- Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Manually is the adverb Manual is (in this context) the adjective Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb Here you want to modify the verb within the phrase, so use the adverb: The procedure requires manually tuning the weights If instead you wanted to modify the noun tuning, use the adjective The procedure
- adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language . . .
Manually installed, or, Installed manually Ask Question Asked 9 years, 3 months ago Modified 9 years, 3 months ago
- Hyphenate “communicating”: communi-cating or communic-ating?
I'll note that "hyphenation" is not taught at school, and children would not normally learn hyphenate manually, and would not be expected to do so They would learn to read hyphenated texts, but this is not a skill that really needs practice
- phrases - Does subject to review mean there is a possibility of . . .
I assume Paypal doesn't manually check each transaction, and I don't care if they do or not, but I'm curious about what the phrase literally means, regardless of Paypal's potential misuse I guess "subject" here is being used in the same way a peasant is a 'subject' of a feudal lord, i e the transaction is under the lordship authority of
- word choice - I havent noticed that vs. I didnt notice that - English . . .
Let's say I saw Jack yesterday, so I say "I didn't notice the color of his eyes " which apparently means that I still don't know the color So, am I correct to think that "I didn't notice" can also present a result in the present just the way the present perfect does?
- abbreviations - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I found the following on Urban Dictionary h t hat tip; tip of the hat Apple is releasing their <insert new slick thingmabob here> H t to <insert blog here>, who alerted us of this story Senator Holierthanthou has been caught with his pants down in public H t to originalposter who broke the news So it sounds like the author is acknowledging the reader "Mr D", giving him credit for
- what is the difference between out of and off?
@Lambie two reasons One, error-checking is off-topic here I answered this because I think the real cause of misunderstanding is the multiple uses of "off" And two, because I don't think the very first example is gramatically wrong, it just isn't idiomatic I could get a cake "out of" a bakery, just like I could get the car out of the garage We just wouldn't say it
- Is it: They and I? Or: Them and I? Or: Them and me? Or something . . .
It depends on where you want to use the phrase If it is a subject, you should say they and I If it is an object, you should say them and me The example you gave should be the only difference between them and me is this, because them and me is the object of the preposition between By contrast, you should say they and I agree with you that the party should be next weekend, because they and I
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