
Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
May 10, 2018 · Manually is the adverb. Manual is (in this context) the adjective. Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb. …
Hyphenate “communicating”: communi-cating or communic-ating?
Jul 14, 2022 · I'll note that "hyphenation" is not taught at school, and children would not normally learn hyphenate manually, and would not be expected to do so. They would learn to read hyphenated …
idiomatic language - Meaning of "manually" in "manually detect ...
Manually can refer to something done by a person rather than through an automated process. AngryJoe could be referring to having to search the internet for specific sentences of a copyrighted work to find …
"Tick" vs. "check" the box - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Sep 11, 2015 · I came across the following example: Tick the box if you would like more details. In the sentence, "tick the box" means mark the specific checkbox. If we have the following checkboxes …
When to use "run" vs when to use "ran" - English Language Learners ...
My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to. In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run. or CCleaner has been ran.
adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language ...
Dec 26, 2016 · 2 Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often.
Dear Concern or Concerned - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Feb 24, 2022 · It is very common in my country for people to start their emails with the salutation "Dear Concern". Should not it be "Dear Concerned" ?
"He had to do it." VS "He had to have done it."
Jan 11, 2025 · What do you mean by It couldn't have been done by anybody but him? That could be interpreted two ways - "He is the only person who could have done it" (a deduction about the past) or …
grammar - "will have to'" , "have to" and "have had to" - English ...
I can’t understand and distinguish the necessity of using “will have to” instead of “have to”. I think both are giving the same meaning and both are giving an indefinite hint of future. For example...
adverbial phrases - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Oct 28, 2016 · I have an old car with manually adjustable mirrors. As I was driving home with a friend, I wanted him to adjust the mirror for me so that I could see more of the street. I ended up not asking …