The English Language

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:02 am

Is blunder a stupidity or foolishness?

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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:15 pm

Either and sometimes even neither :)

Its neither if its a 'subtle' blunder due to a deep miscalculation/missing something non obvious etc.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:28 pm

But that sort of thing arguably isn't "really" a blunder......
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:27 am

What'sw the difference between a sphere and a ball?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Andy Stoker » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:30 am

Normally no difference - it's assumed that the ball is (nominally) spherical - not a rugby ball. "Sphere" is a little pompous ... but how are these terms associated with chess?!

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:17 pm

Andy Stoker wrote:Normally no difference - it's assumed that the ball is (nominally) spherical - not a rugby ball. "Sphere" is a little pompous ... but how are these terms associated with chess?!
Nothing...This is "The English Language" thread from "not chess" section. I HAVE encountered "sphere of activity" vs "scope of a piece, though.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:54 pm

What does the underlined 'to' mean in:

Various algorithms have been developed to cluster different types of time series data. Putting their differences aside, it is far to say that in spirit they all try to modify the existing algorithms for clustering static data in such a way that time series data can be handled or to convert time series data into the form of static data so that the existing algorithms for clustering static data can be directly used.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Andy Stoker » Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:17 pm

Ah! "Sphere of activity" has very little (if anything) to do with balls - it just means the area of things that were done, the things that took place. "Ball of activity" is *not* a synonym - that would mean nothing - so in "Sphere of activity" - sphere and ball are not at all similar.

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Re: The English Language

Post by John McKenna » Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:37 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:What does the underlined 'to' mean in:

Various algorithms have been developed to cluster different types of time series data. Putting their differences aside, it is far to say that in spirit they all try to modify the existing algorithms for clustering static data in such a way that time series data can be handled or to convert time series data into the form of static data so that the existing algorithms for clustering static data can be directly used.
The underlined "to", above, forms part of what is grammatically know as a to-infinitive form of a verb. Therefore it is simply part of the verb "to convert".

The presence of the conjunction "or" immediately before "to convert" may have thrown you.

There is another example of the to-infinitive at the start of your text - " Various algorithms have been developed to cluster … "

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Re: The English Language

Post by E Michael White » Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:06 am

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:What does the underlined 'to' mean in:Various algorithms have been developed to cluster different types of time series data. Putting their differences aside, it is far to say that in spirit they all try to modify the existing algorithms for clustering static data in such a way that time series data can be handled or to convert time series data into the form of static data so that the existing algorithms for clustering static data can be directly used.
It means "... in order to convert ...".

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:53 pm

...try to convvert....?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:57 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:...try to convvert....?
It's quite a technical paragraph, but I think the relevant sense of the second option is
they all try to modify the existing algorithms for clustering static data in such a way (as) to convert time series data into the form of static data so that the existing algorithms for clustering static data can be directly used.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:30 pm

Whaat does 'resspectively' refer to?
Studies using clustering algorithms, similarity/dissimilarity measures, and evaluation criteria reviewed in Section 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, respectively, are as italicized.

Does it coves just its clause or the whole sentence?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Matt Fletcher » Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:55 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Whaat does 'resspectively' refer to?
Studies using clustering algorithms, similarity/dissimilarity measures, and evaluation criteria reviewed in Section 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, respectively, are as italicized.

Does it coves just its clause or the whole sentence?
It means that section 2.1 reviews studies using clustering algorithms, section 2.2 reviews studies using similarity/dissimilarity measures, and section 2.3 reviews studies using evaluation criteria.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:58 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Whaat does 'resspectively' refer to?
Studies using clustering algorithms, similarity/dissimilarity measures, and evaluation criteria reviewed in Section 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, respectively, are as italicized.

Does it coves just its clause or the whole sentence?
That sort of sentence construction is used where

2.1 is clustering algorithms
2.2 is similarity/dissimilarity measures
2.3 is evaluation criteria

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