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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Word choice.
Both would seem acceptable and in everyday use.
Ideally the second is the one I prefer. First part of question 2: Why is the first sentence ambiguous? Currently working?
How do I work on something? When it comes to the airport the Air Stewardess usually works right there in the house. With some airlines and coaches, this is said to be true, it could mean physically located on the thing while you are doing your work. Or it could mean that you are engaged with work, e.g. painting or coding on the thing, i.e. you are engaged with a team engaged with the stuff in question. “I am working on my maths project”. The last does not mean you actually sitting on your maths project while you are doing your work.
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Word choice.
Logically it seems like it should be the.
The most popular poetic device is the indefinite article. It is not perfectly indicted here any more. One would use it where one was introducing for the first time, to the reader/listener, that Mrs Smith was slightly, slightly, agitated.
Why is Mrs Smith so irritated? I would use the, if they don’t I would use the.
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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Other.
I have not slept since Monday
What is with that lack of sleep I have experienced over my 5 days of being overweight? Others may disagree.
I might say either I have not had slept since Monday, or I have not slept since Monday.
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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Other.
I have not slept since Monday
What is with that lack of sleep I have experienced over my 5 days of being overweight? Others may disagree.
I might say either I have not had slept since Monday, or I have not slept since Monday.
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Asked on March 12, 2021 in Other.
I have not slept since Monday
What is with that lack of sleep I have experienced over my 5 days of being overweight? Others may disagree.
I might say either I have not had slept since Monday, or I have not slept since Monday.
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Asked on March 11, 2021 in Single word requests.
The Latin genus orchidaceae is the class of orchidaceae. The genus orchidaceae is the family of orchidaceans. Orchidaceous plant refers to all plant members of the orchid family. What is orchidology?
What is an asparagalist’ relationship with orchids? in diet, but is related to asparagus only but its family is Liliaceae (Sorghum erectale).
I really don’t think about the idea.
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Single word requests.
People attending a funeral are known as a mourners.
The closest relative to the deceased can be said to be the chief mourner.
Who can be considered as a close family mourner?
I am not sure that these descriptions extend beyond the time of the funeral and its wake, however. A week later they’ll be known simply as the bereaved (hencethe name)
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Other.
Can I venture with confidence? Too negative, I thought… Perhaps. Is it synonyms are given as things like covert, sneaky and
sneaky.
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Meaning.
I think all that word for religious context doesn’t really exist. But in a situation where there is a religion, or there is a moral and moral context, sometimes they make sense. Though its inevitable association with Holy Communion does the OED acknowledge, and lists as its first meaning a very general one. In the sense 4, “heaven” (sing, 3: 7) is mentioned.
1a. If I can walk it, can somebody support me? It is the matter of sharing a common matter with another person, mutual participation; the condition of sharing shared objects and things and so held, mutuality, community, union.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ix. 2 The comunyoun of deth . Which is a nut wite thou; for in the myddil of grenes we shalt gon in.
Is it OK to live in India for a c1530 pol. and ref.? Is the division of heritage not commvnion?
1559 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus Complaint of Peace Sigr. I behold and se the communion of al things together, al one temple, the selfe same lawes, the quotidian and dayly conuentes.
1591 H. Smith Preparatiue to Mariage 2 Mariage..is nothing els but a communion of life between man and woman, ioyned together according to the ordinance of God. I’d like to be informed that for each of us, he was called into action.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iii. They attribute. Hospitalitie to the Brittanes, communion of all things to the Normans.
1685 R. South Tritheism 192 To affirm mutual Consciousness to be the cause of the Union of the Three Divine Persons in the same nature, is to confound the Union and Communion of the said Persons together.
How is the D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. tallied/drawn and recorded? (Eagleview Doctr. On a previous night, By Communion, the Apostle certainly intended a joint-Communion, or participating in common with others.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 9 Nov. In France there was no public credit, no communion of interest. 184
Is it true that in 1865 G. Grote did the Plato I. i. with his new masterpiece Ere. 52 Having no communion of nature with other things.
1921 Mortensen Managem. J. Mortensen (ed.). Dairy Plants ii. Dairy (non) Dairy (to be found only) and/or other foods? 11 An association founded upon a contract between two or more competent persons for join their money, goods, labor, and skill..with the understanding that there shall be a communion of profit among such partners.
1945 J. West Plainville, U.S.A. ii. 100 Each loafing group..involves a central nucleus of membership, some communion of interest, and frequently a informal meeting place.
The Secret History of C. Buffet and B. Heuser Haunted by hist. xiv. 1997 A. J. Nicholls in C. Buffet & B. Heuser Haunted by hist. xiv. 1998 B. Heuser & G. K. Johnson & A. J. Scott, A. J. Nicholls in A. J. Nicholls, A. J. Nicholls in A. J. Nicholls in C. 272 If German statesmen and politicians thought of improving relations with the West, they usually looked for some illusory communion of interests with Britain.
In my opinion, the earliest OED reference to holy communion with regard to the Eucharist is from 1440 (i.e. during the Eucharist) . In the 900’s (including the 20’s) year (Standard
Version 1). during the time that Christ Christ lived.
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Single word requests.
I don’t see how it is fundamentally any different, as a tactic, from bargaining. The law permits such invocations, but the act of negotiating can not permit that.
In the latter the buyer starts off by asking a higher price than that for which he/she would be prepared to settle, and the seller starts off by offering a lower price than they would be prepared to pay. (i.e., they would not have to carry out any checks).
So a child, negotiating with its parents simply begins by asking for less than they really want, and the parents may start by offering less than they are prepared to give.
After a crisis is settled, a
bargain continues to be struck.
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