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Jun 14 |
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Should it be continual or continuous? I agree with everything except the last point. "Continuous learning" is the idiomatic way to say that you're always learning. Saying "continual learning", while grammatically correct, doesn't sound right to me. |
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Jun 9 |
answered | Is using past participle instead of present one more polite? |
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Jun 5 |
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Using “and” with numbers Voting to close as general ref, but to answer your question: British usage is to use "and" with numbers > 100 which are not divisible by 10. For instance: "Two hundred and thirty-five" but not "Three hundred". American usage does not use the "and" at all. |
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Jun 4 |
answered | Is it customary to omit or replace ‘head’ with ‘x-year / mile/ pound’ in the idiom “have a head start on sb” when the advantage should be quantified? |
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Jun 2 |
answered | How can I disambiguate “shorter”? |
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May 25 |
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usage of “Made for” @FumbleFingers - Are you sure you're not mixing up my comments with someone else's? My very first comment on this thread was that I had heard the expression, but mostly from British TV. At any rate, I have posted a summary of my remarks as an answer. |
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May 24 |
answered | usage of “Made for” |
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May 24 |
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usage of “Made for” @FumbleFingers - I've heard the usage, I just don't see it used that way much in the US. In my experience (which is by no means a universal rule for all of AmE), "you would make a fine ambassador" is the standard, but we do say "It wasn't made for hammering." when speaking of things. |
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May 22 |
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usage of “Made for” @TimLymington - I've heard 'made for' in regards to things but not people. "It wasn't made for hammering." sounds just fine. "He wasn't made for being a lawyer." sounds weird to my ears. |
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May 21 |
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usage of “Made for” @ColinFine - I've heard 'made for' in BrE situations (TV, etc.) but I agree in AmE you would more commonly hear 'made'. |
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May 20 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 20 |
answered | “Ten times fewer the number,” versus “one-tenth the number”? |
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May 19 |
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Why does “for” sound more appropriate than “during” in “I couldn't do anything for the rest of the day”? @JohnM.Landsberg - Yeah, there's some subtle distinction here but I can't quite put my finger on it. |
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May 18 |
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Why does “for” sound more appropriate than “during” in “I couldn't do anything for the rest of the day”? @JohnM.Landsberg - I think your second paragraph is more on target than the first. "I couldn't do X during the baseball game" sounds perfectly fine to me, even though it reflects a non-action. I think it's more about the specific/finite duration of the baseball game versus the vaguer timeframe involving the rest of the day. |
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May 6 |
answered | What is the antonym of “outgrow”? |
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May 6 |
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Parenthetic Apposition or not? They can be things other than noun phrases. I think this would be an example: "Paul, on the other hand, in considered extremely trustworthy." (source) But as Random Guy points out in his answer, your example is not in that category. |
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May 2 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 1 |
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Is it proper to use “that” instead of “at which” to refer to speed? @Victor - I would argue that "this a sentence" does not meet the criteria of 'obviously understood'. "Begin when ready", however, is an ellipsis that I think pretty much everyone would understand. Would you consider that to be incorrect? If so, then that's your prerogative. I just think it's taking prescriptivism a little far. |
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May 1 |
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Is it proper to use “that” instead of “at which” to refer to speed? @Victor - Please see my update to my answer. |
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May 1 |
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Is it proper to use “that” instead of “at which” to refer to speed? responding to comment |
