- 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
- Tick vs. check the box - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I came across the following example: Tick the box if you would like more details In the sentence, "tick the box" means mark the specific checkbox If we have the following checkboxes ticking the
- 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
- adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language . . .
Manually installed, or, Installed manually Ask Question Asked 8 years, 3 months ago Modified 8 years, 3 months ago
- prepositions - pay by credit card Vs. pay with credit card - English . . .
I think the second would be more natural with a possessive - Can I pay with my credit card?, but apart from that both are acceptable
- What is the difference between single price and unit price?
Unit price is the price per item, but that's a term usually used when referring to tangible products For example, if I buy a package of 8 bottles of shampoo for 240 euros, than my unit price is 30 euros per bottle As explained in Wikipedia, in the realm of business, unit cost is a business term that describes how much each unit costs to make, including materials, assembly, and labor I think
- phrases - Does subject to review mean there is a possibility of . . .
I assume Paypal doesn't manually check each transaction, and I don't care if they do or not, but I'm curious about what the phrase literally means, regardless of Paypal's potential misuse I guess "subject" here is being used in the same way a peasant is a 'subject' of a feudal lord, i e the transaction is under the lordship authority of
- What is the meaning of crank open and hung up in this context?
A crank is a a device to increase torque to rotate something An example is the crank between a bicycle pedal and the gear From that comes the verb "to crank," i e , to turn the handle of a crank The reason that Sullivan had to manually crank the array was, as you state, it had stopped working, or "hung up"
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