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Is or was? Which one is suitable?
Both sentences are grammatically correct, but they convey slightly different meanings.
"The museum I went to yesterday is very beautiful." - This sentence implies that the museum is still ...
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Usage of facing the heat
to get or take a lot of heat for doing or not doing something
That is the usual form of the idiom.
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Usage of facing the heat
I see nothing seriously wrong with the sentence if it is reported speech. The meaning is clear to a native English speaker. If you are writing then it should be "going to" however you ...
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Difference between "No grads jobs are available" and "No grad jobs are available"?
As Kate notes, "grad" is short for "graduate", so let's use the long form to be more clear.
The noun "graduate" here is being used as an adjective to modify "jobs&...
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Difference between "No grads jobs are available" and "No grad jobs are available"?
Grad is an informal abbreviation for graduate. In the attributive sense 'jobs suitable for graduates', graduate would be singular. The possessive - graduates' jobs - might also be used. –
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In case of fire, go to an open space/ground/field?
All three seem a little odd. "Open space" is probably the least odd. It means "land that isn't used intensively" and would include parks, fields, woods, and undeveloped land in a ...
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I don't know how can I name the column of my table
This is a strange question for ELL, because it's about a name in a computer system. Usually, it doesn't really matter what name you choose for a variable, or a class, or a data table, because (i) you ...
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ears on both sides or ear on both sides
You have two ears and there are two fences. So the nouns in question would be plural.
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"Where did you find Sara"
No. "Find" does not mean the same as search. It means "successfully locate".
Using "from" is incorrect. This can be illustrated by considering the sentences:
I found ...
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the painting was glazed
Collins does list it as American English:
glazed
in American English
(ɡleizd)
ADJECTIVE
having a surface covered with a glaze; lustrous; smooth; glassy
But other dictionaries don't. The only ...
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the painting was glazed
Not particularly American. It means that there is a sheet of glass in front of the painting. The ultimate source here is a tweet from the (British) National gallery:
Rob Padley Is there glass over ...
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What is American equivalent of "Can you move up a bit"?
As the commenters note, this usage is also common in American English. There are plenty of other similar phrases that you could use in various contexts ("move up some," "move up a ...
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How to express "stupid/fool/dumb brother" in a friendly way?
The word you are looking for is silly. It does not carry the same weight as dummy or stupid. It is more polite and implies a naivete.
You would say to your brother -
Silly, the price here is $5.
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What word could one use for a person who lies and talks of big money with no real substance
A slang word springs to mind: fronting. "Putting up a front" would be more standard English .
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