For example
"1 in 20 Americans suffer from..." and "1 out of 20 Americans suffer from..."
"it is down to you" and "it is up to you"
They seem like great ways to add to creative writing. Are there any other examples of such phrases?
The following sentences with the word "consist" are considered as unacceptable, how should they be rephrased ?
1
A regular computer system is mainly consist of some RAM, a hard disk, a display and a processor.
2
A regular computer system is mainly consisted of some RAM, a hard disk, a display a...
Today I was constructing a sentence in my mind and something struck me.
1) Those images are my selection.
or
2) Those images is my selection.
or both are grammatically incorrect.
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I know you could easily re-construct the sentence into something like,
Those are my selected images.
I don't necessarily need routine, but, in the morning, I need tea with milk, and I absolutely hate having to decide what I'll have for breakfast. So there must be something good to eat that is readily available.
Imagine you're a noob coming to this site for the fifth-odd time. Now read Martha's nomination with that in mind. No wonder she gets so many downvotes.
@JSBձոգչ Did you kiss any babies? Did you eat a hot dog with a "regular Joe" on one of your campaign stops? Did you pander to special-interest groups? Dude, you need a campaign manager or something.
Aeschylus (, Aiskhulos; c. 525/524 BC – c. 456/455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict amongst them, whereas previously characters had interacted only with the chorus.
Only seven of his estimated s...
This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages.
To be included, the outage must conform to these criteria:
# The outage must not be planned by the service provider.
# The outage must affect at least 1,000 people and last at least one hour.
# There must be at least 1,000,000 person*customer hours of disruption.
In other words:
* 1,000 people affected for 1,000 hours (42 days) minimum, but if fewer than 1,000 people, event would not be included (regardless of duration)
* One million people affected for a minimum of one hour, but if duration is less than one hour, event would not be in...