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Languages I speak in the order of fluency, numbered in the order of acquirement
- Native language: Danish
- Strong third language: English - I try to write British English but am quite fluent in US idioms and slang too.
- Strong sixth language: Dutch
- Passable second language: Swedish
- Rusty fourth: German - Dutch is smack between Danish and German so I'm like "Ik ben een Berliner"
- Rusty fifth: French - not speaking it often enough to be really fluent, but tête-à-tête I can have a conversation about more zan ze wayzer :)
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What does this sentence mean: “Cologne, with its seven and seventy evil savors, was a posy-bed to it.”? @SarahHsu you can accept the answer |
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Chuffed - happy or unhappy? That is dope :) |
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May 15 |
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Ek kaan se suno aur dusre kaan se nikaal do in English proverb? Seems already translated on the web I take negative flak in one ear and out the other, says Deepika Kumari |
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May 15 |
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Whose window? - What's the idiom for unpredictable unknown beneficial opportunities that might come up? I know only one idiom: A window of opportunity |
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May 15 |
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Correct punctuation with two nouns? it would not be a joke about punctuation if the only difference was capitalisation |
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May 8 |
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What is correct: “Instead as” or “Instead of”? instead of ..... general reference. - an alternative is rather than an |
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May 8 |
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better word for a “delivery guy” Alimentation facilitator |
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May 7 |
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Can a noun in the possessive case be the antecedent of 'who'? I completely agree it JARS in my eyes :) - Change face for sister and you will understand it was the sister who flattened herself |
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May 7 |
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What's the English version of the German “oder?” Either sounds fine - I have a harder time finding a version of "ne?" |
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May 7 |
answered | What is the opposite of “emerging markets”? |
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May 7 |
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Present perfect vs. passive voice I'd say that 1) could be anytime in the (distant) past and 2) could be more recently to just finished today |
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May 6 |
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Final “ 's ” without object, ever correct? It is wrong. It could have been right (but horrible anyway) if it was "provided the business is the end user's and not software developer's (business)" Here is the corrected sentence PROVIDED YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS ARE END USERS, NOT SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS OR DISTRIBUTORS TO END USERS There is also a superfluous comma in front of FOR YOUR OWN |
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May 6 |
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What is the antonym of “outgrow”? the antonym to grow is shrink, but I do not see an antonym to the idiom outgrow |
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May 6 |
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Implicit “which is ” Hi, I strongly suggest you visit ell.stackexchange.com |
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May 6 |
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Implicit “which is ” deleted 2 characters in body; edited title |
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May 6 |
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which /in which/who /that behind the object Can you give full examples of each type? Also I believe you are missing an "is" |
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May 6 |
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In American English, Café vs Coffee Shop Not to mention going to Amsterdam, coffee is not what you order first in a coffee shop :) |
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May 6 |
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Is it wrong to use “The Albatross is now on the sky”? Please also visit ell.stackexchange.com |
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May 6 |
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I have three years' experience vs. I have experience of three years Also sounds like "I got no satisfaction" - instead say "I was not promoted" |
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May 6 |
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Parenthetic Apposition or not? Should that not be is considered |
