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Jul 8 |
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Does the end of this sentence convey what I want it to mean? From the given context, it is not clear to me whether the remarkable prose is written using difficult mathematical ideas to explain humanities-related metaphors, or the other way around. However, the larger context would presumably make that clear. If it is to be taken in isolation, I would remove the ambiguity: "It is quite a remarkable piece of prose because it uses intuitive, humanities-related metaphors to explain difficult mathematical ideas rather than, as so often, the other way round.", or the converse organization. |
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Jul 8 |
answered | News - Singular or Plural |
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Jul 8 |
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Is the expression, “As Casey faced her the jury, America was able to sound off in tweets, texts, Facebook postings” right? Fix trivial typo in title |
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Jul 4 |
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How can I differentiate between the pronunciation of “w” and “v”? Note that words from other languages may have different rules for the pronunciations (especially of W). For example, 'cwm' in Welsh, or Weimar or Wolfgang in German. |
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Jul 4 |
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How can I differentiate between the pronunciation of “w” and “v”? Fix trivial typos |
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Jul 2 |
answered | Meaning of “build-up” |
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Jun 27 |
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What does “uncancellable” mean? / What is a word for “not able to be uncancelled”? @Josh: using more than one word: "[If no-one else has taken your space] you can reinstate your cancelled appointment", or "You can rejoin the club after cancelling your subscription". |
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Jun 27 |
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When do nouns convert between mass and count? What is 'M&S'? Modelling and Simulation? Marks and Spencer? |
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Jun 27 |
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When do nouns convert between mass and count? The first two are perfectly reasonable uses of the codes, and an example citing 'codes and ciphers' would be fine too. Using 'codes' to refer to programs is a ghastly neologism (it seems to have become prevalent in the last couple of years - but that probably means I wasn't paying attention to the right (wrong?) places previously. I would serious object to the last paragraph as 'good English' for the misuse of 'codes'. |
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Jun 27 |
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Are emails, videos, and audios, etc, considered telegrams? Telegrams were sent over telegraph wires from one office to another, and then delivered to the intended recipient. They were paid for by the letter or word, and led to 'telegraphic English' (contractions, omitted words, etc). See Wikipedia on Telegram. (So no, your examples are not telegrams!) |
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Jun 24 |
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'where they would all' vs 'where they all would'? @Robert: It would depend on what the omitted part of the sentence contained, but unless it was a question, you would be correct. If the missing part was "Are you trying to predict where would they all end up?", then you might be able to use that, though it feels a bit clumsy (incorrect) compared with "Are you trying to predict where they would all end up?" |
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Jun 24 |
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'where they would all' vs 'where they all would'? Fix trivial typos |
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Jun 24 |
answered | 'where they would all' vs 'where they all would'? |
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Jun 22 |
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Is this sentence structure correct? A' | B' | C' yields true if all of A', B' and C' are true. A' & B' & C' also yields true if all of A', B' and C' are true. The 'no' in the first alternative is understood (by me, at any rate) to apply to each of the terms A, B and C, producing A' or B' or C'. |
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Jun 22 |
answered | Is this sentence structure correct? |
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Jun 19 |
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When do we need to put a comma after “so”? @Lukman: I think this is slightly mischaracterizing the situation. In the "So, let me get this straight, you're .." example, there is a 'parenthetical' remark inserted into the sentence after 'So' that is marked by a balanced pair of commas. The sentence could omit the parenthetical interruption and still be correct: 'So you're going to charge...'. This is somewhat different from what you're asking about. It could also be "So (palpable pause), you're going...". |
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Jun 19 |
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“In office” or “at office”? Interesting to pick on 'in office' as valid - well done. I can think of no parallel for 'at office' that would be valid. |
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Jun 19 |
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this is the first year + clause Fix trivial typo in title, and then improve presentation.; edited body |
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Jun 17 |
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Meaning of “set such store” (not a shop) Improve presentation |
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Jun 17 |
answered | Meaning of “set such store” (not a shop) |
