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- prepositions - Plays a role in or at doing something? - English . . .
If something or someone plays a part or plays a role in a situation, they are involved in it and have an effect on it They played a part in the life of their community
- Take the role vs. take over the role vs. take on the role
Did he "take the role" of his colleague or did he "take over the role" of his colleague? Also "take on the role" sounds like a viable option to me, because I'm trying more to convey the sense of him accepting a new challenge rather than simply taking possession of something that wasn't his
- Job title vs. job role - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between job title and job role? For example, from the Google documentation on rich snippets: title — The person's title (for example, Financial Manager) role — The perso
- prepositions - apply to vs. apply for an opportunity - English . . .
They're applying for 'a wider range of employment and higher learning opportunities' (that's the something they'll obtain) I'm not sure why it isn't 'apply to', but it doesn't sound right
- Is someone granted a role said to be roled? Or rolled?
It's missing from other online dictionaries, such as Merriam-Webster At best, I'd say it was an extrapolated word, which is to say that if you used it, someone would understand that you combined the word "role" with the "-ed" ending to form an adjective Actors who are given roles are said to be "casted" as such and such a character, not "roled"
- Is there a feminine equivalent of emasculate?
e·mas·cu·late Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity Is there a female equivalent? I came up with efemulate but this sounds strange
- word choice - Excel at something vs. excel in something - English . . .
My guess is that originally, excel was used mostly to describe being superior in some field of activity to which the preposition in applied, and so in has a longer history with the word Later, usage expanded to include things to which at applied better than in (specific actions rather than fields of activity), and so at came to be used with excel as well Just a guess
- pronunciation - How do students respond to the roll call and how do . . .
I have two questions In the UK, to do (or is it read?) a roll call is commonly referred to as "calling out the register" It's been so long since I was a child that I'm not absolutely sure how st
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