Example:  Tell her  and teller  Or cellar and sell her
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When two phrases are pronounced alike but have different spelling and meaning, can we call them homophones?  e.g. "ice-cream" and "I scream", "nitrate" and "night rate", "that's tough" and "that stuff".  Or is there another term for them?  What linguistic phenomenon distiguishes these near homophones?  I've checked the putative duplicate at  but it isn't exactly what I'm asking here.
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Can you explain more?  I do not know when we can use them in the sentence.  Can we use them instead of each other?     They have a beautiful home.   They have a beautiful house.
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Stock A has a bid price of $100.08, an ask price of $100.10 and a last trade price of $100.  I take that to mean that if I buy the stock at $100.10 then I will have lost a total of two cents. How does a person make a profit when buying and selling stock?  Do I wait until the bid price is higher than the ask price that I paid? I hope that I don't confuse anybody because I'm pretty confused myself.
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I can't seem to remember this particular word/phrase. I'm almost certain it's a two-word phrase. It specifically refers to someone who is skilled with the ladies, ie, someone who knows the tricks of the trade.  Usage: - "Unless you're a X-Y, that's not going to work with her."  Edit :  I'm not looking for 'ladies man', 'casanova', 'womanizer' etc. This phrase refers to someone who's more of a pro and one who is serious about his business.
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My professor assigned a completely random question on our problem set. Basically, it goes:  Sophie is 30 years old and majored in philosophy. As a student, she participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations and was deeply concerned with social justice. Which is more probable?  1. Sophie is a bank teller. 2. Sophie is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement.  I'm guessing the point the prof was trying to get across is that assuming you have two different events $A$ and $B$,  $A\cap B$ would always have a smaller probability than either. Is this correct?
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When I call the buzzer outside my girlfriend's flat, she sometimes says *"I'll open you the door". I correct this to "I'll open the door for you".  I've never heard a native speaker say it the first way, which is why I think it's wrong. But I can't explain why.  There is a pattern in lots of English phrases that would suggest both are correct. A few common examples:   Give the keys to me before you go — Give me the keys before you go I'll buy a coffee for you at the cafe — I'll buy you a coffee at the cafe We sent a text to Martin on his birthday — We sent Martin a text on his birthday   The left-hand side is more formal, and the right-hand side is more common in everyday speech.  What do you call this pattern?  What makes the 'open-the-door' sentence an exception?
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Imagine you are organizing a lunch and want to ask someone (your friend or sister, etc.) to come over and help you prepare the meal. Which one of the following words works properly in the self-made sentence below? For me they both work correctly:        Can you come over a bit early to help me with lunch?   Can you come over a bit earlier to help me with lunch?
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I'm a copy editor at a law firm and need to give a quick-and-dirty explanation of the difference between "sell" and "sale" to a native English speaker (a legal secretary) who is very self-conscious about her grammar knowledge. I've already given her info about how they are different parts of speech, and some example sentences. She's still not comfortable with her understanding but doesn't know or isn't able to articulate the area(s) of difficulty. Any suggestions?
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Selling for $40, the gadget will give you great value.      Selling for $40, the gadget may seem expensive at first sight.   In the context of the sentences, there is no particular item that has been sold.  Could sold be used in place of selling?  I'd appreciate your help.
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Take this paragraph for example: I am a follower, not a leader. Hell, I'm not even that good of a follower either, just someone who will do your bidding for the right price. Even then, if it doesn't benefit me -- or put you in debt to me -- I won't do it.
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I see sentences with (he or she) like :     How to know if he or she is the best one for you?      Give a Person Power and He or She Will Show Interpersonal Sensitivity.   It's possible to use just one word instead of (he or she), something like :     Give a Person Power and He Will Show Interpersonal Sensitivity
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This is in very common use on the internet. I just read this:     "[The] hotel employee walks in, I say "uh, puppy" and she just NOPEd the [heck] out of the room."   This is often done by adding 'd to the word.
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I am writing to my manager. I want to suggest making a new service to her. I have problem with this sentence:     Can you suggest to them that [Company Name] develops the Italian version of the website?   Am I using the word that correctly here?
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I'm looking for other proverbs similar to "We're not rich enough to buy cheap things". This is because I want to use it for a similar but a little bit different purpose. I want it to be meant that to get something valuable you must pay more than the price that is common place.
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I have been studying Longman's English grammar book, and something is really confusing me:   We can put it and them after the verb: Give it to me. Buy them for me. Do it for me. With e.g. give and buy, we can say: Give me it. Buy me them. (But not *Do me it.) We say: Give it to John. Buy them for John. (Not *Give John it - *Buy John them.)   Why can't I say Buy John it or Give John them?  There is another post related to it that talks about the same topic: . However, the most voted answer was, indeed, useful for me, but didn't get everything clear.  What's the main rule for inverting the position and dropping the preposition?  As far as I managed to understand, if the direct object is it or them and the indirect object is a pronoun, the normal construction's placement is necessary, i.e.: Subject + Verb + Direct object + To/For + Indirect object  Is this right?
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Is this sentence grammatically correct?     Who do I need to send product information to?
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An online retail store is asking its customers to construct a sentence beginning with them in order to win a voucher. I just can't believe there's  any such sentence, at least I don't know of any!   I've had enough laughs with friends coming up with Americanisms that fit, so that's not what I'm looking for.  I'm just very curious, is such a sentence grammatically possible or is this store just being mischievous?