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I first produced my pistol and I then produced my rapier Saying stand and deliver or the devil, he may take you Source: http://www.countysongs.ie/song/whiskey-in-the-jar I'd be surprise if you didn't know the song and the lyrics. It is a very famous Irish folk song that has been covered many times....

1) Are you not letting me go into the room? Is that sentence ambiguous? I think it could mean: a) Aren't you letting me go into the room? and also b) Are you preventing me from going into the room? Let us say someone stands in my way and blocks my passage to the room. I suspect that he is actively ...

1) They are too good people to do something like that.
2) They are too good of people to do something like that.

Which, if either, is correct?'
I suspect both are wrong?

Gratefully,
Navi

1) My favorite team let me down this weekend. They lost four-nil. 2) My favorite team disappointed me this weekend. They lost four-nil. I think 'let down' is usually used when something has been promised, and yet I find '1' correct. I think '2' is correct too, but sounds less natural to me. Are the...

Can one use:
1) I didn't see every one of them.
instead of:
2) I didn't see any one of them.
if 'every' is strongly emphasized?

Can one use:
3) I didn't see both of them.
instead of:
4) I didn't see either of them.
if 'both' is strongly emphasized?

Gratefully,
Navi

1) If I acted that way, I would be similar to any other criminal.
2) If I acted that way, I would be similar to any other man that has no moral principles.

Does '1' say that I am a criminal?
Does '2' say that I have no moral principles?

Gratefully,
Navi

Can one use: 1) Do you know why doing the same workout every day doesn't work for you? Because it never does. instead of: 2) Do you know why doing the same workout every day doesn't work for you? Because it never works for anyone. =========================== Can one use: 3) Do you know why doing the...

1) These apples are rather tasty.

What does that mean to you?
a) The are somewhat tasty.
b) They are tasty and that is surprising.
c) They are surprisingly tasty.

or....

Gratefully,
Navi

Thank you very much, Erik,

No, I messed up. I am sorry. I meant '3' and '4'. I suddenly shifted from numbers to letters.

Here they are:


3) There is nobody being loved by whom would be strange.
4) There is nobody whose loving you would be strange.'

Gratefully,
Navi

Thank you very much, Erik,

I think that the meaning they were going for was:

3) There is nobody being loved by whom would be strange.
4) There is nobody whose loving you would be strange.'

I am not even sure that my 'c' and 'd' work either.

Gratefully,
Navi

1) It is not unusual to be loved by anyone. That's from a famous Tom Jones song (I am sure you recognize it). The song is called 'It's Not Unusual'. https://genius.com/Tom-jones-its-not-unusual-lyrics What does '1' mean? How about: 2) It is not impossible to be loved by anyone. In those sentences, ...

Thank you very much, Erik,

How about:

1a) I read your article as I did John's.
2a) I listened to your song as I did John's.

3a) I read your article, as I did John's.
4a) I listened to your song, as I did John's.

Gratefully,
Navi

Are these sentences correct: 1) I read your article like John's. 2) I listened to your song like John's. 3) I read your article, like John's. 4) I listened to your song, like John's. I think in '1' and '2' the act was done in the same manner, and in '3' and '4', the manner is not the issue, and the ...

Thank you very much, Bonnie,

Can I use the first one even if I don't have any teachers now and want to thank those who were my teachers in the past?

Gratefully,
Navi

Which are correct: 1) I want to thank all my teachers. 2) I want to thank all those who have been my teachers. 3) I want to thank all those who have been my teachers at one point in time. 4) I want to thank all those who were my teachers at one point in time. Can one use '1', '2' and '3' if one does...