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meaning of "staff" in the title "senior staff software engineer"
What's meaning of the word staff when it is used in a person's title called senior staff software engineer?
The dictionary definition for this word is the group of people who work for an organization, but it is just one person here. So apparently,…
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"Where you going" is right?
I'm watching an episode of Futurama and I heard:
Where you going?
It seems incorrect, I think the right sentences should be Where are you going?
In American English can't be used the present simple?
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What is it called when people/society expect you to be something because of your gender/nationality?
What is it called when people/society expect you to be something because of your gender/nationality? Like when people expect you to be smart because you're Asian, etc. We had to make a persuasive speech and I think that this is an uncommon but…
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When is auxiliary "do" used in positive declarative sentences?
Examples:
"I did go home" instead of "I went home".
"We did make some tea" instead of "We made some tea".
"I do listen to future garage music" instead of "I listen to future garage music".
Is it correct?
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'Thank you for taking your time writing' or 'Thank you for taking your time to write' ?
A person gave me an answer on English.SE and I commented:
Thank you for taking your time writing this wonderful answer!
Now, looking at the sentence in retrospect, even though I am not a native English speaker (duh, otherwise I wouldn't be asking…
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What does *losing its purchase on reality* mean in the following sentence?
What does "losing its purchase on reality" mean in the following passage (emphasis added)?
Vanquishing poverty gave the Bank a new focus and a credible mission,
and it added moral underpinnings to the economic case for resource
transfers from…
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What does "to pump a shotgun" mean?
Is it "to reload" or "to shoot"? I figured out that "to pump bullets" means "to shoot", but I don't know if there isn't a difference with shotgun.
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Fear to speak in English
My mother tongue is Hindi. I also like to speak, write, read and learn English.
My English is weak, I fear to speak English with my friends, Social media, and with professionals. I've fear about grammar, syntax arrangement, and pronunciations.…
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“A first time” or “the first time”
I am not sure what difference there is between
This is the first time I've lost my passport.
This is a first time I've lost my passport.
Would appreciate your explanation.
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The pronunciation of the word "honest" is with "h" or without?
I would like to know and to get some information about the pronunciation of the word "honest".
Some people told me that it's pronounced without the first letter "h" (as if: onest) but some told me that it's pronounced with the "h" as a full form…
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What is the plural form of "magic"?
Wiktionary claims it is "magics", from how I read its page, but e.g. Ask.com claims it has no plural form. Considering that Wiktionary also claims that it is "usually uncountable", are there only certain situations it has a plural form in?
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Meaning of "with it way out cat"
I have issues deciphering meaning of the following sentence:
We are the Atom Cats, a gang of the most with it way out cats in the Commonwealth.
This sentence is from Fallout 4 game (which is not that important). The part I am struggling with is…
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What is the adjective for someone with cancer?
What is the adjective for a person that has cancer? For example, cancerous individual, cancerous child, or something else?
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Where is the correct place to place adverbs in sentences?
I am always confused about where to put adverbs in sentences. For example, consider the questions below:
Why did they target us specifically?
Why did they target specifically us?
Why did they specifically target us?
I believe all these sentences…
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what is the name for red hot firewood?
I'm wondering what the name is for a piece of firewood which one half or piece is red hot burning and the other half is not and you can use the part that is not burning as handle to move it around or to hold it to light up cigarettes or to light up…
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