Cellphone cameras have moved from a single lens to a dual lens arrangement in recent years and the next iPhone is rumored to have three. There’s “Monoscopic” vision, “Stereoscopic” vision, but what’s the word for “3-scopic” vision? Answer The words ‘triscopic’ and ‘triscopy’ appear in the heading of a scientific paper and in the text … Read more
This question is for game I am working on. I read about adjective order and I tried google something similar but still not sure which version is correct or is there any difference at all. Thanks! Answer As usual it depends on what you wish to modify. The pointy tip of the torpedo has [most … Read more
I have faced the following sentence: “The work leverages features unique to a particular platform.” As far as I know an adjective is used before a noun but how can we say “features unique”? I think “unique features” is correct. But this sentence is written in a valid text and the probability of making a … Read more
I am working on CCG (combinatory categorial grammar), which assigns categories to words. So I was wondering if ‘leg’ is adjective, or just another noun in the phrase “skipping leg days”. Or is “leg day” a noun phrase by itself? I mean do they combine to become “leg days”, or “leg days” is already a … Read more
I bought a watermelon from the market, half —- was rotten, so I threw it away and bought a new one. It seems to me both of them are correct. Answer Technically, if you use of it, you have a run-on sentence: both “I bought a watermelon from the market” and “half of it was … Read more
Afghanistan is estimated to have 73 million tons of coal reserves, … are located in the northern part of the country. Answer What is your concern? Is it ‘most’ versus ‘some’ or ‘which’ versus ‘them’? If, as I suspect, it is the latter, then I should say that ‘them ‘ is wrong in this context. … Read more
“Photosynthesis is the process —- green plants and certain other organisms use the energy of light to convert carbon dioxide and water into the simple glucose.” It seems “which” is more correct. But answer is “by which”. Can you explain to me? Other question: “The materials from which soil form is called parent material.” In … Read more
I come across a sentence: The many problems inherent in the setup are deep and disturbing. Does the adjective inherent modify the problems? and what does deep and disturbing mean in the sentence? to express the problems are hiding behind the setup? Answer Yes, “inherent” modifies “problems” in your example. The usual grammatical treatment begins … Read more
If I say that “the box is almost flat” what part of speech is “almost”? I can’t say “the box is almost”, so it does not appear to be an adjective itself. It seems to be a word that modifies the adjective “flat”. I note that the online definitions say it is an adjective and … Read more
All dictionaries listed ungodly only as an adjective. Ungodlily was listed on Word Hippo, but I’m not so sure if it’s reliable. So, is there an adverb for ungodly, and if so, what is it? Ungodlily sounds a bit awkward and clunky. Here’s the sentence in question: They were [ungodlily] outnumbered. I don’t think ungodly … Read more
