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HiI am not very familiar with this forum as I appear here once in a blue moon. Could you please advise me as to how I can check all the posts I (have) started here on the forum? I use a different email address for this forum. Today, after a long, long time, I checked my inbox, and, much to my...
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I think the difference in meaning that they're highlighting relates to the words "immediately following", which means "immediately following in time, starting now". Here are a few points relating to this usage that immediately come to mind. I don't claim that this is...
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The convention that a book about history should have a conclusion* is not only part of the art of good writing, but also makes logical sense. This is true even though history itself never reaches a conclusion (it just "goes on happening").
* A passage in which the author summarises...
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quote user Mr Wordy quote user Madhulk Great Bring it on Let s what you ve got quote Yes quote In fact Let s see what you ve got Sorry I noticed that and then forgot to mention it Anyway I m sure
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Yes.
Edit: Well, not really the first game, just the game. "The first one" = "The first team (to reach 15 points)"
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A "power bar" is a snack (in the form of a bar) that supposedly gives you energy. I'd guess it's referring to that.
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Oh, I see the confusion. No, I don't think it means that. The "small company" in the M-W "boutique" definition that I cited is the hotel itself, not some other business that carries on inside or in association with the hotel.
This is from Wikipedia:
Boutique hotel is...
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I would never say "in my behalf", I don't believe that I have ever heard anyone else say it, and if I read it I would probably assume it to be a typo or blunder, depending on how much I trusted the source.
However, there are 1800 Google Book hits for this phrase, many dating back...
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For medical conditions or injuries, "because of" sounds odd, and it's better to use the words "of", "from", "as a result of", etc., as appropriate:
He died as a result of the lesion.He died from his injuries.He died of pneumonia.
In other cases,...
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You can pretty much work these out from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, but I appreciate your bemusement, especially where there are multiple meanings. These are the appropriate definitions from M-W online:
"minimalist" = of, relating to, or done in the style of...
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