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Phrases that express "afraid of wife" in English
Are there any English idioms that are used to describe a man being afraid of wife?
In Chinese there are lots of ways to express it, formal ways, condescending, or colorful. Please describe the situations to use them when giving your suggestions.
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What should I say if someone from the opposite side of the earth says “good morning”?
This may sound like a silly question, but I'm having a bit of confusion.
I'm not sure what to say. I work remotely and I am a member of a team on the opposite side of the earth. On the chat, when they say “good morning” or “good night”, I get…
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Stuck writing a sentence because tea is a 'beverage' and water is not!
I am writing an article on tea. I want to say that...
Tea is the most consumed _____________ after water.
The problem is tea is a beverage but water is not. So, if I come up with this sentence, it's incorrect.
Tea is the most consumed beverage…
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Does "I have a daughter" mean "I have one daughter"?
Let's say I have two daughters and someone asks me:
Do you have a daughter?
Should I respond "yes" or "no"? In other words, does "I have a daughter" mean "I have one daughter"?
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"We missed the bus, which made us late for school" - erroneous use of "which"?
From a discussion at Lang-8:
Kim and I ran fast as we could, but we missed the bus, which made us late for school.
I believe the sentence's use of the relative clause to be okay: the relative pronoun which refers to the whole preceding clause "but…
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What is this type of road called in English?
I’m looking for a word or a phrase for describing this kind of road which usually is constructed in the mountain areas, but not only:
image a representative sample from Google images, query = transfagarasan
In my language we call this serpentine a…
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Can we use "former" and "latter" for plural nouns?
I usually see "former and latter" as replacements for nouns:
The person in the right is young, the person in the left is old. The former is tall, the latter is short.
But can we apply them to plural nouns?
Those who in the right side are young,…
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There's vs There are
For example:
There's two options here
or
There are two options here
I hear a lot of people say the first line (or something similar), but isn't that incorrect? Isn't it plural and therefore you should use "there are"?
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Is it proper to use "broke" in "Broke his feelings"?
My colleague broke his feelings. (English Syntax and Argumentation,
Bas Aarts)
Aarts says this sentence is abnormal, because of the selectional restrictions: ‘feelings’ is abstract and not proper for the object of ‘broke.’ I can understand what…
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Difference between "nice to see you" and "nice to meet you"
What is the difference between "nice to see you" and "nice to meet you"?
Are they the same or not?
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Is it incorrect to say I'm 20 years old next month?
Is it incorrect to say
I'm 20 years old next month.
I'm learning through an English app. It says that the sentence above is incorrect and the correct answer is
I shall be 20 years old next month.
There were 4 choices to this question in the…
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"must" vs "shall" - are they the same, or is one a softened version of the other?
In Information Technology, the "RFC2119 standard" (not exactly standard, but it does not matter here) provides guidance for the use of some words: "must", "must not", "should", "should not", and "may". The definitions there are very clear and there…
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"I broke my arm" vs "my arm was broken"
I broke my arm.
In my language (Persian), if I say this to one of my friends, her response would be like this: “Are you out of your mind? Why did you break your arm?” because it implies that I broke my arm on purpose. And we usually say this in…
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Are you an English? Are you a British?
I once encountered a lady who seemed to come from America or the United Kingdom. When I asked Are you an American? she said no. I was reluctant to ask if she is an English because it sounded very strange. I learned from this answer that it would be…
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To Google something: capitalize or not?
I have a small question about the usage of Google as a verb. Is it always capitalized, even as a verb? For instance:
I Googled his name and I got hundreds of results.
Now, I am aware that this is a neologism and as such, it's probably not going to…
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