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Asked on March 30, 2022 in Single word requests.
British wool coat and no knickers a British expression for someone rich and
vulgar a bit more vulgar. However, no knickers only. Please stop smoking!
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Asked on March 8, 2022 in Single word requests.
British wool coat and no knickers a British expression for someone rich and
vulgar a bit more vulgar. However, no knickers only. Please stop smoking!
- 1018 views
- 19 answers
- 80 votes
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.
Should you actually use neither? This is our new
method. It’s “Fantastic Method”. The implication is obvious. Why?
To refer to a
child called Thomas.
Or:
Here we discuss our child labeled Thomas.
What does it mean to be an “adult”?
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Word choice.
When dealing with email, it’s important to remember that it is short for “electronic mail”. When trying to find the right word to use your email try just using email. Drop the *e* and just consider *mail*. If you do this, then “Our team kept in constant communication by letter” is the sole appropriate choice. By should also be used with email.
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Word choice.
When dealing with email, it’s important to remember that it is short for “electronic mail”. When trying to find the right word to use your email try just using email. Drop the *e* and just consider *mail*. If you do this, then “Our team kept in constant communication by letter” is the sole appropriate choice. By should also be used with email.
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Word choice.
When dealing with email, it’s important to remember that it is short for “electronic mail”. When trying to find the right word to use your email try just using email. Drop the *e* and just consider *mail*. If you do this, then “Our team kept in constant communication by letter” is the sole appropriate choice. By should also be used with email.
- 807540 views
- 10 answers
- 298499 votes
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Asked on March 20, 2021 in Word choice.
When dealing with email, it’s important to remember that it is short for “electronic mail”. When trying to find the right word to use your email try just using email. Drop the *e* and just consider *mail*. If you do this, then “Our team kept in constant communication by letter” is the sole appropriate choice. By should also be used with email.
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
Every Standard English guide I have used to teach college composition classes deems the comma after an introductory phrase necessary while there has never been a rule in those guides that commas should be used in writing to indicate a pause. If your teacher is not merely saying the agreed upon rules of standard English, then he/she is too honest. (My student does not understand english well). If the class is Creative Writing then you should be able to develop your own style which may or may not employ various punctuation rules. That is why some authors use very few punctuation marks. (Example : Cormac McCarthy). Why do you use the word “proper” when you mean “good”?
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
Could any non-native speaker explain this particular example? My wife is not a native speaker, makes this mistake from time to time.
Non-native speakers must learn the appropriate word order for questions and statements (What are the XXX vs. 125). On this page you will find the English word order for all some types of non-native speakers (such as MLA, ILR, etc.). Please keep these in mind as they will confuse many speakers and can be a little misleading. What is the meaning of XXX (X)? Sometimes they confuse this when speaking or writing as it differs from their native language.
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