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Difference between "this" and "that"
I always use them reversibly since I'm not too sure about their differences.
For instance, in an email I just wrote:
solution 1
solution 2
Which one of those solutions do you prefer?
I'm not too sure whether I should use these or those. In the…
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"were dumb as" similar to "were as dumb as"?
If they were as dumb as him, we would have a bigger mess in our hands.
If they were dumb as him, we would have a bigger mess in our hands.
I thought the second was completely fine until I used Google search and couldn't find a similar wording. Is…
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Difference between continuous and simple
If I ask someone "How do your parents punish you this year", am I asking him what his parents do when they catch him doing bad, but only this year?
Whereas in "How are your parents punishing you this year", it means he is being punished at the…
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What is the meaning of "nail" in "if they nail vaccinations"?
I was watching YouTube and suddenly got an ad advertising the following - the ad is from Bloomberg
If they nail vaccinations, drugstores will be the heroes of 2021.
Checking the definition of nail in the dictionary does not make any sense to…
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What does "some type of sheep meat" mean
I read a comment on StackOverflow about "What is depending typing?". And the poster complained about Wikipedia's hard-to-read article about dependent typing. The exact comment is:
Well, the article opens with lambda cubes, which sound like some…
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What does "I am all stomach" mean?
What does I am all stomach mean?
A: ‘’It’s my turn for a gift. I would like to take you to lunch. To my favorite spot.’’
B: ‘’I am all stomach, professor!’’
Lonely Man Full of Love
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What's the difference between "used to like" and 'liked'?
What is the difference between used to like and liked?
What is the difference if I say...
When I was 4 years old, I had one pink dress. My cousins used to like it (my dress) very much.
Or
When I was 4 years old, I had one pink dress. My cousins…
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Is it correct to say "My teacher yesterday was in Beijing."?
In my opinion, it is incorrect. I think that only one of the following two ways is grammatically correct:
My teacher was in Beijing yesterday.
Yesterday my teacher was in Beijing.
However, my son who is in an international school in China…
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128-bit vs 128 bits
In cryptography, we often write as "AES has 128-bit key" and "AES provides 128 bits of security"
Is there any difference between writing 128-bit and 128 bits? What is the correct choice?
Example; From Lindell & Katz's book;
AES supports 128-,…
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Why is it "she really done me"?
And from the first time that she really done me
Oh, she done me
She done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Oh, she done me
She done me good
This is a lyric of the song "Don't let me down" of the Beatles. "done" is the past participle of…
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What do you call pieces of cardboard with political slogans on them?
What do you call these? Protest signs?
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Correct plural usage for "hundreds" and "thousands"
I'm having problems with hundred and thousand.
If someone asks you, How many trees are in this forest? Would you answer seven thousand or seven thousands, because thousands are countable?
I know that you usually say seven thousand, but I also know…
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Can 'domestic animal' be used instead of 'livestock'?
Is it correct to use domestic animal instead of livestock (cattle)?
livestock
animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens
domestic animal
an animal that is not wild and is kept as a pet or to produce…
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What does "guilty" mean in this context?
Please help me to understand the meaning of "guilty" in this context:
"He turns around and spots me.
Byron.
Once I would have done anything for Byron.
‘Skye! Skye Turner – it’s you, isn’t it?’
‘Guilty,’ I say, then instantly regret it.
Byron…
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Does the idiom «to cross the pond» exist?
Recently I had a conversation with a native speaker. During it he has mentioned some movie reference. I guess he was not sure whether I have got it so he has also sent me a link to that movie supplying it with a phrase:
in case the reference does…
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