How to persuade my roomate to come out more?
My roomate is shy and stuff, and she never comes out to parties or anywhere else. She goes to class, then studies, work then studies and she has no fun! How can I get her out of her shell to enjoy college?
Answer:
just let her do her thing, the more uncomfortable you make her, the more she'll avoid have interactions with people, i know you want to help, but she's probably just wants to do good in school.
How to distinguish general and specific sentences?
Hello, I need your help! If you help me, I'll learn definite article. Please to explain me how to distinguish specific and general sentences?
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General sentences do not specify information such as name of person or place etc, dates and lacks details. For example, 'Someone was busy.' It doesn't say who the someone is and what the person is busy doing. It's vague.
Specific sentences provide details. For example, 'The new teacher Mr. Andrew was busy checking his students' essays on current environmental issues'. In this sentence, the someone has been specified (name, job) and what he's busy doing has been clarified.
How to know which postposition I should use after this verb?
I am not sure how to google this. How do I know which one to use with this verb? Basically is it proper to say: "contributes to encouraging" or "contributes in encouraging"???
Like in the sentence "the mentoring contributes to encouraging self-esteem in the children..." or "the mentoring contributes in encouraging self-esteem in the children..." ???
Thank you for your help!
Answer:
1. the mentoring contributes to encouraging self-esteem in the children...
2. the mentoring contributes in encouraging self-esteem in the children...
There's a subtle difference in meaning between the two sentences. The phrase "contributes in" sounds as though the contributing is incidental, unplanned but welcome nevertheless. The phrase "contributes to" sounds like a more systematic, planned event.
To be honest, I'd word the sentence as follows:
Mentoring helps to boost the children's self-esteem
Mentoring contributes towards the development of the children's self-esteem
Mentoring contributes by encouraging the children to develop self-esteem
Mentoring makes a contribution to the encouragement of the children's self-esteem
How to get someone to stop following you?
At dances, this guy always follows me and he wants me to introduce him to girls. I don't like him at all and I want him to stop following me but I don't want to be mean. What should I say?
Answer:
Tell him you don't know any girls
How to put this question into proper grammar so it make sense?
Question: What is the role morality plays in people's decision of good or bad actions.
Answer:
What role does morality play in the good and bad decisions made by people?
What role is played by morality in shaping the good and bad decisions made by people?
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How to rephrase a sentence to avoid starting with "this"?
I consider myself a fair writer, but recently I've developed a pattern in my writing that I'm not too fond of. For whatever reason, I keep starting sentences with "this" and I can't think of ways to rewrite them to stop doing such. Any suggestions?
Example:
General Patton would not stand for any type of “fatigue” in his army; he viewed anyone complaining of such to be a coward and un-American. This conviction directly leads to the “slapping incident.”
Answer:
I'm not sure if you're punning, but "any type of" is superfluous. By removing that phrase, if you're punning you sound much more clever; and if you're not, it still sounds clearer. By using the legalistic phrase "of such", you need to be very specific about what "such" is referring to. In this case, it's unclear. What does "This conviction" even mean? Conviction is not even the proper word to convey Patton's intolerance of any of his soldiers complaining of fatigue. Besides, you don't even make clear what it is that he won't stand for. Is it soldiers complaining of fatigue or showing effects of fatigue that he won't stand for? Or is it fatigue itself that he won't stand for? Because fatigue isn't experienced by General Patton; it's experienced by the soldiers. Strive for simplicity if you've inadvertently sacrificed clarity.
How to covert a piano sheet to letters?
I can't read them and I prefer letters as they are much easier. Is there something like a software to convert them or something? Or convert a song to piano letters, thanks:)
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I'm not aware of any software to convert them, but you can do so manually. Look online (somewhere like http://datadragon.com/education/reading/ , http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music , or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation might do, if not check your favorite search engine with terms like "reading music" or "how to read music" or "transcribe music to letters") and you should be able to figure out, basically, how to transcribe the music to letters, even if you still can't read music fast enough to be able to play the music from a score written in standard musical notation.
How to rephrase this using active voice?
Technology is right at the tip of our fingers.
This is passive voice. How do I rephrase this using active voice?
Answer:
It's mot passive voice; it's active voice.
Maybe you mean that you don't want to use "technology" as the subject, whether it is active voice or not?
In that case, you can say
"We have technology right at the tips of our fingers."
- or -
"We have technology at our fingertips."
How to write a permission to be seen by doctor?
I have to go to the dentist tomorrow, my parents cant make it. The dentist told me to get a written permission to be seen. How can I write it, I cant get my words together. Whats appropriate?
Answer:
It doesn't have to be anything special, just simple and to the point:
Date: _________
Dear Dr. _________:
This note is to let you know that our daughter ____________ has our consent to attend her dental appointment with you in our absence. We may be contacted at ____________ for any questions or confirmation.
Thank you very much,
Mother: ________________ (print & signature)
Father: ________________ (print & signature)
How to implement tactile senses in my descriptive passage?
I am writing a descriptive passage about a very crowded festival/ carnival, including many kids running around and stalls selling all kinds of things. Like tolkein did in the hobbit, when he described the hobbit hole, he used his description to suggest we were creeping around the hobbit hole, introducing the idea of 'silence'- auditory sense. In my passage, I would like to implement tactile (touch) and some olfactory (smell), using the description; I don't want to mention something like ' the atmosphere was hot' or anything actually describing the feeling (physical)
Answer:
people rudely brushing up against you, pushing you, stepping on your feet, squeezing your bum, brushing their hair in your face.......
