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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
- 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 . . .
2 Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often
- He had to do it. VS He had to have done it.
What do you mean by It couldn't have been done by anybody but him? That could be interpreted two ways - "He is the only person who could have done it" (a deduction about the past) or "He was the only person able to do it" (a statement about a situation in the past) Otherwise, I agree with Stuart's answer
- word usage - I have finished vs I have already finished - English . . .
I have finished would usually be uttered immediately after finishing, but (emphatic) I have already finished wouldn't normally occur until some time after finishing - often, specifically as a contradictory response to something implying that I might not have yet finished In rare circumstances, an over-eager exam-taker might leap up and say I have already finished, half-an-hour into an exam
- 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
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