Monday, February 14, 2022

Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Identity the words parts of speech

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 01:54 AM PST

  1. India has one of the best **civilizations** in the world, which is respected in the entire world. 2.A member of parliament cannot vote in the house **before** he takes oath.
  2. The man **who** has stolen my book is standing in the corner.
  3. The **inspiring** teacher has persuaded me to study very hard.
  4. Ram has been awarded noble award, **for** he contributed immensely to world economics.

How to start ppt presentation?

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 01:47 AM PST

I have doubt w.r.t how to start a remote ppt presentation, what shall be the right phrase or ideal phrase?

I planned to start like this...

Hi, I'm abcd and I'm going to present contribution to climate change.

Is there is any alternative for "I'm going to present"?

Why is "I wear casual cloths at the weekend" correct?

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 01:35 AM PST

What I don't understand is why the simple present 'wear' is used for the specific time 'the weekend.'

Couldn't 'on the weekends' be a better option?

This sentence is from:
Cambridge Grammer for IELTS, P. 4, Q. 5,

Is this expression a used one in English literature?

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 01:33 AM PST

The expression I want to check is: "...may reveal to be...", meaning that something is actually this and not that or describes as being...contrary to what one would think.

Could I use this expression to mean what I mention?

To discover (future tense)

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 01:03 AM PST

Will discover sounds as though we are assuming that the thing exists. Is there a verb for will determine whether something exists and if it does, identify it?

Sample sentence: They will <verb> new species of spiders in Vietnam.

Sample sentence: By asking this question on English Language & Usage, I will <verb> the right word.

usage about "greatly helpful"

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 11:52 PM PST

Some native English teacher told me he can't think of any context in which he would use "greatly helpful". So, could anybody please shed light on this phrase "greatly helpful"? It isn't used by
native speakers at all?

At the end of my surname, do I place a comma or full stop? [closed]

Posted: 14 Feb 2022 12:29 AM PST

My name is Selwyn Goodman. I'm a logo design specialist with over 5 years experience working with start-up brands.

Use of Relative Clauses Without Any Corresponding Noun Clause/Phrase [closed]

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 07:38 PM PST

Is it correct to use relative clauses that do not modify any noun clauses/phrases? Take this next sentence as an example

I will let you retake the test, which is more than reasonable.

The relative clause does not refer to the test. Rather, it refers to the action of retaking. This gives me pause because I learned that RCs should always have a noun clause/phrase that they modify.

Causative, ergative and linking verb

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 04:35 PM PST

I'm confused about this query,

  1. A _______ verb is used in an active sentence but has passive meaning.
    A. Ergative
    B. Causative
    C. Linking

As we know the causatives are the verbs that are used to indicate that one person causes another person to do something for the first person.

An ergative verb is a verb that can be both transitive and intransitive.

Linking verbs are verbs that serve as a connection between a subject and further information about that subject.

Get is often used instead of being in the passive voice in informal spoken English to refer to an action that happens by accident or unexpectedly:

Their car got stolen in front of their house last night.

One example of the causative verb is the verb get. Is the causative verb is an accurate answer to that query?

Is it investigation or investigations?

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 04:06 PM PST

The sentence is about someone who researched more about a old notebook.

I did some more investigation/s about it.

Is investigation or investigations right and why?

Are "If I could" clauses always followed by "would"?

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 07:10 PM PST

I always see

If I could ... I would.

For example,

If I could speak English, I would go to English-speaking countries.

Is there a rule against a conditional clause which contains could, being followed by another could in the main clause?

For example,

If I could speak German, I could understand this essay.

I am a native American speaker but I do not know if the above is actually wrong.

Word for equivalence preserving transformations of equations

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 03:37 PM PST

I am searching for a mathematical term describing an algebraic manipulation of an equation which preserves equivalence. So while adding 2 to both sides of an equation results in an equivalent equation, squaring both sides does not.

In German, there is the word "Äquivalenzumformung" (literally: equivalence transformation). Is there a similar word in English?

Pronunciation of "Azure" in "Microsoft Azure"

Posted: 13 Feb 2022 07:09 PM PST

This is not a techie query. I am just unclear on how to pronounce the word "Azure" which is the brand name for Microsoft's cloud computing service.
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