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Type of usage/mood
jail house rock peaks. (the record jail house rock peaks)
titantic sinks (the ship the titanic)
Carter for president
film flops
Family flowers only please.
What do we ...
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Omitting ',' or not in the case of ', from the cellular level to the organ-system level,'
I read through my textbook and encountered this quote
'Homeostasis is a dynamic condition. In response to changing conditions, the body's parameters can shift among points in a narrow range that is ...
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Can you say "very thrilled"?
I recently learned about strong adjectives and the fact that you shouldn't use "very" with them, because their definition already includes "very".
E.g., "thrilled" -- i.e., very happy, you can't say "...
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A question on "she" vs "her"
So, I was reading this book titled 'Word Power Made Easy', and encountered a question in the exercise as:
We thought the actress to be (she, her), but we weren't sure.
From natural intuition, I ...
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"I’d like to have the voice of Jim Morrison's." or "I’d like to have the voice of Jim Morrison"?
I’d like to have the voice of Jim Morrison's.
Or,
I’d like to have the voice of Jim Morrison.
Which one is correct?
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Word for accept or refuse a request
Ok, a user receives a partnership request from another user and can either accept or refuse it.
Is there a word for that? I mean, a word to indicate the action of taking a decision about it without ...
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What mean by I.e. and e.g? [closed]
Actually often we use I.e. and e.g but i'm not sure what exact meaning of it anybody can tell? What is exact meaning of I.e. and e.g.
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what does the term calculated promises means?
It was said in a song called "all stars are closer"
so I wanna know what does it mean exactly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOh7vVqlaE
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What is the difference between “audition” and “performance”?
If you do a good audition/performance, you may get on the show.
Which is the right choice — audition or performance?
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What's an adjective to describe a person with OCD-like behavior but doesn't have OCD? [duplicate]
People say things like, "I'm so OCD," but it's incorrect. What's a better way of saying that?
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What I'm going to do is, I'm going to ask you about this sentence form [duplicate]
Is there a name for sentence forms that tell you that they’re about to tell you something? For example:
“What he did was, he went to the bus stop to meet his friend.”
“What she’s doing is, she’s ...
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Make of or Make in this sentence [closed]
Edit on Nov 4, 2019
My apologies, this question was the result of a very bad translation from Chinese to English.
The correct translation of the sentence should be: "The fighting technique had made ...
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Is the word "entertainment" appropriate with reference to a movie or book about WWI? [closed]
I am writing an essay and I need a word for a movie and a book.
Background info: they're both about World War I, but show different aspects.
Is the word, entertainment, appropriate?
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Difference between an information question and a distrusting question
What I'm looking for is a way to literally describe two different kinds of questions, first the information seeking question:
"what is your name?"
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"how old are you?"
with the more distrusting and ...
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What is it called when you refer to a noun by just its adjective?
I recently encountered this tweet with a caption on a photo of people eating dinner:
A group of Chinese eating Japanese
If you have a dark mind like mine, you might find some dark humor in this ...
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