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Grammar Writing

03/28/19

About writing: From an economical point of view or from an economic point of view?
Is it right to say in an opinion essay, *from an economic**al** point of view*? (with the final "al" in the word economical?) Our English teacher claimed this to be wrong in class and that 70% of... more
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03/28/19

How can I translate these conditional sentences?
- If I weren't going on my business trip next week, I would have accepted that new assignment at work.(I'm wondering especially about how to translate "weren't going", because in English we're... more
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03/28/19

What is the rule for adjective order?
Some adjectives seem to change meaning depending on the position (before of after the noun), e.g.> un bambino piccolo - *a young child*> un piccolo bambino - *a small child*Other simply don't... more
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Grammar German

03/28/19

About an "unusual" sentence structure?
In German, most sentences have a simple structure: subject, verb, object. > Ich liebe dich. But there are some verbs such as *gefallen* or *gelingen*, where this structure doesn't apply.... more
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Grammar German

03/28/19

Macht Spaß and its usage?
Why is it dative in the sentence "Das macht mir Spaß" and "Macht es dir Spaß"? What is acting on what in these two sentences?
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Grammar Italian Plural

03/27/19

Plural of compound names?
In Italian, like in many other languages, many words are obtained by putting two other words toghether (noun, adjectives, verbs). For example, "capostazione" (stationmaster) is the person who is... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Pronomen "es" in Verbindung mit Substantiven (maskulin/feminin)?
Ist es richtig, wenn man einen Satz wie *"**Es** ist ein roter Apfel."* verwendet? Schon länger benutze ich die Sprache täglich und würde dieses Pronomen anstatt **"er"** benutzen, wenn ich mich... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Are Adjectives Sometimes "Stem-Changing"?
Most people that study German learn about "stem-changing VERBs (z.B. singen, sang, gesungen). I don't come across them often, but there appear to be stem-changing adjectives, as well. Example:... more
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03/27/19

て versus combining-form for joining clauses?
Is there a difference between these two sentences > 昨日はビールを飲んでパイを食べました。 > > 昨日はビールを飲みパイを食べました。 More generally, when should I choose one form over the other? Thanks.
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Grammar Japanese

03/27/19

Using により to specify method?
Here are two examples: > [電話]{でんわ}による[通報]{つうほう} // Fine > 電話により通報する // Okay? I feel like using `により` is strange in my second example, but I'm not sure. Is the second example perfectly fine... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

gegen etwas austauschen or durch etwas austauschen?
I'm not sure which form is correct in the following sentence. > Ich beschloss, in das Geschäft zurückzugehen und das Tuch gegen ein schöneres auszutauschen. Is the _gegen_ correct or should... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Frage zu Pluralbildung: viele kombinatorische(n) Optimierungsprobleme(n)?
Ich habe Schwierigkeiten mit dem folgenden Satz: > Komplexitätstheoretisch gehören viele kombinatorische**n** Optimierungsprobleme zur Klasse der NP-schweren Probleme. Wie sagt man es richtig?... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Warum „aus dem Englischen“, aber „aus dem amerikanischen Englisch“?
Auf der ersten Seite eines übersetzten Buchs sieht man zum Beispiel: > Aus dem Englischen von [Name] oder: > Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von [Name] Die beiden Formulierungen... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Sieh einer an: warum kein Akkusativ?
Der Übersetzer einer Kurzgeschichte von John O'Hara, *Do You like It Here*, schreibt: "Sieh einer an: ein bisschen Geographie als Dreingabe, wie, Roberts?", ein Satz den ein Lehrer sarkastisch an... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Are "lassen" and "sich lassen", when used causatively, interchangeable?
What I mean by that is the following: If I want to say, for instance, *He is having his car repaired*, I say in German, *Er läßt sein Auto reparieren*. But can I say the same (*He is having his... more
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03/27/19

Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?
I can’t for the life of me figure out where to use _a_ and where to use _the_ — and where there is no article at all. Is there a simple rule of thumb to memorize? The standard rule you always hear:... more
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Grammar Italian

03/27/19

Why do Italians respond to 'grazie' with 'di niente'?
Why do Italians respond to 'grazie' with 'di niente'?
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Der Berg ist hoch. Adjektiv oder Adverb?
In dem Satz > Der Berg ist hoch. ist "hoch" ein Adjektiv oder ein Adverb? Und warum ist dies so?
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Why is it "bis zum nächsten Mal"?
I got confused by using both *bis* and *zu* there, Why it's "bis **zum** nächsten Mal"?
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Is "Ich gehe nach Kartoffeln" correct?
Wenn ich z.B. zum Essen Kartoffeln machen will und die Kartoffeln sind im Keller, sage ich dann: > Ich gehe in den Keller **nach** Kartoffeln. Kann man "nach" verwenden oder muss da ein... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

When can I leave out "der/dem/den" after the relative "wer/wem/wen"?
Sometimes I see the *wer/was* relative clause followed by *der*, *dem*, and *den*. But sometimes it's not. For example (excerpted from... more
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03/27/19

Two を in a single sentence - how to understand it?
In the book I'm reading (「キッチン」 by 吉本{よしもと}ばなな) I have found the following sentence: > うしろで雄一がぞうきんを手に床をふいてくれていた。 I guess it can be translated to something like (sorry for a quite literal... more
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Grammar German

03/27/19

Über den Indefinitartikel "all-" im Genitiv?
Ich lerne Deutsch, und ich verstehe nicht, warum der Indefinitartikel "**all**-" im singularen maskulinen und neutralen Genitiv **all**-*es* oder "**all**-*en*" sein kann? Ich verstehe nicht,... more
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03/27/19

In a professional email you need to quote something from a document. The document's creator is unknown. How do you write this?
This is in a professional email. I need to quote something but it's unknown who wrote the text. I'm quoting from a document that was sent to the person that I'm writing the email to. I need to... more
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Grammar Japanese

03/27/19

Is a palindrome a thing?
A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same backwards and forwards, such as "Bob", "aibohphobia" or "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama." In English, as well as many other languages, this is a... more
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