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- If you send an email that you already sent, can you say you resent it . . .
I resent my email I resent my mother I resent my email to my mother Odd, isn't it?
- The ambiguity of: resent your message - English Language Usage . . .
Compare this to other cases in which "to resent" could be grammatically correct: I resent your message This is ambiguous between the two options: The present tense of "to resent" => "Today, I am offended by your message" The past tense of "to resend" => "Yesterday, I sent your message again" I have resented your message
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Additionally, Dictionary com specifically offers "to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone)" Sounds rather spot on
- Whats the difference between envy and resent? [closed]
What's the difference between envy and resent? envy painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has
- Does more recently just mean recently here?
more recently = later than the 1960s (in a context where there's some meaningful connection between all three of the 1960s, that later time, and now time of utterance Without the word more, there would be no implied reference to the 1960s, so it couldn't mean later than the 1960s - it would have to mean a little while ago shortly before now
- Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
I want to know what is the recommended way to use Re: in the subject line of an email I use Re: in the subject line as a shortform of 'in regards to' Whenever I have used Re:, people have told me
- word usage - Difference between grudge and resentment - English . . .
We resent things all the time, but generally let them go; if we hold onto the offense and our reaction to it, then we are holding a grudge
- Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: was vs. has been
Possible Duplicate: “Did it close” vs “Has it closed”? As a English non-native speaker it is difficult for me to understand when I must use present perfect or past simple
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