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Please someone changes this sentence using "wish" I shouldn't have eaten so many cookies last night. Which one is right? I wished I wouldn't eat so many cookies last night. or I wish I hadn't eaten so many cookies last night. ?
 
blueblooded65I wish I hadn't eaten so many cookies...
This one is correct. ...
 Are these sentences correct?
Yesterday I wished it would rain. (it would rain yesterday)
Yesterday I wished she would come next week. (a wish you had in the past for the future)
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If an object is "in production", it means the said object is being manufactured. If it is "sent into production", then it is starting to be manufactured. But then, in this article: http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/the-royal-baby-effect--how-one-kid-could-make-u-k---380-mil... "British designer Sophie Allport created two potential ...
 
goverA mug is not a design. And a design...
I beg to differ. The design certainly can include the style, shape, size, color and material. ...
 How about this one:
"...wait until the actual event to send the mug of one design into production."
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 This is what the acrticle said:
Should they make gear in pink or blue? British designer Sophie Allport created two potential designs for a commemorative mug to celebrate the royal birth—but will wait until the actual event to send one into production.
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When a person tries to get in or be involved in every situation, what is the proper expression to call such kind of person or such kind of personality? act up, carry on?
 "Nosey-Parker" is not in my dialect or any American dialect I know about. There is also "buttinski".
 "Nosey-parker" is strictly British English, but Americans do use the simple adjective "nosy," as in "I have a really nosy neighbor. . . she's always watching to see who comes and goes on the block."
Anonymous All the words given are good, 'nosey-parker' would be understood in Britain and, i believe, Australia, i presume 'buttinsky' is specifically American (or North American). For some more synonyms check this link : http://thesaurus.com/browse/working
Im sure there are many other ...
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Its not the want of understanding or good nature, of entertaining or useful qualities, that you complain of. Q. Can I just list 4 things with commas and or in front of the fourth thing? i.e. Its not the want of understanding, good nature, ...
 
moon7296Q. Can I just list 4 things with...
No; it makes it hard to interpret. Even the original I had to read twice to understand, and the second version is worse. ...
 Oh.. I see. Then is there a better eay to make the original more easy to be read?
It is always difficult to try to write a new pattern like that listing for me.
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Could you tell me what a bitchy resting face means?
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