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- There are/is a bottle and a plate in the kitchen? [duplicate]
- Using a singular to convey a plural
- What is the history of the incomplete can/could verb?
- Meaning of "against" in this sentence
- What does 'one messages' mean in the context? and why the plural after one?
- Which sentence makes more sense? [closed]
- Earliest recorded use of legit as a short form for legitimate
- Should I separate multiple "ands" in a series with commas?
- What's the time now? vs What time is it now? & 's for "does" [migrated]
- When did “shrinkflation” first appear in writing?
- Hyphenation of "connected-component labeling"
- Is there a rule that describes vowel pronunciation changes in conjugated words? [duplicate]
- Should it be "we animals" or "us animals"? [duplicate]
- Possible ambiguity involving 'should'
- The meaning of not snapping that much
- Cardinal numbers in dates when speaking
- When did the term “moral cretin” originate?
- What's the meaning of "the dream with its horn and man follows that path"?
- Definite article in 'of phrases'
- "one is ... another is ... " and "the first is ... the second is ...."
- How to use "If you were in my shoes"
- How do you punctuate " So basically" when it appears at the beginning of the sentence?
- Does the phrase "perceived slight" indicate a slight is not real?
- Hypernym for lossy or lossless?
- How there are so many dialects of English in England?
- Which one of “Andrey” or “Andrei” is the better romanization of the Russian name “Андрей” for English speakers? [closed]
| Capitalization of the word province after the province Posted: 22 Apr 2022 12:32 AM PDT
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| There are/is a bottle and a plate in the kitchen? [duplicate] Posted: 22 Apr 2022 12:29 AM PDT Which one of these sentences is grammatically correct? Question is not about compound subjects, it is about a singular and plural subject joined by 'and'.
What about:
Side note - what are some good tags to put for this question? |
| Using a singular to convey a plural Posted: 21 Apr 2022 11:50 PM PDT If I want to provide a diagram of the performance measurements of different programming languages, which option is correct? Is it correct to use a singular form when there are multiple languages taken into account?
Similar:
I feel like in English it is possible to use a singular when in fact you are indicating a plurality, does anyone know of any specific rules regarding this? Thank you. |
| What is the history of the incomplete can/could verb? Posted: 22 Apr 2022 12:04 AM PDT The verb can/could is incomplete in the following sense. There is a present tense: There is also a past tense: But there is no future, future perfect, imperfect or infinitive. You have to use forms of "to be able" for that. What is the history of this verb? Was it ever complete and did the other forms become archaic? Is its incompleteness unique in English? Are there other English verbs with no infinitive for example? etymonline says
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| Meaning of "against" in this sentence Posted: 21 Apr 2022 11:42 PM PDT What is the meaning of "against" in this sentence:-
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| What does 'one messages' mean in the context? and why the plural after one? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:40 PM PDT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_to_action_(marketing) A call to action is often used in Email marketing, a form of media sent directly to consumers that typically raises awareness for a sale, event, promotion, or release. While consumers consent to the company contacting them via Email, a CTA must be strong because of one messages diluting importance when in an inbox. CTA is usually included in the subject line to gain consumers interest to open the Email. What does 'one messages' mean in the above sentence? and why the plural after one? Many thanks for your help. |
| Which sentence makes more sense? [closed] Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:37 PM PDT Which sentence would make more sense? 1."You feel that the time is not yet ripe, then I will ... help you speed up the process!" 2."You feel that the time is not yet ripe, then I will ... help you speed up the time!" The first sentence seems to make more sense to me because process would refer to the ripening process (of time), but the second sentence also seems to make sense to me because it directly states to "speed up the time" which is equivalent to ripening the time. If neither sentence makes complete sense, could you suggest a new sentence. |
| Earliest recorded use of legit as a short form for legitimate Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:38 PM PDT What is the earliest known record of legit being used as a short form for legitimate? Example:
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| Should I separate multiple "ands" in a series with commas? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 06:30 PM PDT
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I apologize if this question was listed somewhere else, but I can't find a single article discussing it anywhere on the internet. I'm a transcriber. I'm not at liberty to change what a person says, but I need to type it up on paper with best possible grammar. My company prefers the Oxford comma, so the last comma in a series is preferable. |
| What's the time now? vs What time is it now? & 's for "does" [migrated] Posted: 21 Apr 2022 04:49 PM PDT What's the most proper question to ask about time? (The current time "right now") "What time is it now?" or "What's the time now?", or are they equal? What about "how old are you?" vs "what's your age?", are they equal? I want to ask about one more important issue, with kind of a funny question 😀, I can remember an American or bilingual guy once asked me "what's your Facebook say?", he was asking about my title or name on Facebook, and I know that it should be "what does", but he said it like this, now my questions are:
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| When did “shrinkflation” first appear in writing? Posted: 22 Apr 2022 01:32 AM PDT With the recent trend of increasing inflation a new term has come to the fore: shrinkflation.
I couldn't find any evidence of the term being used in the early 2000s (Google Books shows no usage examples, for instance) as Macmillan Dictionary suggests. It is not clear if they refer to the concept of shrinkflation rather than to the usage of the term. Was the term actually used in the early 2000s? and what are the earliest usage examples available? |
| Hyphenation of "connected-component labeling" Posted: 21 Apr 2022 12:52 PM PDT This wikipedia page refers to connected-component labeling and it places a hyphen between connected and component, but I think there should not be a hyphen there. I've consulted Canada's hyphenation guide here and cannot find a rule that justifies using a hyphen in this way. I see it to be grammatically similar to something like cracked screen repairing, or baked potato eating. Why is |
| Is there a rule that describes vowel pronunciation changes in conjugated words? [duplicate] Posted: 21 Apr 2022 03:32 PM PDT I've noticed that sometimes when a word (generally a noun or adjective) gains or loses syllables, the pronunciation of the vowels will change. For example,
What I want to know is if there is a general rule that describes why this occurs. I also know that not every time the syllable count is changed the pronunciation changes. For instance, the addition of the suffix -ly seems to maintain the rest of the pronunciation despite adding a syllable. I found this question, talking about pronunciation change in words that end in -ative, which seems to be related but more focused. I suspect it's something to do with syllable stress, but it's difficult for me to research this without a search engine simply giving me the Great Vowel Shift or a 5th grade lesson on syllables. Of course I don't expect there to be a perfectly descriptive rule with no exceptions, but it seems to be common enough to warrant some kind of explanation. Edit: It appears that trisyllabic laxing is what I was looking for. Questions that mention it such as this one answer my question perfectly. Thank you @tchrist |
| Should it be "we animals" or "us animals"? [duplicate] Posted: 21 Apr 2022 06:28 PM PDT In the serialization of my book, I have this passage:
But now I'm wondering whether "we animals" is correct, or should it be "us animals"? |
| Possible ambiguity involving 'should' Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:35 AM PDT In the following dialogue: Q: How much of a problem is A when using method B? A: For method B, A should be taken care of. Is the answer ambiguous? Are these interpretations both valid? Interpretation 1: Method B automatically takes care of A, don't worry about it. Interpretation 2: You should take care of A before applying method B. |
| The meaning of not snapping that much Posted: 21 Apr 2022 01:37 PM PDT Would you please help me and tell me why did the audience laugh when they heard the speaker saying saying the following sentences. I heard them like this: 1: "over time I would say, actually I am not snapping as much, myself, that's what would I say. I think he (my partner) would even say that too. It's in 35:33 in the video down 2: they also laughed here, I really couldn't understand why. Here is the video if you need 👇🏻 https://youtu.be/ojWEDcHBLig?t=2162 Thanks in advance 🙏🏻. |
| Cardinal numbers in dates when speaking Posted: 21 Apr 2022 11:01 PM PDT I understand that in speaking (if we are talking strictly about formal rules) it is more common to use ordinal numbers and not cardinal numbers. However, it has come to my attention that people these days use cardinal numbers as well (or at least are starting to). For example, in this video from the US National Archives at about 14:01, I can hear him say July 1 (one, not first!)! Again, here is a video from "Talks at Google" where you can hear the exact same phenomenon (May ONE, not FIRST.) Lastly, here is Joe Biden saying May 1 as "one", not "first". I've never thought about it before, but recently, I've been paying attention to some podcasts I listen to, and I can hear cardinal numbers when they announce the date as well! Is the English language changing again? Do you personally use cardinal numbers when speaking the date, and is it wrong to do so? |
| When did the term “moral cretin” originate? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 08:55 PM PDT The earliest example of the phrase I found was in an article titled "Against Rationalization" by Christopher Hitchens in The Nation (Sept 20, 2001):
Other examples can be found in articles from 2009 and 2003 Is the usage original to Christopher Hitchens or is he using a phrase used earlier? |
| What's the meaning of "the dream with its horn and man follows that path"? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:04 PM PDT
This is an excerpt from Roberto Bolaño's 'Prefiguration of Lalo Cura', a short story, I just want to understand the meaning of the sentence in bold. |
| Definite article in 'of phrases' Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:06 PM PDT I feel it is very confusing when I see sentences such as this one in papers published in prestigious scientific journals (written by native speakers):
Someone please tell me why there is no 'the' before 'termination' while there is a 'the' before 'formation'? Here are two more similar sentences that I noticed in another paper:
I really don't know why the definite article 'the' only appears in the second sentence (before 'formation') but not in the first one (at the beginning). |
| "one is ... another is ... " and "the first is ... the second is ...." Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:25 PM PDT I am writing an academic paper. I use the following representations:
Somebody advises me to use
Does the reason come from that "The first is ... The second problem is ..." is more formal, or more clear? Thanks in advance! |
| How to use "If you were in my shoes" Posted: 21 Apr 2022 04:21 PM PDT I'm confused regarding uses of this idiom as clause For example
Clearly the speaker is talking about something that has already happened and he can do anything about it But couldn't the if clause be "If I had been you" since they're referring to a past condition? |
| How do you punctuate " So basically" when it appears at the beginning of the sentence? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:21 PM PDT How should I write it:
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| Does the phrase "perceived slight" indicate a slight is not real? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:35 PM PDT Can the phrase "perceived slight" be used to mean any slight a person perceives, whether that slight is grounded in reality or not, or is it synonymous with an "imagined slight" (a slight that is only perceived and not real)? |
| Hypernym for lossy or lossless? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 08:08 PM PDT Generally, there exist two types of compression algorithms which have the feature to be lossless or lossy. What is the noun to reference this feature? The word lossiness seems to be plausible to me. Is it correct? |
| How there are so many dialects of English in England? Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:50 AM PDT I was just wondering how there are so many variations of dialects in England, which isn't really a very large country, they have Brummie, Yorkie, Cockney, the one in Liverpool, I don't know what's the name for that and etc. etc. So how did these counties acquire their distinct accents? I'm looking for definitive answer and if possible with some compelling historical evidence. |
| Posted: 21 Apr 2022 06:54 PM PDT Which of Andrey or Andrei is the preferred transliteration of the Russian name Андрей into the English alphabet? I checked Wikipedia, but it gives both variants. |
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