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Request a context for a hypothetical use of "could"
I think it comes down to style. The original version was much shorter to say the same thing which makes it more likely to be used. Also, the longer version seems to have less impact to me, but I don't know exactly why. @Zhanlong Zheng
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Request a context for a hypothetical use of "could"
@Zhanlong Zheng By golly, I did miss the "most." Thank you. Edit made. That "you" could be the listener, or the general. It really works either way; context would determine that, or use "one" to use the explicit general case.
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If I'm extremely hungry, I'm 'famished'; if I'm extremely thirsty, I'm .....?
I'd vote for parched if it were presented as an answer.
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Question about "interior" when talking about house in this context?
Neither of those would be interior features. I'd guess you got that from a website with real estate listings? Those sites are all about marketing: some sales agent but those in that category for some other reason. Perhaps the was no applicable category for them, or the applicable category had many items already listed, and the writer wanted them to be more noticeable.
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Words choice in math related question: "Is this notation [ valid / correct ] for [ showing / expressing ] this summation ?"
Good point on valid and correct not always being the same. You might have a valid train ticket, but if it has someone else's name on it, it's not the correct one for you.
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Can "Due to" and "because of" appear in the same sentence as in this example?
I'd write it this way: "Sentence disambiguation is used to clarify a sentence due to misunderstanding words or sentences because of English problems." The term "English problems" is what seems awkward to me. I'd change that, based on context and intended meaning. "... because of the difficulty of learning English" maybe?
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Can "Due to" and "because of" appear in the same sentence as in this example?
1)There is no context provided; is the disambiguation referring to a specific sentence being discussed, or does it refer to a more general 'any' sentence? If the latter, then the article "a" would be more appropriate than "the". 2) "word" could be "words" or "a word" (in which case it should probably be followed by "a sentence" but that's optional) 3) "English problem" should be either "an English problem" or "English problems"... and this is also ambiguous. Is it a problem with the English language itself, or the sentence reader having a problem with understanding English?
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Can "Due to" and "because of" appear in the same sentence as in this example?
However, the example sentence has other issues I'll mention in a comment since they have nothing to do with your question.
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Is “a little party never killed nobody” correct?
I know, "never" is one of those words that should almost never be used. It is perhaps a bit too strong. Edited to reflect that.
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