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What's the meaning of “what am I to do” [closed]
Is "what am I to do" be commonly used in daily lives?
Also what do following sentences imply?
What should I do the next?
What am I to do the next?
Please.
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Is it correct to say “I would like to inquire about something?”
When I make a call to get some information regarding a matter, I generally start the conversation with "Hello, I would like to inquire about something."
Is this a correct usage? If not, what would be ...
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How do you express a natural habit of a species?
I am curious to know about the plural/singular form of addressing a species. For example, which expression is correct or more appropriate:
Lion does not eat wolf
Lions do not eat wolves
Or ...
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Is “in in vitro” acceptable?
Is it ok to use an "in" before "in vitro", or other Latin-derived phrases that start with "in"?
For example, could you say "there's been a lot of advances in in vitro fertilization lately"?
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comes to think of it?
Which of the expressions, "come to think of it" or "comes to think of it", grammatically correct? Or are they grammatical at all?
If it is a short form of,
When one comes to think of it, I would ...
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“Split in half” vs. “split in two” — which one is correct?
Does the "in" imply multiplication, in which case split in half is correct, or is it division? It sounds like the latter to me, but I've heard it used both ways.
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Is the usage of “in your humble opinion” correct?
We use "in my humble opinion" to express humility. But I even see usage of "in your humble opinion" to ask for others' opinions. What does it mean?
I see the usage in the original message here, ...
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How to phrase multiple descriptions each applied to multiple objects
Let's say I've got two departments: Sales and Marketing. Each department generates Reports and Recommendations.
To refer to all of that, I've written: "Sales and Marketing Reports and ...
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Question Regarding Possessives with ('s) and (of)
Question: Is the first one redundant and proper, or is it redundant and not necessarily correct? Thanks!
(1) "He is a friend of Doug's."
(2) "He is a friend of Doug."
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Can 'it' be used plurally?
Can 'it' as a pronoun refer to many different imperative verbs? For instance, in the sentence:
Abide by thy customs, thou excellent one: grind thy corn, drink thy water, praise thy cooking,-- if ...
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Can you buy things “for cheap”?
The first line of this news story says:
Call it space grave robbery for a cause: imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ...
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Can we use “off-chance” in a scientific paper?
In an article that I'm writing, I would like to say that some special ideas are at a disadvantage concerning their consistency in producing results. In other words, we use those approaches in the hope ...
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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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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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usage of “lead to”
If I want to use lead to, does it always need to use being as shown below.
less number of points lead to missing edges being occurred, are
recognized using proximity analysis.
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“Ignored for deletion” [closed]
Is the phrase "item is ignored for deletion" grammatical and idiomatic?
The context is a software program. I have a list of items to be deleted from a database, and if an item from the list is not ...
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Is there any phrase like “with the idea of” [closed]
Is there any phrase like "with the idea of"
with the idea of reducing the complexities, we introduce an added
smoothing step.
I was googling to find example usages, but couldn't. so please any ...
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correct usage of 'in spite of' instead of 'although'
It is difficult to figure out how to alter the word although for a case like below as in my report there are many although.. so I am looking for an alternative like in spite of
Although the ...
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Is “Thanks a ton” a commonly used phrase?
Is it correct to say so? Does this mean the same as "thanks a lot"?
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removing some repeating phrases within a sentence [closed]
i think this sentence doesn't accept by the academic readers as some phrases are repeating so that looking for some modifications.
Alternatively, users can decide for which application this ...
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In comparison with or when comparing?
Please let me know either When comparing or In comparison with should be used for cases like the following:
1) When comparing the existing methods that deal with segmentation using space based ...
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Is it “my passion lies in” or “my passion is”?
I have the following sentence in my résumé:
My passion lies in analyzing complex algorithms.
Someone pointed out to me that it is not correct, and that it should be:
My passion is analyzing ...
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“After-midnight” as adjective
A recent CNN report reads:
In an after-midnight session the U.S. Senate passed a bill Saturday ...
Google returns few results for after-midnight, other than references to a certain horror ...
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Is “project in hand” correct?
I am writing my MSc project report in English and I want to use the phrase
"the project in hand"
as a title to a chapter where I will be introducing the project that was undertaken.
Is such an ...
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“Do a shop” for “go shopping”
This has puzzled me for a few years now. When preceded by 'a', shop becomes a noun. Does "do a shop" even make sense then? The correct phrase for me was always "go shopping", or similar.
Can ...
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Is the expression “quote you happy” accepted English grammar? What is its history?
I'm editing a document written by someone who grew up in the UK, which contains the phrase "We'll quote you happy". That doesn't parse for me (I grew up in New Zealand), but a quick search about the ...
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“without needing to <verb> + …” vs “without the need of <verb + ing> + …”
I don't see which one is fits best:
it is awesome because you can do it without needing to send e-mails
or
it is awesome because you can do it without the need of sending e-mails
Also, are ...
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Burst in or into laughter?
Which of the following phrases is correct grammatically?
burst in laughter
burst into laughter
Or are they both correct (this is my guess)?
I'd think that to "burst in laughter" could ...
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Is “cattle herds” grammatical? [closed]
I know that "a herd of cattle" and "many herds of cattle" are correct, but what about "cattle herds"? For example,
We drove by cattle herds.
Is that grammatical?
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Is “all total” grammatically correct?
We have three apples all total.
All total, we have 75 bananas.
How many cucumbers do we have all total?
I have heard many sentences like this. I always wonder, is this grammatically ...
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Proper use of “context” in a phrase
Which of the following phrases is correct?
Everything is in some context.
or
Everything has some context.
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“by winning” vs “by her winning” or “of her win”
I have a dilema, here's a little excerpt:
Anna, an accomplished classical musician, was encouraged by her
winning the prestigious award .... plans to launch a new album.
Sounds really wrong. ...
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Is “it makes it easy to do …” good English?
There are two "it"s in this sentence, but they refer to different things. Is this considered good English? If not, what's a better way to express the same meaning?
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Is “give an exam” grammatical for “writing the answers to exam”?
Amongst North Indian Students, the phrase "give an exam" is very popular. These students use the phrase to describe the act of writing the answers to examination questions.
The reason being, in ...
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Deconstruction of the phrase “some variety of” to refer to a single type or class of object
In informal English, I often see the phrase "some variety of" referring to a singular classification of a particular object of a sentence. For example:
That appears to be some variety of plant.
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“As a(n) X”, followed by a statement not from the perspective of X
Am I correct that the following is an error, and, if so, of what type? (I'm almost positive I once knew the term to describe this increasingly common construction and that it was considered ...
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“Have some reason you” or “Have some reason why you”
Can the "why" be removed from the phrase "have some reason why you?"
Example:
Do you have some reason you ____?
vs.
Do you have some reason why you ____?
Are these both grammatically ...
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Is “Tasks for life” correct?
"Tasks for life" - Would such a phrase be apropriate for a brand ?
Is it correct to say it that way ?
I want to create a task managing site, where people would manage their tasks in life.
PS: English ...
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The phrase “were strong from”
I want to make a sentence like the following:
His arms were strong from lifting
weights.
I'm not sure if it's grammatically correct though. When I googled "were strong from" only 3 pages came ...
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“Had changed destiny”
I want to write something that means the same thing as "had changed destiny." I was going to use those words, but something didn't seem right. I googled that phrase, and came up with only one thing. ...
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Is the phrase “in function of” proper English?
I'm not sure if this is pure English, or just something I picked up as a direct translation from my native language (Dutch).
It applies to maths/computer terms.
An example usage would be:
X is ...
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“How big of a problem” vs. “how big a problem”
Quite a few phrases in English are constructed like so:
How [adjective] a [noun]...?
This is the question form of the construction, which is often answered with the negative:
Not that ...
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Omitting “to be” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Central Pennsylvanian English speakers: what are the limitations on the “needs washed” construction?
Using -ed vs. -ing in the “needs washed” ...
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Is employing hyperbaton correct in English?
I've often seen the sentence structure "____ does not a ____ make" which I've now discovered is called hyperbaton.
the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or ...
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Is “let go your hand” grammatically correct?
Wherever "let go of your hand" is used, can "let go your hand" be used in its place? Is there any difference at all?
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“ASP.NET web-based applications is my primary focus.”
Is this grammatically correct? Should I use is instead of are?
ASP.NET web-based applications is my primary focus.
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“Use of internet” or “internet usage”?
I am confused about the meaning of "use of internet" and "internet usage". Is there any difference between these two phrases? Does the phrase "use of internet" mean I utilize the internet or it means ...
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Does “who does what” work in this sentence?
I am interested in knowing whether one can say "who does what" in the following context:
All estimation methods are not yet on hand in standard software. For an overview of who does what, see ...
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Is “rid you of” a valid phrase?
Writing about a product, is the following sentence valid?
X aims to rid you of Y
I remember seeing the phrase "rid you of" somewhere before, but this doesn't seem valid for some reason. Any help ...
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Is the expression 'half a percent' acceptable in formal English?
When central banks raise or lower interest rates the radio announcer will say for example:
an increase of one half of one percent
Informally people use half a percent instead, which is less ...
