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Is there any difference between "admit something" and "admit to something"?

"Admit to stealing the money." And "Admit stealing the money." A lot of people, including native speakers, have told me there is no difference between them. But for some reason...

Asked on 07/25/2020 by Askeladd

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IS this a simple sentence or compound sentence?

I know that a simple sentence is a sentence with one complete idea and that a compound sentence is a combination of independent clauses where each independent clause delivers a...

Asked on 07/24/2020 by Marat Pussurmanov

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What does the phrase ‘back the road’ mean?

Could someone explain to me the meaning of the phrase ‘back the road’ in the following sentence: “My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage...

Asked on 07/24/2020 by improving

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Is this past tense or has this changed to present tense?

I'm sorta new to writing and I'm wondering is this past tense or has this changed to present tense? "The hum of the bike quickly filled the air as Eddie...

Asked on 07/24/2020 by Wasi_

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Common modal verbs in a sentence with two different verbs

We streamlined our leisure hours for higher production, lived by theclock even when time did not matter, standardized and mechanized ourhomes, and sped the machinery of living so...

Asked on 07/24/2020 by asaguest

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In search of a word that means 'to make goodness manifest'

Does the English language contain a word that bears the meaning 'to make goodness manifest'? I have found that 'condemn' holds a meaning in close opposite to this, but...

Asked on 07/24/2020 by wmboule

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Question aboute a quote from a TV show where I've noticed two different tenses in the same sentence

there is a famous quote from Game of Thrones Episode 10 season 3 where a character says "Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king....

Asked on 07/23/2020 by Mohammed Benbachir

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past vs across vs through

I’ve got a question regarding past, across and through prepositions. Can we say?I pass (get/go past) the fenceorI go/get/pass through the fenceorI get/go across(cross) the fenceI...

Asked on 07/23/2020 by payam

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How does this Old English text (from the dedication of the book “The White Horse King”) translate in Modern English?

The dedication of the book The White Horse King (Merkle, 2009) contains the following:Hwa Þeos, Þe gesihÞ swa swa se morgen Fæger swa se mona...

Asked on 07/23/2020 by Joel DeWitt

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Difference between TAKE UP and TAKE ON (= to begin to do something)

Could anyone please give me the answer of the english exercise below and help me tell apart take up and take on, which both mean beginning to do something? I...

Asked on 07/23/2020 by Di Ngụy

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