Questions tagged [differences]
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Is it true that every argument is a complement but not every complement is an argument?
The textbook "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language", page 226:
Argumenthood
In the simplest cases the propositional meaning of a clause (ignoring the component contributed by the ...
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What are the differences between to sweet-talk, smooth-talk- butter up, suck up to, cajole, coax, wheedle, inveigle, beguile, and get round someone? [closed]
Are there any differences between the verbs sweet-talk, smooth-talk, butter up, suck up to, cajole, coax, wheedle, inveigle, beguile, and get round someone ?
I am aware that this question is very long,...
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Is this the difference between a voucher and a gift card? [duplicate]
A voucher features a specific service or product that you can get for free at a specific place whereas a gift certificate features a specific monetary value for which you can buy products or services ...
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What's the difference between a voucher and a gift card? [duplicate]
Does a voucher feature a particular product or a particular service you can get for that voucher while a gift card features a monetary value for which you can get any service or product at a given ...
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Can someone please explain the difference between a parking pass, a parking permit, a ticket you get from a parking machine and a receipt?
I have heard that parking permits are valid for several days, several weeks, several months or even a year and that a parking pass is only for a couple of hours or for one day. Is this information ...
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Should I use "A/an + adj. + Name" or "The + adj. + Name"?
As a native English speaker, I find myself perplexed by this situation. Here are some examples of what I mean.
1.1 The worried Link went to see Impa.
1.2 A worried Link went to see Impa.
2.1 The angry ...
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what is the difference between "detail" and "detailing"? [closed]
I am an English language learner, so please forgive me for some errors in expression.
I am confused about the difference/s in meaning between nouns "detail" and "detailing". These ...
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Are comprehensiveness and comprehension completely unrelated words? [closed]
Comprehensive : inclusive of everything. Exhaustive, complete.
Comprehension : Understanding and awareness.
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What is the difference between "more like X than Y" and "more like X than like Y"?
There is a grammar textbook that gives the following example.
(a) It looked more like a cormorant than a heron.
(b) It looked more like a cormorant than like a heron.
The textbook says that (b) is ...
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What is the difference between "Us girls gotta stick together" and "We girls gotta stick together"?
I am looking into the difference between the "we" and "us" pronouns, and have found some very useful information here.
In the context of emphasizing a particular group, you can put ...
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Difference between gerund and a present participle [duplicate]
I saw him dancing. In this sentence is dancing a present participle or a gerund?
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What if any differences exist between ‘exchanges between’ and ‘exchanges among’? [duplicate]
In the following phrase:
The film offers a considerable number of long takes, making use of the
technique to lace the film with comedy but also to quiet the need for
more energetic forward movement ...
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What's the difference between "watches" and "watching" in this sentence [closed]
Lisa watches movies every Sunday.
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Lisa is watching movies every Sunday.
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Authoritative source for distinction between 'collaboration' vs. 'cooperation'? [duplicate]
The question of how collaborate and cooperate differ (if at all) seems not to have a straightforward answer. It was asked before on this site as What's the difference between "Collaborate" ...
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"Intra": can it be used just like "sub" or does it have extra nuance?
I'm editing a draft academic paper at the moment that distinguishes between the variety that exists between several groups, on one hand, and the varieties that exist within one of those groups, on the ...
