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    Here, "thus" is a connecting word. It isn't introducing a new clause. To see this, let's remove it from the sentence: "They want to make computers smarter and more useful." So "smarter" and "more useful" both describe "computers." Now, add "thus" back into the sentence. "They want to make computers smarter and thus more useful" means that their computers will be smarter and more useful, and that they will be "more useful" _because_ they will be "smarter."
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    January 25, 2019
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    Most common: "From thirteen ninety-five to twenty-five fifty-five." You would read the number before and after the decimal point as separate numbers. You could also say "From thirteen dollars and ninety-five cents to twenty-five dollars and fifty-five cents," which makes it clearer that you're talking about money, if the context is not already clear.
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    November 16, 2018
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    (edit: accidentally added the answer as a comment, deleted and moved to answer)
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    November 16, 2018
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    American English - your sentence is fine and other people will understand you. But it is a little better to add pronouns: "Don't mind me, I'm just mumbling to myself."
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    November 16, 2018
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    They mean the same thing, at least in American English. It is a strange quirk of English slang that to be "up for [something]" and to be "down for [something]" both mean to be "interested/available to do [something]."

    I've always interpreted "up" as coming from its meaning "ready, available" and "down" from its use in expressions like "put my name down" i.e. write down that I'm interested.

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    September 3, 2018
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    The second sentence sounds neutral, just stating a fact. The first sentence emphasizes that it's the company paying for it, as opposed to anyone else.
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    November 17, 2017
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    "By superficial, she means..." means "When she uses the word 'superficial,' she means..." The second sentence explains what exactly Kim is trying to say when she uses the word "superficial."
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    October 26, 2017
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    In American English, "who is swimming" is standard. I believe this might differ by country though; one of the differences between British and American English is the choice of verb conjugation in certain situations, and I'm not entirely sure where all the differences come up. For example, American: "Boston *is* playing New York (in a baseball game)," but British: "Tottenham *are* playing Arsenal (in a football match)."
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    October 24, 2017
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    "We can't afford to go out tonight" is better. "We can't afford going out tonight" is not wrong, but does not sound as natural.
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    October 23, 2017
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