Please consider the following:
(1) My colleague was refreshingly honest when I asked her for feedback.
(2) It was refreshing to see my colleague being honest when I asked her
for feedback.
(3) He is amazingly handsome.
(4) [Amazingly(,)] he is handsome [(,)amazingly].
I don't unders...
Which of the following sentences is correct?
I write article.
I write articles.
First off, the use of the verb "lie" is more appropriate.
You are talking about an action that started in the past and continues up to the present. Besides, you start using the shirt today - in the present. So you say:
The shirt has lied in a drawer for three years, or
The shirt has been lying...
I have a "Materials" table in a report document. One of the materials used in the described procedures is this, by Cygnus:
If I describe it in my table as Anti-CHO-HCP:HRP Conjugate, would it be understood correctly by the readers? Or is it better to put "HRP conjugate" into brackets:
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I know "busy" can be used with the structure: "be busy doing". For example: I'm busy learning English.
Now, I'm wondering whether "learning English" in this sentence is a gerund phrase or a participle phrase? And what function (adjective/adverb) does this phrase have in the sentence?
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I'm thinking about similarly-formed idiomatic constructs like this cluster:
'Put up' - (#1) to allow someone to reside, usually in an ad-hoc temporary manner ('He put them up for the night')
'Put up' - (#2) to reluctantly tolerate ('We put up with the noise, it was only for one day')
'Put down...
You can use "much", but not by itself. The following is grammatical:
I have so much money
If you really wanted a single word, you can use the idiomatic phrase "big money":
I have big money.
Or the dominantly British "good money":
I have good money.
You can also say:
I have...
I taught my students that they can use any in questions with abstract countable nouns. Was I right? For example:
Do you have any idea? (idea = abstract but countable)
Do you have any reason to do it? (= reason = abstract but countable)
And I also taught them that they can use no even with...
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrnɐˈmɨrdʲɪn]; 9 April 1938 – 3 November 2010) was a Russian politician. He was the first chairman of the Gazprom energy company and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s, and a participant in the Russian transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that he was designated as a presidential adviser.
Chernomyrdin is known in Russia...
Viktor Chernomyrdin is a new Russian icebreaker, also referred to as Project 22600 or LK-25, currently under construction at Baltiysky Zavod in St. Petersburg. When completed, the 22,000-ton icebreaker will be the largest diesel-powered icebreaker in the world.
The new icebreaker was initially expected to enter service in late 2015, but the project is now several years behind schedule and the ship is expected to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2018.
== Development and construction ==
The development of the icebreaker designated as LK-25 dates back to the first long-term plans for rebuilding...
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I've been told that 'you look good' is the perfect compliment to give. Becaue 'you are looking good' is not a colloquial use. How correct this is?
For example if I have to ask about myself to others like,
How do I look?
How am I looking? (This would be incorrect I guess)
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