Seeing some example sentences of each phrase on my dictionary, I felt “end up with” was used for a kind of negative result and “result in” was more general. Is that correct? Here are some of the examples I saw 🙂 The game result in a draw. A constant effort will result in success. After … Read more
Is there any semantic difference between “I need a minute” and “Just a minute”? I have no context. I guess that the second phrase is a request of waiting to a few minutes: 1, 2 or many minutes. It’s an unofficial style. ‘I need a minute’ has the more exact length of time. It isn’t … Read more
“God made his children prosperous, so the Pilgrims believed. The next autumn, that of 1621, brought bountiful harvests and with them the first Thanksgiving Day in New England. (From “The American Pageant” by Thomas A. Bailey) I understand that “so” refers back to the idea God made his children prosperous. God made his children prosperous, … Read more
Is there a qualitative difference to what the words stench and reek describe? Reek seems to be more often used with fumes, while stench I would expect with rotten food or a person putting off his shower for too long. Is the intuition correct? Answer Stench is a noun and reek is a verb. Both … Read more
In “Toward a Cognitive Semantics”, Leonard Talmy writes: I walked through the tunnel in 10 minutes. I walked along the shore for 10 minutes. In both sentences, the time period is the same, 10 minutes, the traversed path is bounded and finite, (perhaps even the same length), and the progression of the cited time period … Read more
This question is about the usage of was and has. Which sentence is correct? The match will resume from where it was stopped. The match will resume from where it has stopped. What is the difference between was and has in this scenario? Answer They are very different constructions, though both are (probably) possible here. … Read more
I found it surprising that she sang well. I was surprised that[because] she sang well. When you translate them in Japanese, the two sentences become the same in meaning. I feel there’s a difference but I’m not sure. Could you explain that? Answer As a native English speaker: they mean exactly the same thing. I … Read more
clear(v) has a lot of meanings. I am only interested in this meaning: to remove something entirely from an area or place clear up (v) has a lot of meanings. I am only interested in this meaning: Brit : to make an area clean or tidy Source: Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary So what is … Read more
Is there a difference between sortation and separation? Answer Sortation refers to the process of sorting. Separation refers to the process of separating. So, let’s reveal the difference between Sorting and Separating. Separating (verb) means dividing a particular object into constituent or distinct elements. Both separating and sorting apply to living creatures like humans (eg: … Read more
There is this sentence in the book called The Uninhabitable Earth. [W]e are likely to get about 3.2 degrees of warming, or about three times as much warming as the planet has seen since the beginning of industrialization—bringing the unthinkable collapse of the planet’s ice sheets not just into the realm of the real but … Read more
