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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning or correctness of a word in a sentence. Give as much context as possible.
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Is "to blend in" the proper verb here?
To blend in is a phrasal verb:
if someone or something blends in with people or objects, they match them or are similar, and you do not notice them
(from LDOCE)
It is usually used in a phrase t …
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Is hypotheticality a word?
Words get into dictionaries, when the dictionary editors find evidence of extensive usage over time. See this Ask the editor video from MW or this explanation by Kory Stamper delivered in a talk show …
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Is 'connected' appropriate for bamboo?
The main part of the subject in your sentence is the word pieces and of bamboo is simply describing it. You could rephrase the subject to read:
Three bamboo pieces are connected.
so this becomes …
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Take a medicine or take a pill?
You can use both medicine and pill and both can mean that you are taking legitimate therapy. However, sometimes these terms are interchangeable, and sometimes not.
Historically, a pill was a dosage f …
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"Many discuss the topic {that/of/on} whether medicine..." - which word should I use?
At first none of the examples sounded good to my ear, but after I looked it up it seems that the 2nd and the 3rd are correct.
Many discuss the topic that whether medicine has true benefit on our …
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Is pessimistic and dark common and proper antonym for optimistic?
The (most) direct antonym of optimistic is pessimistic which can be used both to describe a person or something more abstract.
pessimistic observers
pessimistic expectation
How do you know …
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