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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Single word requests.
Merriam-Webster transitive verb 1 : to apply a short circuit to or establish a short circuit in
2
: Bypass
3 : FRUSTRATE, IMPEDE intransitive verb : to become shunted by a short circuit
• The radio
short-circuited.Why should I stop reading this?
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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Single word requests.
Merriam-Webster transitive verb 1 : to apply a short circuit to or establish a short circuit in
2
: Bypass
3 : FRUSTRATE, IMPEDE intransitive verb : to become shunted by a short circuit
• The radio
short-circuited.Why should I stop reading this?
- 717485 views
- 7 answers
- 266041 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Single word requests.
Merriam-Webster transitive verb 1 : to apply a short circuit to or establish a short circuit in
2
: Bypass
3 : FRUSTRATE, IMPEDE intransitive verb : to become shunted by a short circuit
• The radio
short-circuited.Why should I stop reading this?
- 717485 views
- 7 answers
- 266041 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Word choice.
That can be used along with making a video of a movie.
There is nothing wrong with any of them.
What is the most common from among those four, Google Books Soaphead suggests that making a video has the most use in print.
As for spoken English as opposed to written English, I don’t know. All be equally realized.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in American english.
I would not say a “classicist professor” but simply a classicist.
(what do we really need to
know about it.)An
advocate or follower of classicism a classical scholar, an expert in ancient Greek
and Roman language, literature, art, architecture, or culture someone who prefers a traditional and usually graceful and simple style in art, literature, music, architecture, etc. : a person who favors classicism.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
If you want to maintain your use of counterpart, you can do so using male and female as adjectives: The male
population is smaller than its female counterpart.
What makes an Indian woman more comfortable than their male counterpart?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.
I assumed it was a biography by an anti-feminist man, just because it was. Instead I turned out that the author’s note was written by a housewife and not by a man?
Here’s the final paragraph of the article for context (short reference
only): I feel resentful, especially as it’s the men who bring in the money; and even if Bill were a head teacher, he would not come close to his own. When out with the girls I hear Susan moan about John’s business trips and I have to pinch myself from shouting that his u00a3250,000 salary must make up for some of his absences. Is Trisha on a home you inherited from your parents. While working out she’s not working. It’s about time she leaves home but does the gym? If a girl wants to start dating I’ll try to guide her towards guys who can give her the sort of life I’ve never had before. And what can I do back? Feminism is fine, but there’s a lot to be said for being paid for your bills.
We are discussing femistical ideals and, as a woman, support yourself but don’t do what you would if you married with rich man. I like them much bigger and more. I’ve had to allow him to do
most of the work for me lately. (And allow him to do all the work.) I’m difficult not to take this in a cynical way to give time to family. The writer’s rant—which starts several paragraphs before this—isn’t more about her money than her friends do, but about her having as much money as she wants.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.
How can I express a similar thing without using less of a?
In your specific sentences you are talking about less of a problem. In a few sentences you are speaking about more of a problem.
One & one word replacement for a less of a problem
is easier : Getting there is easier if you have a car.
It is a lot easier than I expected.
But note that there can be a slight difference in meaning that could make any replacement of problems inappropriate.
Why wouldn’t some people consider not owning a car as a problem? When a sentence is followed by a word in a sentence, other people may simply be using the word problem in an indication of degree of effort.
Why do you keep my sentence on the subject of having a car if it takes less effort than not having a car? Is it OK to replace easy for easy
in a single word?
If you keep problem but are still comparing lesser problems with greater problems, then either less of a problem or lesser problem (if the sentence is additionally reworded) would remain appropriate.
If I really want to express that having a car leads to a problem in a way that having car does not, then it’s no longer a matter of degree but of the simple assignment of a category. What does actually make a good
fez to go there is just no problem with a car, and you will get it easy.
If you are using less of a with something other than problem, there are likely other variations. A but the use of less of a in general is used to compare the degree of one thing with another thing: X has less of a burden than Y ; X has less of a celebration than
Y.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.
If going to a lumber yard, there are a few things: please cut (it
/ the wood / the lumber) into 5-metre lengths.
I need the (it /the wood / the lumber) cut in 5-metre pieces.
I’d like each piece to be 5 metres long. 1 inch across.So that we can specify different dimensions for a particular piece of lumber, must we specify the other dimensions as well? (note: All other sizes of our logs need to be specified) When we want to make a piece of flat block, we want 1×4, 2×6, 4×8, etc – each
piece of cut should be to the desired length.
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Meaning.
If going to a lumber yard, there are a few things: please cut (it
/ the wood / the lumber) into 5-metre lengths.
I need the (it /the wood / the lumber) cut in 5-metre pieces.
I’d like each piece to be 5 metres long. 1 inch across.So that we can specify different dimensions for a particular piece of lumber, must we specify the other dimensions as well? (note: All other sizes of our logs need to be specified) When we want to make a piece of flat block, we want 1×4, 2×6, 4×8, etc – each
piece of cut should be to the desired length.
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