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  • Asked on April 26, 2021 in Phrases.

    The sentence sounds awkward, and was intended to be short. On lottery lottery idioms, what does the phrase “pulled her name out of a hat” mean? I find “to produce something seemingly out of nowhere” as a possible meaning for the phrase, but generally that refers to objects (and rabbits), not people.

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  • Asked on April 25, 2021 in Phrases.

    The sentence sounds awkward, and was intended to be short. On lottery lottery idioms, what does the phrase “pulled her name out of a hat” mean? I find “to produce something seemingly out of nowhere” as a possible meaning for the phrase, but generally that refers to objects (and rabbits), not people.

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  • Asked on April 23, 2021 in Phrases.

    The sentence sounds awkward, and was intended to be short. On lottery lottery idioms, what does the phrase “pulled her name out of a hat” mean? I find “to produce something seemingly out of nowhere” as a possible meaning for the phrase, but generally that refers to objects (and rabbits), not people.

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  • Asked on April 22, 2021 in Phrases.

    The sentence sounds awkward, and was intended to be short. On lottery lottery idioms, what does the phrase “pulled her name out of a hat” mean? I find “to produce something seemingly out of nowhere” as a possible meaning for the phrase, but generally that refers to objects (and rabbits), not people.

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  • Asked on April 16, 2021 in Phrases.

    The sentence sounds awkward, and was intended to be short. On lottery lottery idioms, what does the phrase “pulled her name out of a hat” mean? I find “to produce something seemingly out of nowhere” as a possible meaning for the phrase, but generally that refers to objects (and rabbits), not people.

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  • Asked on March 9, 2021 in Grammar.

    Is this possible, an

    • awkward construction will be unnecessary at times?

    is better than

    Glaciers, water, wind, centuries of foot traffic, and now the grading machine making its way down the center, wore the canyon smooth.

    • Closely related to the change of emphasis, it is commonly used as a way of weaseling out of responsibility:

    Honey, the kids got lost.

    As opposed to

    Honey I lost both the kids.

    Why is everyone so upset about the new age of technology?

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  • Asked on March 7, 2021 in Meaning.

    I would say that the definition proves you are right, since otherwise it would read something like “having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s fictional accomplishments”.

    What are peoples’ achievements? Other definitions don’t even mention them, including “Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one’s situation.” “Joe

    m ty’ll” :’snat]?

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  • Asked on March 1, 2021 in Word choice.

    A good opposite to trial would be lark or breeze, if you are interested in the testing or “putting to the proof” aspect of the word trial (or it is just plain trial).

    What is the interview process? It is a breeze.

    What do I do wrong?

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  • Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.

    Is feeling, or doing act as copular verbs when used this way? What is the truth in saying “I am much”? See http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/copula-verb.html. Can

    you

    use “Doing” as a copula? How are you

    doing?

    As for your typical SE USA speaking “good” refers to “I’m doing good”. Why

    is the formal “well” response more familiar to you than “well”, and that is “I am doing well”. What

    is a columifer in a non-copula? What makes it non-copula?

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