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  1. today, 15000 years <since><after>it was first invented

    May 25, 2025 · Now, 16 years after Hull's death and 40 years since Lindisfarne's famous Fog on the Tyne was released, there are renewed calls for a memorial to him. This simple yet elegant formalism …

  2. Ground knowledge vs basic knowledge | WordReference Forums

    Jan 14, 2019 · My guess is that ground knowledge indicates less knowledge than basic knowledge. Am I correct? Could it also depend on the sentence (when there is one!) used? Thanks in advance! Here …

  3. mustn't have done..”: meanings | WordReference Forums

    Feb 25, 2014 · Here are some examples to illustrate the point I'm making: The client must not have previously been refused representation - The modern English legal system. Gunn, N J and Bailey, S …

  4. How do you feel/ How are you feeling | WordReference Forums

    Oct 1, 2024 · The difference between 'How do you feel now?' and 'How are you feeling now?' is pretty subtle. 'How do you feel now?' is more straightforward and direct, asking for a current state or …

  5. academic goose-flesh - WordReference Forums

    May 29, 2016 · I guess I shouldn't even try to understand what Aldous Huxley meant when he wrote "...a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid …

  6. Double the letter rule [hop → hoPPed / cheap → cheaPer]

    Jun 8, 2018 · From the Wikipedia article on American and British English spelling differences: British English usage is cancelled, counsellor, cruellest, labelled, modelling, quarrelled, signalling, traveller, …

  7. expect/project/predict/anticipate/estimate - WordReference Forums

    Aug 7, 2022 · In terms of prediction, the meaning is more "look forward to", and it does not convey a sense of mathematical modelling or anything like that. So expected and projected are most suitable …

  8. plástica (school subject) | WordReference Forums

    Jan 2, 2013 · The dictionary gives the translation as as "modelling" but which I am wondering whether might be better translated as "arts and crafts". "The plastic arts" sounds very stilted to use as a …

  9. the use of ect [etc.] and among others | WordReference Forums

    Nov 10, 2008 · Hi, Regarding the use of "among others", what you all discussed here always consider the expression at the end of the sentence. My question is: does these rules also apply if I use the …

  10. Earnings for females are ... 0.44 lower for men than ....

    Dec 15, 2011 · Earnings "for men" could be "lower than" earnings "for women," by 0.44 or 44%. This would be an unusual situation, but I suppose it might be true within a certain occupation, such as …