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Tagged with phrases adjectives
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What does "a literate language" mean?
This context comes from the book "Black Rednecks And White Liberals"
By Thomas Sowell.
Being part of the Roman Empire meant that Western Europe had not only a common language—Latin—but a ...
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What does the phrase "low-profile" mean here?
I'm having trouble understanding the phrase "low-profile grey and leather grip" in the description of an old model camera. Here is the sentence:
One of the most noticeable features is the ...
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I’m looking for words or phrase to describe an office environment where nothing the employee does is ever good enough, it’s pressurizing and toxic?
I work in an office environment where our manager is always finding flaws in our work no matter how well we do. We discuss the situation amongst coworkers and I’m looking for better words to describe ...
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Is the phrase "in individuals already anxious" correct in the following sentence?
Is the following sentence correct with the phrase "in individuals already anxious"?
I meant to say a negatively perceived event by individuals who are already anxious would give rise to ...
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"they might not be as well prepared" or "they might as well not be prepared"
The context of the conversation is about auditing classes at a university...
Woman: Because anyone who is taking the class for a grade, for credit, puts in a lot of time preparing for it, doing the ...
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Why isn't 'half' an adjective in this sentence?
The following example is from Cambridge dictionary:
A: Want some sugar in your coffee?
B: Only half a spoon, please
They categorise 'only' as an adverb phrase, which I agree with; however, they ...
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"In my early 20s, ..." or "In my earlier 20s, ...."
In my earlier 20s, I had a quite obsessive and controlling relationship with food and exercise
The sentence is from the BBC
"In my earlier 20s" does not sound right to me. I often hear ...
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Is there a word for phrases that have an adverb and an adjective starting with same letter in it?
Is there a word for phrases that have an adverb and an adjective starting with same letter in it?
Example:
Moderately mindful
Brilliantly bold
Cunningly clever etc.
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Adjective related query
Consider the following sentence:
Anne drank a glass of hot milk.
Here, milk is a noun and hot is an adjective. What is "a glass of"?
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Prepositional Phrase vs Participle Phrase
Following the meeting, we all had a chat.
In the above sentence, what is Following used as. Is it a adjective or preposition or both?
Also,is following the meeting a prepositional phrase or participle ...
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Meanings and uses of the words "numerous" and "innumerable"
My question concerns proper use of the word numerous and of the word innumerable.
I am in a problem which is rare: which one to choose even if I consult thesaurus. This is what I have learned so far: ...
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Adjective preposition phrase vs adverb preposition phrase
I'm good
Chicago is on the northest tip of Illinois.
I'm confuse, in first sentence, "Good" as an adjective, modify subject "I", or linking verb 'IS". If "Good" modify subject "I", then what the ...
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"the US hegemony" or "US hegemony"?
Which sentence is correct, why?
There are countries that think they must follow their own interests by forming an alliance against the US hegemony.
There are countries that think they must ...
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“Asking price” vs. “Asked price”
Why is the phrase “asking price” instead of “asked price”?
Asking price: is the amount of money asked by a seller, so why isn’t "asked price” instead of “asking price” because the price is asked not ...
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Do we have to use adjective complements just after adjectives?
Examples:
I had already been very sorry but with your behaviour, I was extremely disappointed.
(Instead of "but I was extremely disappointed with your behaviour")
I was good at software ...
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This is one of the hardest books in the world to understand
That's the original sentence.
This is one of the hardest books in the world to understand.
What do you think the function of "to understand" is ?
I think it is connected to a whole noun phrase "...
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Impressive swelling capacity of grain when being cooked
How to describe a grain-food i.e. rice having impressive capacity to swell when being cooked. Especially when it has more capacity when compared with others (varities) of its' kind on same measure ...
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"only one hobby" vs "one only hobby"
I'd like to explain the idea that I don't want to pursue only one hobby, but I'm unsure if in English there is a difference using only before or after the number.
Which one is correct and why?
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Is an adjective with an intensifier an adjective phrase?
She is a very beautiful writer.
The bold part is a phrase.What kind of phrase it may be- a verb phrase, an infinitive phrase, a prepositional phrase or else?
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"the page elements" or "the page's elements"
Many times I see constructions like
the node's text , the node text
the node's tag, the node tag
the page elements, the page's elements
the page footer (to mean the footer of page), the page header......
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What does "dues-paying" mean here?
Yet another question about Christopher Hitchens' god is not Great.
Indeed, within Castro’s periphery there evolved a bizarre mutation known oxymoronically as “liberation theology,” where priests ...
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If + adjective or adjective phrase
I notice lots of sentences use if directly followed by an adjective or an adjective phrase, for example:
If necessary, please import more of these types of goods.
If a little taller, he could reach ...
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"I am hurting" in the meaning of "I am hurt"? Why?
Once in a while I hear someone use the phrase I am hurting. It appears to mean I am hurt, not I am hurting you. For example, consider the text on this drawing:
When and why is it correct to say I'm ...
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