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Asked on March 18, 2021 in Other.
When asking questions about who does something, it’s usual to use the third person singular form of the verb – so “Who goes there” or “Who does go there?”
What do you use in easy form unless you are wanting a contrast?
I don’t go there. I don’t go there. I have to drive anywhere with me. I don’t understand.” “Well,
who does go there? Isthere a contrast between unknown persons or people who go there, and the erson who already spoke who doesn’t. If it’s a question without such a contrast, stick to the simpler
“Who goes there? Why
is this also a well known saying used stereotypically by sentries to question someone approaching their guard post. Why is asking unqualified questions only at the first sign of “professional” status.?
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Word choice.
How do you decide whether you want an apple or not in life? When you say the word “one of X”, even if X is a phrase, you generally want X to be plural. I’d recommend different names for all of them (except words)!
What is most beautiful experience of mine?
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Grammar.
In that case: demand is being a verb – in this case, infinitive.
Demand can also be a noun, essentially meaning “what is demanded” or a communication in which a person is demanding something from a source.
Why is it difficult trying to figure out what the sentence as a whole is getting at?
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Asked on March 5, 2021 in Word choice.
What is most unpleasant thing? Thus, it could also cover excreta of all sorts, as well as soap scum, dirt, greasy residues and so on. How does the metaphor of physical substances apply to other things?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
The fact he drove off in it tends to imply that he went away, rather than that he was doing a favour. Is there any more context about how he took their car back? As we know, it is a coincidence. The text could later say that he brought it all back so one cannot draw final conclusions from this sentence.
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
In effect, in force, in some cases deployed or simply inforce (though usually defined as a policy that causes people to do – or not do – some specified thing) or merely for monetary gain (though that usually for a policy that force people to do something on demand, like bridging), as in your case. What are the best options that exist?
On in run is not one of them. Is it even grammatical? Running, the progressive participle, would be understandable, and probably right for a certain sorts of policy. Why is Alaska currently running a UBI scheme? But in run has the dual problem of being ungrammatical and not not used (one does not necessarily guarantee the
other).
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
How long have you been there, did you discover it? implies they are there now in nature? How long had you been there at some point in time in relation to some specific event/point in time?
Is this intended for when they are not there any more though context should try to make clear which trip (if they’ve been there more than once)?
“Have you been there with your siblings?” is asking if, on any previous trip at all, they had their siblings with them Were you there with your siblings? Is for referring to a specific trip. When would you say “disappearing with your siblings”?
What inquiry “Have you lived there in a dormitory?” is asking if, on any previous trip at all, they lived there in a dormitory. Did you live in a dormitory? or “What kinds of accommodations were there?” is more likely to be used in reference to a specific trip. Which would you like more than one phrase in’have you lived in a dormitory there? Did you live in a dormitory? “..
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
Potential can be countable noun, in physics (and electrical work, for the same reason). In the sense of “potential for error”, it is generally uncountable. You are correct. What would most standard to say, “The Potential for Error” or just “potential for error”
However, you will get indefinite articles before potential when it is an adjective – one might talk about something as ” a potential error”.
Is there any possibility that your speaker slipped while seated? Is this sort of slip common enough that it might even be considered as a variant in
itself. I just used one to make a slip.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
I could see this used in fiction where the narrator or point of view character had been invited to address Richard’s mother by first name, but would not have addressed his father by first name.
In non-fiction, you might have lost your father’s first name. If you still can’t trace his father’s name you’ll have a more complete list. In the first instance, try to point out that there wasn’t a middlename in your head, but think it’s just
because of your last name.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Why did speaking happen before dawn?
What might be confusing to you is the fact that the arrived is in past perfect while the talked is in the simple past. The fact there’s a past perfect in the sentence means that the sentence is somehow based in the past. The events presented are different than your narration. Definitely. I don’t know if it’s a technical term, but I try to think of time as the base time or reference time for a sentence.
Since the talked is simple past, you would normally expect that it happened at the reference time of the sentence, and the past perfect had arrived happened before it. Besides grammatical cues, before takes precedence over such grammatical cues because it is more explicit.
However, before has special meaning.
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