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Asked on March 29, 2021 in Word choice.
Maybe the informal idiom: “Bust the door down” or “Bust the door open.”. In this context “bust” is used informally for the word “break”. If you look for violence behind the door, this idiom can indicate a violent disposition towards whomever you are, either literally or metaphorically. “I will bust the door down to find answers. ” ”
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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Word choice.
Maybe the informal idiom: “Bust the door down” or “Bust the door open.”. In this context “bust” is used informally for the word “break”. If you look for violence behind the door, this idiom can indicate a violent disposition towards whomever you are, either literally or metaphorically. “I will bust the door down to find answers. ” ”
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
I go through both forms of negation, which is a mistake and a mistake; yes both are correct. The former is known as no-negation, Dr
Gillian McKeith has no medical qualification whereas
the latter is known as not-negation, Dr Gillian
McKeith don’t have a medical qualification The “Longman
Grammar of Spoken and Written English” contains a brief section (8.8b). 8) that discusses choosing between not-negation and no-negation. This is something you have read twice before (see below). Is it true that in English not-negation is much more common and that no-negation is rare or moderately more common in conversations?
In some cases the choice between not-negation and no-negation may carry in some cases additional meaning. If she isn’t a medical
doctor I’m simply saying she
doesn’t hold a medical degree. Is. What should I do
when I write she is
no medical doctor? What I’m actually saying is that although one could have thought that Dr Gillian possessed a medical degree,
she actually doesn’t.
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