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What’s the dinstinction between these intensifiers, such as very, quite, rather, pretty, extremely, etc? The current election is at close (July 3rd, 2016)?
Word choice and usage: I’m always curious about use of intensifiers such as very, quite, rather, pretty, extremely, etc., I …
intensifying-adverbs

Ethan Tang Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
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Who writes languages that don’t use English characters?
How, in the heck, can I call a question about translating English into Hindi or what is it called? What …
transliteration

Rob Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
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What will be the usage of “to be” in business, particularly in education and business.
Why do we use “be” but not “to be” when we say “after 2 years of contribution”, staff held internal …
be

Andy Tran Asked on March 27, 2021 in Other.
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If the hyphen at the end of these lines is uncomplicated and the line is sorted according to the order, are a couple of “limitations” as a “limitation-s”?
Should you spell limitation as limitation? According to the website it is wrong as it is hyphenated as: ‘lim-i-ta-tions’. It …
hyphens

lp_ Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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If people hold hands (not hands), which leads the other hand. One would lead the other when the other hand held its own.
How do I describe the act of taking someone by a finger or a few fingers, but not the whole …
gestures

brianasalmons Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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They took an umbrella with them. But I had some of them stay away from them. What is the likelihood of rain? Connect two sentences with a phrase in case of a real phrase in a question.
During the war, men took umbrellas with them. Is it going to rain? What is the connection between these two …
connected-speech

Y. zeng Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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Adjective refers to one word only or to more words. Adjective b*0mm, dy*, 1,1212(121619)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
In view of today’s information, please consider the next case: 1) Financial structure and policy. 2) Financial structure, and policy. …
comma-splices

user58915 Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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What is the nuance of “Pick yourself up a copy”? What’s “?”
An American guy introduced a book, written by himself and published this year, and then said like this in an …
indirect-objects

reflexive-pronouns

HiruneDiver Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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When Past tense and Past participle adjective in a sentence. How do you describe past tense and past participle adjective when in a sentence.
I’ve learnt that Past Perfect Tense is used when an action happened before another action in the past. I mean …
past-participles

Kam Asked on March 26, 2021 in Other.
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When did it become a noun?
What is the earliest use of the word “content” as a noun in the sense of “content creator” or “creative …
language-change

Hamhot Ptonel Asked on March 25, 2021 in Other.
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