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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
01:09
I hope down-voters here cared to explain the reason of their down-votes here. Strange, two down-vote. Don't know what is wrong with this -
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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...

You will have more answers here than if you had asked the question elsewhere. Ungrammatical, because there is no second comparand. What is missing? A content-clause: .... than [you would have] if you had asked the question elsewhere. An if-clause is not a valid comparand. — Tᴚoɯɐuo 6 hours ago
Is that really a content clause?
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
03:09
@Cardinal Great!
Sawasdee Sunday!
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
happy sunday @CowperKettle
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
03:43
\о
Feeds
Feeds
04:19
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Q: The sun <is setting/is going to set/will set/will be setting> at five tomorrow

JK2CGEL by Huddleston and Pullum says on page 171: 8.3 Non-aspectual uses of the progressive ... (a) The progressive futurate [21] i a. The sun sets at five tomorrow. b. #The sun is setting at five tomorrow. ... The progressive is restricted to cases where human agency o...

present-continuous progressive-aspect
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
05:59
> Pushkina St. vs. Pushkina st.
Do we capitalize the abbreviated word street in addresses, I wonder
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
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Q: The meaning of "I never saw you as forgiving"

melpomeneDoes it mean the same as "I never thought you were a forgiving person"?

sentence-meaning
I am aware of such construction, but with "forgiving" it doesn't sound good to me.
Does it sound okay to you?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:30
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A: The meaning of "I never saw you as forgiving"

CowperKettleAs others have said, you correctly understood the meaning of the phrase. To provide an example of usage, I'll quote from Shakespeare (Sonnet 83): I never saw that you did painting need And therefore to your fair no painting set; I found, or thought I found, you did exceed The barren ten...

@Man_From_India To me it sounds perfectly okay
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:44
Okay, it's too much to post a Shakespeare sonnet to explain something to a novice, so I scrapped it
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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
07:04
@CowperKettle thanks.
@CowperKettle you could keep it.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> Certificate No. 213, valid from 22-Jan-2015 till 22-Jan-2016 (I wonder which is better to use: till or until... or maybe to or through?)
V.V.
V.V.
Expiry date?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Yes, but in my case it's a time period
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Q: Valid from and valid to or until?

OhCaNWould valid to make sense when refering to an expiration date? I've got this text right now: Valid from: 01/10/2014 Valid to: 10/10/2014 It doesn't sound correct. Should it be until? In which cases can I use to and not until?

prepositions
V.V.
V.V.
till
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Looks like "until" and "to" both work, and "till" must be good too
V.V.
V.V.
07:10
or until
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
The preposition "to" is the shortest, so it must be the best one of the three for using in a table.
V.V.
V.V.
Found :from...till (until is more formal ), to is less frequent
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thank you!
V.V.
V.V.
Till-until (no difference in meaning, only style)
It's raining.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
It is sunning.
V.V.
V.V.
07:24
And warm?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
No. Windy
V.V.
V.V.
There were frosts in the neighbouring region.
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:47
Sodomite Suppression Act
The Sodomite Suppression Act, also known as the "Shoot The Gays Initiative," was a California ballot initiative proposed by Matt McLaughlin, an Orange County lawyer, that outlines seven measures relating to same-sex people engaging in sodomy including death for anyone who participates. McLaughlin's act calls for the killing of gays and lesbians by "bullets to the head" or "any other convenient method." This proposed initiative is subject to a court order barring it from being distributed for signatures after a Sacramento County judge granted California Attorney General Kamala Harris's request to...
Wow. California is a funny place.
I was googling for "by any convenient method" and came across this.
My sentence is
> Transfer the solution quantitatively to a 1000 mL volumetric flask, dilute to volume with water, mix, filter through a 0.45 µm membrane filter, and degas by any convenient method.
I was wondering whether to use by or with
Googling brings up all kinds of weird articles
user62015
user62015
@DamkerngT. @Man_From_India @M.A.R. Please check and let me know if answer is right. It is a question of active & passive voice Q:- She yelled, "Please help me." Ans:- She yelled for someone to help her.
@DamkerngT. @Man_From_India @M.A.R. I am so sorry it is a question of direct & indirect speech.
Anonymous
11:02
I think textbooks usually want you to get rid of please like that, but English speakers do use please in indirect speech.
Anonymous
@CowperKettle I feel sick reading that
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
11:18
@snailplane I feel amazed at how a grown-up, educated person can waste his time advancing such initiatives. There must be no ultimate use in being well-learned etc.
One of Hitler's top officials had an IQ of well over 100.
> Sounds as if McLaughlin is someone who doesn't just have issues - he's got a subscription.
LOL
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/…
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
11:39
> Place 500 µL aliquots of the resulting solution into vials and close with caps with septa.
I wonder if there's some other way to put it.
"with caps with septa" is a bit awkward.
"septed cap" does not exist
With "septa-equipped caps"?
Meh.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
11:56
O.o
Why didn't you use "with caps and septa"? @Cowper
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@M.A.R. because the septa are fitted into the caps
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
12:13
@CowperKettle So?
@CowperKettle \o
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
17:54
> Place 50 µL of the resulting solution in 0.5 mL microtubes.
I wonder: would this be understood as "divide 50 microliters between several microtubes" or as "place 50 microliters per each microtube"
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
18:05
I've got the feeling that I've asked that earlier.
Anyway, I'll rephrase to "Place 50 mcl aliquots of the solution" to be on the safe side.
 
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userr2684291
userr2684291
20:58
@Catija Happy Mother's Day. (:

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