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Definitive list of words that make up each point of view (i.e., first person singular, second person, etc)
Doing some text analysis and just looking for a textbook I can cite with a table of these or comprehensive list.
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Embarrassed | Offended
Is one without the other? If they are combined is one more over than the other?
Embarrassed | Offended (separate)
Embarrassed-Offended (together)
Embarrassed/Offended (a over b)
Offended/Embarrassed (...
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Is "stife" a name for smoking cooking oil?
My parents and grandparents used to describe smoking cooking oil as "stife". Has anyone else heard of this? Perhaps I've spelt it wrong?
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“If you don’t know which book you can buy, we can advise you.”
If you don’t know which book you can buy, we can advise you.
In this sentence, is "which book you can buy" a defining relative clause introduced by the subordinator "which" as a ...
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Actual meaning of "as saying " and its uses
"He was quoted as saying there would be further delays."
Here what is the meaning of as saying?
Like, Someone quoted him that, "he was saying— there would be further delays.(saying as ...
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Is "It's like watching Mitt and Mutt work" a reference to Mutt & Stuff?
Hey English community,
I was watching Best Fails Of The Year | Try Not To Laugh and the sentence at the timestamp took me off guard, mostly because I've never heard it before and I really like it. I ...
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Truth speech vs speech [closed]
Can you please tell me your thoughts on the term "truth speech" derived to replace free speech in the required settings
Mainly where the term hate speech is used to lower the tone and shift ...
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What is the appropriate usage for persons?
I was wondering what the correct use of the word "persons" is, I was going to use it for a group of multiple people who suffer from the same condition but I was told it was incorrect usage ...
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Moderator said that these sentences say different things! [closed]
I'm doing exercises in Murphy English Grammar In Use and there was a task
where one had to to fill in the gap:
It ___ while we were on holiday (rain).
There is no more additional context
Personally ...
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What could "Your talent is well noted" mean? [closed]
I'm an amateur voice over artist and I've sent my auditions to a few casting calls. There is one individual in particular whom I've asked for an update regarding my entry. This particular part in her ...
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Happiness does not come from money, but from love [closed]
Happiness does not come from money, but from love.
Happiness does come not from money, but from love.
Which one is correct?
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Policies for Growth
Ensure policies to allow for more higher paying jobs.
Wanting to say we want more of the higher paying jobs.
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Difference between "Intrigued With" and "Intrigued By"
What exactly is the difference between the usage of "intrigued with" and "intrigued by" in sentences?
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Changing of positive degree to comparitive [migrated]
What is the comparative degree transformation of " lion is as strong as tiger .? is it " lion is not stronger than tiger or tiger is not stronger than lion. ? Are both of them correct? ...
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To make people get used to and accept the bad by showing them the worse
I am searching for an idiomatic expression for making people accept and get used to what they normally wouldn't by showing or making them experience a worse one.
Edit; when authority wants to increase ...
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What’s the right fitting word? [closed]
What would be the word you would call someone if they brought another person that had nothing to do with it into a conversation and then blamed them for something that the person blaming them actually ...
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How can we reduce sentences in which main clause and noun clause have different subjects? [closed]
In this sentence, the subject of main clause and noun clause are different: I want vs you go.
Expanded form: I want that you go there.
Reduced form: I want you to go there.
So my question is, how ...
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Use singular or plural when speaking about multiple total counts
I have a vector which contains one number for each occasion, and this number is the total number of animals captured for the first time on that occasion. (i.e., there is no grand total, but each ...
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How to talk about two different counts
In our scientific article, I have a sentence:
The numbers of residents and transients are constant over time.
I want to say that the number of resients is constant and the number of transients is ...
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"See also" vs. "Also see" as a heading
I was surprised to se that there consistently is an "Also see"-section on this wiki (example). The heading I would expect is "See also", which is used e.g. on Wikipedia (example). ...
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Why is 'women' sometimes pronounced as 'woman'?
Some American speakers pronounce both 'woman' and 'women' as 'woman' (ˈwʊm.ən). Is this a recent pronunciation change? Where, why, and when did it originate?
I specified the American accent because ...
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Using "should have" for events that did happen [closed]
"Should have" is typically used to say something did not happen though it was desirable, but it is sometimes used for things that did happen and were desirable, as in "He did what he ...
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What is the voice in the sentence? [migrated]
You are not supposed to do this.
Is it active or passive voice?
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How do I write out the month and year in which an event occurred within a web article (or any publication for that matter)? [duplicate]
I'm aware the answer to this question may differ across writing styles, but within a web article, should I write "In June of 2020, X occurred" or "In June 2020, X occurred"? I can'...
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How to combine “She was/wasn’t at home” vs “She had/hadn’t been at home" with “when I called her”? [migrated]
When I called her she wasn’t at home.She wasn’t at home when I called her.
When I called her she had been at home.She had been at home when I called her.
Does had been at home mean that she was at ...
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Welcome to or Welcome in {Game title}? [closed]
I'm quite close to release my first game, and I can't decide which is grammatically correct on my first user facing screen. My game will surely have some grammatical mistakes but I would appreciate it ...
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Connotation of "for" / "for the"
I asked this question on ELL and got a satisfactory answer about whether "A new material for manufacture of bricks" is a correct title for a scientific article.
However, it seems that ELL is ...
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Can "Nothing" be used as answer to the question that starts with the word "How?" [closed]
I want to write a conversation where two characters talk. The other character asks "What do you feel now?" and the other character answers by saying "Nothing".
But I have feeling ...
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Which preposition is correct to use in "to conjugate __ 3rd Person Singular"?
Is it at/on/in with the following phrase:
to conjugate .... 3rd Person Singular
So far I consistently use "at". Am I right?
Edit:
"have" is conjugated ... the 3rd Person Singular,...
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How common is 'rider' in the sense '[a]n amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract'?
I came across a usage of the common word rider on a TV cookery show that I'd never met before. On checking, I found just two online dictionaries with the very specific definition
rider [noun] [UK ...
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Alternative to "would you/can you [please] .." [duplicate]
I am a native English speaker but have never found a comfortable approach to requesting help.
Would you please is more commanding/ authoritative in tone than I am looking for typically.
Can you [...
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Which statement is more correct? [migrated]
The parameters is getting updated when you change the project rate.
The parameters is being updated when you change the project rate.
Is there a difference between these two statements? Which ...
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Is this grammar correct? "New rules are adhere to" [migrated]
Today I learned several vocabs including "adhere to".
Also the teacher said that "New rules are adhere to" is also grammatically correct and used normally.
However, I think that it ...
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What does “turn down an empty plate” mean?
I was reading Raymond Chandler’s The Lady in the Lake (1943) and came across this quote that puzzled me:
Tell Webber I was asking for him. Next time he buys a hamburger, tell him to turn down an ...
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Is it true that "all the" means "all of the" and "some" can mean "some of the"? If so, why are they omitted in different ways? [closed]
As far as I know, "all the" is actually an informal version of "all of the", see, e.g., all + noun, all + the noun, all of the + noun, all of + noun, which one is right?.
Also, in ...
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What is the meaning of "partial cloaks"
What is the meaning of ""partial cloaks" in this sentence?
Partial cloaks that work like sophisticated camouflage -rather like the alien in the 1987 movie Predator — might be ...
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What's the word for when two worlds coexist in the same space simultaneously but one is hidden or veiled from the other?
Consider how the wizarding world is hidden from the muggle world in the Harry Potter/ Wizarding World universe.
Or in Hell Boy II. The troll market is hidden under a bridge. Red can see it but it's ...
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What's the rule for singular vs plural in "A number of parameters is/are"? [duplicate]
I read this sentence earlier, and it struck me as incorrect:
A number of parameters is associated with an open connection.
My first thought was the is should be an are, but talked myself out of that ...
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Is “actual” both a false friend and a cognate from Spanish to English?
English definition of “actual”:
existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed.
Spanish definition of “actual”:
current, present, contemporary
These are ...
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Is this a poorly constructed sentence? [closed]
"George Santos became the sixth member of Congress to be expelled from the House of Representatives on Friday." Time.com DECEMBER 1, 2023
The way that sentence reads does it suggest that on ...
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Can I put down "I'm wondering about whether....." [migrated]
I'm learning about indirect questions, but I'm confused with the use of "wondering about".
I was wondering about one thing. Can Lisa fly a helicopter?（combine the sentences）
The answer is &...
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Pronunciation difference b/w Python and Pyramid
Why is "Python" pronounced differently than "Pyramid"? Is there a logic behind why the "PY" is pronounced differently in both?
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What's the word for when someone points something out then your view starts warping to fit what they said even if it isn't actually there [closed]
For example, someone spoils a show or says something is poorly written. Originally you may not have thought or noticed that but suddenly your view starts changing to become similar or the same as ...
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Not so good and Bangla [closed]
You must not have any question about the existence of GOD.
Is this sentence is correct?
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"That clause" with "subject + verb" replaced by an infinitive
I have 2 questions about the 3 sentences below.
Sentence 1: Source: Novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar (1998) - Page79- Line 8 （You can find this sentence on Google Books.）
Tell Becca that when ...
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Can any member in this group kindly explain to me the meaning of 'Storying' in the context of narrative qualitative ethnographic research? [closed]
I keep coming across the term storying in articles on narrative research. The authors however do not explain how the term storying is different in meaning and connotation from the term storytelling or ...
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"That's all right" vs "Never mind" [closed]
I think both C and D could be the correct answer. What do you think?
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Conjugation of epitome and -ous? [closed]
What is the conjugation of the word epitome, with the suffix -ous? Over the years I've searched a few times and could never find it, even back before there was rampant censorship. I don't know why ...
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What grammar construction is preventing the highlighted section from committing a "run on sentence" error?
His mother died during his sophomore year, his father when he was a senior.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/29/the-lost-giant-of-american-literature
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When and where did 'hospice' in the sense of 'palliative care facility or program for the terminally ill' originate in English?
Merriam-Webster's Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, first edition (1898) has this entry for hospice:
Hospice, n. {F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes ...
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