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Web designer since 1997. Further interests include embedded systems and static program analysis.
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How to Construct an Unambiguous Joint Possessive that Follows a Verb? I'm not quite following. Obviously you can remove the ambiguity by saying "I sang to John's and Mary's daughter". And obviously it doesn't mean that you sang to two daughters. (Likewise, "John's and Mary's cats" is only ambiguous because cats is plural.) So I'm not really sure what your question here is. Also, in speech "I sang to [John] and [Mary's daughter]" is completely different from "I sang to [[John and Mary]'s daughter]". Writing is notoriously bad at reproducing intonation, but that is a general problem, and there are various general workarounds. |
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Speeded vs. Sped added 62 characters in body |
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In the context of family, what is the opposite of “immediate”? @Mohit yes, I actually use it. Apparently so does the San Francisco Chronicle and a bunch of books on Google Books. I never said it was popular, let alone the most popular. In fact I expressly added "to me". |
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What does “English as second language” mean? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language: "A second language or L2 is any language learned after one's first language." |
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reviewed | Reviewed Looking for a better term than 'benign envy' or 'mudita' |
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Looking for a better term than 'benign envy' or 'mudita' added 3 characters in body |
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There is/are for multiple subjects The question is about syntax, not meaning. The meaning of the sentence is not changed by using "there is" instead of "there are", either. Both indicate "those fruit exist [in that place]". So now your answer is even wrong by your own logic. |
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Word Pairs Like Prideful / Proud? Um, I'm afraid it's the opposite of too specific. There are any number of equally correct answers. So unless people work together to write up one single giant endless community-wiki answer (or you edit this such that there is a single, objectively correct answer), this will have to be closed as not constructive. |
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answered | In the context of family, what is the opposite of “immediate”? |
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answered | Speeded vs. Sped |
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Where should the apostrophe be for the singular and plural possessive forms of user? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/'s#Particle |
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“All that is needing” vs. “all that is needed” deleted 3 characters in body; edited tags; edited title |
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reviewed | Approve suggested edit on “All that is needing” vs. “all that is needed” |
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Try something by video? ... or following, or after. In any case, I think this is a better fit for ELL. |
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There is/are for multiple subjects If you rearrage the sentence, it becomes a different sentence. Please do not rearrange sentences. More to the point, it is safe to say that thousands of native speakers all over the world are using "there's" followed by a plural this very minute, rendering your answer wrong. |
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reviewed | Edit “Concision” vs. “conciseness” |
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“Concision” vs. “conciseness” deleted 7 characters in body; edited tags; edited title |
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Proper adjective to use with the word “chance” (“low”, “small”, “slim”, etc.) edited tags |
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Macho for women You will have to define "overly feminine" more precisely, or really at all. Otherwise anything from cougar to hooker to vamp to amazon to matriarch will get thrown around, making this non-constructive. |
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Does the word “simpleness” actually exist? edited tags |
