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What is wrong with "have put" in "I have put the water in the freezer"?
How to talk about putting water in the freezer to become ice?
I have to tell the child that I have put the water in the freezer and after some time it will convert into ice.
https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/76262/26777
As a side note "have put"…
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Why is it 'come' and not 'comes' in 'it is important that he come...'?
We usually add 's' or 'es' to the first form of the verb when the subject is a third person. I do not understand why 's' hasn't been added to the verb "come" in the following sentence:
It is important that he come to my party.
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What's the pun in "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”?
What is the pun in this joke?
Clowns divorce. Custardy battle
by Simon Munnery
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Are "dude" and "man" disrespectful words?
What is the exact nuance of dude or man?
I'm studying English from Japan.
I want to know how people feel about dude or man.
Is it just a friendly way to call close friends? Like addressing a boyfriend or girlfriend as honey? Or does it include…
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Can I use "Dress" for men's wear?
My friends laughed at me when I said "nice dress man" because "dress" is used for only females. Is this correct? I was always thinking dress is just synonym of costumes and clothes. Is there any gender specific usage of "dress"?
In India girls/woman…
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Difference between "ignite" and "kindle"
Can't grasp the difference and the use cases of these 2 words. They both seem to mean something close to "set on fire", but what is the exact meaning, and are their use cases the same?
Can one ignite a candle, or kindle a candle?
The second sounds…
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English equivalent of "garam" (warming) food?
I want to know how we say in English when we want to say that almonds or other dry fruits are "hot" for our body. I am an Indian, and in India, we use the word garam which literally means hot in English. I want to know how native speakers of English…
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Any chances "spell" means "pronounce"?
Inspired by this question of mine and that @BenKovitz suggested that I should ask a new question, I attempt to do so. Here goes:
The Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکیپدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد Vikipedia, Daneshnameye Azad / "Wikipedia, The Free…
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"I don't give a rip!" What's a "rip"?
The title is pretty self-explanatory, but let me give some detail.
I'm a native English speaker from the USA. I know exactly what that statement means and how to use it. I heard my Pastor use it recently in a sermon, and it got me thinking how one…
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Is there a special word for the numbers 11 to 19?
In my language (Ukrainian), there are special words describing amounts between 11 and 19. They are constructed in a similar way as the numerals, but do not specify the numeral itself:
Це коштує надцять тисяч ("this costs over-teen thousand" —…
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In-depth explanation of the difference between "will" and "going to"?
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My wife and I take English classes provided by our companies, so we have different teachers. So now it happened that we had the same topic: future.
Both teachers are native English speakers, but I don't place too much faith on that. I'm a…
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What does the word "though" mean and on which occasions can be used?
I'm a little confused about the word though. I hear it a lot of times in different sentences in different sequences, as well as in speaking and writing.
Sometimes it seems to me that this word is used randomly in a sentence.
Here are some…
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Difference between "fast food" and "junk food"
What is the difference between "fast food" and "junk food"?
Are they the same or not?
"Are they used in the same way?"
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"I lied" is this expression often used?
When someone said something wrong and realized that instantly so wanted to correct that, is this expression often used?
for example)
"Take a left at the corner. Oh I lied, you should take a right."
If it is not usually used, please let me know…
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Next month, I _______ John for 20 years
Q) Next month, I _______ John for 20 years
(A) know
(B) will have known
(C) am knowing
(D) will have been knowing
Question bank says (D) is correct. Surely, (B) is the correct one, right?
Edit:
I request answers/comments that reflect common…
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