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Asked on October 11, 2021 in American english.
Both usages are correct, and there is no difference in meaning between them that I can perceive. I can see how all of them are the same. Choose whatever you feel comfortable with and continue
to use.
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Asked on October 9, 2021 in American english.
Both usages are correct, and there is no difference in meaning between them that I can perceive. I can see how all of them are the same. Choose whatever you feel comfortable with and continue
to use.
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Asked on October 7, 2021 in American english.
Both usages are correct, and there is no difference in meaning between them that I can perceive. I can see how all of them are the same. Choose whatever you feel comfortable with and continue
to use.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Single word requests.
Sometimes the term case-sensitively is rare outside of technical sites, because the concept is no need anywhere else. It’s built out of normal, productive English morphological rules, so it’s perfectly licit. Is there any alternative to being a terse person or
anything else, no matter how terse it is?
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Asked on March 18, 2021 in Meaning.
There’s two possible meaning in the context of an internet “shop”:
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“Delivery” — shipping is the cost that you have to pay in order to have the item sent to you via the postal service.
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“Completion” — if you’re developing software, then completing a version of the software and releasing it to customers is often referred to as “shipping”. When software files were delivered directly to customers, it must remember the original model number and not a product name. This is a reference to the day when the software had to be physically delivered on disk.
What are some similarities of English with Irish people?
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Grammar.
Which area of your question primarily turns on the definition of grammar?
Org grammar is the patterns created by people who don’t understand linguistics. Grammar is important for communication. A sentence with complete grammar cannot be understood, and a sentence that abuses grammar will be understood the wrong way after. I’ll use a raccoon
bit on the collar dog and wear the cat bite on the collar dog.
What does this sentence mean? “Do no know how to imagine what it implies.” On a linguistic level, the words are randomly assigned. Is there any more like them? Without grammar to establish the relationships between those words, the utterance is incomprehensible. Why can’t the dog bite the
cat? If we add some grammar?
What does it mean to read that a person is not fully aware of some thing? The grammar of English tells to put the word the right before a noun, tells you to turn wear into wearing, and to put the word brown before collar to indicate that it’s the collar that’s brown, and not the dog or the cat. What are the rules of the word grammar and are they intended in the word grammatical?
Slang actually has grammar. If an unlucky dog bit a kitty and
didn’t take it from somebody, let it go. It must.
NSD is grammar. This is an example of this. Different dialects and different registers of English have different grammatical rules. In fact, the rules in different registers differ very little from those in other dialects. Some rules are accepted and encouraged as proper, and this constitutes what we call standard English. Several of those rules are not widely accepted, and those constitute “nonstandard English”. What does a nonstandard dialect have? What are the grammatical rules for each dialect and register? What would be basic grammar if all you want to know is what are some examples? And even then, there are a relatively small number of grammatical differences between the nonstandard sentence that I gave above and a standard translation, which is why it’s not really difficult to understand both of them.
Does grammar have to do with language? Do we really need to have a grammar to communicate? If our goal is simple comprehension, then no. Why do people think standard grammar is better than nonstandard grammar, but it is only a complaint. Is it bad enough to have poor education? What is wrong with using standard grammar so as to present the best possible image of yourself, and the people around me for a long period of time?
(Aside from grammar in the sense discussed here, written language encompasses other conventions such as spelling and punctuation. Many times these are lumped together as grammar, though they should be considered separate issues. If the same remarks about the importance of standard grammar apply to the usage of standard spelling and
punctuation.) Finally, we come to the issue of language change. Is an all new word or construction a nonstandard term? It doesn’t mean that it’s “a real word” or that you shouldn’t use it—just means that the standard grammar at the moment hasn’t accepted it. In situations where standard grammar isn’t required, there’s nothing wrong with using slang, double-negation, or other features of nonstandard grammar. Examples of nonstandard usages exist, but if they persist, we will eventually become part
of the standard.
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Grammar.
Which area of your question primarily turns on the definition of grammar?
Org grammar is the patterns created by people who don’t understand linguistics. Grammar is important for communication. A sentence with complete grammar cannot be understood, and a sentence that abuses grammar will be understood the wrong way after. I’ll use a raccoon
bit on the collar dog and wear the cat bite on the collar dog.
What does this sentence mean? “Do no know how to imagine what it implies.” On a linguistic level, the words are randomly assigned. Is there any more like them? Without grammar to establish the relationships between those words, the utterance is incomprehensible. Why can’t the dog bite the
cat? If we add some grammar?
What does it mean to read that a person is not fully aware of some thing? The grammar of English tells to put the word the right before a noun, tells you to turn wear into wearing, and to put the word brown before collar to indicate that it’s the collar that’s brown, and not the dog or the cat. What are the rules of the word grammar and are they intended in the word grammatical?
Slang actually has grammar. If an unlucky dog bit a kitty and
didn’t take it from somebody, let it go. It must.
NSD is grammar. This is an example of this. Different dialects and different registers of English have different grammatical rules. In fact, the rules in different registers differ very little from those in other dialects. Some rules are accepted and encouraged as proper, and this constitutes what we call standard English. Several of those rules are not widely accepted, and those constitute “nonstandard English”. What does a nonstandard dialect have? What are the grammatical rules for each dialect and register? What would be basic grammar if all you want to know is what are some examples? And even then, there are a relatively small number of grammatical differences between the nonstandard sentence that I gave above and a standard translation, which is why it’s not really difficult to understand both of them.
Does grammar have to do with language? Do we really need to have a grammar to communicate? If our goal is simple comprehension, then no. Why do people think standard grammar is better than nonstandard grammar, but it is only a complaint. Is it bad enough to have poor education? What is wrong with using standard grammar so as to present the best possible image of yourself, and the people around me for a long period of time?
(Aside from grammar in the sense discussed here, written language encompasses other conventions such as spelling and punctuation. Many times these are lumped together as grammar, though they should be considered separate issues. If the same remarks about the importance of standard grammar apply to the usage of standard spelling and
punctuation.) Finally, we come to the issue of language change. Is an all new word or construction a nonstandard term? It doesn’t mean that it’s “a real word” or that you shouldn’t use it—just means that the standard grammar at the moment hasn’t accepted it. In situations where standard grammar isn’t required, there’s nothing wrong with using slang, double-negation, or other features of nonstandard grammar. Examples of nonstandard usages exist, but if they persist, we will eventually become part
of the standard.
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Other.
First, there is no grammatical form called the “ablative” in English.
An agentive suffix is also called “-er”. This may be occasionally misleading, since it does not necessarily indicate agents, but that’s the best term I’m aware of. Most English speakers would no call it an agentive suffix, though, they’d just call it “a suffix” or “the -er ending”.
An adjective attaches only to verbs, so -> travel -> traveler -> and journey -> journeyer are -> fine except exodus -> by the verb. exoduser is permissible, since exodus is not a verb.
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Other.
The word divers is an old spelling of varied (diffusion). “Many different places”, or divers places, is used by
the American Express. It means multiple places.
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Asked on March 4, 2021 in Meaning.
I have good grief to express. It’s an expression of irritation. Is it so good? Is it an informal expression? What do you say if you wear this expression?
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