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Sentence goes like this:
The man goes through airport screening and manages to persuade
security that his biological samples--one for each of the many cities
on his itinerary--are harmless
What does mean by one for each of the many cities on his itinerary--are harmless?
I am suggesting to create a guideline post describing how to tag specifically for the ELU taxonomy. The discussions in chat and all the posts and comments regarding tags on meta lead me to believe that such a guideline could massively improve the state of our taxonomy going forward. If it's well ...
I had a look at the meta discussions that are about burninating, blacklisting/deleting or creating tags. I made a list of them. Why? It's for two purposes. Firstly, to have an overview about our taxonomy efforts besides tag synonyms. Secondly to track reappearing tags that have been burninated by...
Everybody is using those phrases but I've never asked that question. What is really behind the words Online and Offline?
As an extension I'm also asking:
Are those phrases still valid nowadays when you'd write "I'm online on ..."? Because you aren't directly connected. (I know that it could be,...
Must is also used in the past, it depends on the context:
The modal verb must has two past tense forms: ‘had to’ and ‘must have.’ Which form we use depends on whether we want to express obligation or if we want to say how certain we are about the probability of something happening.
When e...
That car, to me, is what your house is to you.
That car is to me what your house is to you.
Are both the above sentences grammatically correct?
Do they mean the same thing?
I read one dailogue. It goes as following:
A: Is this your family？
B: Yes, it is.
A: What a big family! Is this your sister?
B: Yes, it is. Her name is Linda.
A: Are these your grandparents?
B: Yes, they are. My mum's parents are on the left.
I was confused here by "Yes, it is". I believe it sh...Transcript for
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