English Language

2020-07-02 02:46:46 Thank you, friends! ‘Are’ is the correct option.

Verbs like ‘seem’ take adjective phrases as complement, but not participial clauses. They can therefore substitute for ‘be’ in (2), but not in (1):
(1) They are entertaining the prime minister and her husband. ✓
They seem entertaining the prime minister and her husband. ✗
(2) The show was/seemed entertaining. ✓

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2020-07-01 12:48:23 They ____ entertaining the prime minister and his wife Seema.

❶) seem
❷) are
❸) Both Open / Comment

2020-06-29 21:40:21 Thanks heaps, friends!

The correct one is: 2 does not

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2020-06-29 09:08:21 The Sherman Act (and the Federal Trade Commission Act) __________ apply to state agencies.

❶) do not
❷) does not
❸) Both Open / Comment

2020-06-23 09:16:20 Thankful/Grateful/Appreciative

These words all indicate warm feelings or expressions of gratitude. Grateful and thankful are close in meaning, but one distinction is commonly observed in that grateful is used to describe our feelings of gratitude to another person, and thankful refers to similar feelings towards divine providence, fate, or some less immediate agency. One is grateful for a gift or a kind word, but thankful for good health or fair weather.
Appreciative, more than the other two words, indicates a demonstration of the gratitude a person feels: a secretary who was so appreciative of the opportunity for advancement offered to her that she worked overtime even when not asked to do so.

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2020-06-21 20:19:23 Chew vs Masticate

Chew and masticate are synonymous in designating a crushing or grinding with the teeth. The difference between the two words is that masticate, in addition to being more formal than chew, is said only in reference to food that is swallowed after the crushing or grinding action. One speaks, for example, of chewing gum but never of masticating it.

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2020-06-17 07:27:10 And this sentence from Oxford Practice Grammar proves the correctness of sentence 3.

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2020-06-17 07:26:23 Thanks all! Let me say all are correct. The following attachment is to prove the correctness of sentences 1 & 2.

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2020-06-15 13:49:28 Open / Comment

2020-06-15 13:12:16 Patterns with Demand

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