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V.V.

05:13

After he left us, we worked harder. After=when, two actions in the past, one after another.imho.

Since he left us, we worked harder. Since=because (reason).

I see it like that.

V.V.

05:48

"The news of a lead to Moriarty had made her restless, and she had to be careful not to upset him".

What's the meaning of "lead" here?

Connected?

Morning all.

M.A.R.

06:28

@V.V. oh, but "since" can mean both of them there. Since the 'time' "since" can be used, that's what we should discuss

The other one is almost irrelevant

@V.V. I gather it's stuff that lead to a crime suspect and help you catch him

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lead

Yep. See "lead noun (INFORMATION)"

Cardinal

06:53

@V.V. It was related to my previous question on the ell.

@userr2684291 I don't think so, I saw it on the Grammarly facebook page as an picture post.

M.A.R.

07:04

@Cardinal the only event-type meaning for "shower" that I can find in dictionaries is some kinda party held for a woman

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shower

Cardinal

@M.A.R. nods

I saw that myself, too.

V.V.

07:35

Thanks @M.A.R.for " information ".

@Cardinal you always discover something interesting.

Cardinal

07:54

@V.V. Thanks, 0:-)

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userr2684291

09:09

@M.A.R. I didn't know it can be used without the other word (baby).

But apparently it can.

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Feeds

15:53

Q: Should 'to be' be involved or it's optional?

Context: "The nervous system was so complex and highly developed as to leave Lake aghast. Though excessively primitive and archaic in some respects, the thing had a set of ganglial centres and connectives arguing the very extremes of specialised development. Its five-lobed brain was surprisin...

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V.V.

17:39

"I met Holmes outside the address as arranged, looking suit and very dapper in his I’m-going-to-a-concert greatcoat, and the nephew arrived a minute after me." Is "looking suit" =well-dressed?

Nice picture, hi!

userr2684291

18:07

Looks like a mistake (and this time I looked it up, 'suit' isn't an adjective). When you google the first part of the sentence verbatim, you get https://books.google.hr/books?id=9Rk7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT70&lpg=PT70&dq=%22I+met+Holmes+outside+the+address+as+arranged%22&source=bl&ots=oQC-cocD66&sig=1VJ8gqcItQefxrAk7giDVJbQ0KM&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22I%20met%20Holmes%20outside%20the%20address%20as%20arranged%22&f=false:
"looking very dapper in his I'm-going-to-a-concert suit and greatcoat"

Anonymous

@userr2684291 Interesting how those two words migrated west like that.

Anonymous

I wonder what causes that sort of error.

userr2684291