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- Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Manually is the adverb Manual is (in this context) the adjective Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb Here you want to modify the verb within the phrase, so use the adverb: The procedure requires manually tuning the weights If instead you wanted to modify the noun tuning, use the adjective The procedure
- idiomatic language - Meaning of manually in manually detect . . .
Manually can refer to something done by a person rather than through an automated process AngryJoe could be referring to having to search the internet for specific sentences of a copyrighted work to find out if it has been used elsewhere without permission
- Hyphenate “communicating”: communi-cating or communic-ating?
I'll note that "hyphenation" is not taught at school, and children would not normally learn hyphenate manually, and would not be expected to do so They would learn to read hyphenated texts, but this is not a skill that really needs practice
- adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language . . .
2 Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often
- When to use run vs when to use ran - English Language Learners . . .
My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run or CCleaner has been ran
- adverbial phrases - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I have an old car with manually adjustable mirrors As I was driving home with a friend, I wanted him to adjust the mirror for me so that I could see more of the street I ended up not asking beca
- word choice - I havent noticed that vs. I didnt notice that - English . . .
Let's say I saw Jack yesterday, so I say "I didn't notice the color of his eyes " which apparently means that I still don't know the color So, am I correct to think that "I didn't notice" can also present a result in the present just the way the present perfect does?
- prepositions - pay by credit card Vs. pay with credit card - English . . .
You normally pay by credit card without a determiner, but you pay with a with your credit card (both a and your are "determiners")
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