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Asked on October 1, 2021 in Phrases.
Why do some answers, comments, etc. split heads about potentially framed and ambiguous differences about the right way we use may be and to be blamed?. Does missing to be mean any one thing?
What
is that strange thing that a person can do in another language?
In some cases, an individual’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen. B: In some cases, a person’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen.Only one meaning is possible, and short of a radical rewrite it’s difficult to avoid the repetition of “be” on “the”. What’s the basis of this, the fact that some people’s work is not that clumsy?
In OP’s example, we can separate the clashing components (long list of trivial adjustments)…
Officials believe it may be that more than one person is to be to blame for the fire.
Could someone be responsible for creating a fire
in Hawaii?
The most trivial change is to simply drop “to be”… Officials believe
that more than one person may be blamed for the fire.
In all cases there’s ambiguity as to whether may be/perhaps attaches uncertainty to the matter of whether there is one or more arsonists, or whether the arsonists in fact be blamed. Stylistically it would be pretty awful, but you could express both senses simultaneously with…
Officials believe that there might be more than one person responsible for the fire.
What is wrong with you saying, “this is your way of life,” just as if this is one of your first two thoughts. When will you answer?
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Asked on October 1, 2021 in Phrases.
Why do some answers, comments, etc. split heads about potentially framed and ambiguous differences about the right way we use may be and to be blamed?. Does missing to be mean any one thing?
What
is that strange thing that a person can do in another language?
In some cases, an individual’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen. B: In some cases, a person’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen.Only one meaning is possible, and short of a radical rewrite it’s difficult to avoid the repetition of “be” on “the”. What’s the basis of this, the fact that some people’s work is not that clumsy?
In OP’s example, we can separate the clashing components (long list of trivial adjustments)…
Officials believe it may be that more than one person is to be to blame for the fire.
Could someone be responsible for creating a fire
in Hawaii?
The most trivial change is to simply drop “to be”… Officials believe
that more than one person may be blamed for the fire.
In all cases there’s ambiguity as to whether may be/perhaps attaches uncertainty to the matter of whether there is one or more arsonists, or whether the arsonists in fact be blamed. Stylistically it would be pretty awful, but you could express both senses simultaneously with…
Officials believe that there might be more than one person responsible for the fire.
What is wrong with you saying, “this is your way of life,” just as if this is one of your first two thoughts. When will you answer?
- 367389 views
- 244 answers
- 135134 votes
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Asked on September 30, 2021 in Phrases.
Why do some answers, comments, etc. split heads about potentially framed and ambiguous differences about the right way we use may be and to be blamed?. Does missing to be mean any one thing?
What
is that strange thing that a person can do in another language?
In some cases, an individual’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen. B: In some cases, a person’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen.Only one meaning is possible, and short of a radical rewrite it’s difficult to avoid the repetition of “be” on “the”. What’s the basis of this, the fact that some people’s work is not that clumsy?
In OP’s example, we can separate the clashing components (long list of trivial adjustments)…
Officials believe it may be that more than one person is to be to blame for the fire.
Could someone be responsible for creating a fire
in Hawaii?
The most trivial change is to simply drop “to be”… Officials believe
that more than one person may be blamed for the fire.
In all cases there’s ambiguity as to whether may be/perhaps attaches uncertainty to the matter of whether there is one or more arsonists, or whether the arsonists in fact be blamed. Stylistically it would be pretty awful, but you could express both senses simultaneously with…
Officials believe that there might be more than one person responsible for the fire.
What is wrong with you saying, “this is your way of life,” just as if this is one of your first two thoughts. When will you answer?
- 367389 views
- 244 answers
- 135134 votes
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Asked on September 27, 2021 in Phrases.
Why do some answers, comments, etc. split heads about potentially framed and ambiguous differences about the right way we use may be and to be blamed?. Does missing to be mean any one thing?
What
is that strange thing that a person can do in another language?
In some cases, an individual’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen. B: In some cases, a person’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen.Only one meaning is possible, and short of a radical rewrite it’s difficult to avoid the repetition of “be” on “the”. What’s the basis of this, the fact that some people’s work is not that clumsy?
In OP’s example, we can separate the clashing components (long list of trivial adjustments)…
Officials believe it may be that more than one person is to be to blame for the fire.
Could someone be responsible for creating a fire
in Hawaii?
The most trivial change is to simply drop “to be”… Officials believe
that more than one person may be blamed for the fire.
In all cases there’s ambiguity as to whether may be/perhaps attaches uncertainty to the matter of whether there is one or more arsonists, or whether the arsonists in fact be blamed. Stylistically it would be pretty awful, but you could express both senses simultaneously with…
Officials believe that there might be more than one person responsible for the fire.
What is wrong with you saying, “this is your way of life,” just as if this is one of your first two thoughts. When will you answer?
- 367389 views
- 244 answers
- 135134 votes
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Asked on September 25, 2021 in Phrases.
Why do some answers, comments, etc. split heads about potentially framed and ambiguous differences about the right way we use may be and to be blamed?. Does missing to be mean any one thing?
What
is that strange thing that a person can do in another language?
In some cases, an individual’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen. B: In some cases, a person’s goal may be to be perceived as a good citizen.Only one meaning is possible, and short of a radical rewrite it’s difficult to avoid the repetition of “be” on “the”. What’s the basis of this, the fact that some people’s work is not that clumsy?
In OP’s example, we can separate the clashing components (long list of trivial adjustments)…
Officials believe it may be that more than one person is to be to blame for the fire.
Could someone be responsible for creating a fire
in Hawaii?
The most trivial change is to simply drop “to be”… Officials believe
that more than one person may be blamed for the fire.
In all cases there’s ambiguity as to whether may be/perhaps attaches uncertainty to the matter of whether there is one or more arsonists, or whether the arsonists in fact be blamed. Stylistically it would be pretty awful, but you could express both senses simultaneously with…
Officials believe that there might be more than one person responsible for the fire.
What is wrong with you saying, “this is your way of life,” just as if this is one of your first two thoughts. When will you answer?
- 367389 views
- 244 answers
- 135134 votes
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Asked on June 16, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should a person do after sentence has been finished on their computer? The only meaningful English word in common currency is anti-environmentalist, but using that simply exposes how trivial the sentence really is in the first place.
Joe decided not to endorse environmentally-friendly sentiments would be an acceptable rewrite. Why did Joe become an environmentalist?
- 518925 views
- 322 answers
- 190742 votes
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Asked on June 16, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should a person do after sentence has been finished on their computer? The only meaningful English word in common currency is anti-environmentalist, but using that simply exposes how trivial the sentence really is in the first place.
Joe decided not to endorse environmentally-friendly sentiments would be an acceptable rewrite. Why did Joe become an environmentalist?
- 518925 views
- 322 answers
- 190742 votes
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Asked on June 16, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should a person do after sentence has been finished on their computer? The only meaningful English word in common currency is anti-environmentalist, but using that simply exposes how trivial the sentence really is in the first place.
Joe decided not to endorse environmentally-friendly sentiments would be an acceptable rewrite. Why did Joe become an environmentalist?
- 518925 views
- 322 answers
- 190742 votes
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Asked on June 15, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should a person do after sentence has been finished on their computer? The only meaningful English word in common currency is anti-environmentalist, but using that simply exposes how trivial the sentence really is in the first place.
Joe decided not to endorse environmentally-friendly sentiments would be an acceptable rewrite. Why did Joe become an environmentalist?
- 518925 views
- 322 answers
- 190742 votes
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Asked on June 15, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should a person do after sentence has been finished on their computer? The only meaningful English word in common currency is anti-environmentalist, but using that simply exposes how trivial the sentence really is in the first place.
Joe decided not to endorse environmentally-friendly sentiments would be an acceptable rewrite. Why did Joe become an environmentalist?
- 518925 views
- 322 answers
- 190742 votes