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What do you call the part of the basketball hoop that mounts the rim to the backboard?
I call it the neck. What’s the correct term? What are the pros and cons of being able to work …
mortsini Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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Use in doing a ridiculous or stupid thing to accomplish a goal without using disproportionately heavyweight means.
In Polish, there’s an idiom, “z armat na wru00f3ble” – translating directly “with a howitzer, against sparrows”, “When I die” …
SF. Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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What are the differences between verb order and subject order?
What is the difference between “light” and “power”? What would you prefer to use one word or the other? In …
nima Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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Is it fun to be him or her? What is the most accurate answer to the question “Is this right?
If you’d use him or he in the following sentence? Is being his/her fun? A teacher tells me that you …
okarin Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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Can I write a general word in an Array with a more specific instance of the general word?
SPSS 20, Eviews 7, and Minitab 16 software were used for analyzing results obtained for the study. Or Software of …
codezombie Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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Cooking classes vs cooking classes.
Cooking : the practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients Cookery : the practice or …
user3382203 Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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Verb-tense agreement: I thought it had nothing to do with how you looked. In fact, the verb-tense agreement had something to do with how you looked in the morning and after my final words.
I have trouble with verb-tense agreement since day one of learning English. How do you understand that when using the …
Yeti Ape Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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What does ‘Japan-lite questions’ mean?
It’s a little surprising when we learn our own country is regarded as a bad example for other countries too. …
Yoichi Oishi Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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How is the term top-tucker used?
In India, at least in the southern part, there is a phrase “Top tucker”, used to compliment/attribute someone for their …
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Andrew Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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What is Long vs. Short? In words of Latin origin our vowels are short vowels in English.
How do you know how long a vowel is in Latin? I’ve noticed that U is short in Latin words. …
malka Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
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