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- What’s the difference between “come recommended” and “be recommended”?
Note that recommended has two distinct meanings, as covered by this earlier question In OP's context, if the customer were to be recommended, that could either mean that he was advised go to Deforges because that was thought to be the best place to buy a piano, or that the customer was thought to be good enough for Deforges to deal with
- My name is or My names - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to APA style, contractions are allowed but considered less formal Your use of contraction is correct but not recommended in, say, an academic paper An excerpt from the above link: Contractions are a part of informal writing Thus, avoid contractions in scholarly writing, except for under the following circumstances: If you are reproducing a direct quotation that contains a
- grammar - Recommend you to [do something] or Recommend to you to [do . . .
A) If tou want to say that something or someone is good recommend sb sth to sb I recommend this book to anyone I will recommend you to my boss for the open position recommend sb sth for as sth I will recommend you for this duty B) If you want to advise someone to do something recommend that someone do something I recommend that you see your doctor recommend doing something If you go to
- grammar - Another way to saying As part of? - English Language . . .
It depends on the context of the document and who the audience is, but in general it is better to start the sentence with the main clause, and then modify it, particularly if the modifying clause is either long, or contains critical information I would prefer: “The mayor recommended that bike paths be expanded across the city, as part of his plan to increase the quality of life for more
- pronouns - When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in . . .
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary: In U S English, it is usually recommended that which be employed only for nonrestrictive (or nonessential) clauses: the horse, which is in the paddock, is six years old (the which clause contains a nonessential fact, noted in passing; the horse would be six years old wherever it was)
- What does Let me know if the problem persists exactly mean?
Ambiguous In informal writing, "if" and "whether" are used interchangeably ¹ This is not recommended because it creates ambiguity, but it is an unfortunate fact Consequently, the statement can mean either: Let me know whether the problem persists or: Let me know (only) if the problem persists
- punctuation - What is the abbreviation for century? - English . . .
On the first page of Google results I also found the Monash University recommended symbol, but without th In The Chambers Dictionary 12th Edition, it lists both C and c as abbreviations for century:
- Twice vs Two Times - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Replacing "two times" with "twice" is natural and recommended; replacing "three times" with "thrice" is weird and archaic There's no logical reason why that should be so — that's just how English is used these days "It only happened the last twice" sounds wrong because last is an adjective, and it needs to modify a noun (times) It cannot modify an adverb (twice)
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