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I feel like ads in a youtube video. Can I use as here: "....I won't have a strong evidence against him or maybe worse as I won't have any evidence at all." ?
Or is it that instead of as?
 
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10:46
@TasneemZh You should write "I won't have strong evidence" (without the article). You might try "or worse yet, I may not have any evidence at all." I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to express though
Daily idiom: "keep your head down" Our new manager is terrible - he screams at people for the smallest mistake. I'm just going to keep my head down, get my work done and look for a new job.
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Q: 'profits & losses' or 'profit & losse'

Mike Philip We work in a decentralized organization, where each Product Area sets its strategy and is responsible for its profit & loss. We work in a decentralized organization, where each Product Area sets its strategy and is responsible for its profits & losses. I have seen more "profits". But I am co...

 
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15:01
@ColleenV No, it looks good. Thank you.
15:12
@TasneemZh you could leave out the “yet” and just say “or worse,” I’m not sure if adding the “ yet” is just something I do and not what most people might do.
15:37
Hello! Is it a valid grammar to refer to "This contribution of ours" as "Our this contribution"?
15:54
@ColleenV Or worse yet sounds pretty normal and common.
@GaurangTandon No.
@userr2684291 ok thanks
You're welcome.
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, no whitespace in answer: Is there any word mean `split text into sentences`? by user81451 on ell.SE
False antonym of the day: privation
I don't know if false antonym is the usual term, but it looks apt.
 
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20:12
Relative clauses again!
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A: How can the relative pronoun 'which' have an adjectival phrase as its antecedent?

AraucariaRelative clauses with which can have a wide variety of prhases as antecedent, depite the fact that which is often described as a relative pronoun: Preposition phrase - They alleged the party was on Friday, which it wasn't. Adverb phrase - They said the party would be soon, which it wasn't. Adj...

20:32
@Araucaria Oh I remember you liked the word caducibranchiate which can be found in Collins English Dictionary. A new edition will be published in a couple of months, if you are interested!
@JasperLoy I think you just made our “word of the day” post...
Is game used as a verb to mean "make advances to", "flirt", as in I gamed her, How would you game her?? I know about the noun, but I've heard the verb used by a well-spoken Kuwaiti. OK, maybe not that well-spoken. Couldn't find anything on Urbandictionary.com, or in any dictionaries. I have found this meaning, however: "to manipulate to one's advantage, esp. by trickery; attempt to take advantage of", so could it be used in the same context but with an ulterior motive (e.g., sex).
Gaming the system is a common expression, but I've never heard it with reference to people.
@Araucaria "within the sentence it occurs in" – you used the italics because that's not really true, and you exemplified that. Safe is how you said you'd make me feel. But it wasn't. isn't a single sentence, is it?
20:58
@userr2684291 Hold on, let me have a look at what I wrote (thanks for the edits, btw!!!)
No problem at all.
@userr2684291 Ah, what I mean there is that it is the subject within the sentence it occurs in. So in But it wasn't, the word it is the subject of the clause/sentence. Does that sound right?
@userr2684291 Hmm. Have changed the wording there to read sentence or clause ...
@JasperLoy Arrgh, I remember the word, but I can't remember what it means!
@Araucaria I see. Just not sure what the italics are for, then.
21:19
@userr2684291 Ah, right, I see. That's to emphasise the fact that it doesn't matter what the antecedent is or what its function is within the sentence that it occurred in. It only matters about the function of the pronoun within its clause. Perhaps that doesn't work very well ....

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