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word choice - Relation versus relationship - English Language . . . From an Natural Language Processing standpoint, this is a great question Relation (ship) extraction is part of the information extraction pipeline Stanford calls it relation extraction whereas other places you could conceivably hear the term relationship extraction
Filling out forms that ask for “relationship with” While I think Dori's and Jimi Oke's answers are correct, I would like to note that there are plenty of forms that just give spaces for "name [of other person]" and "relationship " This is common when they want a list of people to include on your insurance, for example I hate this You can fudge with your husband or wife by saying "spouse" but if your child is in the "name" slot, it is not
songs - Who are bully boys in sea shanties? - English Language . . . In various sea shanties the term " bully boys " comes up now and again Here for example in The Wellerman, first verse: There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh) Or in the title and text of Blow, my bully boys, blow, for which I have trouble finding the lyrics currently, but there is
What are the differences between has vs has been? The verb " ship " is an example of a transitive intransitive (or ergative) verb The object of the transitive clause can become the subject of the intransitive clause A similar example is: Her watch has been broken Her watch has broken There's a good explanation of this grammatical feature on the Macmillan Dictionary site:
Is attentioned a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "Attentioned" is not a word "Attention" is a noun, not a verb You should say: Send it to [me], to the attention of [my friend staying with me] For example: Send it to MKH, to the attention of C S Lewis Or in a business context Send it to headquarters, to the attention of the Payroll Department
Why is a transportation by road called a Shipment but a . . . goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle and shipment as a quantity of goods shipped; a consignment Think of a shipment as something that is, was, or will be shipped Think of cargo as something that is currently being shipped And take shipped to mean "carried by some type of long-distance conveyance" (not limited to actual ships)
Why is a young surfer called a grommet or a grom? A further Google search provides this quote from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College - "In every ship 21 men and a garcion or boy, which is called a Gromet' The word is derived from the Dutch grom, or Low Latin gromettus, one occupied in a servile office "
Term for easing up sails in a heavy storm What is the correct verb (or phrase) to describe the action of reducing a boat's sail power in a heavy storm? So far, I've only come up with reefing the sails, but that refers to the furling of the
etymology - Origin of a rising tide lifts all boats - English . . . The rising tide lifts all the boats upon it All parts of the colored [Young Men's Christian] Association movement have shared in the new progress Great corporations employing negro workmen—like the Newport News Ship Building Company, which has already started work, with its four thousand negro employees—see the advantage of such Associations