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“It's me” Phrase [closed]
I have heard people saying It's me. "It" is generally used for other than humans. So, is there any specific reason to use this phrase?
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A better, more academic way of saying 'whether or not'
This is my sentence, and I was hoping to make it sound more academic:
The aim is to ascertain whether or not the actors from the two films analysed can be considered to be heroes
Is there a ...
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Which “one” should I use?
I'm having a hard time picking between
These are one of the foundations of....
and
These are ones of the foundations of..
Or is there a more idiomatic way to express it?
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The Present Perfect vs The Past Tense in English [closed]
Would you agree that the present perfect is used more than the past tense by native speakers to emphasize the situation at hand? Some languages, like Arabic and Japanese, use the simple past much ...
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Why is it “make sure that” (no 'it') but “make it so” (with 'it')?
Once again, y'all can blame my boss. Well, him or Captain Picard. He (my boss, not Picard) has the annoying habit of saying "Make it sure that", instead of "Make sure that". No matter how many times I ...
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Me too or I as well [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it correct to use “me too” and “I too”?
Which one is correct to use Me too or I as well?
For example - Suppose my friend says I want to go ...
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What's the negative way of saying “I can only finish a small part of the jobs.”
What's the negative way of saying
"I can only finish a small portion of the jobs."
Is it
"I cannot finish most of the jobs?"
And I appreciate it if more "native" expressions are ...
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Why “face by” in the following
In one of today's nydailynews headlines, the writer writes the following:
India reminds world of cross-border terror faced by Kabul.
The face by usage doesn't seem to convey the right meaning ...
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“There are a number of …” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A number of questions “has been” or “have been” asked?
Does “the same number of people” behave as singular or plural?
While ...
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2answers
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Is the expression “Liver's ability to detoxify alcohol was tested…” [closed]
Is the expression "Liver's ability to detoxify alcohol was tested..." grammatically correct? Can it also be used for genes, for example: "C-MYC's role in cancer is well known". This is, can gene ...
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English phrases/expressions and their meanings [closed]
In English we have expressions/phrases that come from the combination of two or more words, conjunctions, etc. These expressions have their own metaphorical meanings, which could be used in specific ...
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Why can't I put 'a' or 'the' before 'different clubs'? [closed]
Is there a specific rule saying that 'a/an' and 'the' should not followed by the word 'different'?
"I go out to different clubs with my boyfriend".
I know there are some fixed expression for using ...
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0answers
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“You went there?” in English [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it OK to add a question mark to show inflection?
Can we say in a conversation "You went there", and by stressing the statement, mean "Did you go?"
I know one ...
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3answers
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“Process of Shipment” vs “Process of Shipping”
Which one of the two expressions "Process of shipment" and "Process of shipping" seem correct?
The NyTimes seems to be using both of them:
...
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1answer
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The condition for saying “You’re the door on the right.” etc. and its construction
This question is a spin-off from “Is you’re the door on the right. grammatically correct?” . After the original question, some ideas came to me, about its conditions and construction. I opened this ...
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“I was going to” expression. How to use it correctly?
I was going to pick you tomorrow from the airport (not a big deal to me,
really), but remembered that tomorrow I'll be teaching the class, which ends at
8.
in above example, I am trying to ...
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Isn't behind your back in front of you?
We've all heard the phrase that usually goes along the lines of "blah blah did something behind my back". I've always thought that from your back's point of view, anything behind you is in front of it ...
