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Aug 20 |
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What's the word for the property of being divisible by a particular number? The word is "even". If x(even) = "true" then x is divisible by 2. (don't know how to do subscripts, use your imagination) |
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Aug 20 |
answered | “Moved to trash” vs. “moved to the trash” |
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Aug 20 |
answered | Verb meaning “to robust” |
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Aug 20 |
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Is there a rule for when contractions are not possible? tchrist, funny you choose this phrase, because it's an excellent example. In this case, choosing the contracted form "I'm" actually changes the nuance of the sentence: The stress for "I'm sure" is the second word, "sure". The message is the choice of the word sure: the best word, the word that I have chosen to describe what I AM is: "Sure." If I spell out the contraction, "I am sure" the message changes ever so slightly. Here the word sure is a given, but what I'm stressing is the state of the sureness: I AM sure. I'm affirming that I really AM sure. |
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Aug 19 |
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What is the correct use of foundation in / foundation of? I'd write it this way: .."The objective of the lessons is to provide a solid foundation for the science and techniques necessary for that understanding." but the sentence is a bit of a mess. It's not very clear if the foundation is for the science or the techniques, and which of them are necessary for "that understanding" But I'd definitely use "for". |
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Aug 19 |
answered | “Hang in” vs. “hang on” |
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Aug 19 |
answered | What is the correct use of foundation in / foundation of? |
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Aug 15 |
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Usage of third person form for first person Fair enough. Perhaps simply "uneducated". |
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Aug 15 |
answered | Is it correct to write “backup” as a noun? |
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Aug 15 |
answered | Usage of third person form for first person |
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Aug 14 |
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Difference between “fell to the ground” vs. “fell on the ground” No disagreement on the sense of drama; "to the ground" is often used to convey drama. But note that you naturally substituted "to her knees" as equivalent to "to the ground". Whereas falling "on the ground" generally conveys something more like tripping, where you bodily land on the ground. |
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Aug 14 |
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Why “lemon” for a faulty or defective item? Especially in an ancient context, where they did not enjoy the access that we have to a large variety of fruits from various regions: If I only occasionally had access to a fruit, then a lemon would be my least favorite by far. |
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Aug 14 |
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What is the difference between “unbeliever” and “disbeliever” Disbeliever is not in common use Agreed. I've never heard of someone being labelled as a "disbeliever". |
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Aug 14 |
answered | What is the meaning of “We went back and forth, but there was nothing we could do.” |
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Aug 14 |
answered | Difference between “fell to the ground” vs. “fell on the ground” |
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Aug 14 |
answered | Can I say “I have some apprehensions”? |
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Aug 14 |
answered | “Walk my way” in the following |
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Aug 13 |
answered | For each vs for every |
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Aug 12 |
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Contemporary written usage of “whom” in objective case This is precisely the kind of discussion up with which I will not put. |
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Aug 11 |
answered | “Never saw” versus “didn't ever see” |
