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When did we start talking about “hustle culture”?
The expression “hustle culture” refers to workplace environments that place an intense focus on productivity, ambition, and success, with little regard for rest, self care, or any sense of work-life ...
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Feminine Forms for chaps and blokes
Do we have "corresponding" feminine forms for chaps, blokes - friendly ways to address "male folks" in the UK?
Shawties, babes aren't equivalent (derogatory) I suppose at least ...
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How to get plural form of noun from Cambridge learner's dictionary? [closed]
Can I obtain the plural of a given noun using this dictionary and how?
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What is the "ism" where sex is considered for procreation only and what is the opposite where sex is consider for recreational purpose
I am looking for single word or phrase in following context
1.) An "ism" (belief or school of thought) where sex (Activity or activities) is considered for procreation only
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2.) an "...
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What happened to the word 'godness' which I always thought was the human size and very limited of the divine that was born in man? [closed]
I remember a famous article written about 100 years ago named, I think, "What is the Godness of God?". It was written by someone taking umbrage with someone who thought that he could ...
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“A number of people were affected…” shouldn't the verb be singular? [duplicate]
Nouns that are "collective" (automatically suggesting a group) take a plural verb when the group as a whole is meant; they take a singular verb when the group can be thought of as individual ...
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Using is after plural nouns [duplicate]
The lakers are the best team in California.
Even though the lakers are one team “are” needs to be used right?
Five guys is the best burger restaurant in Arizona.
Should this also be “are” since it ...
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grief vs grievances [closed]
In a recent tweet of C. R Hills:
The Serbian people will never set aside their grief, but I believe they are strong enough to set aside their grievances. The United States’ dedication to our ...
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adjective vs adverb for a gerund
This sentence occurs in Wikipedia:
The method of voting can range from formal submission of written votes, through show of hands, voice voting or audience response systems, to informal noting which ...
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Types of Clause
I'm getting perplexed searching "how many types of clause ....?" Because different websites are giving different answers.
I am thinking about taking it as, may be there are two types: ...
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Lexical aspect of build and like [closed]
Take a look at the two sentences below and their possible entailments:
(1) She liked the houses in two years.
(Entails she still likes them.)
(2) She built the houses in two years.
(Entails she is ...
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"implies the narrator"?
A sentence on this website reads:
It might well be, implies the narrator, that he made up the whole story, but he's content to leave it up to the reader to decide which "passages" of his ...
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Is there a definitive direction for going “full ass” relative to going half-ass?
I’ve never heard “full ass” as an actual term anywhere, but I wondered about it since the actual term “half-ass” implies there should be a theoretical meaning for going full. If “half-ass” means ...
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Indefinite article before the multiplication product: ‘a ten of twos is a twenty' or '‘a ten of twos is twenty"
For an article intended for linguists only, I have to unidiomatically translate oral multiplication tables from a South Asian language to reflect the original morphology, and while doing so a question ...
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What explains the restrictions on determinative "you"?
As Huddleston & Pullum note, "you" can sometimes be used as a determiner:
You idiots never learn.
I'll never understand you idiots.
But this generally can't occur in the singular:
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A binge is on its own
I am quiet sure that the sentence
There was a binge yesterday
is grammatically correct. But what about semantics? I mean, there was an event like a drinking party yesterday. Do I use the binge word ...
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Meaning of "was to have" [closed]
Mr Macron was to have hosted the king at a banquet at the former royal palace of Versailles.
This sentence confuses me a little, especially the fact that "was" and "to have" are ...
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Sound pattern/poetry [closed]
Is "feet" or "foot" similar to "meter" in case of poems in literature?If there's any slightest difference anyone know of please let me know how to distinguish between ...
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Comprehension of lines [closed]
I am not able to comprehend the meaning of 2nd paragraph, and especially the line which talks about descendants
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If you have to choose one, which sentence is more correct? [closed]
If you speak English, you will not find it hard to let other people understand what you want to say
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If you speak English, you will not find it hard to make other people understand what you want ...
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How are words ending with "-edly" pronounced?
I knew that "-ed-" in supposedly and assuredly are pronounced out as a syllable unlike when they don't have "-ly". I found a list of words ending in "-edly" (1), and ...
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Name for the category of complex tasks/process where the standard is perfection
I'm looking for an English adjective, idiom, phrase, or principle to describe complex tasks/jobs/processes/things where the baseline is "perfection". And where people only notice the ...
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'Structural Integrity Assessment' vs 'Structural Integrity Evaluation' [closed]
What are differences between the meaning of "structural integrity assessment" and "structural integrity evaluation"?
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Documentary by a man that tried different hallucinogens from different cultures [closed]
I watched a documentary probably more than 10 years ago where there was a man that I believe was an author. He traveled the world and visited different cultures, how they make their hallucinogen used ...
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Term for (humorous) sentences that end in unexpected ways [duplicate]
I'm trying to find the term that refers to a certain type of joke. These jokes generally have the following characterstics:
generally only one sentence long
the first half is straightforward and ...
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What is the difference between "confirm" and "affirm"? [closed]
What is the difference between "confirm" and "affirm" ?
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Meaning of " trapping "? [closed]
This is the passage I'm reading:
Using this
method—and both human and inhuman
spirits can do this—the entity bypasses
the physical eye and projects the desired image directly to the ‘mind’s eye,’ or
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Knowing who can be?
This is a phrase from one of my favorite songs by John Lennon, LOVE.
Love is knowing we can be
As a speaker of English as a second language, my first response was like we can be what?
I know it's ...
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Established onomatopoeic word for sound of rolling chairs?
I attempted to search for an onomatopoeic word for a chair rolling the floor- such as an office chair across a tiled surface- but to no avail. All that comes is "scraping" and similar for ...
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When to use "the" in front of plural demonyms? "Americans" vs "the Americans" vs "the American people"?
When do you use the before plural demonymic expressions like "Americans", "British people" or "Chinese people"?
Chinese people celebrate Lunar New Year on the first days ...
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Usage of "high school" and "secondary school" in British Columbia
I grew up in British Columbia, Canada. In the area where I grew up (Greater Vancouver), the school system was generally separated into elementary and high school, with elementary starting at ...
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(The) unemployment in the country has fallen recently
I have been recently wondering about the reason why is "the" omitted in such a phrase like the one quoted below.
"The unemployment in the country has fallen recently."
My ...
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The effects of non-homogeneous complements on lexical aspect [closed]
Which sentence is more felicitous?
She loved dogs in five minutes.
She loved the dogs in five minutes.
Does sentence 2 imply 'start to love'?
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Is there a proper word that conveys the same meaning as “stealthed”?
I’m looking for a word to replace the word “stealthed” in my manuscript. I’ve been using it as an verb/adjective to mean “to enter stealth mode” or “currently in stealth mode” as the characters I’m ...
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Is there a word that cover "length of things"? [closed]
There's several measurement words that shares the same standard units, e.g.
Measure
Unit
Example
Size of things/animals
feet/metres
The crab is 91 cm (35.8") long
Height of things/animals
feet/...
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Plain coffee or tea VS black coffee or tea
A coffee drink with no additives- no sugar no cream or no milk is called "black coffee". Can it be also called "plain coffee?"
If yes, then can these callings be carried over to ...
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How to write s/he at the beginning of a sentence? [closed]
In a document I want to use the gender form of personal pronouns. But if I use "s/he" at the beginning of a sentence, are both "s" and "h" to be written in capitals? It ...
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Can you use 'amok' without 'run'? How?
I've only ever seen the word 'amok' used in conjunction with the verb 'to run'. As in, 'running amok' or 'to run amok'. Is there an accepted way to use 'amok' without the verb 'to run'? Do you have ...
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Synonyms for "use" with positive conntotion?
"First, we will look into the representations of the mind as
multifaceted and beautiful, examining how Moore [uses] these
aesthetics to challenge notions that the mind is solely useful for its
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Does the idiom "step on a rake" mean making the same mistake twice? [duplicate]
In Russian there is an idiom "наступать на грабли" which is literally the same as "step on a rake" in English. I'm trying to figure out whether these idioms have exactly the same ...
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Report vs. Narrative? What is the difference linguistically? [closed]
I am a sociolinguist and I am working with a data set where speakers were asked to (i) talk about a time when they were close to death (i.e., Labov's danger of death prompt) and (ii) talk about this ...
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Use of THIS in writing a paragraph [closed]
In constructing a paragraph, can we use "this" to refer back to parts of a text of previous paragraph?
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Is there a term that describes reducing a person's identity to certain characteristics?
Is there a term that describes reducing a person's identity to certain characteristics, behaviours or traits that are not physical? The term should have a negative connotation. I've heard the ...
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Word for "separating a group of similar-but-not-the-same things into categories"?
I'm writing up the changes I have made to some software; said changes include separating some things into categories (I'm trying to avoid making this readable only to people who know about programming)...
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happens next vs would happen [closed]
The dog went barking at them
What is the difference between What happens next? and What would happen now? to complete the above sentence
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What's the word for when you implement a variable? [closed]
What's the word for when you implement a variable?
I'm sorry it's a bit of a simple question. I just can't seem to remember the word.
It's not implement, assign, or pass.
I tried reading a few lists ...
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Is the phrase "in place" a good synonym for "appropriate"? [closed]
Would it be appropriate to use "in place" as a synonym for the word "appropriate?"
In this sentence, for example:
"I thought it would be in place for us to erect a statue for ...
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What is the proper handling of Mach number?
My question mainly concerns named numbers like Mach, Reynolds, Weber, etc.
Considering the eponymous noun is 'Mach number', is the following grammatically correct?
His plane reached Mach 2.
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What is a prepositional phrase starting with "in" that substitutes "necessary"?
To elaborate using an example, I'll use the following sample sentence: "It would be necessary for us to expand our office campus."
The substitution would look like this: "It would be in ...
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"on/in browser on/in my phone"? Which one is correct? [closed]
Statement is -
Twitter is not working properly "on/in Chrome browser on/in my phone"
Which one is correct in each case?
