word usage - is it ok to say it is an unfolded box? - English . . . 3 It isn't wrong "Unfolded" is the opposite of folded though - do you fold the card to put it back into a box? I would probably call it a flattened box In fact, when cardboard boxes are sold in this form they are usually called flat boxes or flat-packed boxes
What is this opened cube called? - English Language Learners Stack . . . Here, the cube is unfolded, first The resulting object is a "net" (this term is taught in American schools, but I would imagine that most Americans wouldn't immediately understand it) I think that "unfolded" or "unwrapped" view would be understood by most native speakers
grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I have not seen as it happened used of a report after-the-fact It doesn't quite make sense to me, given what the present-tense version usually means It could imply a retrospective as-it-unfolded commentary on the event
past simple - is folded a verb or adjective? - English Language . . . The adjectival negative prefix "un-": A sentence like "The clothes were unfolded" (meaning "the clothes were not yet folded"), has to be given a stative interpretation Using the word as a gradable adjective: there are various ways to do this It includes using a comparative form, or putting the adverb "very" before the word
Remain vs. remain as - English Language Learners Stack Exchange When would you omit the quot;as quot;? I know the following sentence can be reworded, but for the sake of an example: A lack of protein remains his most critical issue A lack of protein remains
word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I use "extendable" for when it's about physical objects such as couch, a spyglass or the pipe that I have at my vacuum cleaner, things like that, that can be folded and unfolded
meaning - I feel like to eat vs I feel like eating? - English Language . . . "I feel like to " isn't something I've heard said, I don't think it's generally accepted "I feel like ___ing" is correct and used to express desire Some examples: "I feel like eating" = "I want to eat" "I feel like swimming" = "I want to swim" In English it's common for someone to ask "What do you feel like?" or "What do you feel like doing?" (or eating, etc) This is the general response