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| Being treated/treated | 31 Oct 2009 22:02 GMT | 5 |
If not ____ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-
tempered and grumbles all the time.
A. being treated
B. treated
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| [be] decided based on something; [be] decided to be based on something | 31 Oct 2009 15:45 GMT | 14 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
What follows is a test question quoted from a Taiwanese website for
English learners. I'm trying to lend a hand to the poster.
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| "call"; "in the back of five o'clock" | 31 Oct 2009 10:53 GMT | 5 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I was reading A. J. Cronin's /The Citadel/.
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"By the way, there's a call for Number 7 Glydar Place. It come in the
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| one... he or she/one...they | 31 Oct 2009 06:05 GMT | 18 |
Hi to all,
which one of the following is considered to be more correct in formal
English writing.
one... he or she or
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| arrow in the bulls' quiver | 30 Oct 2009 23:19 GMT | 17 |
Hi - I find difficulty in following sentences. What is "an arrow in
the bulls' quiver"? Does it mean the strength is just nothing.? With
thanks.
The index of leading economic indicators rose by 1% in September for
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| Kafka: now then | 30 Oct 2009 22:52 GMT | 17 |
What's the role of
"now then"
in
"Can the chief clerk come in to see you now then ?"
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| Ishiguro: wasn't nearly as much | 30 Oct 2009 22:31 GMT | 4 |
Does
"wasn't nearly as much"
mean
"wasn't by far as much" (categoric)
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| Ishiguro: to be on to ask her | 30 Oct 2009 22:29 GMT | 8 |
"To be _on_ to ask"
does it mean
"To be all right to ask?"
Is this slang?
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| punctuation | 30 Oct 2009 20:53 GMT | 10 |
Anything incorrect about the punctuation in the following sentence?
"Because this company is too small--it has about 8 persons in the
company—it therefore is not considered to be a multinational
enterprise."
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| Relative clause | 30 Oct 2009 17:37 GMT | 13 |
I wonder if this sentence is correct:
"ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"
It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct. However, would this alternate form be correct ?
"ministers wnat more competition in a sector which they believe ...
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| chafed or chapped ? | 30 Oct 2009 17:29 GMT | 4 |
Which is correct, "chafed lips' or "chapped lips" ?
Is "chapped" an americanism ?
David H
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| Ishiguro: any old afternoon | 30 Oct 2009 16:44 GMT | 4 |
I'm surprised with "old" here. Is it basically the same as "odd?"
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[The students use some accumulated tokens to buy poetry from other
students, and that feels strange to the narrator]
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| Ishiguro: To take a class (BrE) | 30 Oct 2009 16:39 GMT | 5 |
I'm more used with "to take a class" as describing the student's
situation, not the teacher's:
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[A prank happens, while a guardian/teacher "takes" a class]
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| Entertaining headline | 30 Oct 2009 13:35 GMT | 45 |
I had to read the article below this headline in yesterday's Evening
Standard just to make sure it didn't mean what it said:
"I almost quit cooking after my father died, says masterchef".
I see it's on the web as well:
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| Kafka: jumped off | 30 Oct 2009 12:48 GMT | 4 |
Is "off" really necessary in
"they jumped off after their friend?"
What does it contribute?
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