made 4 corrections for The college dates back to t...
"Dates back to." I only see "date(s) back in" as a possible string of words in English if the "date(s)" is...
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Different classes of verbs can take different subjects, because of their different meanings. Verbs like look, smell, taste, feel, and so...
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The water feels too hot to me.
The wind feels cold today.
Being in a new city felt strange to him.
These are all perfectly ordinary,...
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It means that the fire caused many plants and trees to burn, so that after the fire, almost none of the plants and trees remained alive.
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"Live by example" means to act in ways which reflect one's beliefs, thereby "setting an example" for others to fo...
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It just means "I would prefer that you do higher frequency sessions with ..." "What I prefer that you do..." probabl...
made 5 corrections for The lecture illustrated the...
The definite article usually does imply “all,” but it might just mean “all types that are being discussed here,” not necessarily “all typ...
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"The" would tell us about the earthquakes we know the lecture will cover.
We would need to know beforehand that every singl...
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That's an interesting question. I don't really think of languages as having "logics" other than their various grammars...
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I'm sorry, but I can't think of anything that would be helpful. Do you know a book along those lines about Mandarin?
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Neither is, as far as I know. “Graduate students” are those who already have a bachelor’s degree and are getting a master’s or PhD. “Post...
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Yes. These days, the version without the hyphen is more common. I would still write it with a hyphen, but I'm old, and I might even...
made 4 corrections for Which one is correct?
I would say “a conclusion” in the second sentence, but I’m not sure “any conclusion” is considered wrong.
Many grammar websites cover t...
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Both sound acceptable to me, although I would be more likely to say "any conclusions."
I'm not sure, but I think that in &...
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They're both grammatically correct sentences. The literal meaning of the first one is to pass the material to some of the students in...
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“Fulfilled lives” can indeed mean the same thing as “fulfilling lives,” but this is because “lives” has so many different meanings. In ot...
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If I am understanding the sentence correctly, I would translate it as "We should not lie to him, much less deceive him." This m...
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It's a poorly written sentence, in my opinion. It doesn't make sense to say that a crime is "subject to" the death sent...
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I don’t like “leading to” after passive verbs (“were infected and killed”) because “leading” is active. Maybe it’s just me….
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To answer your specific question, it would be wrong to add just one comma.
Whether you should add two commas or none depends on whether...
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The simple present tense is used more for generalizations in English than for describing what is happening at the present time. The prese...
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Both of these sentences are possible. Adding “the” clarifies that you’re referring to lectures and learning materials that you’d already ...
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The first one means the training is complete and in the past. The second one means the training is still going on and you are not finishe...
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There are a number of expressions like this in spoken English-- pairs of adjectives with similar meaning which function together as an ad...
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I don't think I've ever heard an American say "I'm starving hungry". Grammatically speaking there's nothing wr...
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"Since she moved to Canada" specifies a period of time that started in the past and continues up to the present moment. This ki...
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For some reason the use of word "proportion" with regard to the rate or percentage of recycling sounds a little strange. It'...
Come looking is the normal way of speaking. Blessings
"Dates back to." I only see "date(s) back in" as a possible string of words in English if the "date(s)" is...
Different classes of verbs can take different subjects, because of their different meanings. Verbs like look, smell, taste, feel, and so...
The water feels too hot to me. The wind feels cold today. Being in a new city felt strange to him. These are all perfectly ordinary,...
It means that the fire caused many plants and trees to burn, so that after the fire, almost none of the plants and trees remained alive. ...
"Live by example" means to act in ways which reflect one's beliefs, thereby "setting an example" for others to fo...
It just means "I would prefer that you do higher frequency sessions with ..." "What I prefer that you do..." probabl...
The definite article usually does imply “all,” but it might just mean “all types that are being discussed here,” not necessarily “all typ...
"The" would tell us about the earthquakes we know the lecture will cover. We would need to know beforehand that every singl...
That's an interesting question. I don't really think of languages as having "logics" other than their various grammars...
I'm sorry, but I can't think of anything that would be helpful. Do you know a book along those lines about Mandarin?
Neither is, as far as I know. “Graduate students” are those who already have a bachelor’s degree and are getting a master’s or PhD. “Post...
Yes. These days, the version without the hyphen is more common. I would still write it with a hyphen, but I'm old, and I might even...
I would say “a conclusion” in the second sentence, but I’m not sure “any conclusion” is considered wrong. Many grammar websites cover t...
Both sound acceptable to me, although I would be more likely to say "any conclusions." I'm not sure, but I think that in &...
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Or "dynamic" (although the most natural opposite of that is "static")
So the best word in the sentence above is constrain..
The usual expression is "to take the initiative" It is a set expression.
Both are fine.
They're both grammatically correct sentences. The literal meaning of the first one is to pass the material to some of the students in...
“Fulfilled lives” can indeed mean the same thing as “fulfilling lives,” but this is because “lives” has so many different meanings. In ot...
fulfilling sounds better. It refers to a state of ongoing fulfillment.
Restrain and constrain can be used interchangeably in most situations.
If I am understanding the sentence correctly, I would translate it as "We should not lie to him, much less deceive him." This m...
更不 = much less
It's a poorly written sentence, in my opinion. It doesn't make sense to say that a crime is "subject to" the death sent...
I don’t like “leading to” after passive verbs (“were infected and killed”) because “leading” is active. Maybe it’s just me….
To answer your specific question, it would be wrong to add just one comma. Whether you should add two commas or none depends on whether...
The simple present tense is used more for generalizations in English than for describing what is happening at the present time. The prese...
Both of these sentences are possible. Adding “the” clarifies that you’re referring to lectures and learning materials that you’d already ...
They share the same meaning. Both are correct.
The first one means the training is complete and in the past. The second one means the training is still going on and you are not finishe...
There are a number of expressions like this in spoken English-- pairs of adjectives with similar meaning which function together as an ad...
I don't think I've ever heard an American say "I'm starving hungry". Grammatically speaking there's nothing wr...
"Since she moved to Canada" specifies a period of time that started in the past and continues up to the present moment. This ki...
For some reason the use of word "proportion" with regard to the rate or percentage of recycling sounds a little strange. It'...