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- adjectives - Most simple or Simplest - English Language Learners . . .
Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)
- What is the difference between adjectives different and differing . . .
I think that's the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with
- Differences between onward, forth, ahead, front, fore, forward
They differ in meaning, and in register The simplest words in your list are ahead, front and forward Forward usually indicates a motion: "Move forward" Front is a side of something, It doesn't usually indicate a motion: "The front of the house" Ahead means "to the front of" You can say "move ahead of me" to mean "overtake" As with many common words, there is overlap, and secondary meanings
- prepositions - explain this vs explain about this - English . . .
Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common explain this is than explain about this is It is not impossible to use explain with about, but explain usually takes a direct object, which is the thing that you are explaining "explain about X" carries a sense of "to speak
- Which tense should be used for the verb promise in But you
B is syntactically valid, but idiomatically unlikely because it's a pointlessly complex tense As is usually the case, when in doubt choose the simplest verb form that makes sense - in this case, Simple Past = A
- Should I use is or are when the subject is two gerunds?
In the simplest cases, a coordinated subject such as "John and I" or "brother and sister" takes a plural verb, which makes them joint operators of the action: Example - John and I have managed the refurbishment But when the coordinates are uneven in length, or when the second coordinate is a singular noun, a singular verb may seem appropriate
- How do you read this mathematical expression aloud?
Well, I can read this aloud in Japanese which is very simple - イーのエックス乗 括弧 ルート 括弧 コサインエックス 括弧閉じる 足す 一 引く エックスの四乗 括弧閉じる If a math teacher read this aloud in a Japanese high school math class, students would have no trouble dictating it and writing this down on their note pads You should be able to do
- pronunciation - Is the letter c always silent in words which have the . . .
It's fundamentally the same as the rule in Spanish, which is usually regarded as having one of the simplest orthographies ever One of its biggest irregularities is that C and G do one thing before I and E, and another before A, O, and U :)
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