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about the term 'water intensity'?
What is 'water intensity' in the context of environmental conservation?
Conservation1 week agothe phrase 'steal an election'?
Do you think 'steal an election' is an English idiom?
The use of 'steal' in this phrase seems to me different from the usual meaning of the verb steal (to take something away from somene).
9 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 week agothe Olympic Games as a singular noun?
Can the Olympic Games be treated as singular when you regard them collectively as one big sports event?
6 AnswersWords & Wordplay3 weeks agowhat is an open configuration?
The resistor often fails in an open configuration.
What does "fails in an open configuration" mean?
5 AnswersEngineering1 month agoetymology of the word 'inflammable'?
Etymologically, why does inflammable have the same meaning as flammable?
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 month agonotional subject of present participle?
The software helps users execute the recommended next best action using comprehensive data.
In the sentence above, who uses comprehensive data, the software, or users?
2 AnswersWords & Wordplay2 months agoemail as a countable noun?
Has the word email already completely become a countable noun?
6 AnswersWords & Wordplay2 months agomeaning of 'more robust to'?
Power flow algorithms that are more robust to poor initial points and stressed cases.
What does this "to poor initial points" mean? How does this sentence is structured?
2 AnswersWords & Wordplay2 months agonot want to and want not to?
I didn’t want you to come here.
I wanted you not to come here.
Are these two almost the same in meaning? How would you describe their difference in nuance?
5 AnswersWords & Wordplay3 months agoabout the abbreviated word "CV"?
What do you normally think it means when you see the abbreviated word "CV"?
8 AnswersWords & Wordplay3 months agoDoes 'over' include the number?
When you say 'over 20', does it include 20?
Does it mean 'more than 20', or '20 or more'?
12 AnswersWords & Wordplay3 months agoIs there such a term as "aminoxy"?
Does the chemical term "aminoxy" exist in English?
Or is it just a typo of "aminooxy"?
1 AnswerChemistry3 months agoWhat does this usually mean?
(~1 mg)
Does this mean the weight is "equal or less than 1 mg"?
Or it means "about 1 mg"?
1 AnswerWords & Wordplay4 months agoliberty and freedom?
How do you explain the difference between liberty and freedom, which are both translated into the same word "jiyu" in Japanese?
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay4 months agohope and the future tense?
I hope you have a happy new year.
I hope you will have a happy new year.
Are both sentences okay? What is the difference between the present tense and the future tense in the clause after hope? Which is more common?
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay4 months agoCould anyone paraphrase this?
The IOCTA said the Unite States has seen more damage from ramsomsoftware than the European Union, but that could change as cybercrime "evolves."
Could anyone please explain to me the meaning of this sentence in as plain English as possible?
2 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 months agoIs this English sentence correct?
The longer I waited for the rain to let up, the more I got irritated.
11 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 months agoto circular economy?
Does it make any sense in English to say "to circular economy"?
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 months agothe meaning of deployment?
When used in a computer-related context, does the word 'deployment' mean some kind of system(s) that is/are already installed?
2 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 months ago