Is there a noun to describe a person who perseveres? I suppose a survivor is one who has survived difficult circumstances, and a soldier could be one that soldiers on, but neither word has quite the right connotation. I want the sense of "continue in a course of action even in the face of difficu...

I did not buy goods recently because I lack of funds. I intend to reply the supplier: 1) I have stopped buying because I ran out of budget and I need some time to rebuild my capital. 2) I have stopped buying because I ran out of budget and I need some time to save up my capital. 3) I have stop...

How did Timmy do yesterday? He struck out the one time he was at bat. Aw. That's too bad. I know. He did his darndest though. I can't understand that line I put in a bold-type font.

I thought it meant to get a part of a book and say it diffrently

Karma is the Hindi term that refer to the principle of causality. So, its core meaning is the cause-effect principle, though it could be understood quite spiritually from many people. For example, a lot of people think that Karma is something really spiritual— "the guy is short 'cos in his previo...

Someone has messaged me: Happy vacations. Are the following replies correct? Now it would be good. Same to you too! Or should it be Same to you too! Now it would be good. I want it to sound that my vacation will be all the better for his having mentioned it. What should the proper reply ...

Moose is Germanic and therefore its plural follows the Germanic rule. Goose is a French word, so it changes its plural after the manner of its language of origin.

The value of $_inputType is set internally by the class at the time of instantiating the object. If you attempt to change it directly, PHP generates a fatal error, bringing everything to a grinding halt. Inconvenient though this might sound, this preserves the integrity of your code by p...

I'm searching for help in creating a fictional character's name. I want to take syllable 'pump' from word 'pumpkin' and join it with ending vowel as in words 'happy'/'coffee'/'cookie'. It would sound like 'pum-pee'. Now my problem exactly is how to write that correctly in English to keep the righ...

Is it ok to say "twice ten" to mean 20? I Keat's poem, it says "twice ten thousand caverns"

What is the difference between these sentences? 1. Do you mind if I move your car? 2. Do you mind me/my moving your car? Is the first one simply asking for permission while in the second one someone might be in the middle of doing an action (in my example, moving a car)?

If someone asked for my help in email. Can I say It will be my pleasure to help you.

I am writing my thesis. May I use the word miscreant to refer to people who create viruses to spread them on the Internet? Or is it a slang term that I must avoid?

What are the 3 layers of the equivalence? Can you explain it more? I do not understand the explanation. I know the 3 layers of equivalence. formal equivalence semantic or dynamic functional or communicative But I do not understand the explanations given

I am writing a lesson plan and trying to predict what problems students might have with the meaning of passive voice. Any ideas?

Is me and you correct English? Lyrics: Me and you, A little rendezvous, That special something will carry you through, That little reward for all the things you do.

How would you write the negative statement of: She declared the item to be faulty, the police reported the girl to be missing. Would it be: She declared the item not to be faulty, the police reported the girl not to be missing. or She declared the item to be not faulty, the polic...

Are these sentences correct? I only speak spanish. I speak spanish alone. I just speak spanish. Are there other ways to say the same thing?

So I got drunk as shit last night and was kind of all over the place, asking people to punch me in the face and stuff. Normally when I drink wine, I get weird. I get "weird on wine". I like that piece of language. But last night it was gin. So I want to know a word that would work in a similar wa...

Google Translate. Bing Translate. You can add a widget. You can select "Spanish" and the page will translate to Spanish. I do not want to user to have to select "Spanish". I want the page to load in Spanish automatically. Never mind why I want these things. They are necessary parameters.

Any logical explanation? this was told by my english teacher

Is there a word or words that describe a person who: Do something that is not important or unnecessary and Do not do something that is important or necessary.

Is there a noun to describe a person who perseveres? I suppose a survivor is one who has survived difficult circumstances, and a soldier could be one that soldiers on, but neither word has quite the right connotation. I want the sense of "continue in a course of action even in the face of difficu...

This is a follow-on question to "Term for construct in which adjective completely changes the meaning of its following noun?" (Moderator, please advise and correct if this is not the accepted method of posing follow-on questions to a question-answer thread, or if this instance should be included...

A 'country mile' is a term used casually in some areas of the English-speaking world to refer to a very great distance, but what's the origin of the term? Obviously 'mile' refers to what could be seen (from a human perspective) as a long distance, but why does the adjective 'country' combine to ...

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According to The American Heritage Book of English Usage, Using Ms. obviates the need for the guesswork involved in figuring out whether to address someone as Mrs. or Miss: you can’t go wrong with Ms. Whether the woman you are addressing is married or unmarried, has changed her name or not, M...