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 Discussion on question by SovereignSu…

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SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
I've found an interesting sentences "Be easy on the door" addressed toward a person who is about to close the door. What do you think?
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
@TRomano Searched in 6 dictionaries (Oxford's, The Free Dictionary, Cambridge's, MacMillan's, Merriam-Webster's, Collin's) and none have the meaning of the verb "to baby" that you have written. Only the The Free Dictionary has a meaning "to handle or use with special care"
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
@TRomano I cannot find proof in dictionaries. dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/baby says "to baby" means "to treat an older child as if he or she were a much younger child"
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
@TRomano Any official sources where I can find this information?
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
@TRomano Exactly. That's what i mean.
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
I would really like to have something similar to "slam the door" or "shut the door" but instead meaning "gently close the door"
SovereignSun
Sep 27, 2019 21:12
Maybe some idiom exists?
 

 Discussion on question by Witty loqua…

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SovereignSun
Mar 15, 2019 16:12
@NicholasCastagnola English has future tenses but it doesn't have the future form of verbs.
 

 Discussion on answer by Tim: A flat n…

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SovereignSun
Dec 25, 2017 13:37
@Stinkfoot Okay. I will have a look at it. Thank you.
SovereignSun
Dec 25, 2017 13:37
@Tim okay. But will it be a mistake to call the chord A# major and D# major and all that. Is it bad to name notes incorrectly?
SovereignSun
Dec 25, 2017 13:37
As long as I understand a scale should have all 7 notes. So if it's a scale with sharps then still the notes will be flat, except white keys? I still don't get it. If I am playing Bm, then after do I play a F#m or a Gbm? When I see chords to songs it is always Bm - F#m.
SovereignSun
Dec 25, 2017 13:37
Does that mean that C minor has Eb major and Eb minor? And no D#?
 

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SovereignSun
Dec 22, 2017 13:11
@CowperKettle it's so bad... (((( I'm gonna be sad
SovereignSun
Dec 22, 2017 10:42
@CowperKettle Oh, is it that bad?
SovereignSun
Dec 22, 2017 09:36
Hello friends. Oh, I am so glad to see all of you here. How's everyone?
 

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SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:33
Ребята? ru.stackoverflow.com/questions/755700/…
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:16
при этом изменять схемы нельзя категорически, только полученные xml документы
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:15
мне надо из xml убрать все namespaces
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:13
например он так сокращает <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> до <?xml>
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:13
Павел так он всё равно убирает, всё что после пробела до знака >, а там помимо этого паттерна может и важное быть
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:12
парсер ясное дело.. он второстепенно
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:12
не нее.. это для регулярки мне надо.
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:11
на вопрос слишком долго писать... есть такая строка <text text2:text3="" text2:text3=""> надо удалить все text2:text3="" не могу понять.. написал так \ (.*?)\> но он удаляет все что после первого пробела..
SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:09
Добрый день. Кто подсказать по регулярным выражениями может?
 

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SovereignSun
Dec 20, 2017 13:06
Hi guys. Say who can help me with regular expressions?
 

 Discussion on answer by Tᴚoɯɐuo: Mean…

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SovereignSun
Nov 28, 2017 14:36
@Tᴚoɯɐuo Illogical, since before now isn't the in present anymore - it is in the past. Either I'm too tired or English is changing by the minute.
SovereignSun
Nov 28, 2017 14:36
I'm trying to analyse this in my head and it doesn't work. For instance "I have done it several times in my life" sounds awkward whereas "I did (had done) it several times in my life" sounds okay.
SovereignSun
Nov 28, 2017 14:36
Something's wrong here. Isn't before a time marker? We can't use the Present Perfect with time markers.
 

 Discussion on answer by SovereignSun:…

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SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola Good night to you, sir.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola The same thing happens to anyone across the world. It was there in your mind, deep.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola Well, I'm not an oral translator and my skills as a translator aren't amazing. Yes, I knew the Russian word before you said it in English, but I don't/didn't use it ever. I'm aware of it thanks to films.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola It's "жабо" or "кружевная отделка" but you can google it up, can you not?
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola Did so already.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola I haven't a clue what a jabot is but dressing up like a prince, knight, or magician would increase your chances of getting hired in Russia. We are talking different cultures here.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola I'd hire you for charisma, especially if you were to gesticulate when saying that. Especially if your voice is deep and powerful.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@NicholasCastagnola I agree with you.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@VarunNair As a Russian person, I heard "Hi, this is" quite a lot in media and on television especially. I have never come across "Hi, myself" maybe because I rarely speak to people from India. I do, however, agree with Clare too.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@Clare Yes, I know that, thanks. But it's not only about India. If a person doesn't know English very well this shouldn't be treated as a mistake unless one knows it is. One of my American friends once told me, "For a non-native native speaker it's vital to be able to explain what they want and even if they make mistakes, in which there is no doubt, a native speaker can point to them later but mustn't interrupt the non-native speaker at the time of speaking." This way it's easier for the speaker to feel comfortable during his speech or introduction.
SovereignSun
Oct 25, 2017 06:46
@Clare I wouldn't, although I am not a native speaker.
 

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SovereignSun
Sep 24, 2017 17:25
@BillJ Pardon me, but if you're saying this then why not give an answer and provide reference to grammar so that the OP and others learn from you?
SovereignSun
Sep 24, 2017 17:25
BillJ consider the difference between "I like eating" - gerund as a direct object and "I like to eat" - noun infinitive as a direct object.
SovereignSun
Sep 24, 2017 17:25
Okay, so even if it's a non-finite clause it's still a gerund-participle clause thus a gerund.
 

 Discussion on answer by Tᴚoɯɐuo: "By"…

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SovereignSun
Aug 30, 2017 07:02
Now, I swear I heard it a lot of times "at the sea" means on the seashore.
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
@Lambie Now why do people say at the sea meaning the seaside and at the lake meaning the lakeside?
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
@Lambie That's different. I agree on this one. But if we are "at the gate" we mean in front of it and "near the gate" is somewhere close to it yet then "by the gate" also means somewhere close and probably very close. With lake at the lake will mean the whole area we consider to belong to the lake and not the inside of the lake as in at the house or at the school and by the lake will mean in the vicinity very close to the water so actually it is somewhere near it.
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
@Lambie Since when "near" implies that you are not yet actually at the place? "near" means "(very) close"
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
With all due respect to you I think in most cases "by" means "in the vicinity" or "somewhere near" while "at" means "in front of" or "near".
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
Definitely "at an impasse" you can't be "by" one.
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
You perfectly well know that it's not about ignorance but rather about misunderstanding.
SovereignSun
Aug 29, 2017 21:20
Both the prepositions convey "near", "beside", "in a hand's reach", etc. Scrolling through a dozen examples with either of them I stumble upon most uncontemplated usages in various contexts.