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"To be or to not be" Is it grammatically correct? , that is the question
In order to avoid offending people is what I would say, because there will always be a pro-SI and an anti-SI within earshot.
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
No, it is not normal English. I for one would say it is grammatically incorrect but that is because I take a broad view of what "grammatical" means in line with modern linguistics; however, ...
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
Grammatically correct but not a phrase that is likely to be used in English. Broadly I would say not the best translation.
However, note that Spanish people eat grapes in the countdown to the new year ...
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
It is, at the very least, odd. But it's still acceptable English.
It would, in fact, be possible for somebody to say that they were excited to be able to eat fresh grapes or excited to be able to pick ...
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
It is a grammatically correct sentence.
I don't know Spanish, but from what you say it sounds like it is not a good translation of the original sentence. "I am excited to do X" is much more ...
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
I would agree that being excited to eat grapes may not necessarily indicate you like grapes, although in most contexts it would. It would be a reasonable and usually correct interpretation to expect ...
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Is saying "I am excited to eat grapes" correct to imply that you like eating grapes?
Short answer, no. You're right, "I am excited to X" usually means that you are doing X right now or are going to in the future, and that prospect excites you.
Now, the whole thing is a bit ...
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They have a big project to launch a new product
Some cultures give importance to the contribution of people [more than/ as much as/ less than] the importance of things. Consequently, more, equal or less value is given to the Team over the product, ...
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They have a big project to launch a new product
They have a big project to launch a new product.
I would more likely use a large ceremony or a/an marketing/advertising bliz/campaign, which are more precise than a big project is.
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'What a good parent should do is spending time with their children' is wrong
With sentences of this structure: "What someone [verb] is [non-finite complement clause]", the form of [verb] determines the form of the verb in the complement clause.
It will always be a ...
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