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M.A.R.

00:24

@skullpatrol Greenland speaker

@Man_From_India saying it is certainly not correct is certainly not correct

Man_From_India

01:09

@ColleenV right, that is understandable. But we often find examples like this - "what he was doing all day was watching tv". etc. Here tge matching occurred without any problem. In our case I know that"kill" is much more common. But my question whether "killing" there is plain wrong.

Moreover if we reverse the order we get:

"Killing sb is the first thing I am going to do."

Now that is fine.

@M.A.R. hi MAR. After a long time. How are you doing? How is ur studies going?

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CowperKettle

04:07

@Man_From_India Fine thus far, I hope it's the same with you!

From a hike in the woods yesterday

It was minus 20 °C

Man_From_India

@CowperKettle yes it is good so far :-)

Nice clicks.

CowperKettle

05:00

Word of the day: to hale someone

> "And they're haling him to justice for the colour of his hair"

Anonymous

05:11

@Man_From_India It certainly sounds wrong to me.

Man_From_India

@snailplane thanks Snail. But can u please write an answer there. You got my confusion, right?

We can say - "what he was doing all day was watching tv"

But here we can't say "the first thing I am going to do is killing somebody".

Here matching of verb is no applicable.

Moreover it is correct to say - "killing somebody is the first thing I am going to do".

Reversal of order is fine.

So it is a bit confusing.

CowperKettle

05:51

Which is the better title for a document?
1. Creation of producer cell banks and control of their quality
2. Creation and quality control of producer cell banks

I found this paper in (the?) Lancet:

thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)70474-8/…

"Quality control of essential drugs"

So "quality control" might be acceptable.

But still, which one is less clumsy?

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CowperKettle

08:06

Can I say "I did have tried"? — Ives 52 mins ago

O_O

How do people expect to get an additional answer from a guy whose answer dates back 3 years?

Looking at yesteday's photos ))

This girl taught me the phrase "Watashi wa aki ni umaremashita" yesterday

CowperKettle

08:24

> If more than half of the MCB has been used up, or the MCB itself has been lost (partially or completely), it could (may?) be recreated.

I think it should be may, because this is a policy document, and I want to indicate permission.

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M.A.R.

09:27

@CowperKettle by not checking out their profile

Pretty simple way of you ask me

Man_From_India

10:00

Q: For long vs for a long time

Is the use of "for long" to mean "for a long time " restricted to only negative sentences and questions ? Example He couldn't tolerate it for long. Did he tolerate it for long ? Can I say he tolerated it for long?

CowperKettle

10:30

In 10 days' time I will go there:

Потрясающее восхождение на Откликной гребень

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Таганай (национальный парк)

Национа́льный парк «Тагана́й» — национальный парк на Южном Урале на территории Челябинской области. == Описание == Создан постановлением Совета Министров РСФСР № 130 от 05.03.1991 г. «О создании Национального парка Таганай». Территория национального парка «Таганай» охватывает северную часть средневысотных горных хребтов Южного Урала, которая представляет собой обособленный горный узел, с трех сторон переходящий в плоскогорья и далее в равнинную лесостепь. Национальный парк расположен в западной части Челябинской области, в 130 км от областного центра и примыкает к границе Европы с Азией. ...

I was so surprised to learn that the highest mountain of Scotland is less than 1400 m high

This means that I'm living in Scotland, almost ))

The highest mountain in the Urals is 1700 m high

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CowperKettle

19:01

> In order to ensure that the Cell Bank is stored under proper conditions, the level of nitrogen in the vessel used to supply the cryovessel is monitored and recorded.

I'm not sure about the article

And the Ngram made me notsurer

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