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What is this "opened" cube called?
I can't find the right definition for the thing that you see on the right. If we put all parts of it together we will get a box that we can rotate (this picture is taken from a quiz for kids - they need to guess which picture they will see if they…
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Is "I do not want you to go nowhere" a case of "DOUBLE-NEGATIVES" as claimed by Grammarly?
I do not want you to go nowhere.
According to Grammarly, the above sentence contains a DOUBLE-NEGATIVE and should be modified as either of the following;
I do not want you to go anywhere.
I want you to go nowhere.
However, I think that the…
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Word for a small burst of laughter that can't be held back
What do you call the small burst of laugh that people let out when they want to refrain from laughing, but can't? You know the "pfft" sound? I am not sure if it only happens when you refrain from laughing, but yeah some people I guess laugh like…
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How to parse these crazy sentences
I have enough Unicoins to buy "Guaranteed answer" today.
So, instead of asking how to parse only one sentence as I should, I will ask "how to parse these following seven sentences". (Why ask one if I can ask seven! grin)
One morning I shot an…
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Is it really OK to use "because of"?
I recently learned from a YouTube video that "because of" is not correct. But my friend argues that "because of" is actually correct. Also, I see a lot of people writing and saying "because of". Here's a example:
That's because of you.
So, is it…
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What is the meaning of the phrase "tack against"?
I have come across it in this video. It is at 4 minute and 28 second.
Along the way we are also going to try to understand some of what is wrong with the way our information feeds are currently working and how we can tack against prevailing winds…
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What does "I made him a cake" mean?
Is it correct sentence below?
And what does it mean? Also, how is it working grammatically?
I made him a cake.
I made a cake for him.
I baked a cake using him. (Sounds so horrible!)
To me, 1 is more natural but I am not sure.
I've never seen…
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"Could you please help me" vs "Could you help me please"
When asking for something politely which sentence is a better/proper choice?
Could you please help me?
or
Could you help me please?
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Is it correct to say "I have class"?
Why do people frequently say:
“Got to run, I have class!” instead of “I have a class!”
Why is the article missing? How can this be some “class in general since” since the speaker apparently means some particular lesson he has to attend? Is it…
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Is uncle really limited to siblings of parents or their husbands?
So I just saw the question: How can you recognize "uncle" is father's brother or mother's brother? (Is there any "default option"? ), and I looked at the Wikipedia article for uncle and the definition at Google, and it seems that the word is limited…
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What does the believoisie mean?
Examples:
Thankfully, though, Hitchens' score-settling asides to the believoisie don't take up the bulk of Mortality.
It has something to do with a litany of grievances against the believoisie so rote that it might well (or ironically) be styled a…
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"the wife" instead of "my wife", are there any other contexts where a possessive pronoun gets replaced by a definite article?
In English, one occasionally sees a replacement of my wife by the wife, such as in this sentence:
there was a sudden thud and I joked to the wife that someone had run into us
Does this construction occur for any other words than wife? The…
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A superlative form of right
Is it possible to derive a superlative form of right (meaning the opposite of left) - the rightest?
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How to use the "that being said"
I sometimes see the phrase "that being said" and I wish to know a little more about it. Especially, when and how can we use this phrase?
Is there a difference if we shorten it to "that said"? In what cases are we allowed to do it?
Is it possible to…
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How to pronounce 'GB'?
If I want to buy a phone with 64 GB, how should I say it?
Should I say
"A phone with 64 gigabyte."
or
"A phone with 64 GB (simply pronounce the letter 'G' and 'B')."
which one is more native?
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