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Square Feet versus Square Foot [duplicate]
The sentence is
The project would construct a 2000 square (foot/feet) kitchen.'
I put 'The project would construct a 2000 square feet kitchen.'
My senior reviewer changed feet to foot. Why?
If I ...
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Are they both correct? “He’s the tallest of the three” and “He’s the tallest among the three”
Are both of these correct?
He’s the tallest of the three.
He’s the tallest among the three.
My teacher said that I shouldn’t use “among” here. Is that related to the number of items in the ...
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More words to describe the action of thinking
My character is in the beginning stages of a life-or-death situation and he knows it. "Racking his brain for possible solutions" feels played out. But words like ruminating, fretting, musing,...
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Can I say "the US people"?
Is it fine to describe people of the USA as "US people"?
For instance: "the US people display different cultures and traditions."
What I want to ask is that can I use the word &...
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Word choice - Grammar! [closed]
I came across these questions in an old English Language book from the 70s and was wondering if one form of the following sentences is more correct than the other.
Only the team with the lowest ...
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How can you say something is good at an evil task? [closed]
I want to say something like:
"Trading goods were excellent carriers of pathogens and contributed to the spread of epidemic diseases."
But I feel like "excellent" and "contributed" have positive ...
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What is the difference between "How close is your house to the highway" and "How far is your house from the highway"?
I was talking to a friend of mine when I asked:
How close is your house to the highway?
He said that, since I was discussing distance, it would have been more grammatically correct to ask:
How ...
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What is the difference in using" I want you to know..." versus "I wanted you to know..."?
Can anyone help me with this please?
"I want you to know" versus "I wanted you to know."
Are they both grammatically correct and pretty much one and the same? I understand the difference of tense ...
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Is it correct to say that an organization was "formed ..." instead of "founded in May 1999"? If so when?
Often we say that an organization was founded a particular year. For example:
The supermarket where I work was founded in May 1999.
But I've sometimes seen "founded" in the sentence above being ...
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during, while or whilst (the) rain?
Does the last part of the following sentence sound natural for native speakers?
"Alicia was standing under the tree during rain".
Some users ...
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I need a synonym for "part of"
In the following sentence I need to find a synonym for "part of". Also I don't like how "construe" sounds in the sentence.
The sociological perspective of structuralism construes aspects of society ...
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What prefix corresponds to something on the same level?
I am working on modeling a problem for a computer program and am having a tough time coming up with the proper naming convention I would like to use.
Specifically I am working with a finite state ...
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