The English Language
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Re: The English Language
Soleil Hooshdaran wrote:
What does tickle mean in as such as would tickle the nerves of coarser naturers ?
Probably means "would irritate the nerves of caoarser natures"
What does tickle mean in as such as would tickle the nerves of coarser naturers ?
Probably means "would irritate the nerves of caoarser natures"
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Yes - or activate, appeal to ...
Dictionary suggests: appeal to (someone's taste, curiosity, etc.).
"here are a couple of anecdotes that might tickle your fancy"
synonyms: stimulate, interest, appeal to, excite, arouse, captivate
"he found something that tickled his imagination"
Dictionary suggests: appeal to (someone's taste, curiosity, etc.).
"here are a couple of anecdotes that might tickle your fancy"
synonyms: stimulate, interest, appeal to, excite, arouse, captivate
"he found something that tickled his imagination"
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Is this expression correct?
identifying the prevalence causes of different types of cancers
identifying the prevalence causes of different types of cancers
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I think you want the adjective version "prevalent".soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 9:40 amIs this expression correct?
identifying the prevalence causes
Whilst it's sometimes allowed in English to run two nouns together, "prevalence causes" doesn't sound right.
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I mean the causes of the prevalence of cancer.
Now this one:
Is it correct to say:
data preprocessing is one of the knowledge discovery steps that dedicates to itself about 60 to 90 percent’s of required time for knowledge discovery and 75 to 90 percent’s of successful of data mining projects?
Now this one:
Is it correct to say:
data preprocessing is one of the knowledge discovery steps that dedicates to itself about 60 to 90 percent’s of required time for knowledge discovery and 75 to 90 percent’s of successful of data mining projects?
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Is this sentence correct?
there are more than nine thousand women with breast cancer and one thousand and eight hundred women have died of breast cancer.
there are more than nine thousand women with breast cancer and one thousand and eight hundred women have died of breast cancer.
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The data preprocessing sentence doesn’t make sentence to me and is full of horrible punctuation mistakes!
The breast cancer sentence is OK, but could be rephrased:
There are more than nine thousand women with breast cancer, of whom one thousand and eight hundred have died.
The breast cancer sentence is OK, but could be rephrased:
There are more than nine thousand women with breast cancer, of whom one thousand and eight hundred have died.
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What does it mean to say that:
...my attack will falter
?
...my attack will falter
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Any difference between
I don't mind a Queen exchange
and
I don't have a problem with a Queen exchange?
I don't mind a Queen exchange
and
I don't have a problem with a Queen exchange?
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What does it mean that
White tried a minority attack, but Black completely outplayed him?
Does it simply mean that Black completely played better than him?
White tried a minority attack, but Black completely outplayed him?
Does it simply mean that Black completely played better than him?
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That's the usual meaning of "outplay" in chess literature and conversations.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 9:08 pm
Does it simply mean that Black completely played better than him?
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So outplay=defeat?
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No, it just means that you played better moves and improved your position.
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How else can you defeat an opponent ?
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What is the difference between trading Queens and exchanging Queens?