- Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Manually is the adverb Manual is (in this context) the adjective Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb Here you want to modify the verb within the phrase, so use the adverb: The procedure requires manually tuning the weights If instead you wanted to modify the noun tuning, use the adjective The procedure
- When to use run vs when to use ran - English Language Learners . . .
My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run or CCleaner has been ran
- adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language . . .
Manually installed, or, Installed manually Ask Question Asked 8 years, 3 months ago Modified 8 years, 3 months ago
- Tick vs. check the box - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I came across the following example: Tick the box if you would like more details In the sentence, "tick the box" means mark the specific checkbox If we have the following checkboxes ticking the
- word choice - I havent noticed that vs. I didnt notice that - English . . .
Which of the two sentences should I use? A: I haven't noticed that B: I didn't notice that
- If I do that vs if I did that. - English Language Learners Stack . . .
When speaking in the present tense, should I use former or the latter? Should I leave? But if I do did that, she will (would?) spend the rest of the night drinking alone I checked if I do that an
- What is the difference between single price and unit price?
Unit price is the price per item, but that's a term usually used when referring to tangible products For example, if I buy a package of 8 bottles of shampoo for 240 euros, than my unit price is 30 euros per bottle As explained in Wikipedia, in the realm of business, unit cost is a business term that describes how much each unit costs to make, including materials, assembly, and labor I think
- When to use were gonna be talking about rather than were gonna . . .
A few decades ago, "gonna" wasn't considered a "real" word It was used to imitate a sloppy speech pattern in writing It's been texted into existence and now shows up in dictionaries as a legitimate, but "informal" contraction of "going to" Weather Vane's comment is about right; if you're using "gonna" in a sentence, don't expect the rest of the sentence to reflect the rules of "the king's
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