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Between abstract and concrete

Does such a word that teeters, or overlaps, between abstract and concrete exist? For instance, consider violence. It's a term that varies in meaning or definition from person to...

Asked on 12/31/2021

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Meaning of "improved" when used as an adjective to compare between two different things?

I encountered this sentence today while translating form english: These alloys lack the crystallinity of conventional engineering alloys, and some of their properties —such as higher yield stress and elastic...

Asked on 12/31/2021

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What's the term for the phenomenon "people in a team can't say 'no' because they are in a group"?

I know there's a term for it, but it's on the tip of my tongue: If there's a team of people, and someone says "any objections?", everyone in the team...

Asked on 12/31/2021

2 answer

Present action in past tense

Sir, I am really confused about this sentence:Thank you for watching my Youtube channel.Does the observation verb 'watching' act here as a gerund (it is...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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Ambiguity in the sentence "In case of fire, do not use elevator."

The aforementioned sentence arises in an assignment of the course Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, where the notion of literary ambiguity is made explicit in our everyday use of language. However,...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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Can one write 'Health behaviors'? I keep coming across this kind of usage in some research papers

"Analyzing health behaviors of diabetics" was the title of a paper. I was wondering about the usage....

Asked on 12/29/2021

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Every single logo, advert, presentation and video IS or ARE?

I know that every single is followed by singular, but what if there are different units after "every single"?...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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"For educational purpose" or "for educational purposes"?

When I was writing this:The university is for educational purpose.everything was fine. But when I wrote this:The universities are for educational purpose.The Grammarly said it's a mistake and "purpose" should...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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What's the word / way to describe the sound we make when we get irritated?

What's that sound called which we make when we are irritated or disgusted, when we press both our lips together and make a sucking sound, with our teeth closed. It's...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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IS this a simple sentence or compound sentence?

I know that a simple sentence is a sentence with one complete idea and that a compound sentence is a combination of independent clauses where each independent clause delivers a...

Asked on 12/29/2021

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