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"Appearing" or "Show up"?
I hope that the guests will appear before midnight.
I found this phrase in my Language learning mobile app.
I was wondering, wouldn't this phrase sound more natural if it were using "show up&...
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Does "up" mean "toward" in "he turned up Lundagatan"?
This is a part of the book "The Girl Who Played With Fire" which describes a route a character in the book took to get someplace. These are real streets in Stockholm [map below]
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An article + a possessive word, is it possible?
We have an article as well as a possessive word in the following sentence:
"They were heading for an antiglobalists' tent camp in a Madrid
suburb".
However, according to Swan (Practical ...
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Irregular plural of 'bureau' in BrE?
What's the common plural of 'bureau' in British English? Does it follow the French plural form, "bureaux"? OED tells me that 'bureaus' is AmE.
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I thought you'd taken it to the post office by now
Hey, why is that package still here? I thought you'd taken it to the post office by now.
Does the past perfect "had taken" work with "by now"? Thanks.
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The vague joke about punitive
This sentence isn't so complicated. It looks like a common one, but I'm pretty sure that the last part hides something that I can't understand. Because now I can't get what he said about the term ...
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is it correct to say" I have a force-majeure"
is it correct to say "I have a force majeure'?If not, what can be the correct way to express the same idea?
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"I wish" were going to
I wish you would have a car - it's wrong because here "would" is used to express hope that someone will change thier behavior. "Having a car" isn't a behavior. "I wish you ...
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Should the phrase "Our way of handling promotional emails" be followed by to+infinitive/by +gerung/ verb/gerund
I have been wondering lately which of these sentences sound most natural to native English speakers. (I am interested in American English.)
Our way of handling promotional emails is by replying only ...
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What did Trump mean by saying he "blew it up"? Is there any use of the subjunctive mood?
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline explosion. Here is the link to the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn13U9i8X88&...
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How to quote someone? [closed]
I’m talking about regular quoting but more specific. Let me show you.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” (Albert Einstein).
That’s how I do it in my language. Would that be ...
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Why is it possible to say "the day in which" and "the day on which"?
If on is to be used with days always and not in, why am I hitting upon examples for both? the_day_on_which and the day in which
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My wife taught for 34 years, and she <has run> vs <ran> vs <had run> into many problems like this
My wife taught for 34 years, and she had run into many problems like
this. She would buy her kids any books she wanted them to have. She
wanted to change our public school system.
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A bond between people
Is "a blood bond" idiomatic? I mean they can be your family even if we aren't related.
Our friends can become our family without a blood bond.
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"Much" used with "never"
I don't play much - correct
I play much - wrong
I never play much - we don't use "much" in positive sentences. Since , we have "never" I have doubts if "much" is ...
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