Top new questions this week:
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I thought “ts” should sound differently. I believe rights and rice are not homophones; if so, why should patients and patience be homophones? Because the sound t is canceled after n? These …
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Below is a dialog between two girls – Maddie and London – talking about a man called Lance: London: So how did it go with the lifeguard? Maddie: Well… London: What’s the matter? Didn’t he love your …
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A native Anglophone lady is showing around her house on TV. When they walk into a room, there is a big clock on the wall, and she points at the clock and says: “That is not the time.” I …
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oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com: (1) She was seriously ill as an infant. my variant: (2) She was seriously ill as she was an infant. Is it right to say: (1) comes from (2) by omitting “she was&…
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If I say I can’t seem to get ahead or stop “bobbing in the water” does it let the reader know that I am struggling.
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I want to say “It’s being discussed because there is a (almost certainly fake) rumour about it.” I learned that we should put “an” if the next word starts with a vowel, but in this …
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What will be the passive version of the sentence: I like to run. I like running. Can I use infinitives and gerunds to frame passive sentences? To run is liked by me. Running is liked by me. Are …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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From “The Office” S2E13 Jim: Is it me or does it smell like updog in here? Michael: What’s updog? Jim: Nothing much. What’s up with you? Where is the funny point?
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I’m looking for a formal way to request for updated information (I call it “seeking the updated things”) in business email writing. I’m thinking when you ask for information, you are …
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In my first language (Thai), a typical formal letter usually has quite a similar format to English letters, with one exception… Between the last paragraph of the body of the letter and that “Yours …
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There’s this particular interjection-like usage of there that I think belongs to the spoken register and maybe doesn’t refer to anything; as in: Hi there! You alright there? Why is it …
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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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I want to apologize for some mistake in official mail and want to make them sure I will not do that again. “I will take care of this next time” . or “I will take care of this onwards”.
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I want to know the difference between “have done” and “had done”. When and where it should be used?
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Can you answer these questions?
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According to Michael Swan’s Practical English Usage, it is possible to use since without perfect tenses in the main clause, especially in sentences about change. The examples given are: You’re …
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wordreference.com: (1) It’s on. = It’s beginning. (2) Let’s get it on. = Let’s get it started. That is, “on” in (1) and (2) relates to the beginning of something. Proceeding from it, the …
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I heard John Kirby said this: “We have been, from the beginning of this war now 11 months ago, have been evolving the capabilities we’re providing with Ukraine, with the conditions on the ground,” I …
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