I remember my English professor saying that these two sentences are quite different in meaning, but after four months, I cannot recall the exact difference. Can somebody explain to me what's the difference?
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I would be very grateful for some advice on how to decide whether to use an attributive noun or the "of genitive" (periphrastic genitive).  It seems to me that an attributive noun is generally preferable, except when it leads to ambiguity, often due to the combination of several modifiers with mixed dependent relationships.  Additionally, the of-genitive, when used stand-alone, seems to impart a more formal tone, a higher register.  Simple examples (preferred first, less-preferred second):  The department secretary vs. the secretary of the department.  But:  The excellent secretary of the department vs. the excellent department secretary.  Any additional guidelines would be most welcome.
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Which of the following sentences is/are incorrect? Why?   The visa permits you to study for two months. My father would never allow me to study English Let me to go. You're hurting me.   This is question from an English learning book. All the sentences seem right to me. Do you know which one is incorrect and why?
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In 1999, I was living in Cuba.      In 1999, I lived in Cuba.   Do both sentences seem grammatically correct?   My teacher had told that the first sentence, which is with past continuous, is incorrect. I don't know whether or not the first sentence is correct. It indeed seems natural, doesn't it?
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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?
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What is the difference between these two:     Suzuki was nearly close to go out of business just after the World War period.   Vs.     Suzuki was nearly close to going out of business just after the World War period.(from a video)   When talking about the past, do these two sentences different from each other? Like, if you use verbing(going) with infinitive(to) in the past, does it mean that there is another event happening? Or none.
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These two words have similar meanings, however in certain contexts only one of the two can be used or is used most frequently (fits better idiomatically). Can you give examples of such contexts and if possible explain the difference?
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Source:      There have been seven weeks of protests outside the site from which   "hundreds" of pupils were kept away on Monday.   Why does the sentence say “have been” not  simply “were”?  I think that indicates that the protesters are still protesting untill the moment of writing. Am I correct here?
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Is there any difference between the two following sentences?        We can't connect to Outlook right now.     We can't connect to Outlook now.
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So, when I was a comparative novice to the novice I am right now, I used to think that these two things were syntactic sugar for each other, i.e. that using one over the other was simply a personal preference. Over time, I'm come to find that these two are not the same thing, even in a default implementation (see  and ). To further confuse the matter, each can be overridden/overloaded separately to have completely different meanings.   Is this a good thing, what are the differences, and when/why should you use one over the other?
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What is the difference in meaning between these two sentences?        This feature is now disabled.   This feature is disabled now.
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Possible Duplicate:          From the grammatical view both are correct, but please explain the difference in meaning:   The number of students in the class is fifteen. A number of students were late for class.
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how are you?  Well, my biggest doubt at the moment is the difference between these two tenses. Actually, the more I study the more I have doubts with these tenses.      /         These similar threads helped me to clarify and reiterate my previous understanding.   I'm not posting in these threads because the site suggests avoiding asking for clarification (I don't know why because it would avoid new threads with the same content).  My main doubt is as follows:     I've lived in New York for two years.   In my understanding, the sentence above implies (1) that I lived in NY for two years and now I live in another place; or (2) I'm moving to another city after two years living in NY; or (3) I lived in NY for two years, then I moved to another place for some period and, finally, I'm returning. Is that correct?     I've been living in New York for two years.   Whereas the sentence above, in my understanding, implies that I lived in NY for two years and I still living there.  Anyway, many sources that I've already read say that these two sentences have the same meaning and are interchangeable. Therein lies my question. Is that correct? Because if these two sentences are interchangeable, it destroys all my understanding.  Thanks in advance.
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I encountered this sentence when I was learning another language. I have never used such a sentence in English nor seen one, but it seems it exists.  What idea does this sentence trying to convey? What time should we relate to?
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What is the difference between the three sentences below?   I have been married with her for three years. I was married with her for three years. I married her for three years.
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I wrote this to my friends a few days ago: (1) It used to take 5 seconds for me to reach Youtube, now it only took me 2 seconds to do it.  I used "now" to refer to the moment when I installed a faster connection hardware. I come up with this question, because I think the use of "now" in sentence 1 is informal and it is like a colloquial conversation. I am sorry my friends. Back in those days I was taught (by my English teachers, non-native speaker) that now must use in present tense, so the use of now sometimes confuses me.
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Is there a semantic difference between the following two sentences?     In the future, we are planning to migrate our tool to the Z3 solver.         In the future, we plan to migrate our tool to the Z3 solver.
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Assume the following situation: Person A meets person B in the winter of 2009. Then he/she meets the same person in 2010 and 2011.  which sentence is true?  Since winter 2009 person A has met person B 3 times.  or  Since winter 2009 person A has met person B 2 times.  So, the main question is, if since includes the meeting in winter 2009 or not?