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- Project-specific | WordReference Forums
Hi every one, I would like to ask you the meaning of the phrase "project-specific" " Monitoring and Reporting on Implementation The Grievance Redress Committee will monitor the implementation of actions and record findings which will be filed through the Grievance Redress Committee As part
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- A an: specific problem [S] | WordReference Forums
a specific problem an is reserved for use before nouns with a vowel sound Not exactly It has to do with the next word, regardless of what it might be For example: Put an extra plate on the table I ate a delicious apple
- relationship-specific investments | WordReference Forums
Hello everybody, I'm translating an article about economics and I keep finding the expression "relationship-specific investments" but I can't understand the meaning For example I found the phrase "Ownership encourages parties to make more relationship-specific investments", oppure "control
- Liken vs compare vs analogize - WordReference Forums
To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it PS
- Capitalising common nouns | WordReference Forums
Hello! I have been wondering for a while now about some rules on capitalising common nouns I am wondering about the use of capitalising common nouns when they stand for proper noun For example, when the word Board is capitalised when used in the sense of the 'the Board have made a decision
- a the rainbow - WordReference Forums
Sometimes, what's "specific" simply refers to the specific "picture" of "something" that we have in our minds In other words, we all know what a "rainbow" looks like, and that makes "rainbow" specific enough for the use of the definite article The tropical butterfly's wings were shimmering with the colors of a rainbow
- specific or specifical? - WordReference Forums
Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical? Juridic or juridical? etc Specifical is not used Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form Same thing with clinic and clinical, medic and medical Juridical and juridic are both adjectives and have the same meaning, but the latter is rarely used
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