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That word is fine. Here is the definition: 2a: one of usually a series of horizontal ridges made in a hillside to increase cultivatable land, conserve moisture, or minimize erosion And here is the E …

It is technically (grammatically) a correct sentence, but the meaning is very unusual. It means that she decided hard, suggesting that there are various levels of "hardness" (i.e., effort) in deciding …

None of your suggestions are correct. Here is the Collins Dictionary's definition of "versed": If you are versed in or well versed in something, you know a lot about it. One normally doesn't learn a …

Yes, you certainly can. To be even clearer, you might write I swapped the positions of the apple and the orange. or something similar. "Interchange" is another word that you could use, as well as so …

Yes, that sentence is grammatical. However, there are two issues to be aware of. First, as KB notes in a comment, the writer seems to suggest that the reader is listening to music, doing homework, and …

Using the verb "regain" with the direct object "mood" is grammatically correct and easily understandable, but other expressions are more common. If your original mood were one of equanimity but worsen …

It doesn't make sense to me. I suspect that the author meant "restricted" but got confused after writing "preserved" and simply wrote something that sounded similar.

As you saw from the Internet, people usually pay attention to an "object". Here is a comparison from Google ngrams. "Subject" more often refers to a topic of discussion, study, etc. For example, if tw …

Let's look at the first sentence: Tell me what the exchange was like. The nominal clause ("what the exchange was like") functions as the direct object of the verb "tell". It contains a subject ("the …

Many textbooks insist that "where" be used only to indicate a place, but in practice English speakers use it in a variety of contexts. I searched Google News and quickly found this example: Clever KB …

M-W's definition isn't very good in this case. Instead of being "a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside", here a shunt is really the act of turning or being thrust aside. AHD's definition …

Certainly you can, and yes, putting "100" in quotation marks would help to indicate that you are referring to that text specifically. In fact, the quotation marks are quite standard to make clear that …

Yes, you could say "arm" and "disarm". However, those words carry connotations of weaponry. (Saying that a person is "armed" usually means that he or she has a weapon. That is probably why FF said in …

You mention "a mechanical switch, such as the ball valve", but a switch and a valve are two different things. A valve is usually "open" or "closed" (rather than "on" or "off"), and Google Books seems …

Unless you're talking about a specific market (and your example sentence doesn't seem to be doing so), the most common expression (at least in AmE) would be "to market". Here are some examples: Sever …