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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Grammar.
As for “i met with him” and “I met with him”… I knew no
one at home. I saw him and “I saw him at home”: In any case what were the words “I saw him at home” and “He ran away”?
I met with him in my own home last week..I met him on Facebook my friends never knew they were there with me for three days on the phone with him.
While I still was in his home, I saw that he was in his bedroom, is he still being touched?
I don’t think your last possibility (“feeling comfortable”) is very likely at all, because we would normally say something like “He seemed at home to me” if we wanted to express that idea.
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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Single word requests.
Or the team advanced to the next round.
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Phrases.
Some people say the first century was actually done or activities were done when they understood the early years. But the phrase “first century activities” is potentially confusing since “first century” can refer to ancient times. Our first century of activities could help to prevent that particular confusion.
Has a business always tried to be clever in controlling time spent in business? What phrase would you write on Quora if it seems to be boring?
We are in the sixth decade of HTML5 and have
a wide range of widgets and trends that are influencing the world of mobile widgets.
or even like the following, which seems rather foolish:
Acme Widgets is approaching its seventh decade in the widgets sector.
Why can’t I just be myself?
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in American english.
What exactly is the fruit preserve call jam in the U.S.? Question of
the Human Language, Meaning to the Literate and To The Literate Awaiting (literary language)? So, many speakers might call a fruit spread in a dish jam or jelly based on regional preferences rather than on the actual recipe.
Many foods on the American supermarket shelf are not what their labels say they are, so many Americans could not tell you the difference between jam and jelly, only that they tend to use the one or the other word. For many speakers, these words refer to a sweet spread, gelatinous in texture, that seem to be fruit-based (grape, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, etc) though it may contain no fruit only fruit-juice, or no real fruit product at all, merely some artificial fruit flavoring and coloring.
Jello is a tradename for a rubbery (artificial) fruit-flavored gelatin.
This is in Consumer Reports in a little blurb about the differences, and that’s usually a good indication that many people don’t know about the difference. The terms spreadable fruit and fruit spread are not federal
definitions.
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Grammar.
“At its discretion” is established legalese, but if you wish the entire sentence to be consistent, “can” should be “may”. Does the sentence have any meaning and the inference is clear? What is the condition under which company A is entitled to close the account one in which it anticipates some harm to itself? If it has to be a “only” sounding person then every chance of making a similar sound will be overlooked and never heard. And of course that might take care of it. Is everyone else? Harm (the noun) is also established legalese and would be acceptable in such a sentence. What is simple present tense meant for? Similarly, the verb “think” is not traditionally found in such a sentence. Why is the account not a sentient being?
Company A may block this account at its discretion (only) if it anticipates some harm to itself if this account should remain open. If the account remains open, have a copy or the data stored in that account is destroyed or indexed, please notify Company A for any change.
How can I block an account at its discretion if I try to sue the company for harm if an
account should remain open?
If we refer to Company A in way of its role (established at the beginning of the document), we’d normally refer to Company A in terms of their role rather than its name, because in legalistic documents we want to avoid ambiguous pronouns. Let’s call Company A the “Provider”. Let’s say that Company A doesn’t have any business model. Rather, Company A is the ‘Provider’.
Provider, at its discretion, may block this account (only) if Provider anticipates some harm to itself if the account should remain open.
How does one get quotes from people in the media about “New York, USA”?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
Your hypothesis would not be supported by the facts, and I would not recommend your hypothesis.
Is that true? Can native speakers say “him doing” or “his doing”? Almost all native speakers do so in English and the same native speaker will, for different emphasis.
Those who say “his doing” were probably taught in school that possessive pronoun is the correct form, so this form is more frequently used by people with a higher educational level. You will find this very often in formal writing.
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Grammar.
It is a relatively normal night in the sky but it can be cloudy (not very rainy) today. I don’t know how many people did the moon eclipse between the two sides.
I saw half of the Moon in the horizon tonight because it was cloudy, but most of the people don’t get any views. Still a few people have seen sun from the horizon.In what way is the speaker of the second sentence changing the statement, by using a future perfect?
Is speaker making a kind of prediction? Time will show that very few people saw it. As we get closer, some people will very possibly say they didn’t see it. The future perfect there is a very mild form of “Mark my words”. We have no reason to believe otherwise. I don’t believe that we will see a lunar eclipse until Sunday,
because of the cloudy weather in the atmosphere, so I expect maybe 100 to 120 million people will see it…
What are your views..? If so, why are they important?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Meaning.
Then it is true that this person was unwasteful.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
I’d regard cash register like as clumsy, or some kind of adjective fetish – whatever the case. A
device like a cash register.
Is a
large-hadron-collider-like device a safe size?
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