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"Lecture notes in" or "Lecture notes on"
I have seen both options used interchangeably, is there a reason why?
Example with on: https://www.springer.com/series/15362
Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies
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Dialect differences between "should", "ought", and "ought to"
As I travel around England, Southern Wales, and Southern Scotland, I hear the rural and working-class people in some areas use "should" (and never "ought"), in other areas "...
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Back in the days vs back in the day
I know that 'back in the day' can be used as a four-word temporal modifier:
Back in the day, we all used to meet down at the gym.
Whereas 'back in the days' is not used on its own and always has a ...
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What is the difference between "Can ever" and "Could ever"
Im just wondering what's differences between can and could. For example in this sentence.
Do you think we can ever get there?
Do you think we could ever get there?
I know that "could" is ...
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How is the word 'gullet' understood by non-medical English speakers?
I've found that there are several dialect words that mean both 'windpipe' and 'gullet'. This is true of Wright's (old, but monumental) dialect dictionary (see e.g. 'kecker'). It also holds in a ...
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the different usage of Health and Healthy [duplicate]
.......care has provided us with amenities
a)health
b)healthy
I am a bit confused but I think that we should use (healthy) because it is an adjective for (care) and thus a verb can can be brought ...
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Hi I'm Japanese, I'd like know the difference between "evidence" and "proof" [closed]
Which one is more common in daily conversation, like when you are talking to a friend?
I understand "evidence" as having a more specific meaning, such as a particular experiment in physics, and used ...
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Use of "the ill" vs. "the sick"
I was struck by the use of "the ill" as a noun phrase in a sentence from a question asked yesterday: "I'm going to be a doctor. I'm going to help the ill." For some reason, I felt that "the sick" ...
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Type of clause: "His features contort as he tells his story, his memories something he holds precious"
His features contort with obvious pain as he tells his story, his memories of Caroline clearly something he holds precious.
What makes the bolded section dependent? What's it missing to form a clause?...
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What is the correct British way to say arbitrary?
Looking across many different dictionaries and websites, they have different pronunciations for the word arbitrary.
A colleague says it is pronounced like ahr-bitri, but this seems incorrect to me.
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"erupted in violence" vs. "erupted into violence" [closed]
I have come across both in major newspapers. Are both correct? What kind of phrase is this?
Erupted in violence
Erupted into violence
This is the example sentence.
"This led to riots in 2005, ...
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Would the British say "clearance" or "clearing"?
What is the definition of clearance? Is it the word of choice to describe a clear spot in the jungle to land a helicopter? Or would clearing be used to describe this?
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Successfully vs successfuly [closed]
I tried to go through several sites, but none of them explained if there is any difference or if any of these variants are not valid (or "not English"). At the beginning, I was using the translation ...
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Difference between "level" and "degree"? [closed]
Can we change the word "degree" for "level" in this sentence:
They developed a high degree of self-criticism.
If it is possible, what would be the difference in meaning?
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'Will' or 'would'? [closed]
She has asked Peter to bathe but he will not do it.
I'd like to know why we use present perfect (has asked )
and why we use (will) not (would ) ?
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