@Færd Dutch media say the same thing, the Arab separatists.
So the Arabs are Shiites?
But Dutch media add that the Arab separatists living in Holland assert that they are against terrorism, that the attacks were carried out by an extremist splinter group that split off from their group.
need help remembering a word which sounds something like "skiddle" or "skittle", and describes some casual activity/project. Like for example two chess players playing a casual game would say... "oh it was just a skittle? game" ... what's the word? : )
Quick grammar question: According to English teachers, when using a quote in an essay the period should be placed inside the quote. How does this make sense? Doesn't the actual sentence finish outside of the quote not in it?
1. In response to JBis' question, @Cerberus replied with "I don't know their logic." 2. In response to JBis' question, @Cerberus replied with "I don't know their logic". 3. In response to JBis' question, @Cerberus replied with "I don't know their logic.".
Which would you suggest?
You seem to agree with it being on the outside so I am guessing 2, although it could be argued that the sentence inside to quote does complete inside the quote also.
Various American style books would probably use the first one, which I think can be confusing.
The third one is reserved for cases where you really must include the full original sentence as it was printed. But that is a rare situation, as in a linguistics paper or similar.
@JBis Some Americans are annoyed with it, too (i.e. putting commas and periods within quotation marks). I like this link; it has charts with examples. blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/08/…
I was hoping to use a word which means something is not descriptive.
(In this case it was an error message which provided too little information. It just said "Operation Failed".)
My spellchecker complained when I tried to use the words 'undescriptive' and 'indescriptive', and the definitions ...
@Weltschmerz there is an expression "it was all just skittles and beer" meaning it was nothing serious, more about any general state of events. The literal meaning of 'skittles' is a bowling type of game. But the word now is mostly known for the candy. Google for just skittles and you'll get the candy. Google for 'skittles definition' and you'll get the bowling game (but most people wouldn't recognize the game or the phrase.
'It was just a skittle(s) game' doesn't sound right to me but that's no guarantee it's not a thing. Just that o don't know if it. Google search for 'skittles and chess and see if some phrase pops up.
If two American strangers (or for that matter any nationals) are compatriot for each other What is equivalent of a person who is from the same college or university as yours?
See below example:
Somboon to Jim: Hi, Do you like the Philippines?
Jim to Somboon: Hi, we liked Philippines a lot. Jac...
I'm looking for a term that describes a curator's (eg: an artist's) intense focus, enthusiasm and dedication to a single or, or multiple projects (to which they're the only contributor), especially against overwhelming odds or criticism.
"raison d'être" seems like the closest fit, even if it is...
I want one word substitutes for the following:
Eg...
Study of birds,...............Ornithology
Similarly i need for others...
An exceptionally amazing peraon or thing
Far away in time and space
A strange person or a thing
A person who is not free to choose an alternative
A traditional story...
@TannerSwett @TommyTran @Cerberus @Gigili Thank you for responding to my question last night. I seam to have instigated a heated debate over that silly question, and to have missed it too. :)
The question was from the official Cambridge guide to IELTS. This guide is written by the same team who design (or author or draw up or ?) the exam every year. Disagreeing with the authors meant a negative mark, were my English to be adjudged by IELTS, so I thought I'd check it with others as well. I still think the question is flawed if only one answer is to be acceptable.
Anyways.
@Cerberus I think many Arabs in Ahwaz are Shia, yes. Probably the majority.
@Cerberus As far as I know, they have not been consistent in their official response to the attack.
First a spokesman of theirs (officially sanctioned or not) approved of the attack on one of the Britain-based Farsi-speaking channels.
Then I read on BBC Farsi that they claimed responsibility for the attack.
And then this ISIS affiliate came out and did the same thing, and afterwards some people in the West were more comfortable with calling it a "terrorist attack". They weren't as comfortable before ISIS's announcement.
What I told you about their incitement to or approval of shady stuff on their TV (assaulting non-Ahwazis or non-Arabs, setting houses on fire, attacking banks, etc) I had read on BBC Farsi. I hadn't checked it myself.
Terrorism is a heavily politicized term anyway, manipulated in the news to suit the benefits of the powers that be; benefits which sometimes do align with the good of their peoples and sometimes don't. The most outrageous crimes are often not labeled by these headline-hitting terms.
I was hoping to use a word which means something is not descriptive.
(In this case it was an error message which provided too little information. It just said "Operation Failed".)
My spellchecker complained when I tried to use the words 'undescriptive' and 'indescriptive', and the definitions ...
If two American strangers (or for that matter any nationals) are compatriot for each other What is equivalent of a person who is from the same college or university as yours?
See below example:
Somboon to Jim: Hi, Do you like the Philippines?
Jim to Somboon: Hi, we liked Philippines a lot. Jac...
I'm looking for a term that describes a curator's (eg: an artist's) intense focus, enthusiasm and dedication to a single or, or multiple projects (to which they're the only contributor), especially against overwhelming odds or criticism.
"raison d'être" seems like the closest fit, even if it is...
Example "Hillary Clinton is _______". or "Hillary Clinton has _______".
I want one word substitutes for the following:
Eg...
Study of birds,...............Ornithology
Similarly i need for others...
An exceptionally amazing peraon or thing
Far away in time and space
A strange person or a thing
A person who is not free to choose an alternative
A traditional story...
Is there any one word for the phrase, "HIGH ON LIFE"? Language doesn't matter.
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…