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Can you please check this, please? In either of these conditions a CT scan may show lesions in the brain or will be negative but will not show pneumocephalus (10). Pneumocephalus is the presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity. It is
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The phrases are pretty much interchangeable. "Go so far as to say" may be slightly preferable to "go as far as to say."
answers.com freedictionary.com seem to think both are acceptable. I know that 'so far as'
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Hi,
Anything is used mainly in questions and negative sentences. But you can say
I know anything can happen.
Say anything you want.
Anything seems to introduce a higher degree of uncertainty in affirmative sentences.
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Thank you Avangi,
for 1 , you can never say "disproportionate to its size??? it's always FOR? what about COMPARED TO?
for 2, someone told me that SO AS TO could only be used if its non assertive, the negative form as in
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1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head. 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would
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How would you say this? 1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him. (is the SO AS TO form only used with
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For the average speaker/writer, they are essentially the same and can be used in either positive or negative contexts.
What irks me is when someone uses "thanks to" in a negative context. Even though I recognize that sometimes the
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Dear friend, due to - caused by or ascribable to, eg, His death was not due to any lack of care. ( Due to is often connected with negative consequences) because of - on account of; by reason of, eg, They moved here because of the baby. (The
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Dear friend, in your sentence, none is an indefinite negative pronoun. As it is followed by an of -phrase, it is sometimes called an of -pronoun. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Can I say it this way? I don't recommend using a universal quantifier ( all, both, every, ...) before a negation. It's ambiguous. In this case you can solve the problem by putting all after the negation, thus: We don't all drink wine.
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