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Many computer systems, related to authorization and permissions uses word 'principal' as term to describe 'user' or 'member'. I can't get connotation here. Principal is a 'school boss', or 'body of ...

First her ears hear; they open. Then her eyes can see; they open. Her face, a revolving door, swings open and shut, open and shut. She no longer sleeps at night; it’s too hard to breathe after four ...

I would like to know to what emphasis the word "really" puts in the below sentence? I really shouldn't have done that.

If you want to ask a person what is their body mass or weight in kg or pounds, what is the proper thing to ask? Options: What is your mass? What is your weight? How much do you weigh? What is the ...

As part of a volunteering job I have been listing antiques on eBay. If the condition of an item is what one would expect of a used item of a particular age my manager thinks I should write condition ...

I'm confused about when to use "top 2 university" or "top 2 universities". Both seems fine depending on the context but is there a professional explanation as to when I should use ...

Is either of these approaches to hyphenation currently more popular than the other one is when it comes to printed publications? The drug is most promising for three-to-fifteen-year-old children. The ...

I am in great need of English expressions&technics in my college interviews. PLZ help me!!!!!!!

I'm looking for something to describe speech that is something along the lines of cruel, menacing, tormenting, and dripping with malicious meaning. But not quite outright threatening, i.e. not "I'...

"The year which has passed… has not, indeed, been marked by any of those striking discoveries which at once revolutionise, so to speak, the department of science on which they bear"

I am new to English StackExchange so please let me know if there's anything to be aware of. I'm looking for a better word or phrase that can describe something that is new/inspiring/ - specifically, ...

Say there's a leading board for revenues. Company A: $10m Company B: $5m Company C: $2m I want to emphasize that the "top" is twice as high as the "second": The revenue for ...

After googling around for a while, I was unable to see anything that explained either causality or history/etymology for the single "v" in either "river" (why not "rivver"...

I am trying to understand the difference between these words: within vs in vs during. I wrote some example sentences, hopefully, I used the words correctly. The new hire increased sales within the ...

I want to know more about using preposition for in this sentence: Say hello to your sister for me. Why not from me instead of for? I looked through some dictionary articles for preposition for and ...

For me, it seems like a crash course - is a very intense shorten full course, with only key theory and principles. And hands on course - the one that directed on doing explaining, less than learning. ...

I want to know what the difference is between a private reason and a personal reason. An interview asked me questions about the difference between a private reason and a personal reason.

I've always had a hard time with semi-colons and, this time, not even my English teacher was sure of what is its correct use in the following situation: It's about creativity, proving properties of ...

ANTINOMY – a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are, in themselves, reasonable. I HAVE TO to use the word 'antinomy' (or 'antinomic') in a sentence to convey the following meaning: ...

I would like to know the significance of the word even here.

When I was practicing for IELTS test, I encountered this question that there is a list of headings which we should match with paragraphs. One proposed method is that we should try to write a heading ...

Should I use a semi colon or colon, and et al. or etc in the following sentence? '...there was an almost unanimous chorus of execration from Western countries: politicians, media, celebs, etc. '......

Which one of the following is correct? And why? He teaches his students with a view to giving the light of education He teaches his students with a view to give the light of education Edit: Added ...

While working with user interfaces, I find myself dealing with two usual interfaces: one that asks the user to confirm that they are aware of the action that's going to be performed, and the second ...

So I got a question regarding comma in speech. Here is an example of the sentence: “Wait a minute.” I hurriedly shouted to stop him and said to her, “Who invited that blockhead to this party?" In ...

The word is of the structure: [adjective] + [noun] + [adjective (technically past-tense verb)]. I'm wondering if which words should be hyphenated (if any). Here is the specific example that got me ...

I have a single word request for a word that describes a full stomach. I believe the word is a noun, two syllables. The word was part of a list of “Thanksgiving Words”.

Having a hard time understanding an idiom a person used on an anonymous bbs. Remember, the ride never ends. What could he have meant by this? I'm aware that it's a reference to an old video game ...

This use of continuous always gets me confused, and I stumbled on it all the time. Consumers are increasingly turning to Brokers as the ‘easiest route’ to securing a mortgage. (Written by a native ...

I met this phrase in a brief (unauthorized) dictionary, check in its course. It's described as something relating to 'stop' and 'stanch', but I find neither that meaning in 'check in' nor in 'its ...

In The Stranger, we have the following passage. So we took our time getting back, him telling me how glad he was that he'd been able to give the woman what she deserved. I understand the meaning, ...

The OED does not appear to list the meaning of the noun 'counter' which conveys the concept of a flat surface over which goods or money is counted, except that it lists the verb 'to counter' as having ...

Can anyone clarify which of the following is correct? "Neither my mother nor I was conscious of rudeness" "Neither my mother nor I were conscious of rudeness" I thought it was ...

What is the question tag of "None but Allah can help us."? Is it "can any?" or is it "can they?" or something else? More compact : What is the question tag of "No ...

I want to refer to equation 1 in the paper. We impose conditions on/in eq. 1. Shall I use in or on?

Doesn’t ‘meaning’ mean the thing a word indicates? Then, if a flower is pink and the meaning of ‘flower’ is the flower, can I say the meaning is pink? But why does ‘pink meaning’ which means a pink ...

Some say no, explaining that any one word is redundant. Some say yes, like me, because I think they have different meanings. For example: On her left hand she wore no jewellery. On the other hand, ...

A word for someone who likes to define things, often to a detrimental effect by over simplifying them - due to either lack of intellect/laziness etc. I’m thinking of Trump like figures who rather than ...

Can ‘one egg was given to three people’ mean ‘one egg each was given to three people’? Or does it only mean the one egg was shared by three people?

I want to know once and for all what is the correct word order in titles, used in different environments. I will break my examples into two parts. 1. Word order in titles of books, movies, paintings, ...

Where does the phrase "That's a wrap", meaning "we are finished" come from? I suspect it is from the movie making process, but I couldn't find much information on its origins.

in the film The Maltese Falcon (1941) the private detective Miles said "They have brothers in her bag." context: the client, beautiful women Wonderly gave him two Dollar bill and after she ...

My sentence is: The article presents a comprehensive study of Polish literature of the Positivist and Young Poland period. Is this sentence correct? When listing two periods together, should I use '...

It is right? Dear (Name) May I ask if it was possible to get a MacBook to use for work. I definitely feel that having a MacBook can help me with my work, my productivity and also improve my service to ...

I see that 'at the time of writing' is grammatically correct (Is 'at the time of writing' correct?). Is this replaceable with 'as of writing'?

In other words, going to a lecture at university that you didn't pay for. I clearly remember there was a specific verb for that.

So I come up with a question in narration, and here's a few example: I know from her smile that she was saying "you look like an idiot" to me. She was more likely than not dishing me out ...

What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences? Do they both read well? These conversations will nourish your relationship. These conversations will nurture your relationship.

Is there a difference (in the meaning) between I've been testing out cameras... and "I've been testing cameras..." How (if at all) does the word "out" change the meaning of the ...

As a non-native speaker, I had been pronouncing hour in the literal, letter-by-letter way as [ˈhaʊə(ɹ)]. Then I learned that its written h is silent in speech, and that you therefore needed to say an ...