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foreign policy chops - WordReference Forums This sentence means that Biden's supposed foreign policy expertise made him appealing to the press during the 2020 election "Chops" in this context refers to a person's skills or abilities in a particular area, in this case, foreign policy It is suggested that Biden had a lot of experience in this area, having spent decades in the U S Senate and eight years as vice president This was
Decades worth or decades worth | WordReference Forums This year-in-review proofreading quiz has started me thinking about the use of the possessive before the word worth, as in this example: Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, erupted in mass protests in January 2011, as the revolution in Tunisia inflamed decades worth of smoldering
Ten years has passed or Ten years have passed? I would definitely use a singular in "Ten days weeks months years is a long time to wait " If "ten years" really means "a period of ten years" then I'm happy with a singular: " After ten years has passed you can apply for possession of the land " But if you want to emphasise the cycle of time, then "have" sounds better Ten years have passed - ten long, lonely years - since Bill died at sea
logistics - WordReference Forums But will early leads in suicide prevention be followed up with breakthrough therapies? It took decades to translate early findings for heart risk factors into lifesaving cholesterol drugs The logistics of suicide are far more daunting, given the relative rarity of actual suicides among the
in over the last past few decades - WordReference Forums In this passage, the speaker discusses how the American attitude towards Europe has changed over the past few decades due to the development thereof Can the expression the latter continent be used in this context, referring to Europe? And, in your opinion, which is the best alternative between: - in the last few decades
In the noughts - In the noughties - twenty-teens [decades 2000-2010 and . . . I have heard the expressions:- In the noughts In the noughties This relates to the need to identify the decade after the year 2000 - as in, "in the 1990s" or "in the 90s", and "in the 80s", and "in the 30s" As we know, we have had a problem with this since 2000 because it sounds
tenacity spanning meaning - WordReference Forums Hello, I know that span means "to extend across", but "tenacity spanning" doesn't make sense to me! So prepare for the coup of the century Meticulous planning Tenacity spanning Decades of denial ("be prepared" Lyrics, Lion king)
Simple past or present perfect with over the decade Past tense makes sense if "the past decade" means "that past decade", referring to a particular time interval of opportunity in the past But even if "the past decade" means "this past decade", past tense could work in a news report Present perfect is common at the beginning of a news report but tends to be avoided later in the report because simple tenses are more succinct and less remote
The past few years have has witnessed. . . | WordReference Forums I am not sure about whether to use singular or plural verb when time serves as a subject in a sentence Like, The past few years have has witnessed a great change in this city Should I use “have”or “has”?