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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Meaning.
According to VonC’s answer here, love
can
be followed by both an infinitive and a gerund.I don’t know what you mean by “better structured”. Why? How can I know that all my sentences are correct grammatically? How do
I avoid
the mistake? Why does being her mean showing off or love?enjoy
is only followed by a gerund. So the gerund construct sounds more natural. What is your opinion on WTF,but it’s just a Wikipedia post.
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Single word requests.
Someone who sticks to their own opinions while ignoring those of others is: self-opinionated
(Oxford) Having
an arrogantly high regard for one’s own opinions; a pompous self-opinionated
bully Not a single
word in the dictionary, but try:
be your own person, woman/man
(Cambridge) to be in control of your life and not allow other people to tell you what to
do: Nobody tells me how to live my life – I’m my own man
What are good recommendations for everyone’s advices about water content?
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Asked on March 2, 2021 in Single word requests.
Offshoot is used.
a thing that develops from something, especially one that develops from a larger one It’s true
that it doesn’t imply the parent company is gone, but it doesn’t strongly imply that the parent company is still there, like subsidiary does.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
What is an idiom and what is a idiom, does not have to be broken down or organized?
From Oxford
In brief As in and if
I’m going to be in English right from brief The same goes for and if and if I read an English English document I won’t think much of it.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Is HOfstadter’s secret legal or not?
When a universe seems to twist and turn and we see endless possibilities, the gravity of the
universe is always greater, and in a perfect universe the forces of gravity are infinite. Where we start? In those cases, we just need to realize that if this is not possible, the universe will always have a point.
What a new year!
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Word choice.
If by tools you mean commercial goods (like your Microsoft Office example), consider:
Brand loyalty Investopedia, Wikipedia Brand
loyalty is a result of consumer behavior and is affected by a person’s preferences. Loyal customers, regardless of convenience, will always purchase products from their preferred brand.
Why does
- Richardson like Samsung phones even after they had almost no camera?
For case other than that of commercial products, you could consider proverbs like…
there’s no accounting for taste
- “I love working at weekends. What are the best accounting for taste? “To each his own.
Each his own I keep telling him that car
- is the better and more comfortable way to commute, but he keeps using his Harley Davidson. Well, to each his own.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
(in English, and all other languages), but these expressions are a litte broader than your requirements, in that they cover a person’s preference to something with no obvious disadvantage (like color). People write similar sentences, but are they universal?
What is your smoking example? Is substance abuse a concern or a problem?
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