> The Pentagon informed Russian military officials, through its established deconfliction channel, of the strike before the launching of the missiles, the official said, with American officials knowing when they did that that Russian authorities may well have alerted the Assad regime.
Word of the Day: deconfliction
> The word “deconflict” – or worse “deconfliction” – is being used by US officials to describe attempts to ensure that US and Russian air forces don’t shoot at each other while they conduct overlapping air campaigns over Syria.
Organizational consultants call it disruption. Trump sometimes hints that it is little more than good fun. He has called the Roosevelt Room, across the hall from his private office, a "boardroom," as though it were just another television set where he could go around the table to tell those wh...
@snailplane @Man_From_India I have to award my bounty within 24hrs for this question. Any chance of (even a short) answer from either of you? (I'm not happy enough with the answers currently there to award it to them ...)
I have heard people say that "have to" is a modal verb. Other people have told me it is not. Why exactly is "have to" a modal verb? Or why exactly is it not?
I have also heard that it is a preriphrastic modal verb. Is a periphrastic modal verb a modal verb?
> Scientists have now shown that if male rodents are fed a diet rich in folic acid, methionine and vitamin B12, their progeny do not perform well in memory tests. This suggests that the intake of high concentrations of such methyl donors could also have side effects in humans, for example, if they consume excessive amounts of energy drinks or folic acid pills.
> "For a long time, it was assumed that these paternal epigenetic marks are erased completely after the fusion of sperm and egg cell," explains Dr. Dan Ehninger, who leads a research group at the DZNE's Bonn site. However, we know today that part of the paternal DNA methylation survives this process.
Is there a verb for the motion of a sailboat in a marina or harbour when the yacht or dinghy is solely powered by an engine, not the sails?
For example: "Peter's dinghy slowly xxxxed from its mooring in the harbour until it could set sail in the open sea".
I know the meaning of all these words like Love, Lust, Crush, Infatuation. I'm looking for a word which could mean any of these.
For example, the word 'Animal' can be used to bucket/group dog, lion, cat. Dog, lion and cat are all basically animals. Similarly, is there a word to bucket these word...
What is the difference between will and shall in modern spoken English?
For example I have the following sentences:
He will arrive on Tuesday.
He shall arrive on Tuesday.
Are there any rules specifying usage of will and shall?
Reopen note:
I looked at this question here:
"Shall"...
What is the difference between will and shall in modern spoken English?
For example I have the following sentences:
He will arrive on Tuesday.
He shall arrive on Tuesday.
Are there any rules specifying usage of will and shall?
Reopen note:
I looked at this question here:
"Shall"...
@Catija Yes, it's a rule from 19th century English - 2 centuries too late! Definitely too late for people who want to learn English to communicate with. The question's a couple of days old. I just put a bounty on it.
@Araucaria That question is a better one, I think... I actually marked the one I was talking about as a dupe of a similar question from 2015. The one with the bounty is a good, broader question that will serve well as a canonical explanation if it gets a good answer.
Organizational consultants call it disruption. Trump sometimes hints that it is little more than good fun. He has called the Roosevelt Room, across the hall from his private office, a "boardroom," as though it were just another television set where he could go around the table to tell those wh...
I have heard people say that "have to" is a modal verb. Other people have told me it is not. Why exactly is "have to" a modal verb? Or why exactly is it not?
I have also heard that it is a preriphrastic modal verb. Is a periphrastic modal verb a modal verb?
Is there a verb for the motion of a sailboat in a marina or harbour when the yacht or dinghy is solely powered by an engine, not the sails?
For example: "Peter's dinghy slowly xxxxed from its mooring in the harbour until it could set sail in the open sea".
What is the difference between will and shall in modern spoken English?
For example I have the following sentences:
He will arrive on Tuesday.
He shall arrive on Tuesday.
Are there any rules specifying usage of will and shall?
Reopen note:
I looked at this question here:
"Shall"...
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