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"I eat bread and ham" Bread and ham are not "typically-mixable" items (see clarification on "mixable" below). Default assumption/context is that you mean bread and ham either separately or separabl …

Should X means X is correct (but not necessarily true/exists). Could X means X is able to happen or be performed. Does the result of X happening make it correct or right for you to do Y? Then you can …

Hook X does not automatically mean you are pulling or lifting X unless context strongly implies it. Valid contexts include: fishing places or scenarios where fishing is likely or possible when you …

Even if heat and A/C come from the same device, they are separate functions. Heat and A/C then refer to functions on the device, not the device itself. To make the device put out more heat, you'd say …

To circulate air using one's hands or a tool is to fan. It's a bit odd to say "X is fanning" without specifying what's unwelcome. So probably more idiomatic will be saying "X fans away Y" with Y bein …

To X identifies X as the destination of a movement. It doesn't provide information on the method of movement or the destination. In X means you are surrounded on many sides by X. This can be 3 dimen …

Can you help me with that? X with Y has a lot of meanings. One meaning is "uses Y in doing/achieving/obtaining X". So you can think of this as meaning "Can you help me to use/do/get that?" Can you …

Both are correct but mean different things. The correct answer depends on what you want to say. I found some information on the Internet and I used it in my project. The information is likely now a …

it struck me that often when we say that something can be interesting we simply mean that it is interesting. You can't take modals at "face value" in English all the time. Modals are often "misused" …

grammar rules behind it. What's happening is called "passive voice". Verbs in passive voice are expressed with {form of be} + {past participle}. Passive voice is used when we don't know who is doin …

X of Y expresses a relationship - X is part of Y; Y is a "container" and X is in it. X for Y expresses a purpose/answers the question why? - Y is X's purpose/destiny. May I know the reason of the req …

In general, I need a word for a fence with vertical bars, something that literaly and figuratively would invoke the feeling of 'looking through bars'. If the fence completely surrounds a small prope …

Have is a very overloaded word in English that has a few very unrelated meanings. One of those is to have X Y, it means cause X to do or complete Y how X is caused to do Y is not defined and is up t …

The X means you expect the listener/reader to know which X is meant (it has nothing to do with anything else other than the understanding between speaker/writer and listener/reader). Talking about th …

Promote X doesn't work if X is an infinitive (not to be confused with promote to X if X is a noun identifying a rank). X pretends to be Y means X knows he/she/it isn't really Y. X claims to be Y doe …