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Dec 7th, 2010, 05:56 am
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Views: 3,508  another term to mean "expense report"
Could you please help me find another term that has the same meaning as "expense report" (a form that an employee fills out listing all the expenses he/she has had for work purposes)?
Thank you in...
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Dec 7th, 2010, 05:53 am
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 3rd, 2010, 03:43 pm
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Views: 3,823 units of measurement
Hello,
Could you please help me find the correct word? I am filling in a table. It has three columns: Item and its specification; Units of measurement; and Quantity.
When I have wire, for example,...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 26th, 2010, 09:34 am
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Views: 2,133  again articles
When a singular countable noun is followed by a number, no article is used. For example,
- You can find the necessary data in column 3.
- Please, open your books at page 34.
I wonder if there is...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 23rd, 2010, 03:35 am
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Views: 3,597 position of an inverted conditional clause
When the word order is direct, the conditional clause can either proceed or follow the main clause.
- If I were younger, I would join the expedition.
- I would join the expedition if I were...
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Nov 22nd, 2010, 09:38 am
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 22nd, 2010, 06:47 am
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Views: 15,004 Re: One is... and the other...
The other is used to refer to the second of two things/people:
- I have two customers: one is Italian, the other is German.
Another is used to refer to a person/thing when there are more than two...
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Nov 18th, 2010, 03:16 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 18th, 2010, 02:57 pm
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Views: 2,288 Re: need your help with an equivalent
Susan, thank you.
I've just found out that there are other categories of people who receive this "additional" vacation. They are women who are going to give a birth and women who have just delivered...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 18th, 2010, 11:20 am
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Views: 2,288 need your help with an equivalent
I would be grateful if you could help me with the correct equivalent. I have some problems finding the appropriate term. It is about vacations.
Every year a worker has some annual vacation leave (in...
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Nov 11th, 2010, 09:45 am
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Nov 11th, 2010, 04:47 am
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Views: 24,570 punctuation with hi/hello and the direct address
I am teaching my students to write letters now. Explaining some cases of punctuation, I say that they should write
- Hello, Mike,
- Hi, Kate,
- Good morning, Mister Smith,
- How are you, Toni,
I...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 11th, 2010, 04:28 am
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Nov 10th, 2010, 11:34 am
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Views: 2,663 can and/but start a sentence?
When I was a student, all my teacher used to say that and/but can't be used at the beginning of sentences, especially in writing.
Speaking about Academic Writing, it is possible to use...
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 02:29 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 1st, 2010, 12:29 pm
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Views: 4,162 Re: articles with such and rather
Thank you, Susan, for the explanations. You are as always helpful.
Speaking about countable and uncountable nouns, I would like you to explain the use of fruit and fish then. Dictionaries say that...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 30th, 2010, 01:36 pm
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Views: 4,162 articles with such and rather
When such is followed by a singular countable noun/noun phrase with a singular countable noun, it is followed by "a/an": such an idea, such a nice girl. When it is followed by a plural noun or...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 26th, 2010, 03:25 pm
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Oct 26th, 2010, 02:31 am
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Views: 4,059 would appreciate it if
My students wonder if there is any rule for using it in the phrase would appreciate it if... All I could say was that it is a fixed phrase and should be remembered and used as it is. But can it be...
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Jun 24th, 2010, 12:33 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 23rd, 2010, 02:40 am
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Views: 12,739 rely on VS. lean on
Hello,
I would appreciate if you could help me with these two synonyns - rely on and lean on. Are they complete synonyms?
Is it correct to say:
- You can rely on me in this situation.
and
- You can...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 25th, 2010, 02:01 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 17th, 2010, 04:46 am
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Views: 86,329 allow sb to do sth = allow doing?
Hello,
I am writing to ask native speakers if it is common to say "allow doing something". Some reference books say that this construction is possible but its meaning differs from "allow somebody to...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 14th, 2009, 01:32 pm
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Views: 58,590  in/on/at Friday meeting?
Hello,
I have a question about prepositions and I would appreciate it if someone could help me.
It is correct to say: in the morning, on Friday and on Friday morning. So, in and on are prepositions...
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Forum: English Questions
May 25th, 2009, 02:34 am
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Views: 9,106 Re: on a chopping block
Hi, susan
I do not remember the exact sentence (it is again from The Apprentice). But it was something like this:
- I think Nick could be on the chopping block if Sammy is able to convince Trump...
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