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There is a hidden message in “he was happy” which is inferring a past state of happiness with a present voice. i.e. “he was very happily married for the first few month of his marriage…”, suggesting something happened that changed how he felt. The tone usually implies that he is no longer in the...

There is a hidden message in “he was happy” which is inferring a past state of happiness with a present voice. i.e. “ he was very happily married for the first few month of his marriage… suggesting something happened. This tone usually implies that he is no longer in that“happy” state. He was...

There is a hidden message in “he was happy” which is inferring a past state of happiness with a present voice. i.e. “ he was very happily married for the first few month of his marriage…”. Then something happened. The tone usually implies that he is no longer in the “happy” state. He was happy...

(Note: I'm a British English speaker, and there may be UK/US usage differences here. There may also be differences in personal preference.) I would generally use "congratulations on". In cases such as "Congratulations on/for your marriage", or "Congratulations on/for...

SUGAR AND BLOOD: SLAVERY IN TWO WORLDSBY: ROLANDO CASELLA Between the early 1790s and the early 1820s, there was a difference in the way that slaves from the US and Brazil were treated. The slaves developed lawsuits against their masters in which, they argued for their right to be free. This...

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy ______________________________ OFFICE ARITHMETIC Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee =...

There is no such thing as a typical Capricorn female. She can be a museum curator who wears granny glasses for real, or she can be a dancer, who wears a glittering G-string for fun. You will see her crisply running a suburban PTA, frying hamburgers in a coffee shop, or organizing the biggest...

Certainly people change jobs for lots of reasons, money being perhaps the most common reason. Other reasons include a promotion, a promise of more opportunity, a transfer, etc. But the original post had to do with why people stay in job for a long time. The post had nothing to do with what might...