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grammatical number -"There are so many" vs."There is so many ...
There are so many questions on this website. There is so many questions on this website. The former "sounds right," but the contracted form of the latter does as well: There's so many
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What is the word for someone who doesn't appreciate their culture ...
The cultural cringe is tightly connected with"cultural alienation", that is, the process of devaluing or abandoning one's own culture or cultural background. A person who is culturally alienated places little value on their own or host culture, and instead hungers for that of a – sometimes imposed – colonising nation.
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What is the correct pronunciation of the word"solder"?
I cringe whenever I see an Australian forget that sodomize derives from the Biblical city of Sodom and therefore misspell it. I cringe whenever I see an Australian forget that America was as much of a British colony as Australia was. I cringe whenever I see an Australian post a rant as though it were an answer. –
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How to differentiate"slow" VS"slowly" both as adverbs
What you are seeing here is a phenomenon called a"flat adverb". You might think of it as an adverb without the -ly suffix (though not always.)"Slow" as a flat adverb and"slowly" as a regular adverb have exactly the same meaning.
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How do I emphasize a word using the standard punctuation system?
So maybe that's why others use them so much, even when their words don't show up italicized. I personally don't cringe at the use of asterisks for emphasis, or don't find it unacceptable, but it's not my favorite way of emphasis. And I don't like the use of underscores, like _so_; this just looks wrong to me personally.
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Which is correct:"with regards to,""in regards with,""regarding"?
Answers which consist solely of links or of personal opinion are frowned upon throughout this network of sites; you could improve the answer by posting a relevant excerpt from the link and providing a longer explanation as to why you cringe when you hear variant terms. –
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pronouns - When is it correct to use"yourself" and"myself" (versus ...
It is very simple to remember when NOT to use the pronoun"myself." Don't use"myself" unless the pronoun"I" has previously been used in the SAME sentence. Someone needs to inform 99% of those in media of the correct usage of"myself." I cringe each time I heard or read it used incorrectly.
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word choice -"Would have" in conditional clauses - English Language ...
I don’t “cringe” at the other usage in part because if I would have been the speaker I would have likely chosen the double would have myself. I can appreciate wanting to stick with the most standard expressions as a non-native but the truth is that the non-standard form is so common many people wouldn’t even notice or be able to tell you it isn’t standard.
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word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I use yessir as a slang form of yes, sir all the time. Is it even a word? Would the slang version, yessir, be deemed as derogatory, offensive, or simply disrespectful to someone your senior?
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word usage - What does 'has hit peak cringe' mean? - English Language ...
So it a matter of using the figurative definition of a verb and the definition of a noun: peak a noun. vocabulary.com. the most extreme possible amount or value. and. cringe. OED a verb. b. figurative. To experience an involuntary inward shiver of embarrassment, awkwardness, disgust, etc.; to wince or shrink inwardly; (hence) to feel extremely ...
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