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Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Are these sentences correct?

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 02:15 AM PST

In the first part of my CAE exam I'll be asked some questions about me. Are these sentences correct?

  1. I have been studying English for roughly 8 years
  2. I am a newly retired high school Math teacher and, as a result, I can finally do what I didn't get round to doing before

Metaphor classification

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 01:06 AM PST

When I asked a metaphor related question, that is now closed, I was told to read the following article by Richard Nordquist about the different metaphor types. I am now looking for a more authoritative reference to read more about it as I don't feel like I am quite grasping the classifications here. Can anyone recommend me a book or give me a name of the field that studies metaphors in detail and classifies them?

Additionally, there was mention of one more metaphor type called a 'universal metaphor' that is not covered in the above article. What is meant by a universal metaphor?

Perfect Continuous Passive Participle Clause?

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 08:01 PM PST

Having been being lost in the woods for hours, he was finally found by emergency services.

Does this mean:

After he had been being lost in the woods for hours, he was finally found by emergency services.

Is this a grammatical sentence? If so, is "Having been being lost" called a perfect continuous (since it has "Having" and "being") passive ("been") participle clause (tells us more information about sentences)?

To conclude, I have 3 questions need answering. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

"Whom" is right but I've never EVER heard anyone say this out loud [closed]

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 07:52 PM PST

For example:

"Whom should I pick"

Maybe no one has enough time to think about this in quick, everyday conversation?

Can I use an asterisk or a footnote to add information about a word in Chicago style [migrated]

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 05:58 PM PST

I am writing a paper, and I was wondering if I could use an asterisk and dagger symbol to add a note in the footnotes section explaining a word in Chicago style.?

Example:

Lola* and other plenipotentiaries† signed the document.

*Filipino word meaning "grandma."

†Diplomatic representative of a country.

grammar question(very urgent)

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 11:37 PM PST

I've a grammar question for the following sentence:

Is gene therapy or stem cell therapy more likely to succeed in this field.

Does it means which therapy is more likely to succeed in this field? Gene therapy or stem cell therapy?

Or does it mean therapies like gene therapy and stem cell therapy more likely to succeed in this field than other therapies?

update*******

It's a title of an essay as an assignment given by my university. It's not a question mark but period at the end of the sentence. "in this field" they mean "as a treatment for Alzeimer's disease".

“Do you know who John is?” or “Do you know whom John is?” [duplicate]

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 04:26 PM PST

Is it correct to say "Do you know who John is?" or "Do you know whom John is?"? As far as I'm aware, John is the object, and therefore "whom" should be used. If not though, please let me know why.

To come down this way

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 12:15 AM PST

This is from the movie Clean (2022)

The rush of violence is better than dope. Better than blow, better than base. Meth. Crack. If you're lucky it'll let you come down this way.

I don't understand the last line at all. Does it have something to do with "to come down" as in "to come down from a drug and stop feeling its effects"? Seems to me it doesn't fit here. But then again I have no idea what it means then.

'There remains...' vs. 'There remain...'

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 12:34 AM PST

Is the sentence below grammatical?

There remains substantial further time, thought and effort required.

'There remain...' does not sound correct to me in this context.

Need clarification on noun phrases

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 07:06 PM PST

I am currently trying to understand noun phrases and I have a question.

From my understanding a noun phrases is created with a modifier when you modify a head noun.

For example « Travel along the Rhine river » (in this sentence the head noun river is modified by Rhine) and the noun phrase is "the Rhine river »

Another example would be : "Travel across the Puente Nuevo in Ronda "(in this sentence Puente Nuevo is modified by Ronda with a preposition and the noun phrase is "The Puente Nuevo in Ronda » Am I correct with those 2 examples ?

My question is can a conjunction, an apposition or even a verb create a noun phrase ?

For example here with an apposition : "Later on, experience the otherworldly feel of Riquewihr, a village on the route des vins." Is the village on the route des vins a noun phrases and is the village identified as Riquewhir ?

Another example with a conjunction : "Later on, experience the otherworldly feel of Riquewihr and the route des vins. » Is "Riquewihr and the route des vins" a noun phrase ?

Last example with a verb. "Later on, experience the otherworldly feel of Riquewihr located on the route des vins " (is "Riquewihr located on the route des vins" a noun phrase ?

Thank you very much for your help and clarification, Stephane,

It was not an option/It was not in the options

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 11:30 PM PST

The online ink blot tests aren't really efficient becuse they have a fixed number of options to choose from. Someone took a test. One of the ink blots looked like a "dress" to a person, but it was not something that they had included in their opinions (4 options).

The person can say:

It looked like a dress to me, but it wasn't included in the options.

It looked like a dress to me, but it wasn't in the options.

It looked like a dress to me, but it wasn't part of options.

It looked like a dress to me, but it wasn't an option.

Which out of these four sounds the most natural to you and is likely to be used?

the meaning of "alloy" in Jane Austen's Emma Chapter I

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 05:36 PM PST

The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her.

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes "which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments". I get the general meaning, but I would like to know the exact meaning of "alloy", is it a noun or verb? How does it function in the sentence?

"Conception" vs. "inception"

Posted: 30 Jan 2022 04:29 PM PST

A friend of mine just stated:

I'm unimpressed by iOS6, most of the "features" they are introducing have been there since Android's conception.

I was about to correct him, believing inception to be the correct word.

When should one be used over the other?
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