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The pronunciation of the word "honest" is with "h" or without?
I would like to know and to get some information about the pronunciation of the word "honest".
Some people told me that it's pronounced without the first letter "h" (as if: onest) but some told me that it's pronounced with the "h" as a full form…
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What is the plural form of "magic"?
Wiktionary claims it is "magics", from how I read its page, but e.g. Ask.com claims it has no plural form. Considering that Wiktionary also claims that it is "usually uncountable", are there only certain situations it has a plural form in?
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Meaning of "with it way out cat"
I have issues deciphering meaning of the following sentence:
We are the Atom Cats, a gang of the most with it way out cats in the Commonwealth.
This sentence is from Fallout 4 game (which is not that important). The part I am struggling with is…
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What is the adjective for someone with cancer?
What is the adjective for a person that has cancer? For example, cancerous individual, cancerous child, or something else?
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What is this cute pose called in English?
What do you call this cute pose that usually young babies adopt?
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Where is the correct place to place adverbs in sentences?
I am always confused about where to put adverbs in sentences. For example, consider the questions below:
Why did they target us specifically?
Why did they target specifically us?
Why did they specifically target us?
I believe all these sentences…
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A term for this gesture (signs by hands) on the wall/screen
What do we call this?
Hand signs on the wall? Hand gestures?
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what is the name for red hot firewood?
I'm wondering what the name is for a piece of firewood which one half or piece is red hot burning and the other half is not and you can use the part that is not burning as handle to move it around or to hold it to light up cigarettes or to light up…
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When should I use "there" and "their"?
For example, in the following sentences, in which ones should I use there, and not their?
____ house is beautiful.
____ are lots of skyscrapers in Dubai.
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Does "People hate me for being jealous." mean 'they hate me because they are jealous' or 'because I am jealous'?
This statement looks ambiguous: "People hate me for being jealous".
We got this in the dictionary
hate somebody/yourself for something/for doing something
I hated myself for feeling jealous.
So, here, "People hate me for being jealous." means…
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What is the difference between "to cook something" and "to make something"?
When do you use "cook" and when do you use "make" while you are talking about preparing food? In other words: Which (type of) food are cooked which (type of) food are made?
According to dictionary :
Cook means: To prepare (food) for eating by…
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"Would prefer" versus "would like"
What is the difference between the following sentences?
I would prefer to discuss the matter in private.
I would like to discuss the matter in private.
I am used to prefer used in sentences similar to "I prefer Verona to Rome." In the first…
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"responsible of" vs "responsible for"
What's more correct form?
responsible for
responsible of
For example:
The Central nervous system is responsible for the receiving
signals from the Peripheral nervous system.
The Central nervous system is responsible of the receiving signals
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Can "immortal" be used to describe someone that lives forever, yet can be destroyed?
I am aware of the dictionary definition of the word "immortal": (source)
Or in words:
living forever; never dying or decaying
However, that does not directly imply "can't be destroyed", as far as I can see. My logic (which might be wrong!)…
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Clash, crash and crush
I have never run across all those words. They seem not only close in sound but be used in similar situations (according to my research), that I sometimes become unable to choose which one to use.
The Merriam-Webster says…
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