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When guide someone to think something which one is more appropriate, "find" or "find out"?
I answered a question just now, but I am not sure I expressed appropriately.
I am trying to guide the guy who posted this question to look into source code
take a look at the source code, you'll ...
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Is "on the higher side" a meaningful phrase?
I was documenting a software feature for an internal audience and I wrote:
"...when the character count is on the higher side."
Here, I wanted to mean a case where the number of characters ...
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Since I hadn't had much chance to communicate with you...?
I'm asking for my guidance counselor to write me a recommendation letter for a college application but since we haven't had much conversation, so I wanted to say
"Since I hadn't had much chance to ...
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Is this sentence idiomatic: "It works best the earliest it is given."
A doctor tells about adrenaline pens on TV. He says:
"It works best the earliest it is given." ITV-Adrenaline pens (see:8:26-8:30)
As far as I understand, he means "The earlier it is ...
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Ways to say "doomed to a horrible fate"
We have a local/regional Italian saying that literally sounds like "to be prey for the cat", which depicts how you would be doomed to a horrible fate (as any little animal/insect that ...
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Is there anything in particular VS Is there anything particular
Is there anything in particular?
Is there anything particular?
Sentence #1 is commonly seen and acceptable, but it seems sentence #2 is not.
For sentence #2, in reality, most people use " Is ...
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bartering items by exchanging this with this?
He's now bartering items by exchanging this with this
I was told that you should use "for" instead of "with", but then someone told me it's ok to use "with" if you want ...
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return to and go back to something
I’m texting my friend saying “I’m going back to Russell during this wintertime.” What I wanted to suggest is that I started reading Russell’s work again, is it idiomatic to say that? Are there any ...
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wasn't (anything/something) for you
Let's say I invited a friend of mine to the yoga class I take. He shows up the first time, but not the second. When I see him again after that, I ask him...
So you decided it wasn't for you, huh?
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Did he tell/ask you to say that?
Guy: If you ask me, Jack is the perfect man.
Woman Jack is dating: Did he tell/ask you to say that?
Which of 'tell' and 'ask' would be more idiomatic here?
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Is "assess" appropriate here?
(One is in a coma)
Doctor: Unfortunately nothing gives us reason to believe that his condition will improve, but cases like this are never easy to assess and therefore we can't say anything with ...
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Would it be idiomatic to use 'then' where I have in this sentence?
A: Do you think he's in heaven?
B: Yes.
A: Then he's together with Grandma.
Would it be completely idiomatic to use then where I have in the sentence? (to mean in that case; therefore.)
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He was nervous to start. / He was nervous about starting
Hope someone can help me.
(Talking about school)
He was nervous to start, but I think it's going OK.
Is "to start" correct/natural if he was nervous to start school, you know, before he ...
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<Live by one's age> VS <Live based on one's age> VS <Live according to one's age>
Can we use the phrases "Live by one's age", "Live based on one's age" and "Live according to one's age" interchangeably to mean living in a way that represents your age?
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Is it grammatical to omit "way" like this?
In Serenity (2005), Malcolm says to Simon:
Malcolm: We'll be on Beaumonde in 10 hours' time,
you can pick up your earnings and be on your merry.
Is it grammatical to omit "way" like this ?
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