Thank you so much for posting such a detailed answer, CalifJim. It really helps Just a couple of additional questions. Regarding the "habitual present" thing, what do you think of the following sentence: "What will I become when she's

Hello Here is my question : is there a definite way of knowing when the use of "will" is required in "when" clauses? - I know that "will" cannot be used if the clause expresses a condition that has to occur to the event of the main clause can

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Hi everyone Here is my question. I'm translating a document from French to English. The subject is call centres. Basically, a customer dials a number, speaks to a machine, defines what they want etc In certain situations, they can speak to a human

I'll use the first one then. Thanks

Hi Here's my problem of the day. I'm working on a document about CSS. There are two types of elements: "Block" and "Inline". Now, which of the following wordings is correct: 1) "Block" type elements are positioned vertically. 2) Elements of the

Hi all I have a definition and am looking for the best English word to suit it. I'm looking for a word meaning "a set of reference documents that is used by everybody as part of a given activity". For instance, "the quality <???> is

Hi I think that in my context, it's more "permission". Indeed, you must check whether you are allowed to read the file; not see if it's read-only. Thanks for the help

I wouldn't use "avoid" in that context. I'd write "You will have to take steps to make sure it does not happen again".

Hi Here is my question: I'm translating an IT-related documents (from French to English). At some point, I have a list of problems and their solutions. One problem occurs when a given file cannot be read and the related solution is "Check the read