I'm new in this website so if my question is inappropriate, obviously tell me.. Sorry in advance :D  I'm writing a sentece and in this sentence there are two words that are near. These two words are: self-esteem and group-esteem.   Is it correct in English to put this words like this: self and group-esteem ?  (the complete sentence is: The process of comparison is automatic when there is a categorial distinction whose aim is the increase of self and group-esteem)  Thank you! :)
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If multiple hyphenated terms share the same latter half, and I wish to list them without repeating that latter half, how should the hyphens be placed?  For example:     I will be investigating control issues in ground-based, water-based, and air-based robots.   If I do not want to repeat based, could I write:     I will be investigating control issues in ground-, water-, and air-based robots.   Is it correct to just leave a hyphen dangling after ground and water?  If not, how should it be written? I know the original sentence doesn't sound too bad, but I really just want to know the punctuation rule (or the convention in American English if there is no rule).
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I would tend to say     Sara (and all of us) have a lot to think about now.   ...but it occurs to me that if I remove the parenthetical it's clearly incorrect. Is it proper to say     Sara (and all of us) has a lot to think about now.   ...that sounds really strange to my ear.  Also, does it change the rules in any way if I use an em dash, e.g.     Sara–and all of us–have a lot to think about now.
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Here's an example:        Chocolate lovers rejoice!   Chocolate lovers, rejoice!      To my understanding, the first one says that chocolate lovers are rejoicing and in the second one, we are asking the chocolate lovers to rejoice.  Am I correct? Or is it fine to use both 1 and 2 interchangeably?   Also, if am wrong about the second one, then how do you convey to chocolate lovers that they should rejoice?
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This came up when reviewing a written English exercise, and I realized that I don't entirely trust my intuition on the answer.  Which of the following is correct?  Or are both valid?  (Or is it strongly advisable to rewrite the sentence in some other way?)   "I see what appears to be a man and his son." "I see what appear to be a man and his son."
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I remember being taught that the correct order of adjectives in English was something along the lines of "Opinion-Size-Age-Color-Material-Purpose."  However, it's been a long time and I'm pretty sure I've forgotten a few categories (I think there were eight or nine). Can anyone fill them in?
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I never really gave a deep thought at this but recently a teacher of talked about language and there was an implicit question in it. something like  there is a difference between "rather than" and "instead of" in usage. do you know it??  please help and explain with a few examples.
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I am finding an example to clearly differentiate and demonstrate the use of these two words. At the moment, I am relying more on my feelings to decide which word to use. Say I am writing an article that talks about a solution or framework, should I say:   It is a general solution to kill computer virus. It is a generic solution to kill computer virus.   I want to show that the framework is normal, does it job, nothing fancy and that's about it. If the two sentences above are correct, what are the perceived meaning of each sentence?
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Sorry, I do not know the language terminology. Is this a case of nonessential appositive?  Which of the following sentence has a correct comma use? Comma before &quot;should&quot;  Importantly, two frail subgroups of stroke population, long-term residential care and cognitive impairment patients, should not be excluded from the rehabilitation.  No comma before &quot;should&quot;  Importantly, two frail subgroups of stroke population, long-term residential care and cognitive impairment patients should not be excluded from the rehabilitation.
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"We are all mad." "We all are mad."   I think each of these conveys the same idea. Besides this, we can use "we are all" alone. I hear the first one more frequently.  Does the second one sound worse to a native speaker? I wonder about this.  Note: I'm not a native speaker.
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Which of the following sentences is correct in a formal context?  Both?  If possible, please also explain why each of these sentences is correct/incorrect.     I do not know where the best place to ask this question is.      I do not know where is the best place to ask this question.
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"For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock."  I think, in this sentence, relative pronouns before some words have been omitted. I know rules of omitting relative pronouns, but in this case I have failed to understand before which words relative pronouns can be placed to understand the sentence perfectly, which has been stated above. Please, explain the rules of omitting relative pronouns with the help of the sentence stated above, so that I can be able to understand this type of sentences easily. You can also use other sentences to explain this fact clearly.  Thanks to everyone.
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I'm looking for a noun to use in place of "comparable object," which would make sense in the following context:     Four "comparable objects" were ranked based on their performance in a recent comparison.   I keep thinking of the word "competitor," but I'm not satisfied with it, which made me think of the following analogy:  competitor : competition :: ??? : comparison
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I am looking for an antonym of selfie, meaning a photo/portrait of others.  The ancient Greek word for self is like auto, and what I am looking for is an English word for hetero (its opposite). Do you have any idea of that?
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I'm getting confused about these two sentences:        The government should provide education to its citizens.   She has received a great education since high school.      I think education is an uncountable noun.  Why does the second sentence use the article a before education?   It might be a stupid question, but I really want to understand this topic clearly. I looked on many websites but there was no related answer to this.
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I wonder about the use of as a and as (only)  in writing. Can you explain when it is correct to quantify the noun when presenting oneself? I will paste some examples for clarity. Are there any rules to follow? Example 1  a) As teacher, I meet many children. b) As a teacher, I meet many children.  Example 2  a) Working as pilot, I fly airplanes. b) Working as a pilot, I fly airplanes.
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How can you tell when a participle is being used as an adjective?  I feel completely lost trying to guess. Just as a completely arbitrary example   For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
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Which is the correct use of these two words, and in which context should one be used rather than the other?