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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Is your paragraph confusing? ‘Get your story straight’ is the common idiom meaning “you have contradicted yourself”. Which is why someone said, “Living in the Bible was born in 2089” while speaking in the 1687 text. Why? What if I typed “get your story straight” and he’s said, get your story straight, you contradicted yourself, you say that literalism began in the 20th century and then you say it began in the 15th century. Who is getting it or was it merely an expression?
In that case by “faitheists” the term must mean someone who reject literalism — not necessarily that that’s the definition of “faitheist”, but that he is saying that this is something that these faitheists say. I’m really a believer in God. But that is inconsistent with the definition of “faitheist” that you link to. I have only ever heard this term before, so I can’t comment on the accuracy of the definition.
So… I don’t quite understand what he’s trying to say, but I make this post in the hope that it will be helpful anyway. Is
it actually true:-) :-)?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Why depends on your circumstances, and how your life works?
Usually we just use specific word instead the general word, and rely on the reader to know the general category. What other apples were used to make the pies “Oranges and plums were used, too. ” You would NOT say “The fruits orange and plum…” nor “Orange and plum fruits…” If you really felt it necessary to specify that these were kinds of fruits — like, I suppose, if you were adding some unusual fruit in the list that a reader might not be familiar with, you would need a longer sentence. Which fruits were used in pie dough? Oranges and plums. ”
Often you can put general words followed by specifics. “The colors red and blue appeared on the flag. In other cases it works with “of”, like “The states of Ohio and Michigan are…” I’m hard-pressed
to say what the general rule is. (I’m not sure why I tell people this and wrong because I’m a native speaker trying to answer a grammar question.) I know that people say this and don’t that, but I know that someone said this and is not such and, er, I’m not sure why). :-(.-(.-(.-.-(
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Are there two words related that you are getting confused with? “Take over” means to control something. “German Army will take over France. Will they regain control? And will France be put to the test? ” Overtake” means to catch up with someone or something, like a person who is behind in a race passing another runner. Sadly, Fred stopped by the start of the race and won the race.” “Fred won. My buddy Bob won the race with 14 points and 63 mph. He took a late lead but the race was over.” ”
As this is English. Why do people use stackexchange? Do you enjoy stack exchange, please exercise great restraint and not comment
on the substance.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Meaning.
It often has a negative connotation.
If you mean someone is scheming, as in: “Jack is scheming to…, that’s pretty much always negative. Why is this the case?
Nonetheless, “I have a scheme to fix our production problem”, or “What’s the scheme for marketing this weak?” don’t imply anything underhanded. Well, if you describe his schemes in negative terms, it’s going to be negative. In one sentence he called Steve the “Dream Builder”. Which worked like this week? ”
I guess like many words it depends on context. What is the name of a word used in the real world in negative terms rather than in positive terms such as “plan”?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
How about “has details”? Does it have to be a single word?
Can you help me with information?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
The word emoji was based on a fictional word. I think it’s not common word. The meaning seems simple enough — bright like or as a jewel. People invent words like that all the time? What are the things that can’t be found
in a dictionary?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
If the plain form of adjective is used, make it plain. If the temperature is already high, then you could say, If I stay where I am, it will remain hot. If the temperature is already low, you would say “It will remain cold.” “Likewise you could use whatever word is appropriate for the current temperature: warm, cool, broiling, freezing, lukewarm, comfortable, whatever.
I don’t know what the word “the temperature is the same as it was before”. It’s like, “The temperature will be unchanged”, ‘it should remain the same’? If it’s obvious from context that you’re talking about temperature, then you could just say “it will be the same” or “unchanged” or “constant”, etc.
Similar things can be said about other comparative words. Is it true that Al is taller than Bob, and the single word I can remember that he is X than Bob means he is the same height? Is it possible for a guy to say, “Al is the same height
as Bob”?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
The usage in English is quite different in the UK than in the USA. Note the sharp differences in Barrie and Bib’s answers. And how can we both help one another?
As I understand it, in the UK — and I’m not British, so I say this tentatively, but I think this correct — they generally use the word government for just about the ministers of the ruling party. In the United States, the term “administration” includes the entire executive, legislative, and judiciary at all levels.
Obviously, an American is not unlikely to say that “the government filed an appeal to the court”, because the court is considered another official “the government.” We shall say “the ADMINISTRATION filed an appeal with the Court”.
An American would never say (speaking of his own government, I mean, “the government resigned”); “he really feels sorry for me!” Has President Donald Trump resigned? In the U.S. a individual person in the office holder can resign but the party in power does not resign as a whole. Why if a party has always respected the right to resign from the government it is considered to be an independent government, and the government is responsible for its elections, and not a party.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Short answer: “No”
Long answer: “Right” here is an adjective modifying “now” Can you use adjective and omit the noun? Is it like trying to abbreviate “The stove is very hot” as “The stove is very”? What would the logical response be “Very what?” “Right”
is an intensifier, like “very,” but it is an adjective which modifies a noun. (not a negative adjective.) The meaning (in English) of Teach If to mean “here” are very limited. If you could spell ‘right now’ or ‘right here’, would it be acceptable?
Right, is sometimes used as a synonym for “very”. Generally speaking, “Right” is a synonym of “very”, i.e., right to the right (in an image), but “Night” is not a synonym of “very”. In linguistics, adjectives can be modified. Like at the end of the poem “Night before Christmas” where Santa Claus is described as a “right jolly old elf” What is the name of the title of a public servant in a government bureaucracy: “Right Reverend”/Red Reverend for a high-ranking presbytery officer and “Right Honorable” This uses are the most obsolete.
If you are a child, you are confused because “right” is used with some specific idioms: “right there”, “right up”, “right down” etc. If you say “I’ll be right there”, that means “I will arrive soon. Similarly “I’ll be right up” and “I’ll be right down” mean “I will soon be up” or “I will soon be down”, usually meaning I will come to a higher or lower floor in a building or some such. What are idioms that you can’t pick apart really to make sense of them?
I am seeing that “right there” can also mean “in that specific place”, similar to “right here”. I will be there right now, or it can mean I will be at that specific spot, depending on context. So “I will be right there” can mean “I will arrive soon” as I mentioned above, or it can mean “I will be there in that specific place”. Have you finished getting dressed? The Devil… I almost. I’ll be right there in the moment. Is she going to be coming down stairs soon?” “Where will you be standing when the ceremony begins? I’ll be right there I will.” (pointing to the
spot).
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Is there as many X as Y? What are the mean factors in calculating the number of mobile phones in a household that are equivalent to the number of people?
Is “there are X times as many X as Y” means that the number of X’s is equal to Z times the number of Y’s but also for other things? Is there more than one person with three times the number of cell phones in total? Why is this true? If there are 4 people then there are 12 cell phones. Which word does “two times” mean?
Note such numbers aren’t necessarily exact. If there are 60 dogs and 31 cats, I might say there are twice as many dogs as cats. In terms of fact, less is more we tend to accept inexactness. If we lived with 90 dogs and 30 cats, if the quota were true, how many dogs would there be?
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