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1. Point...yes, your definition is correct. HOWEVER, be careful. Sometimes you will hear "basis points". A basis point is 0.01%. In other words 25 basis points (bps) is a quarter point. Confusing? It is to me. 2. Deliver: de·liv·er (di-liv'?r) v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers. v.tr. 1. To...

Hello R2005 My comment wasn't meant to imply that I would change 'has' to 'have' simply because a conspiracy requires more than one person (except in certain kinds of mental ill health, of course). I would guess that 'conspire' has been used quite loosely in this sentence, with only a faint echo...

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Hello MrP Thanks for the reply. I am lucky I get an confirmation directly from a native speaker to that I had better not say "I'm a Japanese", though I feel somewhat like unhappiness in your way of discriminating the suffices "-an" and "-ese". By the way I feel the word "Japaneses" is much...

Essay on The Collective Noun by Sophie Johnson Traditionally, the noun that names a collective is considered to be singular. Being singular, the verbial that denotes its act is also singular: (1) The family prays every evening. (2) Australia is playing against Portugal in the final...

Maj, Another popular slang term that is an synonym for "ballistic" is "postal". This is NOT answering question, but it is simply an additional item for your learning. According to UrbanDictionary.com's definition postal means: Gone crazy or insane; irrational. Came into use after a number of...

Hi, this post is a little long maybe. Sorry to those of you with limited time to get exactly the right information quickly. Next time, I’ll just post a typical college essay; no chat! In my previous post, I wrote a short informative essay. It’s maybe good enough for a middle-school student...