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Clauses and Phrases
Loosely defined, a phrase is a group of words that can be replaced with one word of the same type.
"Our hard drive" is a noun phrase that can be replaced with a noun, e.g. the pronoun "...
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What does "smudge one's clock face" mean?
The context is the 2024 US Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Don't assume that everything a native English speaker says is correct, even if they are an eloquent speaker. ...
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What does "smudge one's clock face" mean?
Grammarist defines clean your clock:
When someone threatens to clean your clock, they’re warning that they’re about to beat or defeat you soundly.
It can relate to a physical fight, a sporting event ...
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An 'autopsy-esque table' or 'autopsy table-esque table'?
There are many ways to say it:
an autopsy-like table
an autopsy kind of table
an autopsy-ish table
an autopsy-looking table
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What is the difference between the three sentences?
I would say the three sentences you provided all convey a similar basic idea, but they differ slightly in emphasis due to the placement of the phrase "exhausted by the work."
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What does "rising at the best part of two kilometers a minute." mean?
OP has asked the interpretation of:
The speedometer showed that they were rising at the best part of two kilometers a minute. London diminished beneath them.
It means that the speed of ascent was ...
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What does "rising at the best part of two kilometers a minute." mean?
The phrase describes their speed of ascent. The best (or 'better' [biggest]) part of some quantity means nearly that quantity or a little less than that quantity. The best part of 2 km a/per minute ...
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"I love you so"
Kamala Harris used it last night in her speech at the DNC. I discovered this expression in Loretta Lynn songs and I was wondering too about the grammar. Good, I learned something...
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Let's talk about this
Let's talk about this can be used in general discussions and is not limited to things that require step-by-step explanations. Google Books has lots of examples of such general use.
Of course in any ...
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Why are articles sometimes NOT used before common nouns?
I'd say it's an idiom.
X that you/I/we/he/she/they am/are/is/was/were, in the sense of "Since X is/was etc an X", does not take an article.
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