New answers tagged adverbs
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"Donald Trump was the target of a second apparent assassination attempt Sunday when Secret Service agents ..." why I don't see a preposition?
It is common to use days of the week without a preposition to refer to the day on which something happened.
Wednesday I had a fever and didn't go to work.
I had a fever and didn't go to work ...
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"Donald Trump was the target of a second apparent assassination attempt Sunday when Secret Service agents ..." why I don't see a preposition?
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We could say ... assassination attempt on Sunday.
Omitting on in such usage seems quite common now; the first page here
already shows three valid hits of the usage attempt Sunday. Despite that, ...
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When should I use "both" and "either"?
I'm afraid I'm struggling with this site's layout, so couldn't understand why everyone else was able to post long answers when I quickly ran out of characters. (I tried to post in the Comments box).
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Adverb "honestly" —At the beginning & At the mid position
There's no difference in meaning. It's pretty cut and dried. You can't definitively say when you'll be home.
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When should I use "both" and "either"?
I have to say that I believe some of the answers given here to be completely wrong.
For instance, if you say, 'either side of the road' (or combination lock), it means one or the other; it does not ...
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"Most of all the seats" and "Most of seats" are wrong sentences?
Here is a grammatical and idiomatic way to express that idea:
Almost all of the seats are reserved today.
Very few seats remain open and available.
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
You're saying "on an historical scale", "over history the Japanese were almost vegetarian" or "throughout history". Yes it's valid. People would understand what you meant....
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
The other answers are overthinking it. Yes, this usage is correct. I don't have a source to back this up, but speaking as a native speaker, this usage of "historically" is perfectly ...
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"He is not much good" — correct with "much". "She didn't look much disappointed" — is this correct with "much" too?
"not much good" is a special case. Generally "not much" is followed by a comparative adjective, e.g. "not much stupider/better/taller", a mass noun e.g. "not much ...
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"He is not much good" — correct with "much". "She didn't look much disappointed" — is this correct with "much" too?
I need to hammer this nail. Why did you hand me a screwdriver? A screwdriver's not much good.
That is, a screwdriver is ill-suited for hammering.
When I told him there was no Santa Claus, he didn't ...
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
I don't know enough about the history of Japanese cuisine to know whether your statement is factually correct, or how confusing "almost vegetarian" might be. I will focus instead on the use ...
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
"Historically" is not a clean fit for this usage. ...
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
If you're trying to describe a situation where a national dietary culture underwent some dramatic change, then historically is apt; or you could also use for a long time though that phrase is rather ...
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
I would avoid the term vegetarian as people have different interpretations of what it signifies. Today it is common to talk about plant-based foods and diets, but it's also important to note that it ...
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Can I use "historically" to mean "for a long time" in "Historically, the Japanese were almost vegetarian"?
Nor do I have a subscription to the OED. But here is the Merriam-Webster definition for historically:
1: In accordance with or with respect to history
a historically accurate account
2: In the past
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Using straight as an adverb
OP's query:
The sentence is "If you're running for three days straight you can't just eat energy snacks."
The correct answer is "straight" but I don't understand if it is ...
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