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Four-word phrase stress
I'm interested to learn why the following four-word phrases have stress on different words.
"Little Red Riding Hood" (stress is on little and riding)
"Infamous National Rifle Association" ...
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“Continuing” vs. “continued”
So, just a few minutes ago we had this question asking whether one could substitute ongoing availability with continuing availability and what the difference would be, if any. Apart from the question ...
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Order of participial adjective
I'm proof-reading a thesis by one of my friends and there's some recurring construct which I always mark as false but I'd like to check with you.
In the comments I was told that the example I ...
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Is a “perfect participle” right? [closed]
Suppose I've received a document from my colleague and then I want to make a report to my chief in which I want to mention it. Would the following construction be correct?
According to the ...
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What is the difference between “blurry” and “blurred”?
The two quotes below discuss the same topic.
Terry's tortured season took a surreal twist on Tuesday when a blurry image resembling him appeared on cigarette packets in India. GUARDIAN
A ...
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“Poison” is to “poisoned” as “venom” is to what?
As the title says, poison is to poisoned as venom is to what?
I tried looking up venomed but it means something different.
Is there such a word?
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“Sour cream” versus “soured cream”
Does anyone besides my husband insist on adding an -ed to sour cream? Etymonline dates "sour cream" to 1855, but has no mention of "soured", so I don't think this is analogous to "iced tea" or "ice ...
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What is the correct form of “advance” in the sentence: “My advance search”?
Which form is correct?
My advance search.
My advanced search.
I ask this in comparison to "simple" that does not have a 'ed' form.
My simple search.
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How do you create the adjective form of an irregular verb such as “read”?
If I understand correctly, some adjectives can be derived from verbs.
For example, an interested person is someone who is interested in me, and an interesting person is someone who is interesting to ...
