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- Is "nor" used correctly here as a conjunction? ("nor" at the beginning of a sentence)
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| Term for noun whose verb means to do the opposite Posted: 23 Jan 2022 01:58 PM PST The word 'dust' is kinda peculiar. The verb form dust means to remove the dust from something, not to add dust to it. Is there a term for this type of word relationship and are there other examples? |
| I need another way of saying "and those of others" Posted: 23 Jan 2022 01:50 PM PST Much of her writing is prompted by her experiences and those of others.
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| Posted: 23 Jan 2022 12:44 PM PST Most of her writing is prompted by her experiences. What word can be used in place of experiences because it's too common. |
| Transformation Of The Meaning Of the Word "Idiot" Posted: 23 Jan 2022 03:37 PM PST The historical core meaning of the word "idiot" was a person with a low IQ to a developmentally disabled degree. This sense of the word is now used infrequently as it is considered rude. Merriam-Webster calls this meaning "dated" and "offensive", and Google calls this sense of the word "archaic". Instead, the word "idiot" is now used most often in one of a couple of more restrictive senses. One, which I think is the older restrictive sense, refers to someone who is acting unwisely when they really should know better, even if they have a generally ordinary or high IQ level. Merriam-Webster gives the current primary definition as "a foolish or stupid person", the first part of which fits this restrictive sense, and the second part of which harkens back to the dated sense. The other, which I think is a more recent restrictive sense and probably derived from the first restrictive sense, refers more specifically in some contexts to someone who is is oblivious to their own romantic feelings or to the romantic feelings of someone (usually a friend) who is in love with them. I have a couple questions about this: (1) when did these more restrictive senses of the word "idiot" emerge, respectively, and when did they become more common than the now dated sense of the word? (2) is there a word for the process of a secondary meaning of a word becoming a more common way that a word is used than its original and core meaning? |
| Is "nor" used correctly here as a conjunction? ("nor" at the beginning of a sentence) Posted: 23 Jan 2022 01:36 PM PST I came across this sentence when I searched for the definition of the word "nor":
This is the source of the sentence (the 3rd definition of "nor") On the site, "nor" is described as a conjunction, and my opinion is that it should have been like this:
So, does the site show the right thing? Thank you in advance! |
| whats the meaning of "coming in at..." here? [closed] Posted: 23 Jan 2022 11:07 AM PST "The Boulets fund most of the corners of the Internet I study. The extremist corners. Honestly; I thought I was coming in at the ground floor of something." a passage from a comic book talking about some flat earth community. |
| a thirty-billion-dollar swindle or a thirty-billion dollar swindle? [duplicate] Posted: 23 Jan 2022 10:31 AM PST Is it hyphenated as 'a thirty-billion-dollar swindle' or 'a thirty-billion dollar swindle' ? |
| Annoyance with always in Present Simple? Posted: 23 Jan 2022 09:13 AM PST I have to fill the gap in the sentence:
Key says it must be filled with "always" but it must be Present Continuous then (accordingly to the rule in that unit: annoying/amusing habits + "always" -> Present Continuous). Why is it Present Simple there? (From "Destination C1 & C2", 2008. Unit 1, Exercise B. 1) |
| Can you use "neither" instead of "nor" in this case? Posted: 23 Jan 2022 01:46 PM PST Is the usage of "neither" instead of "nor" correct in these sentences? :
Because I found these two sentences in pages with the definition of "neither":
The link to this sentence (conjunction, definition 2 for "neither")
The link to this (the last sentence in the "More examples" section Or just the usage of "nor" is actually correct here? Please help! Thank you in advance! |
| How to avoid the repetition of a noun in a comparison Posted: 23 Jan 2022 02:29 PM PST Here's a wordy sentence:
This sentence is wordy due to a lot of noun repetition. Can I simply reword this sentence into:
I know that in some comparisons we can use "that" to avoid noun repetition, like "The mass of the earth is much larger than that of the moon". But I am not sure whether this technique can be applied to other circumstances like the example here. |
| Adverb in a prepositional phrase and what it modifies Posted: 23 Jan 2022 11:34 AM PST
Would this sentence above be correct, and if so, what does "arguably" modify? |
| Semantics of the prefix un- coupled with sematics of emotion verbs in passive voice Posted: 23 Jan 2022 02:06 PM PST Sentence (1) has a reservative meaning: fall out of love (1) You can never unlove those who you love. What about the passive structures? See example (2): (2) She is unloved by her friends. Does it entail that she is not loved (adjectival interpretation as in unhappy or untidy) or that she was loved but she ceased to be loved anymore (a reservative interpretation)? |
| Consider the question, "Aside from his pronunciation, what mistakes did he make?" Posted: 23 Jan 2022 10:01 AM PST
Doesn't this imply that the person asking also considers the subject's pronunciation as a mistake? How should it be rewritten to clarify that the pronunciation is not considered a mistake? |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2022 11:07 AM PST I'm ESL student and I wonder if I can use these constructions(all of, some of, any of, half of, enough of, more of, most of, many of, much of) with singular noun because I was taught that these constructions come with singular or uncountable noun? I've found some uses of these construction with singular noun on internet, for example
And etc. I'm not certain if these are correct and if so, I would appreciate you so much if you will explain meaning each of these as aspect of combing with singular noun. If anyone has known the book which breaks down about usage of these constructions , please recommend it to me and I will appreciate you very much. PS : I'm sorry in advanced if my message makes you confused or annoyed and thank you for useful answer. |
| Origin of the saying "The hawk is out" Posted: 23 Jan 2022 11:58 AM PST There is a brisk, chill wind blowing in my part of the world, and I was reminded of the saying:
Some people claim it originated in Chicago in black communities, but I have only heard it from people from New Jersey. What is the origin of this saying? |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2022 09:04 AM PST What is the difference between (i) "varieties of choice" and (ii) "variety of choices"? Does the location of singular or plural in a sentence affect the entire meaning of a sentence? |
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