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Fruitarianism (/fruːˈtɛəriənɪzəm/) is a diet that consists entirely or primarily of fruits in the botanical sense, and possibly nuts and seeds, without animal products. Fruitarianism is a subset of dietary veganism. Fruitarianism may be adopted for different reasons, including ethical, religious, environmental, cultural, economic, and health reasons. There are many varieties of the diet. Some people whose diet consists of 75% or more fruit consider themselves fruitarians. == Definitions == Some fruitarians will eat only what falls (or would fall) naturally from a plant: that is, foods that can...
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> The solution of carbon dioxide in water is sometimes known as carbonic acid, but in fact only about 0.1% of the carbon dioxide has actually reacted. (can we write actually reacts instead of has actually reacted?)
Anonymous
05:35
They're both grammatical, but are you sure you want to change the meaning that way?
I'm not sure, it's just that this has made me wonder
06:26
@CowperKettle No, you'd change the meaning
I mean harmfully
The "has" is supposed to make you think that the equilibrium conditions have already been established
"actually reacts" is quite harmless, isn't it?
pardon the lowercase, I'm exhausted after reading chemistry for 4 hours
@CowperKettle The problem is it doesn't indicate any equilibrium
Or that no more CO2 is going to react, which is usefully implied by the perfect construction
nods
Now this question bugs me
06:37
dons
@CowperKettle these Russian exams really love the number two
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okay, I'll read some more
"Name two users in this chat that can backflip while saying chemistry is awesome in the mid air."
Read some more, and then I'll drop chemistry, because I feel that I'd better earn some money translating psychiatric articles (I got an offer a week ago).. Chemistry technicians in Yekaterinburg get 400 US dollars a month. Abominable.. to study several years and get less money than a supermarket security officer, who studied zero years
 
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Spring in Yekaterinburg
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A: usage of 'than' here

TᴚoɯɐuoThe complement of than there is an awkward one, IMO. The sentence is poorly expressed. Consider this simple sentence, where wheat, a simple noun, complements than, paralleling the noun "corn". Noun compared to noun in terms of quantity. You have less corn than wheat. In other words, your w...

I forgot grammatical explanation. But unlike the answrer I don't think that sentence is weird.
> Russia will have less grain than if Stalin had not insisted upon the adoption of Lysenko's theories.
This seems like a good sentence.
I think the complement of than contains ellipsis.
 
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A: usage of 'than' here

Man_From_IndiaTerm Comparison is grammatical term, and the sentences below are the examples of Term Comparison: Eva is more beautiful than Alice. This country will treat you much better if you are rich than if you are poor. There is less blood on there than if I cut myself shaving. You actuall...

16:11
@CowperKettle It's fogy or stormy or both?! 0:-)
Anonymous
@Man_From_India I think the sentence sounds okay too.
Anonymous
Good morning! :-)
@Cardinal It's blizzardy
Good morning, @snailplane
The snow has melted though
@CowperKettle Oh, :-).
I'll go and jog some
I bet there's no snow left
+2 degrees
16:28
@snailplane Thank you for the confirmation :-)
Good morning
Anonymous
I finished reading your answer and upvoted :-)
I am not very good at grammatical explanation of comparative sentences, I haven't studied that chapter well. But still I don't think any problem with that sentence.
My answer might sound more like an algebra :P
@Man_From_India I think you meant "algorithm"
If not, you should remove the indefinite article
 
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@DamkerngT. @M.A.R. I know this question does not make sense but I want to make sure we are on same page. I will be home ——— 3 o clock.
(A) since (B) from (C) for (D) no error Answer says from but I think it should be no error
Anonymous
I like cross-linguistic pleonasm. The La Brea Tar Pits
Anonymous
@user62015 Interesting. I think "no error" is wrong. "I will be home 3 o'clock" doesn't sound right to me.
@user62015 I have no idea how to choose from those options
Anonymous
I would say at or by work. "I will be home at 3 o'clock." "I will be home by 3 o'clock."
But from also does not make sense, right?
17:52
@snailplane It's not interesting :)
Anonymous
I'm not really fond of from.
Yes.
I agree.
@user62015 Yes, none of those options make sense
by and at make sense but not from
@snailplane I call prejudice!
Anonymous
17:53
@M.A.R. But it was postjudice, I swear!
Thanks. I appreciate your help.
18:04
Every thing depends on ——— receiving the reply in time.
(A) his (B) him (C) he (D) himself
Please help me.
I say him but Answer says his
"his" works
Not sure, but it seems "him" does as well
So him is also fine, right?
@user62015 @Snail has to confirm
Ok.
Thanks.
Anonymous
Yes, him and his are both grammatical.
18:13
During the jog, I saw a drunken man who crawled to a bench from his wheelchair, and slept. It's going to be minus 2 degrees soon. I woke him, he said he has no home, and told me to flip off. I phoned the police, they said they'll send a detachment to check for him in the park.
Anonymous
Eek!
I hope they find him.
The park is small
Thanks.
One can freeze to death easily at -2°C
Anonymous
Even a hardy resident of Yekaterinburg.
18:16
I had no phone on me, or I would have called from the spot, but the park is tiny. Okay.
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Q: In which cases do we use "collect" and in which "gather"?

SovereignSunI can never know for sure which word to use outside foresting and foraging. I've always thought them to be interchangeable most of the time. However, when it comes to berries or fruit we use gather and can't use collect. And when speak we about items or stuff like coins we use collect. What ab...


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