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4:28 AM

Q: how to use "must"

When I write something about past, what form of must should I use? For example, can I say "She must finish that yesterday." or I have to say "She might finish that yesterday.? I feel that the word might is too weak."

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Igor V.

5:01 AM

Hi and good morning to you all! I have a question:

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Igor V.

Can I write something like this: "I found an answer on is and why is it important to do that." In Serbian, there is a nice way to say this and would love to find a way to do the same in English. Basically, I would like to ask two questions in one sentence, second (why) related to answer on the first (is). Still, I don't want to suggest that subject is but to show knowledge of high possibility that it exists. I hope I'm doing good enough on explaining...

Correction: "Basically, I would like to make two statements in one sentence..."

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5:54 AM

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Igor V.

6:49 AM

I posted it here: ell.stackexchange.com/questions/164713

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7:26 AM

Q: Word for moving a program into a production environment

I work as a software developer, and after we finishing developing a program, we have to move it from the development environment into the production environment so that we can test it under real-world condition and the client can start to use it. I was wondering what the best word would be to de...

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Mitch

12:37 PM

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s. patroller

Hi, I'm your new meteorologist and a former software developer. Hey, when we say 12pm, does that mean the hour from 12pm to 1pm, or the hour centered on 12pm? Or is it a snapshot at 12:00 exactly? Because our 24-hour forecast has midnight at both ends, and I'm worried we have an off-by-one error.

Mitch

12:59 PM

As part of our celebration of the OED's 90th birthday, we're on the hunt for words and phrases used in English that are particular to cities, regions, and countries around the globe. Submit yours using the #WordsWhereYouAre hashtag! #OED90 http://bit.ly/2HqKQ5w

Tweeted by OED on April 26, 2018 at 6:30 AM

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Færd

3:20 PM

So there's this poor Iranian English teacher whose name is Nader Fucker.

Or rather Falker , like Falkner with a silent l and without the n.

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4:18 PM

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5:23 PM

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6:07 PM

Q: Equivalent of workholic for family identity

Is there an equivalent word of "workaholic" (a person who feels compelled to work excessively) to indicate a person who feels compelled to identify with raising a family excessively?

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

6:36 PM

@Færd فاخر؟

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KannE

7:59 PM

I really just can't stand all these old effing windbags one more day. I feel like I'm being bullied when I don't agree with them. It's hard not to react to that. It's created an atmosphere where I don't even bother to present my references, and I mean good ones--theorist quality. I just want to give them enough rope, but they won't bite.

Oh, well. I'm going to delete all my stuff now. This didn't work out as hoped.

Mitch

8:30 PM

@KannE You've only been here for little over a week. Give it a chance. Get used to the culture. See what other people do and reactions to that, and emulate those that get good reactions and don't emulate those with bad reactions.

This isn't yahoo answers where anything goes.

Sure, some times people get their nose bent out of shape, and sometimes they're just trying to be helpful for the long term (and that means trying to get you to clean up your answers and questions).

Don't ascribe to malice what is probably a misunderstanding. on both sides.

s. patroller

...and welcome to the network :-)

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9:30 PM

Q: Is there a word for all of a sudden feel a sense of safety?

Is there a word that describes a sinking feeling stopping? A word for when the sensation of the bottom dropping out from underneath you stop like for when you all of a sudden feel a sense of safety?