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When should I use "there" and "their"?
For example, in the following sentences, in which ones should I use there, and not their?
____ house is beautiful.
____ are lots of skyscrapers in Dubai.
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Does "People hate me for being jealous." mean 'they hate me because they are jealous' or 'because I am jealous'?
This statement looks ambiguous: "People hate me for being jealous".
We got this in the dictionary
hate somebody/yourself for something/for doing something
I hated myself for feeling jealous.
So, here, "People hate me for being jealous." means…
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What is the difference between "to cook something" and "to make something"?
When do you use "cook" and when do you use "make" while you are talking about preparing food? In other words: Which (type of) food are cooked which (type of) food are made?
According to dictionary :
Cook means: To prepare (food) for eating by…
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"Would prefer" versus "would like"
What is the difference between the following sentences?
I would prefer to discuss the matter in private.
I would like to discuss the matter in private.
I am used to prefer used in sentences similar to "I prefer Verona to Rome." In the first…
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Confused about / with?
I've encountered this question today, what I actually said was
I'm confused with these two questions.
Then I thought, "Should I say confused with?"
Dictionary says about should follow confused.
Can anyone tell me whether both of them are right?
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Put your hands "in" or "into" your pockets?
Which of the following sentences is correct, and why?
"Put your hands in your pockets."
"Put your hands into your pockets."
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What does "Honeykins" mean?
I've heard someone, a native speaker, called his girl friend by "honeykins".
Does it the same as "honey" or "darling"?
Does it have special meaning other than those expressions?
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"Each of them is" or "each of them are"?
Should I use the plural form of verb for each or the single form?
Example:
Each of them are used for different purposes.
Each of them is used for different purposes.
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Is "a bit more erected" an appropriate way of describing the following posture?
I want to explain why the bunny on the right-hand side of the following picture appears to be bigger than the one on the left. Maybe it is really because of the difference in the heights of the two, but let's assume it is just because of their…
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"Gotten" versus "got"
When in a sentence I want to use the present perfect of get, I say have/has gotten.
A friend of mine (who is American) corrects me, saying I should use have/has got. From my English classes, I remember that the past participle of get is gotten.
Why…
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I was forbidden to make such requests
I was forbidden to make such requests.
I feel that this is not English. But how can I express that somebody said that I am not authorized for this action?
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What is the difference between revenge and avenge?
Please explain me. I tried the dictionaries but they do not help.
For example ODO gives the following for revenge:
Inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself:- I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you
1.1 [WITH…
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How do you convey the effect of a poor phone connection?
Recently, I was talking on a phone which had a faulty connection, as a result of which I was only able to hear the person's voice in patches. Something like "......I think.........may.......jaguar....study.." (where "..." represents things which he…
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Have a nice travel?
I am looking for some kind way of replying to an email when the other person is saying that he will be traveling and asks for more time to complete something.
It appears that "Have a nice day" could have some negative connotations…
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To walk while holding/steering a bicycle
I couldn't figure out how to express this in English. In Swedish it is called "Att leda en cykel", but directly translating it to English ("to lead a bicycle") seems to mean something different. Google Translate gave me "passing a bike", which also…
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