ability tested, i will always use take. How do I use the calculator for my tests?

    • I took a math test on the exam. What should I do?
    • Jane took a spelling test on Friday.
    • Frank took a drug test. He said that he was never intoxicated. If so, why did he give it a shot? “I got” an image

    to be a medical test, where the person doesn’t really do anything but show up and let the doctor or technician perform the test, I would most often use “had,” or perhaps

    • “got” I had an eye
    • test I got a blood test at the hospital.

    I might also use “was given” or “they gave me” a test.

    In school and in jobs if I am the one performing the tests, I

    would probably say something like: I tested the car.

    If I’m performing the test, and I want to name a specific test, I might use “did” I

    • did a speed test on the computer. I’m doing every test every day and despite “doing” a test will be the name of the test. But no word of your test will be found.
    • I do a regression test on the software.

    I will be more likely to use that form in a professional or technical context, where the details of the test are likely to be discussed.

    I don’t say that “did” is wrong in other contexts, but it does seem unusual to me.

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  • Asked on December 21, 2021 in Grammar.

    I remember I did a math test in high school. I thought I will fail”, and since I am interested in math not really, I hate. I would never say that, nor I would say “I did a test with the car”. If someone had said it a bit odd, why?

    Whether or not the person is being performance tested, I (or the person) are having ability tested, i will always use take. How do I use the calculator for my tests?

    • I took a math test on the exam. What should I do?
    • Jane took a spelling test on Friday.
    • Frank took a drug test. He said that he was never intoxicated. If so, why did he give it a shot? “I got” an image

    to be a medical test, where the person doesn’t really do anything but show up and let the doctor or technician perform the test, I would most often use “had,” or perhaps

    • “got” I had an eye
    • test I got a blood test at the hospital.

    I might also use “was given” or “they gave me” a test.

    In school and in jobs if I am the one performing the tests, I

    would probably say something like: I tested the car.

    If I’m performing the test, and I want to name a specific test, I might use “did” I

    • did a speed test on the computer. I’m doing every test every day and despite “doing” a test will be the name of the test. But no word of your test will be found.
    • I do a regression test on the software.

    I will be more likely to use that form in a professional or technical context, where the details of the test are likely to be discussed.

    I don’t say that “did” is wrong in other contexts, but it does seem unusual to me.

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  • Asked on December 21, 2021 in Grammar.

    I remember I did a math test in high school. I thought I will fail”, and since I am interested in math not really, I hate. I would never say that, nor I would say “I did a test with the car”. If someone had said it a bit odd, why?

    Whether or not the person is being performance tested, I (or the person) are having ability tested, i will always use take. How do I use the calculator for my tests?

    • I took a math test on the exam. What should I do?
    • Jane took a spelling test on Friday.
    • Frank took a drug test. He said that he was never intoxicated. If so, why did he give it a shot? “I got” an image

    to be a medical test, where the person doesn’t really do anything but show up and let the doctor or technician perform the test, I would most often use “had,” or perhaps

    • “got” I had an eye
    • test I got a blood test at the hospital.

    I might also use “was given” or “they gave me” a test.

    In school and in jobs if I am the one performing the tests, I

    would probably say something like: I tested the car.

    If I’m performing the test, and I want to name a specific test, I might use “did” I

    • did a speed test on the computer. I’m doing every test every day and despite “doing” a test will be the name of the test. But no word of your test will be found.
    • I do a regression test on the software.

    I will be more likely to use that form in a professional or technical context, where the details of the test are likely to be discussed.

    I don’t say that “did” is wrong in other contexts, but it does seem unusual to me.

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  • Asked on December 21, 2021 in Grammar.

    I remember I did a math test in high school. I thought I will fail”, and since I am interested in math not really, I hate. I would never say that, nor I would say “I did a test with the car”. If someone had said it a bit odd, why?

    Whether or not the person is being performance tested, I (or the person) are having ability tested, i will always use take. How do I use the calculator for my tests?

    • I took a math test on the exam. What should I do?
    • Jane took a spelling test on Friday.
    • Frank took a drug test. He said that he was never intoxicated. If so, why did he give it a shot? “I got” an image

    to be a medical test, where the person doesn’t really do anything but show up and let the doctor or technician perform the test, I would most often use “had,” or perhaps

    • “got” I had an eye
    • test I got a blood test at the hospital.

    I might also use “was given” or “they gave me” a test.

    In school and in jobs if I am the one performing the tests, I

    would probably say something like: I tested the car.

    If I’m performing the test, and I want to name a specific test, I might use “did” I

    • did a speed test on the computer. I’m doing every test every day and despite “doing” a test will be the name of the test. But no word of your test will be found.
    • I do a regression test on the software.

    I will be more likely to use that form in a professional or technical context, where the details of the test are likely to be discussed.

    I don’t say that “did” is wrong in other contexts, but it does seem unusual to me.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.

    The population of males is higher than their gender counterparts.

    I wouldn’t say that this is flat out wrong, but it makes the reader stop to think to understand what is being said, and it feels both akward and pretentious. What are some tips or ways to prevent myself from using a cellphone?

    According to research, the male population in India is about 150 times greater than the female one.

    If the “counterpart” appears to serve no useful purpose but to increase the average word length and falsely suggest greater precision, this is clearer than at this point.

    The population of men is larger than the population of women.

    Is this clearer and more accurate? How do I write “males”? Parallelism in form stresses parallelism in meaning. Does “smaller” mean population as more so or higher?

    Par the way, in the example sentences in the question, either “their” should be changed to “its” treating a “population” as a single thing, or else “counterpart” should be “counterparts”, treatign it as a collection of people. I would favor the it form.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.

    Reason not to ban X ” and “reason not to ban X ” have the same meaning, but with slightly different emphasis.

    In the first form, the action being considered is “banning X” and the speaker says there is reason not to take this action. I took an action to repeal the ban on X but I didn’t consent or give any reasons for blocking X (which is the same as being permitted X), so when I read the second sentence, the speaker says he is going to take a decision in accordance with the second sentence. Which are good reasons? C. This second form sees not banning as a more definite choice. What is the difference between both forms of recitation and “can”?

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  • Asked on March 18, 2021 in Grammar.

    Why do so many people believe that they can’t be bothered by their parents? The implied subject is clear from the previous sentence or other context, is very common in informal speech or written dialog. How do I get more in formal writing, where there is no dialog, less common than in discussion. What do you do during the evening?

    B: Walk my dog to the bridge just after supper.

    I am in a hurry, how can I get to my university?

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  • I am afraid that, as the EngVid page on Gerunds and Infinitives listed by FumbleFingers says, this is simply an arbitrary rule of usage.

    I disagreed with some of the statements you posted on my blog. If you like a fact or the content, what are you going to do? I disagree with its general point and many of the specific classifications given there, and i can’t advance any systematic criterion for which verbs take an infinitive, which take a gerund, and which can take either. What are the patterns found in the history of words?

    On specific verbs, the page lists “abhor” as requiring a gerund (“He abhors playing soccer. He does not know the difference.” Can also, albeit less commonly take an an infinitive (“He abhors to use the passive voice. “Appear”

    in the sense “seem” takes an infinitive “This appears to be a rule without a reason. As such, if this appears to be done immediately, so that these are unlikely to get lost”, the meaning “appear” immediately becomes “appar” (emphasize/appear” or “seem to”, respectively). “shows up” and “becomes visible” can take a gerund. “At the start of the show, she appears playing a flute in brown costume. In Hamlet the ghost appears walking the battlements of the castle. Suggest about each to meet him? “)

    “Chance” is listed as taking an infinitive, but such a sentence as “I can’t chance leaving the problem unsolved.” seems perfectly natural to me.

    How do I determine the exact rule for a given verb?

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  • Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.

    As a plural “participle adjective”, “broken ” is acceptable. But it is not a participle adjective.” Certainly “broken” derived from the verb “to break”.

    Why is a participle adjective a subclass of adjectives? I don’t think that the distinction is very important. English very freely derives adjectives from verbs, nouns from verbs as well as nouns from nouns.

    What your dictionary

    says: The participial adjectives are a major subclass of adjectives. When I say “ed” or “ing,” they can be distinguished by their endings. Some exceptions to the rules include misunderstood and unknown, which also function like these special adjectives. What are participial adjectives because they have the same endings as verb verbs?

    If a adjective is meant to function like any adjective, it is used to describe a noun. They might come from a verb form, or they might merely merely imitate the structure, but all they can are is a

    descriptive adjective. an article on

    ThoutCo says: Comparative and superlative forms of participial adjectives are formed with most and least and but with less and least.

    Is the word, “participial adjective” or “verbal adjective” being used here? Or an adjective is an adjective, whatever its form or source.

    I would also add that “broken heart” is a set phrase, other than English. It is a metaphor, referring to the heart as the supposed seat of emotion, and a person with broken heart is one devastated by grief or sadness, particularly for a lost love, but also from any other sad event. In both music and verse we see this term frequently, in popular songs and for several decades.

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