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Will and would modal verbs

1). A majority of voters approved changes to Russia's constitution that would allow president valdmir putin to hold power until 2036.2). A majority of voters approved changes to Russia's constitution...

Asked on 08/04/2020

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What is the meaning of "sword and gun on the table"

This phrase is used in The Sopranos by Phil Leotardo:Listen to me. They make anybody and everybody over there. And the way that they do it, it's all f***ed up....

Asked on 08/04/2020

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Syntax for placeholder text

Sometimes we need to write a sentence with a placeholder for a missing bit of information, which the reader needs to fill out when reading the text. This may be...

Asked on 08/04/2020

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Usage of its or their with the group entity

I am confused between below sentences. I am not sure which one is grammatically correct. Online grammar checking tools such as "grammarly" are not showing any issue with all below...

Asked on 08/04/2020 by Gaurav Dave

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Is there a word for a piece of medical data about the body

Is there a word or phrase which encompasses things like a heartbeat recording, x-ray scan, EKG output, a record of blood oxygen levels from a pulse oximeter etc. What...

Asked on 08/04/2020 by pondermatic

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How did the word Solicitor come to mean two different professions?

In the US, it's very commonplace to see signs on homes and businesses indicated "No soliciting", which I construe to mean, "Please don't show up just to try and sell...

Asked on 08/04/2020

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What is a yard of (pudding, ale, etc.)?

I was just reading William and Ceil Baring-Gould's sadly under-Annotated Mother Goose, in which rhyme #274 is:Hyer iddle diddle dell,A yard of pudding's not an ell;...

Asked on 08/03/2020

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