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idioms - Whats the meaning of a class act? - English Language . . . A class act can also be used to indicate irony or sarcasm Sort of like saying: Your drunken singing in the underground was a real class act So, in response to J R on the sex pistols, I wouldn't find it strange if a review stated that: "Their show was a real class act, eventually Johnny Rotten himself had to tell Sid to cool it" Obviously
The meaning of act in capacity [closed] - English Language Usage . . . As far as I know, in this context, "act" means perform do sth The Collins dictionary explains the meaning of "capacity" as: If you do something in a particular capacity, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person The meaning of the whole phrase stills remains vague to me
prepositions - Is ‘drop by’ formal language? - English Language Usage . . . The relationships between the registers for formality, class, etc, all vary regionally, even within the UK, and many are completely different or don't even exist in other English-speaking countries (e g the US doesn't really do class), and also change as the years pass, and with tone of voice, and it's all terribly context-dependent They even
Are there any class-changing prefixes in English? Whenever I do a Google search about affixes, I find information like 'Prefixes usually do not change the class of the base word, but suffixes usually do change the class of the word' As I understand there are some class-changing prefixes in English However, when I tried to find at least one example, I always fail
synonyms - Are there any differences in meaning between uprising . . . Since the students don't have great vocabulary, I have to spend time in class teaching vocabulary: rebellion: (1) open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government (2) defiance toward an authority or established convention: revolt: (1) To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel
Usage of the word truancy in a workplace context : the act of staying away from work without a good reason Quizlet: the act of staying away from work without permission or prior notice Sweetwater Reporter Alternately, you might consider cutting work cut: to fail to attend purposely: cut a class AHDEL cut class and cut school: to skip a school class or a day of school without an excuse
Why is the deletion ungrammatical in I like the girl [who is] the . . . (2) I like the girl [the prettiest in my class] (4) The car [parked here] is not mine The deletions in (1) and (4) leave non-finite clauses (bracketed) Non-finite clauses are clauses with a non-tensed verb The verb in (1) is an -ing participle and the verb in (4) is an -ed participle
tenses - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What's wrong with the first one ("We thought that Joe didn’t go to the museum with the rest of the class") is that in most contexts, the going to the museum happened farther in the past than the thinking In English, you indicate this by making sure that the more remote action is a more remote tense "Had gone" is older than "thought "
Noun for act of striving - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Act has a specific meaning in semantics It requires a volitional subject, usually human; i e, it's on purpose Falling is not an act; it's a (usually temporary) state Events include acts, but not the other way around; events are any occurrence in time, volitional or accidental And I don't understand what you mean by "this noun forms", so I
Use of the term Cowardly Act in regards to violence Lets imagine for a moment that Dwight is a 6'3" foot tall world class karate black belt Jim, on the other hand, is only 5 feet tall, and he weighs about 100 lbs (45kg ) Jim hates Dwight Jim hates Dwight with such passion that he will do anything to ruin Dwight's life, but Jim is also afraid of Dwight