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"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." – Albert Einstein
"The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there." – Gordon Bell
"A designer knows when he has reached perfection, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"In Jeet Kune Do, one does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity." – Bruce Lee
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." – Aristotle
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Mar 21 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Mar 11 |
awarded | Critic |
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Oct 24 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Mar 7 |
answered | “Already” at the beginning of a sentence |
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Mar 7 |
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What is the correct word order between “have/had”, “been”, and “already” in statements? modified the example sentences in response to comments |
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Feb 29 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jan 2 |
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Is it correct that “etc.” can not be used together in a sentence with “for example” and “such as”? Since the question is tagged with grammar and the like, I thought to mention that the sentence does not have its problems in grammar, but — as indicated by the other answers — rather in semantics. |
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Nov 7 |
awarded | Editor |
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Apr 29 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Mar 30 |
comment |
What is the correct word order between “have/had”, “been”, and “already” in statements? The first and the third are indeed grammatically correct, but the second is plain wrong, not just in the UK. On the other hand, AFAIK, "in written English, emphasis is largely a matter of controlling the way a sentence ends. The last words of English sentences carry the strongest degree of emphasis", and it is exactly the case with this example. So I would say the third is the best. What do you think? |
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Mar 21 |
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What is the correct word order between “have/had”, “been”, and “already” in statements? That wasn't so convincing. Please give a reference to some authoritative source to verify your opinion. |
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Mar 20 |
awarded | Student |
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Mar 20 |
asked | What is the correct word order between “have/had”, “been”, and “already” in statements? |
