All Questions

I am writing an academic paper and confused about the following usage of "a/an": with an MAP score below 0.4 Or with a MAP score below 0.4 While the second one seems more "grammarly" correct, ...

I am wondering if the following two sentence are correct. We can divide children on the ground into two groups: those playing soccer, and those not. We can divide children on the ground into two ...

So other day I stumbled upon this one particular grammar question, which seems to have many right answers according to my friends. Question: I (have) my hair cut whenever it gets too long. My first ...

The following sentence is grammatically correct, although it really doesn't sound like it is: I love oil spills, that is to say, great globs of cancer-inducing poison, not brown, that is mixed all ...

Consider the following two sentences: 1) The conclusions that were stated in the first study are insightful. 2) The conclusions stated in the first study are insightful. Are both of these sentences ...

I understand what the idiom means: as per this question, it means a person or creature unwittingly used as a test for danger, often destructively. I understand why coalmines: as depositories of ...

Which of these two sentences is the proper way to write. Hi betty, thank you or Hi Betty, Thank you

I increase the value of two parameters in an equation through two (differing) ranges - with the second iterating through the entire range for each value of the first. i.e. If increase the values of ...

I wanted to ask a question about the adverbs "away" and "apart" "The villages are miles apart" "the exam is only two weeks away" "it is three days apart" "it is five kilometers away/apart" "away" ...

I'm curious about the phrase “dearly beloved”. – It looks to me to be a phrase consisting of an adverb (dearly) modifying a noun (beloved). But I thought adverbs could only modify verbs or adjectives? ...

I'm making a bar graph, where the height of the bar is the distance I ran on a particular day, and there are multiple bars, one for each day in the (historical) date range I'm plotting. My question ...

Any word to describe someone who pretends to be sophisticated, smart and know-all but in reality is just so stupid to realize his/her stupidity because he/she always surrounded by likewise stupid ...

Which one of the two following sentences is more appropriate? Each state stands for a possible configuration of the system, and it is represented in the state space by a point. Each state stands for ...

I was thinking about my English version of my nickname. It should be related to toast. It can't be just toast so I decided to add some prefix, here's my propositions: don; captain; lord; the king; sir....

So, I have been writing my application for a job, and I want to mention that I consider the job as an opportunity where I convert the theory I have learned in my study into practice (real work). In ...

During a recent conversation with one of my friends, whom I had not been regularly speaking to, I asked her whether her sister had applied for a job as I knew she’d graduated some months ago. She told ...

I was wondering if there is a word that describes when someone emotionally agrees with someones argument regardless of whether the argument actually is a valid argument or not. For example a fan of ...

An author I'm currently reading often uses language in a slightly irregular fashion. I've been trying to decide if it's playful and intentional, which would be intriguing. If it's not intentional, ...

Someone told me this a while ago, but I always remember it cause I couldn't quite understand. Does the "earlier" in the sentence "1 year ago, maybe earlier." means that it was prior to 1 year ago (...

My question is about meaning of word "affair". Does it has a meaning of "case,deal" or "relations, love affair"

This is found in Kent, Ionia, and Allegan Counties. This is found in Kent, Ionia, and Allegan counties.

Is there any idiom or expression for someone who gets something without any effort? like a guy got a job without doing anything.. I want a idiom by which i can mock him

If some validity period, say a promotion, specifies "valid through 2021", does that mean until Dec 31, 2021, or Jan 1, 2021? This is in the USA, if this differs around the world.

When one pronounces the phrase a gorgeous young model in a very normal way (without any special stress to emphasize a specific meaning), which word will be said in the highest pitch, which word ...

Is there any difference in meaning between "to dress" and "to clothe"? According to the Cambridge Dictionary “to clothe" is "to provide or cover someone with things to wear". Therefore, I infer that "...

Lately I read again my old English book and find out something that I don't understand. It's about Colloquial reductions, the book says that there are two ways to pronounce "to" in the sentences: /tə/ ...

According to one online dictionary, the apostrophe-s combination is an ending used in writing to represent the possessive morpheme after most singular nouns, some plural nouns, especially those not ...

What is the difference between the following: 'I had eaten before I left the house.' 'I ate before I left the house.' Is one more 'correct' (at least to a pedant) than the other?

For example, a choice between heaven or hell.

The following common expressions are in the form of for in conjunction with an adjective: (give/take) for granted (leave) for dead for better/worse for sure/certain There doesn't seem to be anything ...

Now there's another question for the repetition of indefinite article with several adjectives, but my question here is rather about nouns. Examples: She's a manager and a shareholder. or She's ...

Write about the following topic. Buying things on the Internet, such as books, air tickets and groceries, is becoming more and more popular. Do the advantages of shopping in this way outweigh the ...

I am writing an essay for TOEFL writing task in which I want support the argument that smaller classes work better in terms of learning quality. In the essay, I am describing a situation but I an not ...

In the famous autobiography 'Testament of Youth' by Vera Brittain, what the word 'Testament' means? Does it mean 'testimony', 'era', or 'pledge'/'promise'?

In The King James Bible, Genesis: 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. I have ...

I am having trouble with the differences among the words "deduce", "infer" and "gauge". I have referred to the dictionary Word Master which gives the following definitions for the three words. ...

could you please tell me why we use "it" and "that" as singular pronouns in this sentence? Do we always do the same in Eglish or we can you use plural pronouns instead too? : Blockquote Skin too ...

Consider this example sentence: The proceeds go to the non-profit organizations Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Children's International. Is "the" needed before "non-profit organizations"? Is ...

I am writing a scientific essay. In some context, containing books and scientific papers, the following sentences are used frequently: "there only exist": This is precisely what empirists (...

The line comes from The Old Man At The Bridge By Ernest Hemingway.Here is the line: It was Easter Sunday and the Fascists were advancing toward the Ebro.It was a gray overcast day with a low ceiling ...

In a digital card game I'm playing I see this text: If this follower's attack or defense has not been increased by a spell or effect, destroy this follower. I'm confused about the segment of If ...

“When we consider either the history of opinion or the ordinary conducf of human life, to what is it to be ascribed that the one and the other are no worse than they are?” I am confused by what this ...

Is there a surefire way to work out what a restrictive (essential) phrase "limits" (I've seen this word in this context) the meaning of? Here e.g. it limits the word that precedes it: My sister ...

Should it be an "English Professional Editor" or "Professional English Editor"?

The controversy surrounding [something] If there are 2 sides, 1 side supporting [something] and another side opposing [something], which side does it represent?

Should you use is or are here: I can't tell is you or Amanda is/are the best. I know with you it would be are. I know with Amanda it would be is. And I know with a list of Amanda and Dave it ...

I checked today the definition of "jersey" in Word Reference dictionary (https://www.wordreference.com/definition/jersey) and found: a close-fitting knitted sweater or shirt I think that the ...

Today I came across something very interesting (perhaps, maybe easy, I don't know :) So, here is the thing. Why do we use some words ending with "ache" with an article (in case of headache) and some ...

He gave each of them one manufactured flaw given that they were sort of prototypes who later are defined in 'BL 2049' as also having the ability to reproduce.

Whenever I used to read some academic books, I frequently read this sentence ""complementary value of each other meaning"". Like, if would put prefix to this sentence it will look like, Reliability ...