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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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Should I say “I make a living by teaching” or “I make a living teaching”? Which one is correct? Is the preposition 'by' necessary?
I am confused about the correct usage of the phrasal verb, 'make a living'. I don't know whether I should add the preposition 'by' at the end of it.
I looked up several dictionaries, most of which ...
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As good as it gets- grammar
I do know what "as good as it gets" means (in my language, we say "it will not get any better").
However, I do not understand the grammar here:
Firstly, does the "get" mean a change of state here?
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Is an implied “I know” considered correct English in this type of phrasing
I often read or hear statements like "Joe robbed the bank because I saw him running away with the money." Clearly, the literal interpretation is not the intended meaning and there is an understood "I ...
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Avoiding “is that” when adding an explanatory subordinate clause to a sentence in academic writing
Consider the following sentence as a starter of the final paragraph of an article:
While previous studies have proven to be valuable, a potential drawback of the type of methods used is that they ...
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'by mistakenly, he dropped it' is it grammatically correct?
Can I use both words 'by mistakenly' together? I feel that either I can put it as ' by mistake' or as' mistakenly' but not together.
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How to express “From the point of view of Information Theory”?
I would like start a sentence with "From the point of view of information theory, ...", but this sounds a bit uneloquent to me. Can I say, "From an information theoretical point of view, ...", or ...
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Does this stylistic guideline have a name?
The principle would be something like: Avoid a long modifying clause that creates distance between your subject and verb
For example, according to this guideline, the sentence
One of his uncles ...
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Which of these is the correct use of this phrase
I frequently encounter this in technical documents and I am wondering which one is correct.
In the figure below
or
In the below figure
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Usage of “in contrast”
I want to explain something in the first sentence and then say some opposite thing in the second sentence. I thought, I could use the phrase in contrast to make the flow of a paragraph.
For example:
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2answers
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As or due to give same meaning? [closed]
Does as or due to give same meaning? I have written some example case
As the reference data is available with a leading company and
difficulty of making own reference data, the overall ...
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Does “I am thirsty to die” make sense?
"I am hungry to die" doesn't mean that I am dying because of hunger, rather, "I want to die a lot."
How about "I am thirsty to die?" Does this mean "I am dying because of thirst?"
I want to know ...
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The right usage of “basically” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“have basically been doing something” or “have been basically doing something”
I'm searching basically for conversation classes"
or
I'm basically searching ...
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is there any reason to write Computer Science, Department of
On some universities’ web pages, like Oxford university, they write:
Computer Science, Department of
For me it is more intuitive to say:
Department of Computer Science
Can somebody explain ...
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Should it be 'Is there are' or 'are there'?
I am confused between 'Is there are' and 'are there' which one of them is correct? For example 'Is there are/are there any time before 1 o'clock?' Thank you.
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Is “I'll when” proper form? [closed]
A friend of mine keeps using a contraction like this and I keep correcting him by asking "I'll what?". He doesn't get it though, and no matter how much I try to explain it doesn't seem to sink in.
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“You aren't in” vs. “You're not in” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“They are not”: “they're not” versus “they aren't”
I noticed that you aren't in and you're not in are two ways to shorten you ...
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“A classmate and I was” vs “A classmate and I were”
I'm writing a resume right now targeted towards a specific company. My girlfriend (a classmate) and I were (see, I don't know if that's the right word, hence this question!) the first from our school ...
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Is it okay to use Present Perfect Tense right after “to see how”?
Is it okay to use Present Perfect Tense right after "to see how"?
For example,
It is both sad and funny to see how these guys have never really got
to the core of the matter.
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Is “since I'm” now an acceptable alternative to “since I was”?
In a recent episode of the television show Entourage, Ari Gold (a 40 year old man) says:
I've known her since I'm 19.
In an episode of Sex and the City, a character, who is 15, tells Carrie:
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2answers
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“my friend” vs “a friend of mine”
I always found it weird to hear people say things like "My friend asked me to come" (with no prior mention of said friend), as opposed to "A friend of mine asked me to come". To me it seems as though ...
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3answers
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“The me of the past”
When talking about one's self in the past, is "the me of the past" grammatically correct?
I'm trying to make a sentence like this:
The me of the past who was popular
with girls, I'm jealous of ...
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“Can't” vs. “won't be able to”
Which of the following is grammatically correct?
Even if ____, I probably won't be able to ____.
Could it be rephrased this way and still remain grammatically correct?
Even if ____, I ...
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“anymore” vs. “any more”
any more requests
anymore requests
Are these two the same? It seems that "any more requests" is grammatically correct while "anymore requests" is not. Am I right? Why are they different?
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What is the meaning of “zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness”
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
What's the being at one?
What's the two'ness?
Why two'ness not twoness?
I just don't know the meaning of this sentence.
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What is the difference between “get it over” and “get over it”?
I was wondering if there are grammatical differences between "get it over" and "get over it"?
If "over" is an adverb, "it" as a pronoun must be between "get" and "over", which is what I learned from ...
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“make it to there”
Consider the following two phrases which are both about going to some place:
If I can't make it there
If I can't make it to there
Isn't the second phrase grammatically correct, whereas the ...
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5answers
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“The place where we promised to meet”
This is talking about a promise to meet at a certain place. However, is it grammatically correct? Is it badly phrased? It seems that it can be misinterpreted to mean that at a certain place a promise ...
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“I am working” or “I have worked almost two months at this project”?
Which one is correct?
"I am working almost two months at this project"
or
"I have worked almost two months at this project"
I want to give this meaning: I'm still working on it.
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2answers
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“grew warmer” vs. “became warmer”
Can "grew warmer" be used as a replacement for "became warmer" anywhere? I've started to think of the phrase "grew warmer" and it seems kind of strange. Things can become warm, but it sounds strange ...
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“Easy to explain, here is an example for you:”
Here I present you two scenarios of mine:
This can be explained very easily, with this example:
example here
and
This can be explained very easily:
example here
On the first ...
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“Logged-in”, “log-ined”, “login-ed”, “logined”, “log-in-ed”, “logged in”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“log in to” or “log into” or “login to”
This following question, where and how to append "-ed", is not addressed in thу "possible ...
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Is “With [noun], [subject] [verb]” acceptable instead of “[subject] [verb] with [noun]”?
As an example, is "With grace, she danced." instead of "She danced with grace" proper? It seems to me that "with grace" is an adverb phrase, similar to "gracefully", so it should be able to be used in ...
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“At the cost of giving expression to the obvious…”
I have read this phrase somewhere. If I remember correctly, it was
At the cost of giving expression to the obvious (or truism), I'd suggest that ...
Does it mean that the author wants to ...
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Which is correct: “drive safe” or “drive safely”?
Which one is correct? Similarly, is "do good" correct?
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What are the reasons that its decision to open itself automatically or not is based on?
Is the following phrase grammatically right?
"When Twitter shows a notification, what are the reasons that its decision to open itself automatically or not is based on?"
This question is probably ...
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“What kind of stuff is it?” vs “What kind of stuff it is?”
Please advise which version of the question is correct and what's the rule governing it?
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1answer
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What is the meaning of the phrase “clean up after” and when and how to use it?
The guarantees made by constructors and destructors offer a nice way to let the compiler clean up after you.
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Name for phrase where you just state a noun
What is this type of phrase called? What parts of speech does it employ?
Situation: your brother does something silly. You say to him: "You and your crazy antics..."
This was brought up cause I ...
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Please explain “I Am America (And So Can You!)”
As a non-native speaker, I found Stephen Colbert’s book title I Am America (And So Can You!) a little hard to dissect. Why so can you? Why isn’t it So Are You? What’s the full phrase that And So Can ...
