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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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As if
Hi,
Is it correct to use 'as if' in this manner: he felt as if his head were going to erupt.
2) What's the meaning of 'close by'? Is it the same as near? Can we say: he is somewhere close by.
3) His wife might have helped him in ways his mother never had. (is this right). Similarly, can we also say in past tense: He knew that meditation would soothe him in ways a drug never could.
4) Is 'teargas' spelled as one word? Does it require an article?
5) I see this phrase often: for party's sake. What does it mean?
Thanks.
Is it correct to use 'as if' in this manner: he felt as if his head were going to erupt.
2) What's the meaning of 'close by'? Is it the same as near? Can we say: he is somewhere close by.
3) His wife might have helped him in ways his mother never had. (is this right). Similarly, can we also say in past tense: He knew that meditation would soothe him in ways a drug never could.
4) Is 'teargas' spelled as one word? Does it require an article?
5) I see this phrase often: for party's sake. What does it mean?
Thanks.
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1) Yes. 2) Yes and yes. 3) Yes and yes.
- 1) Yes.
- 2) Yes and yes.
- 3) Yes and yes.
- 4) As a noun, it appears as tear gas and tear-gas .
- As a verb, it appears as tear-gas and teargas .
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1) Yes.
2) Yes and yes.
3) Yes and yes.
4) As a noun, it appears as tear gas and tear-gas. As a verb, it appears as tear-gas and teargas. No doubt some writers confuse these further. It would normally be a non-count noun, so it would not take the article: We found tear gas in the bunker. But: It was (a) particularly virulent tea
2) Yes and yes.
3) Yes and yes.
4) As a noun, it appears as tear gas and tear-gas. As a verb, it appears as tear-gas and teargas. No doubt some writers confuse these further. It would normally be a non-count noun, so it would not take the article: We found tear gas in the bunker. But: It was (a) particularly virulent tea
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Hi, Mr. M, thanks. #5 has many entries: both should quit for party's sake. Art for party's sake. party for party's sake. I am not able to cut and paste link (it doesn't allow me to), but it is there on the first page of google.
Also, are #3 conditional past or just simple past? How about this: THat his kingdom would be destroyed the next year was certain. As the man was a darling of the
Also, are #3 conditional past or just simple past? How about this: THat his kingdom would be destroyed the next year was certain. As the man was a darling of the
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Ah, I see. As for #5, 'for party's sake' is not a unique idiom. Noun + 'for noun's sake' is a phrase which means 'there is no other reason', 'there is no ulterior purpose'. I see no meaningful hits when I google 'art for party's sake', for instance.
For #3: I think they are simply past forms.
That his kingdom would be destroyed the next year was certain. As the man was a
For #3: I think they are simply past forms.
That his kingdom would be destroyed the next year was certain. As the man was a
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Hi, Mr M, thanks again.
Mister Micawber The first sentence certainly seems a past form. The present is That his kingdom will be destroyed next year is certain. I feel the same for the second sentence. These are all simple past narratives. )Will this small adjustment be fine here? That his kingdom would have been destroyed next year was certain. As the man wa
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