The English Language

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soheil_hooshdaran
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:16 pm

Company B work both independently and for company A. Can B called an imprint of A?
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Barry Sandercock
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Re: The English Language

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:51 pm

soheil hooshdaran wrote:

Company B work both independently and for company A. Can B called an imprint of A?

I don't think it can. An imprint is a mark made by pressure.
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soheil_hooshdaran
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:14 pm

What's the difference between
set of questions
and
series of questions
?
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IM Jack Rudd
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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:51 pm

Not a great deal. There's more of an implication that the questions follow on from each other in some way with "series".
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Brian Towers
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Re: The English Language

Post by Brian Towers » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:33 am

Barry Sandercock wrote:soheil hooshdaran wrote:
Company B work both independently and for company A. Can B called an imprint of A?
Yes, it can. This is a common usage. In publishing the imprint is the identification of the publisher, usually with date and edition if edition > 1, on the title page.
Barry Sandercock wrote:I don't think it can. An imprint is a mark made by pressure.
The word "imprint" has many meanings.
English still bears the imprint of the Norman conquest in 1066.
He was imprinted as the mother of the ducklings because he was the first animal they saw after hatching and always fed them.
We imprint our beliefs on our children
.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Barry Sandercock
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Re: The English Language

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:43 pm

Thanks Brian, I slipped up on that one.
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soheil_hooshdaran
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Taxi fee

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:16 am

Hi.
I want to give my postal packet to a traveler to England to send it from there since the postage will be cheaper there. I'd like to check the Taxi fee there since they should go to the post office.
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IM Jack Rudd
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:33 am

Taxi fee? There are post offices all over the place in England; it's not going to be worth taking a taxi to one.
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Kevin Thurlow
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:24 pm

Whenever I travel, I get asked, "Did you pack the bag yourself?" and "Has anyone asked you to carry something for them?"

Security and Customs tend to get excited if they get the wrong answer...
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:19 pm

Kevin, where do you travel mostly?
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:30 pm

IM Jack Rudd wrote:Taxi fee? There are post offices all over the place in England; it's not going to be worth taking a taxi to one.
Iranians don't walk much
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:03 pm

What does address mean in:

mission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to address greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

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Roger de Coverly
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Re: The English Language

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:13 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:What does address mean in:
"address the issue" has become common politician-speech. "deal with" is one alternative, "talk about" perhaps another.
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Kevin Thurlow
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:16 am

I meant if you visit any airport, you are asked questions like that. Any travel between different countries is likely to attract such questions...
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Re: Taxi fee

Post by Mike Gunn » Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:52 am

If you are giving someone a package to bring into the UK make sure it is unsealed so that customs/ security officers can examine the contents. (They would be looking for drugs, weapons or explosives.) Then your courier can seal the package once in the UK and post it. The cost of getting to the nearest post office should be less than £10.
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