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Here you go, Rasha. Two replies are associated with this thread: Gustavo's excellent answer and your thank-you note to him. For the sake of thoroughness, I am quoting both posts and showing you everything I see on my end. If any member reading this has any idea what "CONTENT TYPE RECIPE CONDITION" might mean, please share your thoughts. That is the category under which all the posts that went "missing" in the transplant are listed. To reiterate, I have reason to believe that "Approve Reply"...Read More...

Hi, Eternal Hope, I would revise the entire sentence: The earth revolves around the sun every 365 1/4 days.Read More...

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Thanks, but what do we call " There has been" ? How about the usage in examples?Read More...

Durrani, Some of these don't have really easy answers. Sometimes a certain combination of words just sounds better. I hate using that explanation, because it always sounds to me like my mother screaming "BECAUSE I TOLD YOU SO!". For what it's worth, let me offer these suggestions: 5 (as iterated before): The confidence that he lacked cost him the election. 5a (your example): The lacked confidence cost him the election. 5b (new): His lack of confidence cost him the election. So far, I like...Read More...

Please! Is it possible to leave Alice Cooper's classic rock anthem "School's Out" (1972) out of this discussion? "School's Out" by Alice Cooper I agree with David, that "out", when referring to school, usually means that there is a holiday break, but it can also simply refer to the end of the day, as in your example. Of course, in the context of the song, "out" can mean "out of fashion", or "unpopular". Bear_bear, you surely have access to a dictionary that can advise you of many meanings of...Read More...

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So, regarding point 1, I hope you understand and appreciate my suggestions. Regarding 2, it always helps when our members describe what constraints they are under. And, as I said, the language is evolving. It could very well be that in a few years, "languaging" will be considered a perfectly cromulent word. DocVRead More...

Unlike "used to," which expresses habit by itself, I think that for "would" to work in the second sentence some adverbial of frequency denoting repetition of the action in the past would be required, for example: 1.3) When I lived in the countryside, I would drive to work every morning .Read More...

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Hi, Fujibei: I find the headline extremely unclear with the contraction of "was" and "not" ("wasn't"). I believe that the intended meaning is the one that would stand out if "was" and "not" were not contracted and if "was" were stressed: In Trump's White House, Charlottesville was a moment that was not I think that the simple past-tense form of "be" ("was") is being used in the sense of "exist." In Trump's White House, Charlottesville (i.e., the event that occurred in Charlottesville a year...Read More...

I've never heard "all honey and no sting," bear_bear, but it's clearly a reference to bees. Bees make honey (which is good from the standpoint of customary human perception), and bees sting (which is bad from the standpoint of customary human perception). Thus, if someone were said to be all honey and no sting, the idea would be that she is sweet and kind and never causes anyone any harm. Here is a related idiom which is much more common: "all bark and no bite."Read More...

Thank you very much, DocV, Your replies are great and are always appreciated. You, Gustavo and David are doing a wonderful job on this forum. You know exactly why I'm asking a question and what I'm looking for. You guys are great. I hope that the old posts will be restored. So many hours of work went into their production. Gratefully and respectfully, NaviRead More...

Subha, here's my best take on your question: 1: As a teacher, I feel disappointed for a student who could not pass last year's math exam. To me, this means that there is one particular non-passing student that the teacher feels disappointed for, regardless of how many there were that failed. It is also possible to see the article "a" as more encompassing, so that (1) could potentially seen as implying some of these other examples. 2: As a teacher, I feel disappointed for any student who...Read More...

Good point, Gustavo. It is certainly true that we can use "in force" in legal contexts. To give a mundane example, a driver might ask himself or his passenger(s), "Is the no-U-turn rule at this intersection still in force at this time of day?" Such traffic laws are sometimes -- i.e., in certain specific places -- in force (and enforced) only during certain time periods. Returning to the topic of how to check whether social plans are still in effect, I wish to emphasize the appropriateness,...Read More...

Yes, Yama. In the context, "that luxury" means "the luxury of being able to have my husband and kids do the dishes." The speaker doesn't have that luxury because she is single: she doesn't have a husband and probably has no kids.Read More...

Just delete "use to": I don't use to walk to work any more .Read More...

Further on "Himalaya(s)": I suspect that English is Pandit's main language. Anyway, the book is published by Harvard University Press, so it should be written in American English, and indeed is- -except for "Himalaya." Probably the editor and author battled it out over this one, and the author won, which in a way (I'm usually author!) I like. Here is what he writes on p. 3, with my comments in square brackets [ ]: "Let me begin by pointing out the use of Himalaya in singular form throughout...Read More...

Thank you. I think I have got your point. Suppose, after one year of the accident, if no accident has taken so many lives so far I can use present perfect. If another accident like that occurs and takes more lives I should use past perfect. Am I right? So after a year, no accident like that takes more lives, I can say: Last year , a tragic bus accident happened in Kolkata. At least 60 people died in the accident. The bus driver was found responsible for the accident. Accidents like this had...Read More...

Thanks YAMA and DOc V.Read More...

Thanks for your reply , Doc V .Read More...

To complete the answer to the question implied by your subject heading, a "fallen" tree is one that is no longer "falling", but is now most likely lying on the ground. DocV PS: Is "TONYCK 2" different from the old "tonyck" that we used to know?Read More...

Thanks for your reply . But , the example you mentioned which said ( " they didn't visit Paris before they got married ." Made another question pop up . Is there a difference in meaning between your example and the following sentence . " they hadn't visited Paris before they got married ."Read More...

Definitely, Kuen. As I said, "go and [verb]" works with most verbs in the simple present. The verbs it works with, however, tend to be verbs denoting activities.Read More...