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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a longer passage of English. A SPECIFIC CONCERN must be emphasized.
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Lightness of touch
This is an aesthetic judgement, contrasted with something done with a heavy hand.
It probably implies the resulting sculpture is notable for subtle details rather than strong or highly pronounced fea …
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Is "network" perceived as a verb?
The first example is unclear. Not being a route development professional (or even previously aware that such a career existed), I read network for passenger route development as a noun phrase, a netwo …
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Is "more commonly" the same as "most commonly"?
We use "more" when we're comparing two things, and "most" when comparing more than two things (and one of them is superlative among those things).
In this case, the writer used "more" because they we …
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'from part to part' is correct or not?
Electrical engineer here.
It's grammatically correct, but it doesn't mean what you said you want to say.
When we say "part to part" in the context of electronics, we usually mean the variation between …
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difficult nautical dialect
I hope that feller's well underwrit
This means he hopes the other ship has good insurance. Underwriting means committing to pay someone in the event of loss under an insurance contract.
He'll ne …
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responsible as to her keel
The question might be clearer if we also include a couple of further sentences of context.
... According to all theory, she ought to have been perfectly responsible as to her keel. In practice, sh …
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Does "pass" mean OK or not OK?
It's ambiguous.
It could mean "these candidates passed our tests".
Or it could mean "We'll pass on these candidates" (not give them offers).
You should ask whoever gave you the folders what the la …
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Logical disjunction and English Language
In contemporary English, "and/or" is becoming fairly common, in both writing and speech.
An alternative that might come across more naturally in some contexts is to ask something like "Is the person …