Could it be true:   John's paintings of his cat were auctioned. = Some paintings made and owned by John depicting his cat were auctioned.
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I'm not sure of the right place to ask this, but I got confused trying to understand how the computer will interpret the sentence:     This is my picture.   In actual sense, the real owner of the picture should be the photographer not the person who was photographed... or am I getting something wrong? So, it seems the confusing thing about 'picture' is determining who the real owner of the picture is. So is there a special category for these kind of nouns or an official clarification somewhere?  Thanks
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When for the first time A new question I answer This haiku appears:     Little slab of meat   In a wash of clear jelly   Now I heat the pan   Such a message is Very strange; is anyone Seeing the same thing?  Have not seen again. Came and went like the wind does! Why I am so blessed?
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I've read an article on BBC and the author wrote "there is some evidence...", but that phrase is really confusing because "some" is a plural identification but following "is". Can someone please explain this?
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I've come across the following passage from Mina Murray's diary (from Dracula ). Mina is worried that her finance hasn't written to her for quite a long time.     No news from Jonathan. I am getting quite uneasy about him, though why I should I do not kno; but I do wish that he would write, if it were only a single line.    What will be the difference between would write and wrote in this case? I, personally, think that original sentence is entirely about the present. She wants him to to drop a few lines, and she still hopes that he'll do this. And with "wrote" it would mean sort of she wants him to have written to her. Somewhat she wants not to worry right now, but it's impossible because she got nothing from him, not a line. I've just shared my thoughts, but I'm not so sure  about them. Possibly, someone can make it clear for me.   Many thanks!
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Example with :     That, I think, is the most likely circumstance for Putin's departure. It's not that he'll lose an election—it's that a bunch of men in gray suits are going to file into his office and say, "Vladimir Vladimirovich, it's time for you to do your last service to the state, and that's to retire."   Or he may be off at his dacha and see on the television that he's just stepped down for reasons of ill health. And he'll pick up his red phone, and find that the people answering it will no longer take orders from him.   What do you think the difference would be if we got rid of the article? Why not say on television instead? What's the nuance?
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Could anybody please  explain in detail  the sentence     "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."   I have seen the  but am unable to get it properly.
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I'm reading an article about two pets rescuing their owners. After the cat managed to wake up the mother, she tried to wake up other members but they wouldn't wake up.     Cathy tried to tell her husband and son to leave the house, but they wouldn't wake up.   Why wouldn't and not didn't?   (I checked possible duplicates but they weren't convincing at all. Besides, none of the answers were confirmed. One said would is used for permission and another said it's for emphasis!)
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Context: I was looking at . I didn't know the result referred to in Brian M. Scott's answer is hard enough to require a separate proof   ― .  ― .  (1)  ― What's the intuition? Is Bezout Identity supposed to be intuitive?  (2) — Why doesn't this try work? Let $c$ be any common divisor of $a, b$. Therefore $c\mid a, c\mid b \iff cj_1 = a, cj_2 = b$ for some integers $j_1, j_2$.     Call $g = \gcd$. By definition $\gcd(a,b)\mid a$ and $\gcd(a,b)\mid b$ and $c \le \gcd(a,b)$. Therefore $g\mid a, g\mid b \iff gk_1 = a, gk_2 = b$ for some integers $k_1, k_2$.   The two paragraphs together precipitate $cj_1 = a = gk_1,  cj_2 = b = gk_2$ but this only proves $c\mid gk_1, c\mid gk_2$?    Origin - Elementary Number Theory, Jones,  p9, Exercise 1.8
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I saw a bear, a lion and a donkey.   Is the usage of the article a necessary before each word in a list like this?      Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and   gold-panning trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother   bear, yearling, and cub sitting on a stream bank.   Why is there no article before cub?
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I'm trying to say:       He probably gained some __________ [good notoriety] from this picture.   I was thinking publicity, but that connotes some kind of negative to me as well (like the stuff you see in gossip magazines at the checkout line).  I want a word as powerfully positive as notoriety is powerfully negative.
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One of the former student    One of the former students       Which one is correct, and why? Can any one explain it clearly?
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The film debuted at No. 2 in both France and Italy, generating the year's third-best box office return on an opening weekend in Italy. Said Roberto Proia, distribution chief of the film's Italian distributor Moviemax, about its surprisingly warm reception, "Almost two years after his death, Ledger has a huge fanbase which, along with the rest of the stellar cast, certainly contributed hugely. [...] We also found out that teenagers massively love Gilliam, and we did not expect this. He really has rock star status." ()   The structure of this sentence strikes me as unusual. Can you say something like     Said John, "I didn't like the movie."   Can "said" appear at the beginning of the sentence like this?
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I got this quiz:     The carpenter repaired __ .      (A) the table's legs      (B) table's legs      (C) legs of the table      (D) the legs of the table   ...which says the right answer is D. But I think A is also acceptable.  What do you think? Thanks.  Related but not a duplicate:   If I add an option E: the table legs, is E also acceptable?
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I am firmly convinced he is innocent and his accusation is the result of the police conspiracy.     I am firmly convinced he is innocent and his accusation is the result of the police's conspiracy.    Which sentence do you think is a better choice?
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Which of the following is a grammatically correct statement?   The value of cars depreciate over time.   The values of cars depreciate over time. The value of cars depreciates over time.   Thanks!
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I wonder if someone could tell me which choice works in the following sentence and why the others do not work: (From my point of view, all of these choices work in this context.)  They have great promotion till January 5th......50% off. a) up to; b) until; c) by
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It would be similar to trying to be extremely careful or precise.   In French it would be "application", For example: "Qui est fait avec application".   Example usage:      John worked with ________. or ...it was done with _______.