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What is the difference between “detonate” and “explode”? Are they interchangeable?
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Your teacher assigns you an essay and you write down anything that can be said about the subject. You are satisfied, but the word count doesn’t reach the required minimum. So you use lousy tricks like …
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I read a sentence from an authoritative grammar book that adjective can be a subject, but the usage is using the pairs of adjective, for instance, wet or dry will make little difference But later I …
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I couldn’t find a proper meaning to the word clear in this paragraph. European officials are looking at whether the banks, including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, have harmed rival organizations that …
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Grandma likes to place a miniature angel on top of the PlayStation, a gossamer of crochet lying between the sacred and the hi-tech. Question is, how do you call it? In Brazil we call it “bibelot&…
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In the play “The Discovery” by Herman Ould most of the crew members are in defiance with captain Columbus. One of the sailors says “Santa Maria will be the lighter for his carcass” …
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This context comes from the second episode of “Game Of Thrones” The conversation happens between a young girl, no more than twelve, and her older friend who brought her a present, which is a …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I look forward to receiving your updates Do native UK speakers use this kind of sentence holding for news from someone? I don’t know if it could be helpful, the context I am referring to is a …
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Which one is correct: examination center or examination centre? What is the difference between center and centre? Is the difference only in spelling? What is the usage difference?
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I am confusing whether I could use “convenient” and “any” at the same time. Also, I’d like to know the different nuance between may and can, in this sentence: You may call me in your convenient …
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Which one is correct? (Maybe both are correct.) He passed away on the morning of March 5. Or He passed away in the morning of March 5.
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How old are you? or What is your age? Which is more common or used more and also the correct way of asking? Original question closed on ELU
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What is the right expression when saying: “I am grateful”? Do we say “I am grateful to you” or “I am grateful for you? Or are there other expressions? What is the noun of this adjective “…
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I am a bit confused in using drank and drunk. I know we use it with past tense but not when to use drank and when to use drunk. What are the better ways to use these? I visited this, too, but it …
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Can you answer these questions?
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I just heard on ABC, regarding speaker election, something like We have never had this in a hundred years. From what I learned, for instead of in seems (more) correct to me. Hence the question in …
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On the web, I see many examples of answers given by professional support that end like this: <Answer to the asker’s question> I hope this clarifies your question. I am surprised by this …
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Some people I know say that routinely: “I leave here”, “I’m leaving here”, “I’m going to leave here” and so on. Somehow that phrase doesn’t feel right to me (I would’ve …
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