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Is it grammatically correct to say or to write "some brain"?
In oral speech or writing, it is grammatically correct to say "let's eat some brain"? Could you please give me some example of a more correct form of this kind of expression?
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Thank you for your answers. Anyway, I apologize for being…
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The use of an article before a possessive proper noun - The late Michael Jackson's old home
I was pretty confirmed of not using any article before a proper noun that shows possessiveness.
The Maulik's car -incorrect Maulik's car -correct
But then, I came across this piece of news on PopDust
The late Michael Jackson’s old home,…
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Visualization or visualisation
Both of them are used: visualization and visualisation.
Visualisation is more commonly used in UK.
But, visualization is more common in US.
What is the history of this word?
Which is officially correct?
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Word meaning: "arguably"
I am wondering about the meaning of word "arguably". I have of course read its definitions in dictionaries but they seem to differ.
As I am from Poland, I checked English->Polish dictionaries in the beginning.
Some of them say that "arguably" =…
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Difference between "resultant" and "resulting"?
I came across a person practicing English saying that the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered a disaster after a powerful earthquake and a "resultant tsunami".
I would have normally written it as a "resulting tsunami".
Wiktionary lists both words as…
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What does "the C++ track" mean?
From the book Thinking in Java:
I found out, by creating and chairing the C++ track at the Software Development Conference for a number of years (and later creating and chairing the Java track), that I and other speakers tended to give the typical…
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'Yours faithfully' vs 'Yours sincerely'
I already and understand Wikipedia on 'valediction and user 'Manoochehr' 's answer on ELU:
As reported by Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence:
[1.] If the letter begins with Dear Sir, Dear Sirs, Dear Madam, or
Dear Sir/Madam,
the…
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'On the computer' vs 'At the computer'
Are they all grammatically correct and do they all have the same meaning ?
She was on the computer writing an email a minute or two ago.
She was at the computer writing an email a minute or two ago.
She was writing an email on the computer a…
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Word for searching through someone's possessions without permission
What word can we use if someone checks, searches or looks through somebody else's possessions without the owner's consent or knowledge? People who do this may not be looking for a specific thing, just something interesting or valuable.
For…
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"Zero tolerance for walkers, or them to be." -- grammar, meaning?
From episode 5 of the television series The Walking Dead:
I say we put a pickaxe in his head and the dead girl's and be done with it.
Is that what you'd want if it were you?
Yeah, and I'd thank you while you did it.
I hate to say it. I never…
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Difference between "fat chance" and "slim chance"?
Is there a difference between "fat chance" and "slim chance," and if so, what is it?
Taken literally, they seem to be opposites, but do they mean the same thing?
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A sentence in Present tense was understood as future tense
I came across a Chinese web site selling skirts and then paid for two skirts in different colors. After I had paid for the skirts, I sent a short message to them:
please let me know when you send them to me.
And the Chinese seller made this reply…
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Difference between "assist in" and "assist with"
He assisted in the editing of the movie.
He assisted with the editing of the movie.
He assisted at the editing of the movie.
Is "assist in" the same as "assist with"? Can I always substitute the one where the other is used, or is there a…
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omitting the word "there"
She is used to there being no one else around.
She is used to being no one else around.
Would anyone please elaborate which one would be correct and why?
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Is it correct? "You may call me in your convenient any time."
I am confusing whether I could use "convenient" and "any" at the same time.
Also, I'd like to know the different nuance between may and can, in this sentence:
You may call me in your convenient any time.
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