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A pancake is a flat cake, often thin, and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may also contain eggs, milk and butter, and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often in oil or butter. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened, and resemble a crêpe. In North America, a raising agent is used (typically baking powder). The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone. Commercially prepared pancake mixes are produced in some countries.
They may be served at any time with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, fruit, syrup, chocolate chips, or...
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant. The genus Coffea is native to tropical Africa, and Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The plant was exported from Africa to countries around the world and coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, India, and Africa. The two most commonly grown are the highly regarded arabica, and the less sophisticated but stronger and more hardy robusta. Once ripe, coffee berries are...
While there's no problem with
It's me whom you saw in the window.
if I prefer to use the formal
It is I whom you saw in the window.
Am I required to follow up with the subject who pronoun or the object whom pronoun?
Seems like I'm breaking a rule whichever I choose. (PS. I've checked ...
How can I say "Where does this map belong to" that asks about where the map is showing, using the "Where". Is this sentence below right?:
Where is it the map of?
I create the question above following the form of the question below:
What do you think of?
Into the wells of vertical rows 2–4, add 100 µl samples of the calibration solutions.
Is a comma necessary before "add", or can it be omitted?
"Into the wells of vertical rows 2-4" is an adverbial phrase. I can't find a grammatical rule for such a clause staring a sentence, but it reads be...
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Your first sentence is correct
Does he have any cars that are black in color?
which means "Are any of his cars black?".
However, your second sentence should read
Does he have a car that is black in color?
which means "Is at least one of his cars black?"
Both questions are asking if "he...
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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...
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