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I __________ you to see a doctor. "would take" or "am taking"?
You're having a fever! Put on your coat. I __________ you to see a doctor.
A. would take
B. am taking
C. have taken
D. took
The test is strange to me. Obviously, either C or D isn't the choice. The present continuous can be used to refer to the…
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Can the conjunction "while" always be replaced by "whereas"?
In the fragment, "While the novel captures the daily life of the city in the 1940s, it is also a wonderful guide to the cuisine of Salvador", the word while can be replaced, without altering the meaning, by
a) Until
b) During the time
c) As long…
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Closest in meaning to "It isn't necessary for you to complete this by Tuesday." - is the question's answer wrong?
Today I encountered this question in an English test:
Question: Select the answer that is closest in meaning to this sentence "It isn't necessary for you to complete this by Tuesday."
Answers:
a) You don't have to complete this by Tuesday.
b) You…
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Usage of "Rain check"
From time to time I hear the phrase rain check. For instance
I have to take a rain check on that.
I would say that means
I have to get back to you on that issue.
How do I use that phrase?
What does it mean?
Where does it come from?
I always…
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When can an article be omitted?
I am aware that articles are the modifiers, which introduce a noun/noun_phrase in a sentence, and by the rules of English grammar we should use an article before referring to a noun in a sentence.
However, I see that the above rule is not strictly…
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Is 'sarcasm ill becomes' a grammatically correct phrase?
Such sarcasm ill becomes anybody on the shaky ground that Goldschmidt here treads.
Shouldn't ill be before sarcasm?
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What is meant by "latte-shaming"?
In this headline:
"Millennial women are turning to influencers for financial advice, free of latte-shaming."
I can't figure out what "latte-shaming" is. Would that be the shame of taking advice from someone younger?
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Why is "ugly" in quotations?
I read an article, which said something like this:
They had 11 puppies and sold 4 puppies and seven were left. Then they wrote an article in the newspaper “FREE TO GOOD HOME-one very ugly and six other pretty puppies”. By the end of the next day,…
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How do I translate 'подъезд' into English?
How do I translate 'подъезд' into English? What are these? There are walls between separate pod'yezds inside so once you've walked into a certain pod'yezd you get access only to a specific section of the building, a specific set of…
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Russia 'Fired Rockets INTO Ukraine' - BBC
A headline from a BBC News app on my mobile reads:
Russia 'fired rockets into Ukraine'
I could not find this on the BBC website, but it shows on my cellphone.
Why into? You fire at someone/something. Maybe into refers to somewhere inside…
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Would Americans say: "He sat down 9 feet from me." or "He sat down 3 yards from me."?
Would Americans say:
He sat down 9 feet from me.
or
He sat down 3 yards from me.
?
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Does "You little liar" mean "You tell small and not so serious lies" or just "You tell lies in general"?
When do we say "You little liar" and "You big liar"?
Do the words "little" and "big" mean what they mean?
"You little liar" mean "You tell small and not so serious lies"
and
"You big liar" mean "You tell big and serious lies"
Or "little liar" and…
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Why do dictionaries write /p/ instead of /pʰ/ for 'pie' in the ipa?
Prompted by this question: The pronunciations of letter "P" in "explain, explore, explode" and in "expensive, expand"
My question is that if English has two kinds of Ps (p and pʰ in JamesK answer) then why do dictionaries write just /p/ and not…
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What do you call a table that is unstable?
Let's say there is a table or a chair for that matter, which has one of its legs broken a bit at bottom, because of that it is unstable and every time you lean on it wobbles due to lack of balance.
Describing it as unstable or unsteady seems very…
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Should I say "what does it means" or "what does it mean"?
Sometimes, especially on this forum, I am wondering wether I should say "what does it mean" or "what does it means" ?
And should I say "it means that..." or "it mean that..." ?
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