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Please let me know what did you think of the new set of changes? [closed]
Is the question
Please let me know what did you think of the new set of changes?
a semantically correct rephrasing of the question
Are you OK with the new set of changes?
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Is the expression 'too much, too young' grammatically acceptable?
I'm happy to see that grammar is being seen as important enough to be taught in English schools ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22403731 ) again. I think. At least it might improve some people's ...
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What does “Take the disguise” mean?
I was reading this particular sentence:
She took the disguise of an old woman and came to Eleusis, where she was welcomed by the family of King Celeus.
Disguise means costume. So, does it mean ...
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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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Is using past participle instead of present one more polite?
On christianity.stackexchange.com I asked this question:
"Is it true that John Paul the Second restored the practice of selling indulgences in 2000?"
and one supporter suggested that I replace ...
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Why 007 said “You weren't using it”? [closed]
I've watched 007 skyfall. Had one scene, that Agent was driving and 007 sat beside her. She drove very fast and then car side mirror was removed because crashed with something beside the road.
after ...
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Defective Passage [closed]
Could this small passage be defective in some way:
book
KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house.
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Possessive Ambiguity: sharing a house [closed]
Could this:
Jason shared Michael's house.
be an acceptable shortened version of this:
Jason shared Michael's house with Michael.
?
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My Thoughts Exactly [closed]
Let's say someone said something I agree with. To express approval, dictionaries say this is standard English:
My sentiments exactly.
Could I use the following as well?
My feelings ...
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X Shared Y's Something [closed]
I was looking up information about popes and then I found this:
found here
Pope Julius III (1550–1555) was alleged to have had a long affair with Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte. The Venetian ...
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Fall Hard For Something
I am trying to find the right definition of "hard" in this piece of writing:
newspaper
Looking for a tranquil hideaway after years as a paparazzi magnet, Mr. Frazier bought the single-level ...
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Can “kitchen” be used as an adjective? eg: Mother painted the kitchen wall [closed]
My little sister was to identify the adjective in this sentence:
"Mother painted the kitchen wall purple and green".
I understand how kitchen can be an adjective as in kitchen sink, but I'm not sure ...
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“Pending Review” Usage [closed]
Some definition of "pending" in a dictionary reads:
while waiting for (something)
So, for a generic sentence "X pending Y", "X" must be either an activity or a state. So this sentence is ...
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“Hold Out Promise” vs “Make a Promise”
Is "hold out a promise" the same meaning as "make a promise"? Or did I misunderstand them? I found definitions for "make a promise", but couldn't find definitions for "hold out a promise".
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a hard close look [closed]
Are "close" and "hard" the same below?
He took a close look at the cat.
He took a hard look at the cat.
Or are they subtly different? For this particular usage, web dictionaries appear ...
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Purpose For, Of [closed]
1 He has no intention for marriage.
2 He has no intention of marriage.
These two sentences are good English and have the same meaning.
In this PDF I read:
A review of the grading permit ...
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How to ask “Where are you going?” when event already passed? [closed]
If my friend went to somewhere on weekend but i didn't know where did he go? And if i want to ask him like "Where are you going?" on Monday which sentences should i ask him?
Where did you go?
Where ...
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To Be Used Of/For
Does "to be used OF" mean "to be used FOR":
wikipedia
The English term "empiric" derives from the Greek word ἐμπειρία, which is cognate with and translates to the Latin experientia, from which ...
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Post Question To
If Craig wrote a question on an online forum and the question was intended for Larry:
Craig posted a question to Larry.
Should the part "to Larry" modify "a question", or "posted"? In ...
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On His Post, At His Post
I have this:
link
On 21-22 April 1914, while leading three picket launches admist heavy enemy fire, McCloy was wounded but remained on his post, enabling cruisers to save American lives. For ...
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He _____ his ego [closed]
When talking about not letting one's 'ego' prevent oneself from helping his enemies:
He __ his ego and helped his enemies.
Would "swallow", "hide", "put down", "lay down" work there?
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What does it mean that I made a doctor? [closed]
I want to know exact meaning that I made a doctor.
Does it mean that I strived to be a doctor and I finally became a doctor?
I want to know the exact meaning of it?
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What is 'draw on'
This question was asked earlier (not by me), but closed and deleted by a mod. But I thought it was interesting, because I didn't know the answer. So I'm reposting it....
The verb phrasal 'draw on' ...
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Omitting “nothing” in “nothing but” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The construction of “Known but to God”
Difference between “but” and “nothing but”
Is it acceptable to omit the word nothing in the following sentence?
Knowledge ...
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“More that” vs. “more than” [closed]
Here is an example of something I occasionally encounter, and it always trips me up. The title of an applied mathematics book from Stanford University in 1959 is (bold mine)
Partial Differential ...
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Why is it correct to say “He came and said something to me” but not “He came and said to me something”?
This question was just posed to me and I couldn't give a clear answer beyond that the second just feels wrong and one would generally use a direct or indirect quotation, as in "he came and said to me ...
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Has reported(Present perfect) vs Has(Present) reported(noun)
In the sentence below I want to use the word reported as a noun, but it looks like I'm using the present perfect - has reported.
How can one be clear when constructions like this arise ?
That both ...
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Prepositions: “in” vs. “on” a tab/widget
In my quest to grasp the dichotomy between "on" and "in" I have found another example that left me in doubt.
Initializes the widgets added on the tabs.
Validates the information on the ...
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Old-fashioned use of “because”
In books written in the nineteenth century, you can come across sentences like this (quoting from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary):
A Pilgrim Father was one who, leaving Europe in 1620 ...
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Future Perfect with the preposition 'since'
I have a question regarding the future perfect tense and which prepositions go with it. Understandably, by, for, and in work very well with the future perfect.
By friday, I will have been working ...
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You didn't miss me, right? (possible answer with correct use of English)
A) No, I didn't miss you.
B) Yes, I didn't miss you.
C) No, I did miss you.
D) Yes, I did miss you.
According to my common sense perfect answers can be C) and B) only, and reason behind it is- ...
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In Moderation, In Revision
1 The forum comments are under moderation.
2 The forum comments are in moderation.
3 The book is in revision.
4 The book is under revision.
Could 1 & 2 be the same? Could 3 & 4 be the same ...
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When to use 'ourselves' vs. 'our self'
I wrote
when we place our self
meaning each one of us, his or her self -- and was told to use "ourselves" instead. Who is right?
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Unusual sentence construction [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using -ed vs. -ing in the “needs washed” construction
"The car needs washed."
I can understand what the speaker means to say, but this is strange to ...
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Is using “needing” correct?
I've had a debate with my friend about the "needing" usage. I know we can't use "needing" in continuous tenses but take a look at my example:
- That's the man needing some money.
I'm sure I saw ...
