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Is it correct to say "tell me the location I need to go to to get the document"?
You need both "to"s. But it does sound a little odd, doesn't it? You could simplify it as "Tell me where I need to go to get the document."
But if you kept the original form, the ...
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Is it correct to say "I wish you always beautiful"?
I am in agreement with the other answer saying to never use these sayings in English. They will most likely be misinterpreted as an insult or potentially not understood at all. If the person you're ...
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Does "I slept in" imply I did it on purpose or by accident?
I think using "slept in" can potentially mean both intentional or unintentional. If a friend just said "sorry, I slept in", I'd probably assume they hit the snooze button one too ...
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Is it correct to say "I wish you always beautiful"?
I’m going to give you what I believe is the most helpful answer to your question:
Don’t say any of those things
The phrases with adjectives are incorrect - if you said “I wish you beautiful,” I wouldn’...
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Does "I slept in" imply I did it on purpose or by accident?
Can I say "I slept in and was late for work" in this situation?
You can absolutely say that, sleeping past your intended time to wake up is "I slept in", were you late for work? ...
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Does "I slept in" imply I did it on purpose or by accident?
The dictionaries all agree that to sleep in is to stay in bed longer than usual - but none I can find indicate whether or not that's intentional.
My own personal experience as a UK native differs from ...
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Does "I slept in" imply I did it on purpose or by accident?
slept in means slept late intentionally. overslept means woke up late, unintentionally.
P.S. I'm a native speaker of American English and it's possible other dialects of English might use this ...
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How to say "Automation parts supplier" in a broader way?
If there is just one supplier you will be dealing with in a contract, you can use general terms, such as "factory parts supplier" Andy has suggested. However, if there are several parties, ...
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How to say "Automation parts supplier" in a broader way?
"Factory" itself is comfortable modifying another noun, like "factory workers." I'd just say "Factory parts supplier."
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Does "Her hair was tied back in a neat bow." mean the ribbon in her hair is in a bow?
Her hair was tied back in a bow commonly conveys “by means of a bow (made of ribbon or the like).” It can equally idiomatically be restated as Her hair was tied back with a bow.
It wouldn’t be wrong ...
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closely VS close
Here's a relevant usage chart...
As you can see, we much prefer more closely for such relatively metaphoric contexts. Note that close literally means physically near, but it's often used figuratively ...
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closely VS close
A strict grammarian might insist on using "more closely", but many people would use "closer" instead.
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"To build," "to be built," or "to have built"?
to build and to be built have pretty much the same meaning.
The first sentence is an active sentence, while the second is a passive sentence.
So you can think of it like this:
In the first sentence, ...
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"To build," "to be built," or "to have built"?
The first two suggested sentences are both grammatical and common. In this case, the meaning of the sentences is the same, but there are a couple of reasons to prefer 1.
First, sentence 1 is more ...
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