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Prior to the 20th century, what was the noun for an individual person from a country whose demonym ends in '-ese'?

As a Redditor pointed out, using a demonym that ends in '-ese' as a noun sounds incorrect or at least awkward (especially a singular noun--someone on the...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by kurchatovium

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"Became" vs "become"

I'm not sure about the verb tense I should use here:Run this definition so that the previous changes become/became visible.I think the correct one is Present Simple but it sounds...

Asked on 07/29/2020

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Set the table, or lay the table?

I have read that set is American and that lay is British. But I do not think it is nearly as simple as that. I grew up in rural...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by WS2

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Why was gerund not using in this sentence as parallel balance?

In the following sentence, why the author uses 'stole' and 'stood' instead of 'stealing' and 'standing', since the author use 'seeing' the gerund at the second clause.An elderly seaman came...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by conan

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What's the word / way to describe the sound we make when we get irritated?

What's that sound called which we make when we are irritated or disgusted, when we press both our lips together and make a sucking sound, with our teeth closed. It's...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by Meet

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Replace the word in this phrase so it becomes a common phrase

During the lecture, I've missheard one word of the sentence below. Somehow, I've got the feeling the missing word should be part of a common phrase that I've already come...

Asked on 07/29/2020

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Is it grammatical to use a comma to separate this phrase 'Accompany somebody to do something'?

Do we always say 'accompany someone to do something'?I think the following sentence is grammatically wrong for using comma, which creates a run-on sentence. But it is from Hans...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by colan zhong

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The meaning of "perspective" here

If you say, "Looking up at the sky too much makes you lose perspective,"do you mean that you feel so close to the sky because you look it up...

Asked on 07/29/2020

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Is "There was a group of people who were enjoying it" grammatically correct?

I heard this on TV (in reference to a Trump rally), but although it "sounds" all right, it doesn't seem to be grammatically correct since "group" is the subject.There was...

Asked on 07/29/2020 by Brendan Anthony

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was she charged with pervert or perverting the course of justice

pervert or perverting can be put in a number of sequences depending on weather I have reached 30 yet...

Asked on 07/28/2020 by Jerome Mckeen

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