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The calyx is the sepals - the outside of the bud. On apples and other pomes, the calyx and the stamen remain on the fruit, but on most fruit this is not the case. Pumpkins are pepos (berries with a hardened skin) and the flower is completely gone so the scar is not the calyx. These are going to be s...

I started to say: "She and some friends rent a big house." as that is a much better sentence, but it doesn't answer the question. Your original suggestion starts by answering the question but then tries to turn that into part of the next sentence, i.e. I'm expecting a period after "Some friends of h...

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Peach or cherry cobbler?

"... and especially that God will always blesse s you."

They can "take you for a ride" or they can "take you to the cleaners", but what you said is a mixed metaphor. ;-)

Things are not "on" a direction. They can be facing a direction or perhaps aligned with a direction. Geomancy is an uncommon word and the source I found on it doesn't seem to cover this type of prediction. Perhaps it's something more like feng shui? Which direction does your house face? East. Why do...

I now have this image in my head of Erik stationed outside the gents asking for credentials:
"Is this a salad fork or a dessert fork? ... That's incorrect! It's out in the alley for you!"

What is the purpose of "also" in the second sentence? Has the husband done something else?

You probably really needed that rest after driving for 7 hours on an island that's only 40 miles across. ;-) Let's pick a different destination. There's a little bit of awkwardness between "my vacation" and "our car", but that's more of a problem between you and your girlfriend than one of grammar. ...

Are motorcycles a social evil by themselves or do you mean that motorcycle and auto racing (the racing of both cars and motorcycles) is a social evil? Racing shouldn't be plural. I don't think motorcycles and auto racing, or motorcycle and auto racing could be classified as a social evil when phrase...

hsargent wrote: Life was so much simpler when you could live in a cabin in the woods ...

... and blow things up and get lots of publicity like the Unibomber.

The complete line is:
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.

The order is not one that would be used in conversation but this is poetry.

I wish that I knew when I was younger what I know now. Better?

Both are formal in register and somewhat stilted both in grammar and word choice (arrive, secure) which seems unsuited for the situation. "just" doesn't fit for me. Is the person saying "Don't call me, just text me."? Or did you mean something like "quickly" by it like "As soon as you get home, text...

"going on" is a phrasal verb.

In American English, 3 is also standard. I don't think anyone would say 2.

1 is possible if someone asked "Are you playing this game for the first time?", but that's not the most common way to ask: "Have you played this game before?".