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I'm confused about the pronunciation of words like "carry", "marry", and "parry". When checking Vocabulary.com, I see these pronunciations: parry: US /ˈpɛri/ UK /ˈpɛri/ ...
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I came across the following sentence in a Wikipedia article English Conditional Sentences. It is classified as a first conditional:- "If it rains this afternoon, your garden party is doomed. (...
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According to the dictionary, "loan" can be used as a verb but I don't know how to use it correctly. I think I can say they are the two most borrowed books but I want to learn to use "...
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This question follows on from "while" vs. "when" in “Why is there now a new request to fix the font size while/when there was already a request to fix the font yesterday?”, but I ...
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LITTLE (adv) (Preceding a verb) not at all, or hardly: He little realized his fate https://www.wordreference.com/definition/little Yet, could this adverb be used after the verb to be? According to ...
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I'm wondering which word best fits this sentence, is it "while" or is it "when": Why is there now another request to fix the font size while there was already a request to fix the ...
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A dictionary entry cropped up during my reference:- We will go out, whatever the weather. Is it grammatical since, to my view, it should've been We will go out whatever the weather is as in the ...
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I want to use the past simple tense. I think the past simple tense of may is might so I used might experience. But my editor says it has to be might have experienced. Might have experienced sounds ...
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I gave her some money --> I gave some money to her (Semantic meaning. I know they are structurally different and "her" in the second one is NOT an indirect object.) My question: What does ...
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I wonder what the difference between these is in terms of meaning and style: 'Who is the author of the lyrics and who is the (music) composer?' 'Who is the author of the lyrics and who the composer?' ...
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It was (to) her mother that Maria told a lie. It was (to) her mother that Maria gave the ball. Is to compulsory in both? Compare the passive with the direct object of ditransitive phrasal verbs, e.g.,...
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If is a conjunction used to speak of conditionals. The compound conjunctions such as As If & Even If are used with conditional meanings, accordingly. For instance, 1 He would speak if he were a ...
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I am talking about a computer file. We often say "the text in the file". Say, I have a DOC file and I click the button "Insert" to add a picture to the file. After that "I ...
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I hope this is okay to ask here. Just to clarify, I’m asking this purely as a language question. I’m not trying to provoke debate or argue a position, and I’m sharing the text only as material for ...
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I have only seen the phrase "cheated by" used to mean "cheated on by" in Abba's song Mamma Mia. I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So I made up my mind, it must come ...
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