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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Grammar.
As in this context is a graceful replacement for because.
Due to is a phrasal noun but it sounds like jargon if the explanation is more than a few words. So,
good.
The store was closed due to rain.
Bad:
Due to the availability of reference data with a leading company and difficulty of blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Single word requests.
If it makes a difference, I specifically want to refer to the modular adjustable kind, as opposed to a short fixed length like the “velvet rope” I want to refer to the tapered, modular kind.
In the trade (yes, the “line-&-queue-control” trade), this item is officially called a “retractable-belt barrier”, but really, the tradename Tensabarrier is used, which I imagine frustrates their competitors at Queueway and particularly Retracta-Belt.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
In America Ghost Hunting is a fact.
Would writing the repeated gerund “including…hunting” less than euphonious?
What are some ghost hunts after 4 pm?
Can you add an article when “show a ghost hunt after hours only”? For example the ghost hunt was done in a darkroom.? Without it, the phrase comes off as headlinese.
If this is just a advertisement, have you considered “Ghost hunting after hours”? “(? Why don’t I bet you go ghost hunting in the light of the day?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
In America Ghost Hunting is a fact.
Would writing the repeated gerund “including…hunting” less than euphonious?
What are some ghost hunts after 4 pm?
Can you add an article when “show a ghost hunt after hours only”? For example the ghost hunt was done in a darkroom.? Without it, the phrase comes off as headlinese.
If this is just a advertisement, have you considered “Ghost hunting after hours”? “(? Why don’t I bet you go ghost hunting in the light of the day?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
Amateur means done by someone who is in fact not a professional in the field.
Amateurish means poorly done. It is likely to be done by someone who was not a professional in the field.
Can a professional be accused of doing amateurish work?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
Amateur means done by someone who is in fact not a professional in the field.
Amateurish means poorly done. It is likely to be done by someone who was not a professional in the field.
Can a professional be accused of doing amateurish work?
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Grammar.
How did Andrew describe getting out the car?
It is pretty common in BVE, and I have heard it in rural AmEn and BrEn, but it is distinctly non-standard.
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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Other.
Can you simplify that sentence into: when driving,
recollections began to drift.
I don’t remember any driver’s licenses in Maine. These things would probably be valid in the US. Presumably, he meant something like
While I was driving, recollections began to drift.
If I really mean that I think it is untrue (in all
aspects) What is a good sentence that said: “Twelve changes!”
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in Writing Style.
Imperative implies an imperator, which is contradicted by the passive construction of data be sanitized. Perhaps you should substitute privacy laws and ethics require the researcher to clean .
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Meaning.
All party affiliations: R —
New York Republican Party C —
Conservative Party of New York IP —
Independence Party of New York State RFM —
Reform Party of New York (new jerseyis one of seven states that still practice electoral fusion in the legislature).
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