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Which sense for the respective words
Hello, I am doing Natural Language Processing which is a research to make computer understand... [More]
By Eagerlearner    Latest post by CalifJim 36 days ago
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I want to learn to speak clearly-What do I have to know/do? 123
I want to know what i need to do in order to speak cleary, consisely and intelligently. I've... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Anonymous 36 days ago
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synonyms
Hello, I am doing natural language processing research. I found out at least a dictionary shows... [More]
By Eagerlearner    Latest post by CalifJim 39 days ago
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Adj -> Noun and Verb -> Noun relation name
Hello, I don't want to have multi-post , but I think this room is more suitable than I... [More]
By Eagerlearner    Latest post by Yankee 45 days ago
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Differences between English and your native language 123
There are thousands of languages. It would be interesting to see examples of differences between... [More]
By Cool Breeze    Latest post by Cool Breeze 46 days ago
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Your interpretation on this statement. 123456
Hello, this would be my first post.I am studying in Hong Kong. In our Elements of Logic and... [More]
By Winsonli    Latest post by Clive 46 days ago
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Collocating the adjective "complicate". 12
Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate" (the adjective)? e.g. adj.... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Anonymous 48 days ago
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lexical choices for dead
What other lexical choices for 'dead' do you know, and how do I use them? [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by khoff 52 days ago
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Google translation
Google now offers a free translation service as part of its search engine. I'll give you... [More]
By Cool Breeze    Latest post by Cool Breeze 53 days ago
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corpus/corpora - ethymology
When the plurals of fungus and cactus are fungi and cacti (or cactuses), why the plural of... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Anonymous 53 days ago
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the middle voice option 1234
ganesh77 started a thread which wrapped up on April 25, called "how to explain the usage... [More]
By Avangi    Latest post by MrPedantic 56 days ago
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Syllabic Consonant ???
I wonder if there's anyone around who could enlighten me a little about the use of "Syllabic... [More]
By J4mes_bond25    Latest post by Anonymous 56 days ago
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Persona vs Narrator speaking?
Is this the persona or narrator speaking in the following lines:They sing [More]
By Kataangel    Latest post by Feebs11 58 days ago
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What is Prose?
Hey, recently I have been introduced to prose in university. But I have been really confused... [More]
By Ernz    Latest post by shaved 63 days ago
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Mega Verb Phrase: "would have had to have been eating"
Just trying to get my head around this long verb phrase; can anyone help me break it down into... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Anonymous 63 days ago
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Archaic Past Conditional 12
I'm unsure as to how to define the tense in a sentence such as the following: 'Behind... [More]
By badegine    Latest post by CalifJim 66 days ago
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Alternative swear words... 123456 8
Hi guys, I am in college, and in india, english is not the primary language. But, in college... [More]
By lynx    Latest post by Anonymous 68 days ago
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What is the Subject here
We've come across a sentence: Let us keep this room clean. What is the subject of this... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Zerox 70 days ago
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matter: who or that? 12
Hello everyone, I have a burning question (i.e. the sonner I get the correct answer, the better... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Alienvoord 70 days ago
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No weaker second-cousin
Do you agree with this comment? Quote: It is important to emphasise that command of the spoken... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Clive 71 days ago
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Uuse of the word "patriot" 1234
In your country, what does it take these days to deserve the label "patriot" and... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by shaved 75 days ago
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Phonetic Acoustics
can anybody help me on topics about Manners and Point of Articulation and Phonetic Acoustics... [More]
By Noside    Latest post by Forbes 78 days ago
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Native-speaker/native language 1234
Hope ya'll don't mind if I bring attention to this question:"If people learn a... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by Cool Breeze 79 days ago
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phrasal adjectives, chains of meaning, and hyphenation
As part of my job, I often come in contact with engineers and biologists who use the adverb... [More]
By shaved    Latest post by shaved 84 days ago
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Which sentence is correct?
WITH Compaq, staying home has never been this fun.orWithout Compaq, staying home has never... [More]
By 26TMNTJG2PG    Latest post by 26TMNTJG2PG 84 days ago
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Senses of "in"
Here I like to know the fine senses of "in". Sense is the most primitive meaning... [More]
By Eagerlearner    Latest post by Anonymous 85 days ago
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Regularising the irregular 123
To me, it seems sensible, a logical step, to regularise all English irregular verbs. This has... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by CalifJim 86 days ago
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The tenseless modals verbs of English 123456 10
JTT wrote: Every modal verb in English can operate in past, present and future situations... [More]
By just the truth    Latest post by Anonymous 94 days ago
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Mistakes made by Chinese Learners
Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner... [More]
By Anonymous    Latest post by nona the brit 94 days ago
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Is the setence grammatically correct?
Is the following setence grammatically correct and conveyed the message? "Research is... [More]
By makgreen    Latest post by Forbes 94 days ago
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