Top new questions this week:
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In many places, people on the roadside have a small display of the products. It’s not a proper shop where you have to open a door to get in; it’s just like a roadside street shop. I am not sure what …
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This context comes from Stephen King’s book “The Shining” Context comes from a part of the book in which Wendy, Jack’s wife, speaks to him about Danny, their son. She thinks Danny isn’t …
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“These days it is expensive to take care of just one child.” When I read the sentence, I understand the point, however, I think “just” might be ambiguous here, so I think that …
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Reading The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski and at one point he describes the number of troops in the army as “four and forty thousand”. Which number would that be? 44,000? 440,000? 40,…
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If you are looking for a house online, should you type in the search box “house to rent” or “house for rent”? Are they interchangeable?
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In this public “message from CEO and Co-Founder” for a cryptocurrency exchange company, it’s stated: crypto[currency] isn’t going anywhere. What positive thing about cryptocurrency (if any)…
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Search ‘slander’ in Youtube and you will get tons of meme-like videos with ‘slander’ in their titles. For example, here is a screenshot of the video Job Slander. Why are these types of videos called …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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He went there on foot. Or He went there by foot. Which one is correct, and on what basis?
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Which of the following sentences is more appropriate? The reasons for these decisions are as following: The reasons for these decisions are as follows: This operator is defined as following: This …
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I myself normally use at in a sentence such as “I want to study at the Stanford University.” But when I saw someone wrote “I want to go to study in the Stanford University,” though sounded a little …
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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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I have to write a formal email to my manager for arranging a short meeting. What is the more formal and correct expression in this context: When would be convenient for you to meet? When it …
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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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We’ll be late! We’ll late! You’ll be so tired in the morning. You’ll so tired in the morning. It will be very pleasant for you. It will very pleasant for you. I’ll be all right. I’ll all right. To …
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Can you answer these questions?
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Does this phrase sound natural/correct: You are deemed to accept it by continuing to use the application? Is the following one more preferable: You shall be deemed to accept it by continuing to use …
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Alan is hanging out with Alice alone in the forest when they get caught by Alan’s girlfriend Betty. Feeling agitated, Betty confronts them, asking what they two were doing there. Wanting to make Betty …
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I have been learning English and this question arose when I was doing some reading. ‘not to do but to do’ or ‘ not to do but do’, which one is grammartically correct? And I have yet another question …
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