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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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'Pomp' in 'dressed in white English pomp'
The closest it comes is splendid or showy ornament, but, as I've said, it doesn't make sense to say that someone was dressed in splendid ornament.
I can't see why that doesn't make sense.
Ok, not …
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Actual usage of the word "Dryly"
From internet sources, I got to know that this word is used when we are being funny but actually are serious.
I think the main point is that you are missing something very important: the person …
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Is wrong to say "two and two are not five"...?
The sentence two twos are four is correct, but although it is a common English phrase, it is not mathematical - in actual mathematics, the equations is not pronounced that way.
In mathematics, the eq …
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"Me too invited" Is this correct?
On several social media and in different forms of (short) message exchange, this form of English is very common.
I agree that outside those specific environments, sentences like these are to be avoide …
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How do you say "hasn't been much activity" using "to go on"?
I think you read the sentence as if it said:
"In the ensuing few months there hasn't been much going on in terms of new hints of what it might look like."
However, that is not what the sentence …
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The Usage of "Like Anything"
I have become familiar with the expression like anything as a general intensifier through Indian English, where it seems to be used very often - I have not heard it used regularly in any other dialect …
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Is "less bad" correct usage of the language?
The only alternative I would see for "less bad" is "better", but that does not fit at all in this situation, so go for "less bad".
Less bad could imply "better", but not in this case; "better" implie …
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Right usage of "undergo" with syndrome
A syndrome is something you have or you experience.
Undergoing can have the same meaning as experiencing, but I have never heard it used this way.
Usually the one would be said to have a syndrome, …
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The occurrence of comparative degree
I would say that
we use a comparative degree when we compare two people, animals or things
Is a gross oversimplification and it is grossly incomplete.
I am fatter now than I used to be.
I …
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Would this qualify as "racism" or would it be called something else?
I am afraid that this question invites mostly opinion based answers, because the question itself is immensely opinionated.
However, the adjective "opinionated" could be used for what the woman was sa …
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Using "a tiny" in the same way as "a little"
I think it is interesting to note that a little cannot be seen in the same way in these examples:
That is a little dog.
That is a little strange.
In the first sentence, little is an adjective, …
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Word for someone who has accepted something
I would understand an acceptee as a person that is accepted, not the person that accepted anything.
The active form would be accepter (see M-W): one that accepts.
The same pattern you see in
tr …
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long lengths of adjustable shelves
A length can be used as a countable measure (albeit not clearly defined), as shown by Macmillan:
3 [COUNTABLE] a piece of something that is long and thin
a length of pipe/rope/string
But in th …
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Use of 'not' with 'currently'
There is very little difference in meaning, if any, between the two.
However, they are both correct. Grammatically there is a difference:
X is not [currently [available]].
X is currently [no …
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What is free-form data entry?
It simply means the user can type in almost anything they like, without restrictions to form.
Usually this means something like a text-box in an entry form, where the user can type several lines of t …
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