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    Hello, It's hard to be absolutely certain without the context. However, it seems to me that the writer believes that 'society' prefers not to think of homeless people as individual human beings, with their own individual personalities and stories and reasons which lead them to be without a home, but rather to group them all together and consider 'homelessness' as an 'issue'. The reason, the writer suggests, is that by doing this we can all minimise our own responsibility, possibly even direct responsibility, maybe we could have done something to help an individual but did not. By grouping all homeless people together as an 'issue' rather than a 'collection' of separate and individual human beings we protect ourselves from having to realise our own individual roles and responsibilities. I think that's the gist of it.
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    April 16, 2016
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    But, Kelvin, there is also an idiom - To use your noodle - which means to use your brain or to think about something sensibly.
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    May 23, 2012
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    We use the simple present when we are talking about a general situation, something that is a normal part of your routine or a habit. So, if I asked you 'Where do you work?' your answer would be something like 'I work at ABC Ltd' because you do it every day.  But, we use the present continuous/progressive when we are talking about a limited period of time, something that will not last for very long. So, if I asked 'What are you doing now?' you could answer 'I am working, but I'm going to watch television later'.

    So, yes you can use both, but they have slightly different meanings and give different information.
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    March 23, 2011
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    Correction: What would you write if you only had thirty minutes left to live? Answer: I would try to apologise to all those who have loved me for any pain I have caused them. But then, I would stop writing and would listen to some of the music which makes me proud to be a human being.
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    February 3, 2011
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    The proper form for this question is: Do you behave differently with different people? And my answer is, yes, I do! I think we all do. Some people bring out the best in me, some bring out the worst, and some bring out nothing much at all.
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    January 10, 2011
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    There are no simple ways. In terms of 'material' ways, it very much depends on where you are going, why and what your resources are. But regardless, once there, the most important aspect of adapting to a new country and a new culture is not to keep comparing where you are with where you come from. And that is often far from easy. And whilst having friends in your own expatriate community (if there is one) is important and often neccessary for ones sanity! It is also vital to emerse yourself as much and as quickly as possible in the local language, daily life and culture.
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    December 28, 2010
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    Pavel, Income is used to describe the money earned by an individual, from a salary, investments etc. Revenue is used to describe the money a business, organisation or government receives over a particular period of time, for example a government might receive 1 billion dollars in tax revenue over a financial year or, I might earn an income of 50,000 dollars a year (I don't by the way!)
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    December 24, 2010
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