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  • Asked on November 16, 2021 in Grammar.

    At 1,

    Look both ways = You already look in

    both directions Thus the preposition is there, implied by the meaning – which you have to

    know 🙂 In 2 and 3, “in” is normally required, e.g. “respect the directions” look here at the results at Google Books for the core part of your example at 3 “a different way from her” Practically all the contexts use an “in” in front

    of the expression.

    If an “in” is missing, that is rare and accidental, and not critical in informal speech.

    Is

    this because, at COCA CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY

    AMERICAN ENGLISH there are 25

    samples for: “a different

    way from” All of them except one use “in” in front of them? The one without using “in” is coming from an American Indian/Native, who obviously uses his own English, which is non-standard :

    Date 2001 (Fall) Publication information Fall2001, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p579, 25p, 3bw Title Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters. Source American Indian Quarterly Editions Original Words Only

    Original Words

    Sources Smith, Sherry L. Sources Origins/Forensics the American Indian Continent and the Pacific People (in a broader context) Indian Culture and Continuing Languages # Haines informed me that he understands how important salmon has always been to Ahousaht people, but that he also understands that whaling was extremely significant to the culture, and that’s pretty much gone, the way of the dodo. (the one who commanded the most respect by the American people at the time) “Our people would like to use fish differently from white people… is that a fashion that’s created an understanding of the past? He Carl Haines might eat it, but it’s like, it’s kind of a trophy thing. I like to put it that way, but that’s it like this is one that I caught. I am doing something irrational on his head.

    Also refer to above example which is using the “in”: date 1999 (19990221) Title The COMEBACK; IF HILLARY

    CLINTON’S CLIMB IN POPULARITY POLLS WILL ENSURE HIS FUTURE Source CBS SunMorn

    What is it like to say that Katlena Frankovic was being judged by different standards than other first ladies but part of that is probably because she was acting as first lady in a different way from other first ladies. (Voiceover) Kathleen Frankovic heads the CBS News polling unit.

    Further, at the The British National Corpus (BNC)

    try to look up for

    a different way from

    Please tell me how many results are using “in” I’d say all.

    And this means that all three statistics are consistent: BNC, Google, GC & BNC, and all three Google Books. For some reason you haven’t taken the position that in is optional at 3.

    What are some good suggestions or tactics to tackle the problem?

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  • Asked on November 15, 2021 in Grammar.

    At 1,

    Look both ways = You already look in

    both directions Thus the preposition is there, implied by the meaning – which you have to

    know 🙂 In 2 and 3, “in” is normally required, e.g. “respect the directions” look here at the results at Google Books for the core part of your example at 3 “a different way from her” Practically all the contexts use an “in” in front

    of the expression.

    If an “in” is missing, that is rare and accidental, and not critical in informal speech.

    Is

    this because, at COCA CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY

    AMERICAN ENGLISH there are 25

    samples for: “a different

    way from” All of them except one use “in” in front of them? The one without using “in” is coming from an American Indian/Native, who obviously uses his own English, which is non-standard :

    Date 2001 (Fall) Publication information Fall2001, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p579, 25p, 3bw Title Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters. Source American Indian Quarterly Editions Original Words Only

    Original Words

    Sources Smith, Sherry L. Sources Origins/Forensics the American Indian Continent and the Pacific People (in a broader context) Indian Culture and Continuing Languages # Haines informed me that he understands how important salmon has always been to Ahousaht people, but that he also understands that whaling was extremely significant to the culture, and that’s pretty much gone, the way of the dodo. (the one who commanded the most respect by the American people at the time) “Our people would like to use fish differently from white people… is that a fashion that’s created an understanding of the past? He Carl Haines might eat it, but it’s like, it’s kind of a trophy thing. I like to put it that way, but that’s it like this is one that I caught. I am doing something irrational on his head.

    Also refer to above example which is using the “in”: date 1999 (19990221) Title The COMEBACK; IF HILLARY

    CLINTON’S CLIMB IN POPULARITY POLLS WILL ENSURE HIS FUTURE Source CBS SunMorn

    What is it like to say that Katlena Frankovic was being judged by different standards than other first ladies but part of that is probably because she was acting as first lady in a different way from other first ladies. (Voiceover) Kathleen Frankovic heads the CBS News polling unit.

    Further, at the The British National Corpus (BNC)

    try to look up for

    a different way from

    Please tell me how many results are using “in” I’d say all.

    And this means that all three statistics are consistent: BNC, Google, GC & BNC, and all three Google Books. For some reason you haven’t taken the position that in is optional at 3.

    What are some good suggestions or tactics to tackle the problem?

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  • Asked on November 15, 2021 in Grammar.

    At 1,

    Look both ways = You already look in

    both directions Thus the preposition is there, implied by the meaning – which you have to

    know 🙂 In 2 and 3, “in” is normally required, e.g. “respect the directions” look here at the results at Google Books for the core part of your example at 3 “a different way from her” Practically all the contexts use an “in” in front

    of the expression.

    If an “in” is missing, that is rare and accidental, and not critical in informal speech.

    Is

    this because, at COCA CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY

    AMERICAN ENGLISH there are 25

    samples for: “a different

    way from” All of them except one use “in” in front of them? The one without using “in” is coming from an American Indian/Native, who obviously uses his own English, which is non-standard :

    Date 2001 (Fall) Publication information Fall2001, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p579, 25p, 3bw Title Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters. Source American Indian Quarterly Editions Original Words Only

    Original Words

    Sources Smith, Sherry L. Sources Origins/Forensics the American Indian Continent and the Pacific People (in a broader context) Indian Culture and Continuing Languages # Haines informed me that he understands how important salmon has always been to Ahousaht people, but that he also understands that whaling was extremely significant to the culture, and that’s pretty much gone, the way of the dodo. (the one who commanded the most respect by the American people at the time) “Our people would like to use fish differently from white people… is that a fashion that’s created an understanding of the past? He Carl Haines might eat it, but it’s like, it’s kind of a trophy thing. I like to put it that way, but that’s it like this is one that I caught. I am doing something irrational on his head.

    Also refer to above example which is using the “in”: date 1999 (19990221) Title The COMEBACK; IF HILLARY

    CLINTON’S CLIMB IN POPULARITY POLLS WILL ENSURE HIS FUTURE Source CBS SunMorn

    What is it like to say that Katlena Frankovic was being judged by different standards than other first ladies but part of that is probably because she was acting as first lady in a different way from other first ladies. (Voiceover) Kathleen Frankovic heads the CBS News polling unit.

    Further, at the The British National Corpus (BNC)

    try to look up for

    a different way from

    Please tell me how many results are using “in” I’d say all.

    And this means that all three statistics are consistent: BNC, Google, GC & BNC, and all three Google Books. For some reason you haven’t taken the position that in is optional at 3.

    What are some good suggestions or tactics to tackle the problem?

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  • Asked on November 14, 2021 in Grammar.

    At 1,

    Look both ways = You already look in

    both directions Thus the preposition is there, implied by the meaning – which you have to

    know 🙂 In 2 and 3, “in” is normally required, e.g. “respect the directions” look here at the results at Google Books for the core part of your example at 3 “a different way from her” Practically all the contexts use an “in” in front

    of the expression.

    If an “in” is missing, that is rare and accidental, and not critical in informal speech.

    Is

    this because, at COCA CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY

    AMERICAN ENGLISH there are 25

    samples for: “a different

    way from” All of them except one use “in” in front of them? The one without using “in” is coming from an American Indian/Native, who obviously uses his own English, which is non-standard :

    Date 2001 (Fall) Publication information Fall2001, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p579, 25p, 3bw Title Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters. Source American Indian Quarterly Editions Original Words Only

    Original Words

    Sources Smith, Sherry L. Sources Origins/Forensics the American Indian Continent and the Pacific People (in a broader context) Indian Culture and Continuing Languages # Haines informed me that he understands how important salmon has always been to Ahousaht people, but that he also understands that whaling was extremely significant to the culture, and that’s pretty much gone, the way of the dodo. (the one who commanded the most respect by the American people at the time) “Our people would like to use fish differently from white people… is that a fashion that’s created an understanding of the past? He Carl Haines might eat it, but it’s like, it’s kind of a trophy thing. I like to put it that way, but that’s it like this is one that I caught. I am doing something irrational on his head.

    Also refer to above example which is using the “in”: date 1999 (19990221) Title The COMEBACK; IF HILLARY

    CLINTON’S CLIMB IN POPULARITY POLLS WILL ENSURE HIS FUTURE Source CBS SunMorn

    What is it like to say that Katlena Frankovic was being judged by different standards than other first ladies but part of that is probably because she was acting as first lady in a different way from other first ladies. (Voiceover) Kathleen Frankovic heads the CBS News polling unit.

    Further, at the The British National Corpus (BNC)

    try to look up for

    a different way from

    Please tell me how many results are using “in” I’d say all.

    And this means that all three statistics are consistent: BNC, Google, GC & BNC, and all three Google Books. For some reason you haven’t taken the position that in is optional at 3.

    What are some good suggestions or tactics to tackle the problem?

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  • Asked on November 13, 2021 in Grammar.

    At 1,

    Look both ways = You already look in

    both directions Thus the preposition is there, implied by the meaning – which you have to

    know 🙂 In 2 and 3, “in” is normally required, e.g. “respect the directions” look here at the results at Google Books for the core part of your example at 3 “a different way from her” Practically all the contexts use an “in” in front

    of the expression.

    If an “in” is missing, that is rare and accidental, and not critical in informal speech.

    Is

    this because, at COCA CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY

    AMERICAN ENGLISH there are 25

    samples for: “a different

    way from” All of them except one use “in” in front of them? The one without using “in” is coming from an American Indian/Native, who obviously uses his own English, which is non-standard :

    Date 2001 (Fall) Publication information Fall2001, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p579, 25p, 3bw Title Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters. Source American Indian Quarterly Editions Original Words Only

    Original Words

    Sources Smith, Sherry L. Sources Origins/Forensics the American Indian Continent and the Pacific People (in a broader context) Indian Culture and Continuing Languages # Haines informed me that he understands how important salmon has always been to Ahousaht people, but that he also understands that whaling was extremely significant to the culture, and that’s pretty much gone, the way of the dodo. (the one who commanded the most respect by the American people at the time) “Our people would like to use fish differently from white people… is that a fashion that’s created an understanding of the past? He Carl Haines might eat it, but it’s like, it’s kind of a trophy thing. I like to put it that way, but that’s it like this is one that I caught. I am doing something irrational on his head.

    Also refer to above example which is using the “in”: date 1999 (19990221) Title The COMEBACK; IF HILLARY

    CLINTON’S CLIMB IN POPULARITY POLLS WILL ENSURE HIS FUTURE Source CBS SunMorn

    What is it like to say that Katlena Frankovic was being judged by different standards than other first ladies but part of that is probably because she was acting as first lady in a different way from other first ladies. (Voiceover) Kathleen Frankovic heads the CBS News polling unit.

    Further, at the The British National Corpus (BNC)

    try to look up for

    a different way from

    Please tell me how many results are using “in” I’d say all.

    And this means that all three statistics are consistent: BNC, Google, GC & BNC, and all three Google Books. For some reason you haven’t taken the position that in is optional at 3.

    What are some good suggestions or tactics to tackle the problem?

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  • I’d call this labeling people, assigning labels

    Latino High School Graduation: Defying the Odds – Page 36 Harriett D. Romo – 1996

    There is a substantial literature demonstrating the simple act of labeling people significantly affects their behavior. 14 Students who are labeled ‘geated and determined’ are much more likely to behave accordingly.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Meaning.

    Both are too formal, even though correct, of course.

    Is it true that managers would say more than these days:

    Now that the task has been given to us, I would like to invite you to a meeting.

    How is the world going to be if I don’t speak English?

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  • Asked on March 25, 2021 in Grammar.

    A huge proportion of this might be – sorry to say – generally described as wooden, dead writing – to a large extent induced by the pervasive use of the passive. Syntax isn’t the end all.

    What are some great books about Nabokov, such as Penn Warren (almost all the King’s men), Pynchon (start with Vineland), Roth or Dickey (Deliverance)?

    I am not a writer, I have a website devoted to fiction, I have to join critiquecircle.com. I’d like to get involved. Can you do it? How may I write a review of my work?

    A house was bought by Allen last Sunday.

    This is correct, but brings a strange incantatory lilt, which makes the phrase a bit on the poetical side – something to be praised in other contexts. What’s meant by passive makes Allen secondary, but does it require passive? What a wonderful house

    was bought by Allen last Sunday!

    A house had Allen bought last Sunday.

    Nope. suggest the house using other parties/agents to buy Allen:-)

    Allen had a house purchased last Sunday. Allen had a job until Monday on Newtown. No sales, No insurance with the local Realtor.

    Is it correct that the construct focuses on “purchased.” Variant of dead passive.

    Allen made a purchase for house last Saturday.

    It sounds as though he bought an object to be installed in the house, not the house itself.

    Was it time for Allen To Buy his House?

    Is there any valid argument that I’m not in neutral and he sounds just wrong? Last

    Sunday was the right time for Allen Jones to finally buy his house.

    Can you see an Allen on the piece on his house purchase?

    Although the word “witnessed along” is in common use (at least in one sense), it is a strange use.

    What is it like

    to see Allen Healy after buying a house? Is that a good show?

    Last Sunday witnessed Allen buying

    a house.

    Why was Allen Allen buying her first house on Sunday?

    What is correct, and more alive because of “became true.” ”

    “Dismissing the ‘god, that wil destroy everything”

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  • Asked on March 19, 2021 in Meaning.

    Both are too formal, even though correct, of course.

    Is it true that managers would say more than these days:

    Now that the task has been given to us, I would like to invite you to a meeting.

    How is the world going to be if I don’t speak English?

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  • Asked on March 18, 2021 in Meaning.

    Jane Austen’s style vs Today’s style:

    she shall not -> > -> > she should

    not I shall -> > wear it -> > I will wear

    it

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