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When do we use 'the number of' and 'a number of'

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

"A number of" takes a plural verb. Because "many+plural noun" takes a plural verb,you would say "many cars are on the freeway during rush hour."

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What is the difference in meaning between the words 'accept and except'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Accept means to agree or to receive something offered. Except means excluding or with the exception of.

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What is the difference between the terms 'envelop and envelope'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

To envelop is to surround something completely.But an envelope is a piece of paper you put your love note in and lick to seal.

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What is the difference between the terms 'desert and dessert'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

A dry, desolate place is a desert (one s) whereas a sweet treat is a dessert (double s).

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What is the difference between the terms 'defuse' and diffuse'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Diffuse is both a verb and an adjective, and refers to the spreading of something, or making it less concentrated. Defuse functions only a verb and means "to remove the fuse from something."

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What is the difference between the terms 'complement and compliment'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Complement continues to refer to something that completes something else, while compliment has branched off to refer courtesy ëspecially in the form of admiration, esteem, or approval."such as when paying someone a compliment for an achievement.

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What is the difference between the terms 'born and borne'?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Born is the past participle of the verb bear only when its used in the sense of birth. While Borne is the past participle of verb bear in all senses except the one related to birth.

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What one does in individual style study in stylistics?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Individual style implies the peculiarities of a writer's individual manner of using language means to achieve the effect he desires. The speech of any individual, which is characterized by particular elements, is called an idiolect that reveals his breeding and education.

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What is the stylistic syntax?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Stylistic syntax is aimed at finding out what expressive value a syntactical unit (sentence or other utterance)

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What is the function of stylistics?

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Abbygail
Student • 3 years ago

Stylistic analysis in literary studie is usually made for the purpose of commenting on quality and meaning in a text. Stylistics,in other words, is the study of style used in literary and verbal language and the effect writer or speaker wishes to communicate to the reader or heater.

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