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How do I reference Billy Bragg in the following instance?
Billy Bragg has an album entitled, 'Talking with the Taxman about Poetry'. I want to entitle an essay, 'Talking with the Gasman about Yoga'. What is this called, and what is the best way to give ...
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What object am I referring to in this sentence?
I apologize if my question is too basic, my English is a little rusty and I have always had trouble with this concept:
Consider the following sentence:
Once I finished the project, I found that ...
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"Latter" when referring to more than one [duplicate]
There are 3 scenarios and I want to contrast the first with the second and the third. So on one side there is one single scenario and on the other side there is 2 scenarios. I like to use "former" and ...
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References to part of a page
Is there any traditional manner of reference to a particular part of a page?
p. 55, above, p. 30, below, p. 39, middle?
Has it been customary to use Latin for this?
(Cf. German: oben, unten, mitte.)
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Figurative use of words
I love creative writing and especially figurative language. So, very often I dig dictionaries to find the idiomatic uses of words that would potentially 'add spice' in a way I want.
All dictionaries ...
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"The author means", "The author writes", "The author points out", etc
I am currently writing a technical report. While writing the "Related work" section, I often need to write expressions as shown in the title:
"The author means that this algorithm is not suitable ...
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When to use indefinite article "a(n)" when referring to a person with an adjective? [duplicate]
I'm not a native English speaker. From time to time I see the following structure when referring to a person:
... a(n) [adjective] [person's name] ...
example:
"Meanwhile, an increasingly ...
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'Tip of Iceberg': negative meaning?
I want to use 'tip of iceberg' in a recommendation letter. In particular, I give an anecdote which illustrated that this person is very diligent and skillful. Then I say "such instance is merely a tip ...
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How not to avoid using reference numbers as nouns in an academic article [closed]
I wrote a scientific article for a conference, and a reviewer criticized it as he said that in my manuscript “references are used as nouns”. I assume he was refering to instances of the following type,...
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How should I refer to a number paragraph or section of a contract? Do I include the decimal after the section number?
Which is the correct sentence for referring to a section of a contract that is labeled 13?
In this regard, the relevant terms of paragraph 13 state....
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In this regard, the relevant terms of ...
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In legal citations, why are "see", "see also", etc., in italics?
In legal citations, why do people put "see", "see also", "e.g.", etc., in italics?
Please don't just say, "because that's the custom." I'd like to know just ...
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Latin equivalent for "see" (reference) [closed]
One of my references is an audio file. It feels funny to say
bla bla bla (see such-and-so audio recordings).
Is there some Latin I could use in place of "see"?
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punctuation when a quoted question is followed by a reference [closed]
In my Closing Argument (for an administrative-type hearing), I invented a concise way of referring to page numbers in the Parent exhibit book, for example:
There was no follow-up to R’s June 22 ...
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"Project X" vs "X Project" [closed]
Say you want to refer to your project which you have chosen the name "X" for it. What is the difference in referring to it as "Project X" or "X Project"? Is the first one more suitable for branding? I ...
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What is the correct way to reference more than 1 source? [closed]
Please keep in mind that this is for a commercial project and must be legally sound.
When referencing through a footnote (e.g. a little '1' in superscript), what is the correct way to reference in ...
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Define "ad indicem" in bibliography
This term seem to occur at footnotes and bibliographical references.
Fenlon D. Heresy and Obedience in Tridentine, Italy: Cardinal Pole and the Counter Information, Cambridge 1972, ad indicem.
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Can the word "line" be used as a substitute for for "sentence" when referencing text?
Does "line" always mean row, or can it be used as a substitute for "sentence" when referencing text?
Dictionary definitions seem to define "line" as one row of text. This seems a bit restrictive to ...
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Can we use 'what' as a reference to a previous statement?
For example, in a sentence like:
The weather is getting warm, what indicates of the Spring approaching.
I feel that the usage of 'what' here is incorrect, and the appropriate way to say it would be:
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Comma after literature reference citation?
Sorry, I am a German engineer, so my English language skills are quite poor :D. I am writing a scientific paper and I have several sentences as the following example
In [1] the definition proposed in ...
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How do you write sentences when referring to sections (of a webpage)?
If my webpage has sections (ex: internal clients, external clients, feedback), how should I be referring to those sections within a sentence?
The text would NOT be links (clickable).
To view ...
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pencil-sharpening (procrastination) link wanted
In spite of using the advanced search options of Google search, I cannot pin down a single instance of the ironic meaning of “pencil-sharpening” of “unnecessary preparation as a pretext for delaying ...
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Is the pronoun THAT used as anaphora or cataphora?
"When we analyzed all the news stories and removed just ONE STORY,
here's how the world looked. What was THAT story? THE DEATH OF ANNA
NICOLE SMITH. This story eclipsed every country except Iraq, ...
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Use of "do we" in the sentence "Only after 10pm do we actually sort out the mess."
Consider the use of the words "do we" in this sentence:
Only after 10pm do we actually sort out the mess.
Can someone give me the technical name for this usage of "do we"? Is it called something? ...
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Were to find synonymous for very + adjective?
As an exercise, I am going thorough I paper I wrote and trying to replace all (or most) adjectives in the form of "very + adjective" with a word. I feel that if done good this would greatly improve my ...
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relative pronouns and subject and verb agreement
My cousin is one of those people who (love, loves) to eat pizza.
According to the rules of grammar, the relative pronoun "who" refers to the plural noun "people". Therefore, the correct verb choice ...
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IEEE referencing standards [closed]
I'm writing a report and I need to use IEEE referencing standards in my work. I am referencing work as well as directly quoting it, sometimes immediately afterwards for example.
Put simply, “the ...
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What would an alternative sentence for percentage in writing?
What would be an alternative sentence or word for percentage in writing? For example, when referencing to a sentence, if the sentence has 50%, we can use words like half of the total amount or similar....
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Is "groak" a new verb?
In the urban dictionary, I read
Groak :
Verb. To stare silently at someone while they are eating, in the hopes that they will give you some of their food.
Always careful not to establish eye ...
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Influence of Spanish and usage of Spanish words in US English
A recent report by Instituto Cervantes ["El Español una lengua viva, informe 2015"] lists the US as the 4th country in the world with the highest number of native Spanish speakers (41.343.921), ...
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What is 'spit in the hole' referencing to?
Spit in the hole, man, and tune again.
Taming of the Shrew Act 3 Scene 1
What is Spit in the hole referencing to in this text?
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Can/Should an adjective and an attributive noun be used to modify the same noun?
I am writing a scientific thesis and wondering about the heading of one of the major parts. The part gives detailed information on experiments (experimental details) that were performed and ...
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Referring to figures other than with "as depicted in" [closed]
I’m currently writing my first English scientific paper and am repeatedly using as depicted in when referring to a figure or table in the text.
Can you tell me some alternatives to that phrase?
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candid candor, splendid splendor, squalid squalor, rigid rigor -- finding examples
The etymological fallacy is exposed by examples as humid/humor, liquid/liquor, and, I think, some others.
This pattern, at least as applied to the examples in the subject line, is familiar to ...
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proper way of attributing a writer's note within a quote [duplicate]
In journalistic writing, if I need to attach some necessary background information within a quote, what's the proper way to do it? I want to indicate that the information is something that I've ...
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Where does this "Barriers To Communication" quote from Reuel Howe come from?
"A barrier to communication is something that keeps meanings from meeting......." This is quoted in loads of publications but none of them reference it. Where does it come from?
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Is the sentence ambiguous in "it had seemed like" part?
"she told me she was sorry, that there had been a special offer on sunbeds, and it had seemed like the right thing to say at the time"
To whom had it seemed like the right thing? The speaker, or the "...
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Is there a term for when a movie(or novel) makes reference to the books title?
As the title says, I am curious. Numerous movies and books make use of this, and I would like my curiosity satisfied. On a side note, this term will aid in my writing assignment, where we are ...
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"of the" vs noun adjunct [duplicate]
Please note: This may be a complex question, references would be great, search engines do not help with "of the".
Looks like we can remove the use of "of the" with a noun adjunct switching the order ...
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Do some respected reference works contain real errors (as opposed to contrasting analyses)? [closed]
In a recent question (since deleted), CDO (Cambridge Dictionaries Online) is shown to give the following examples for (intercategorial polysemes of) since:
since adverb
B2 from a particular time in ...
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In what ways did the points made by the writer in the introduction contradict/contradicts her conclusion?
In what ways did the points made by the writer in the introduction
contradicts her conclusion?
(In the question listed above, shouldn't "contradicts" be written as "contradict" - since we are ...
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Is this an inversion? If so, why would you use an inversion in this case?
Here's a quote from a CNN transcript, wherein a consumer psychologist says the following:
"What is relatively new are shoppers turning on other shoppers."
If "what is relatively new" were the subject,...
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S-V agreement: It is not clear what is/are meant by A and B
In the following sentence, the verb “are” strikes me as odd.
In paragraph 6, it is not clear what are meant by “the front unit” and “the central element”.
It seems that “. . . it is not clear ...
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Is there a standard symbol for denoting a chapter in a citation?
When citing like [Source, ch.number], is there a particular symbol that could or should replace the "ch." abbreviation?
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