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Does "they" in "that they are attacking" refer to "certain bacteria"?

Forums: Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/24/13 3:12 AM

Replies: 4
Views: 516

Last Post by dalehileman
on 03/24/13 5:32 PM

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Does "he’s a six and he wanted tens" mean "he's gone too far"?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/23/13 9:23 AM

Replies: 3
Views: 876

Last Post by Ceili
on 03/23/13 10:23 PM

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Is "one-up" used proper here?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/22/13 11:21 PM

Replies: 6
Views: 724

Last Post by ehBeth
on 03/23/13 1:37 PM

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Run up a mountain like a cat? Can we say "run up a mountain like a dog"? Is it the same?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/20/13 11:38 PM

Replies: 16
Views: 961

Last Post by JTT
on 03/23/13 11:53 AM

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Does "pressing for stakes" mean "urgently needing the share/benefits"?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/20/13 10:57 PM

Replies: 5
Views: 543

Last Post by Ceili
on 03/21/13 6:57 PM

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Whose papers? Darwin's and Wallace's? Together they read before the Linnean Society?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/20/13 11:41 PM

Replies: 9
Views: 1,029

Last Post by MontereyJack
on 03/21/13 11:24 AM

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What does "slightly below unity" mean? 99%?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/20/13 11:35 PM

Replies: 1
Views: 566

Last Post by roger
on 03/20/13 11:42 PM

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Should "winging on the air" be "winging in the air"?

Forums: Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/20/13 9:49 AM

Replies: 3
Views: 543

Last Post by JTT
on 03/20/13 1:04 PM

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What does "writ respectable" mean?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar, English Language, Written

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/19/13 1:05 AM

Replies: 9
Views: 1,863

Last Post by McTag
on 03/20/13 4:33 AM

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Which one is better? 1) or 2)?

Forums: Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/19/13 10:47 AM

Replies: 8
Views: 592

Last Post by JTT
on 03/19/13 6:09 PM

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Do you pronounce D-N.J. as Democrat New Jersey?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar, Pronunciation

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/15/13 2:54 AM

Replies: 11
Views: 1,039

Last Post by JTT
on 03/18/13 7:34 PM

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Does Bracket Prediction mean "comprehensive prediction"?

Forums: Esl, Grammar, English As A Second Language

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/17/13 10:31 AM

Replies: 7
Views: 748

Last Post by engineer
on 03/18/13 7:30 AM

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2:1 read as two versus one?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/18/13 12:44 AM

Replies: 2
Views: 279

Last Post by MontereyJack
on 03/18/13 2:19 AM

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How do you understand the sentence?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/16/13 10:03 PM

Replies: 3
Views: 345

Last Post by PUNKEY
on 03/17/13 10:16 AM

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ca. 2205—ca. 1782 BC read as about 2205 to about 1782 BC?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/17/13 4:47 AM

Replies: 1
Views: 321

Last Post by PUNKEY
on 03/17/13 10:13 AM

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Does "worthy of Rube Goldberg" mean "worthy to be called a very complicated invention"?

Forums: Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/11/13 9:39 AM

Replies: 9
Views: 2,474

Last Post by contrex
on 03/17/13 6:05 AM

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Does "It is the height of scientific hubris to claim otherwise" mean...?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/02/13 10:02 AM

Replies: 14
Views: 1,091

Last Post by oristarA
on 03/16/13 10:22 PM

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Italians miffed papacy didn't return to homeland?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/16/13 11:52 AM

Replies: 2
Views: 451

Last Post by MattDavis
on 03/16/13 6:38 PM

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Guess the meaning of the Chinglish with your intuition

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar, Chinglish

Question by oristarA
Posted 05/29/11 11:43 PM

Replies: 9
Views: 1,050

Last Post by JTT
on 03/14/13 12:06 PM

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USAToday first take: Francis is a nod to changing world

Forums: Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/13/13 8:36 PM

Replies: 3
Views: 524

Last Post by oristarA
on 03/14/13 8:22 AM

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"Putin: let's all get fit, like Stalin said"? Is Putin a supporter/admirer of Stalin?

Forums: English, Esl, Grammar

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/14/13 12:48 AM

Replies: 2
Views: 755

Last Post by roger
on 03/14/13 1:13 AM

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Does "Pope Francis takes to Twitter right away" mean "Pope Francis favors Twitter immediately"?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/13/13 8:32 PM

Replies: 4
Views: 617

Last Post by Lola
on 03/13/13 8:43 PM

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Do you think "China Railway High-Speed" sounds Chinglish?

Forums: Chinglish, Grammar, Esl, English

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/11/13 10:04 AM

Replies: 16
Views: 1,377

Last Post by JTT
on 03/13/13 10:58 AM

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American comments? Why Google search offers no results?

Forums: Google

Question by oristarA
Posted 03/13/13 3:49 AM

Replies: 2
Views: 1,239

Last Post by oristarA
on 03/13/13 8:55 AM

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Does this article sound grammatically natural and rhetorically cool?

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Question by oristarA
Posted 03/12/13 12:07 AM

Replies: 3
Views: 561

Last Post by PUNKEY
on 03/12/13 6:52 AM

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