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  1. word choice - copy/pasting or copying/pasting? - English Language ...

    Should we write: I am copy/pasting the text Or: I am copying/pasting the text ?

  2. word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    As far as I understand copy-and-paste is used to mean the operation of copying, and pasting. If somebody did that, can I say (for example) the following? She copied-and-pasted what I wrote on my ...

  3. word choice - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Nov 12, 2021 · Both post and posting are the same according to Cambridge Dictionary (Android version). Both have the same meaning i.e. an electronic message that you send to a website in order …

  4. present perfect - When to use "have you got/gotten it"? - English ...

    Feb 5, 2022 · Often, the present perfect is used to signal the past, but not when: Person 1: "Right, so, have you got (gotten it) it?. [meaning: to buy something] Person 2: Yes, I have. Person 1: Really? …

  5. Do we have this structure "to glue something into something"?

    Feb 6, 2025 · Both glued in and glued into are fine; glued to is not clear on how the pasting was done. Two lists of publications with the two possible usages are shown below:

  6. What's the meaning of "skirt off into a corner"?

    Jul 11, 2023 · rdrg109, Please type out the entire text you wish to quote rather than pasting an image. People who use screen readers cannot read the text in an image. Also, people searching for terms in …

  7. phrasal verbs - 'visit someone' vs. 'visit with someone' - English ...

    Nov 28, 2024 · I am wondering what difference between 'visit someone' and 'visit with someone' there is. In Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries Visit with (North American English) to spend time with somebody, …

  8. Should there be a comma after "said" in the following case?

    Jun 30, 2020 · Rule 13c is not about spoken speech. The quotation marks denote a phrase as a phrase, not dialogue. Although quotation marks can be used this way, the more stylistically common way of …

  9. When we touch an animal it is "pet" or "pat"?

    Dec 30, 2013 · When one approaches a stranger's animal, it is polite (and wise) to ask, May I pet your dog? or, May I pet him? If you do not know the animal's gender, it might be preferable to say your …

  10. What do you call someone who attends the same university as you?

    Feb 5, 2018 · A person who attends the same college or university as you, from a more technical perspective, should probably be called your collegemate (college is more or less a general term for …