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Thanks Ross What's the difference between "fostering a way", "opening a way", and "creating a way" This might be too nuanced for me; I'm not sure I can answer it with confidence. The verb "to open" is often used with the direct article in this context. Thus, "vaccination opens THE way to greater so...

What does it mean that: The objects with which development began to deal after 1945 were numerous and varied. ‽ I am not entirely sure about this one. Since it mentions 1945, that suggests that the reference is to development following the Second World War. The word "objects" slightly confuses me, ...

What does In the last instance mean? It is a hackneyed expression for which synonyms are "in the final analysis", "taking everything into account", or "when all is said and done". This kind of expression adds little or nothing, in terms of genuine meaning to a sentence. You could think of it as a k...

Thanks. What does strive mean in: ...the exercise of the power that strives in the nature of a great constructive people I would say that whoever wrote that did not strive for great clarity of expression. But strive here presumably means the same as strive everywhere else - to try very hard. "the p...

I think on chess.com you can also go into settings and choose the strength of opponents you want to be paired up with ( I think). Not a great expert on this, but if you go to chess.com Live Chess, click Custom Challenge, then there are several parameters you can set. These include the rating range ...

https://www.redmolotov.com/the-pedants-revolt-tshirt I agree with "fewer" for countable things etc. But it can be confusing... You would probably say, "It takes less than 2 hours to travel from London to Brighton", and that sounds ok, "fewer than 2 hours" does not appear to sound better! Yes I agre...

Less water (uncountable), but fewer chess-players (countable). To be fair, in everyday speech lots of us mix these up regularly. Or perhaps for those who studied and can remember any university level mathematics. Less irrational numbers (uncountable) but fewer rational numbers (countable). Countabl...

Really you need a teacher of English for this. However, my answer would be that moves are a countable noun, and "fewer" is strictly correct with countable nouns. "Less" is strictly correct with uncountable nouns. Less water (uncountable), but fewer chess-players (countable). To be fair, in everyday ...

Yes that's basically it!

How do we categorize countries in terms of development? Is developing the same as underdeveloped? It is the United Nations Human Human Development Index (HDI) that is commonly used to measure countries in terms of development. This includes economic factors such as Gross National Income per capita,...

Hello. How much is the phrase true? It is, of course, metaphorical not literal. Literally, the phrase would be something like: "those people and organisations that have a lot of money are able to use that money to bring about the outcomes they desire". You can see why "money talks" is a useful, bri...