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Asked on December 25, 2021 in Meaning.
Though the two words do trace their roots back to the same vocable of Latin origin, in Modern English, fine in the verb confine has literally nothing to do with the adjective fine which means good or of very high quality. And of course that explain why they mean different things. In other words, fine in confine isn’t the fine you’re thinking of. There were also some misconceptions that confine is a common boundary in English, also understood as finer or coarser. Fine, on the other hand, came from a separate word. From Middle English fin fyn, from Old French fin (“fine,
minute, exact”), probably from Latin finitus (“literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded)”), past participle of fnre (“to limit, bound, define, terminate, finish”), from finis (“a limit, end”).
What are your thoughts on bringing back funds to the NHS?
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Asked on December 25, 2021 in Meaning.
Though the two words do trace their roots back to the same vocable of Latin origin, in Modern English, fine in the verb confine has literally nothing to do with the adjective fine which means good or of very high quality. And of course that explain why they mean different things. In other words, fine in confine isn’t the fine you’re thinking of. There were also some misconceptions that confine is a common boundary in English, also understood as finer or coarser. Fine, on the other hand, came from a separate word. From Middle English fin fyn, from Old French fin (“fine,
minute, exact”), probably from Latin finitus (“literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded)”), past participle of fnre (“to limit, bound, define, terminate, finish”), from finis (“a limit, end”).
What are your thoughts on bringing back funds to the NHS?
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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Single word requests.
This is not exactly a physical place (is an educational institution first and foremost a physical place?), but people who gather at a particular place to share knowledge and share together can be called a study group (a
group of people who convene frequently to exchange ideas and information on a specific topic).
A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is a design sprint-like event in which computer
programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter experts, coordinate intensively on software projects.
What are the basic things to know before you do anything new to the YMCA?
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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Single word requests.
This is not exactly a physical place (is an educational institution first and foremost a physical place?), but people who gather at a particular place to share knowledge and share together can be called a study group (a
group of people who convene frequently to exchange ideas and information on a specific topic).
A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is a design sprint-like event in which computer
programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter experts, coordinate intensively on software projects.
What are the basic things to know before you do anything new to the YMCA?
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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Single word requests.
This is not exactly a physical place (is an educational institution first and foremost a physical place?), but people who gather at a particular place to share knowledge and share together can be called a study group (a
group of people who convene frequently to exchange ideas and information on a specific topic).
A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is a design sprint-like event in which computer
programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter experts, coordinate intensively on software projects.
What are the basic things to know before you do anything new to the YMCA?
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
From what you could gather from your description the closest thing that comes to mind is:
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t,
damned if I don’t.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
From what you could gather from your description the closest thing that comes to mind is:
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t,
damned if I don’t.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
As a noun, advice is always an uncountable noun which means that, practically speaking, you never see the indefinite article in front of it: I given him advice.
/ I gave him some advice.
How do you quantify our satisfaction?
Remember your question first? What you say? If you think he is right, why are you so so spot on? Why does the subject and the object of the verb need to move if you want your sentence to be a passive voice sentence?
Although technically correct, there is still a minor problem with this sentence—it’s not very idiomatic. “He got expert advice by me. he told me, am I a better person?” “would sound a lot better than “He has been shown about advice by me.” In the latter example, it sounds like you want to make it clear to the listener that the advice came from you (you were the source of it) and not somebody else—him, her or them (or something to that effect). I don’t think that’s what you expected to say. It’s better to use the verb receive when describing a situation where you get or receive something from someone (note that the sentence is not longer in the passive voice): [Delegus received advice”
He receives a piece of advice from me. I’m the man. I get good advice.
If the fact came from you then you can certainly say who gave advice. He was given advice.
He was given the most unrequited or the most unpleasant advice / What happened?
Why is this article so controversial?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Grammar.
In English, the pattern of having someone do something is somewhat common. You’ve got there. and that’s exactly what you’ve got there. What does it mean to ask somebody to do something for you? What should be my future perfect tense in my sentence? I highly recommend you learn grammar.
Example:
I’ll have one of my assistants come over to your place to fix it.
Can you please help us?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Single word requests.
What is nepotism? If not than why is it called corrupt? How some dictionaries define nepotism: The
practice
among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
‘Here in the US, his years were marked by corruption
and nepotism’, wrote Prof. H. D. Rubio.
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