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Dana W
Chinese (Mandarin)
Jul 20, 2018
Adam’s Chinese is really good. He can understand me in all situations even with my normal speed. He can easily enrich his vocabulary by more conversations. It was a nice conversation! See you next time
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    When we are finished, you can go home. - This is correct The easiest way I can think to explain the difference between 1 and 2 is: - Finish is a verb - Finished is an adjective Basic grammar structure is why these two sentences are different, however, they happen to be explaining the same situation. I could say: When we are hungry, let's get something to eat. Hungry is an adjective so we say "We are" to explain that both of us are described by this adjective. With that being said, English has a lot of irregularities, so sometimes a certain phrase just sounds right or wrong. It's always helpful to find native examples such as articles and TV shows to find what "sounds" right. Hope that helps!
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    February 17, 2019
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    The author says that a few come to mind who have mastered the craft, so here "One in particular" means that amongst those few there is one specifically that the author is thinking about. Since a few have mastered the craft it means that they all share this trait, however, this "one" likely has another uniqueness that separates​ them from the few.
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    February 17, 2019
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    Without any other context I would take this to mean that out of all the respondents, all the people that responded, the majority were women. Here, "slightly" means the difference was small but the women were still a majority. For example, out of all the respondents 51% were women. This would be slightly in the majority since they are still the majority but only by a "slight" difference.
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    May 13, 2018
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    To me both sound ok in your example, I would be able to understand your meaning in both cases. However there is still a difference in usage and it's important to see why these can not always be interchanged. "providing his or her knowledge TO an employer to own or control" - TO indicates a direction, WHO are you selling TO? "an employer." "providing his or her knowledge FOR an employer to own or control" - FOR indicates a reason, WHAT reason are you selling knowledge FOR? "an employer to own or control."
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    May 4, 2018
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    It's a little difficult because by definition they are almost the same, but in spoken usage I feel they are not always interchangeable. For example, I would not interchange them in these sentences: "I assume you can be there on time, right?" "I suppose I'll go since I have nothing else to do"
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    May 2, 2018
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    May 2, 2018
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    How much did that sweater cost you? How much does that sweater cost? How much will that sweater cost you?
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    May 2, 2018
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  • Corrected

    Is this phrase correct?

    " i have been lived in New York for 17 years "


    If you still live in NY you should say:

    "I have been living in New York for 17 years"

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    May 1, 2018
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