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A punnet is a small box for the gathering and sale of fruit and vegetables, typically small berries. The word is largely confined to Commonwealth countries and is of uncertain origin, but is thought to be a diminutive of "pun", a British dialect word for pound, from the days in which such containers were used as a unit of measurement or from the name of Reginald Crundall Punnett (1875–1967), a geneticist and grower of strawberries who used to sell them in the London market in a small chip basket. == Description == Punnets were originally a round woodchip basket but typically are now rectangular...
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> Is this not a platform for learning or asking?
Am I not a man and a brother?
 
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> Arbitration court starts proceedings under/for/? a bancruptsy claim against the Moscow Tire Plant
I wonder how to put it right
 
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Word of the Day: shear legs
 
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I picked up a moribund stag beetle (from the stag-like horn appendages near its mouth) off the sidewalk. What do you call the white paper tissue I put it on? It comes in packages of 5 or so, and you usually use it to blow your nose. Could it be called a handkerchief?
nice beetle!
Tissue paper or simply tissue is a lightweight paper or, light crêpe paper. Tissue can be made from recycled paper pulp. == Properties == Key properties are absorbency, basis weight, thickness , bulk (specific volume), brightness, stretch, appearance and comfort. == Production == Tissue paper is produced on a paper machine that has a single large steam heated drying cylinder (yankee dryer) fitted with a hot air hood. The raw material is paper pulp. The yankee cylinder is sprayed with adhesives to make the paper stick. Creping is done by the yankee's doctor blade that is scraping the dry paper...
@CowperKettle That's it, thanks! I don't know how I couldn't find that. Anyway, while I was running, its "horns" broke a bit in my pocket as you can see, but it's almost dead anyway. I simply didn't want anyone to step on it. I put it on the table where my family and I had lunch. My mom was afraid it'd fly into her soup, haha.
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I haven't seen beetles that large for a long time
Yeah, that's why I brought it home. It's scary but harmless.
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You can call him Paul McCartney
And go look for the other 3 beetles
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Hi
How are you guys ?
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@yubraj Good, thanks. You?
I'm pretty well.@user
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We are fine!
Hope you are too!
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I love this "In 1936 the Church of England opposed remarriage after divorce. Furthermore, at that time, the Church of England considered adultery to be the only grounds for divorce." given that the raison d'être of the Church of England was pretty similar. (divorce after remarrying) — Chieron 4 hours ago
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Hello !!
Is the phrase I am flattered inherently negative?
for example
A : you're my favorite
B: I am flattered
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A: Meaning of "of" in the sentence, "This song reminds me of your children"?

Man_From_India This song reminds me of your children. Here in this sentence the verb - remind - takes two complements - me and of your children. One is a Noun Phrase (NP), and the other is a Preposition Phrase (PP). The first complement expresses who is being reminded, and the second complement expresses...

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@EngFan No.
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@userr2684291 : I am flattered ?\
@EngFan What does what mean? Did you look it up?
yea, but didn't understand the phrase .
@EngFan Where did you look it up?
@EngFan OK. Google Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionaries and look it up there.
@EngFan Have you found the pertinent entry?
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hmm, so that means one is pleased ?
@EngFan Read the whole definition, it doesn't mean just pleased, it tells you specifically why.
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@userr2684291 : yea got it , thanks!
 
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Q: The car finally broke. Passive or middle voice?

SovereignSunIs the sentence "The car finally broke" in the passive or the middle voice? As far as I know "break" is an intransitive verb so it can be either in the active, the passive, or the middle voice. Such verbs are called "labile"? I've also heard the term "mediopassive" with examples like: The book...

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This is an excellent question :-)
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Q: Lesser of evils on ELL: comment vs. LQ answer

fixer1234There is endless Q&A here and on SE Meta on comments vs. answers. Some things are clearly comments (e.g., requests for clarification, critique of a post). We have guidance on what constitutes a good answer vs. a low quality answer. There is a lot of discussion on the desirability of answers be...

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@Færd Yeah. Hope Damkerng's been doing well. Our chat room has been a bit quiet lately.
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@yubraj I decided in this case it was best to leave it to the community in the review queue.
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@Man_From_India I don't think so. I have trouble understanding it.
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@CowperKettle I'm glad it was a false alarm! I hope the effects from the spinal tap wear off soon. (Ouch!)
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I was in the hospital again myself recently. I seem to have picked up another difficult-to-spell condition, although this one isn't a really big deal. Unfortunately, they don't know what causes it, either.

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