https://wikidiff.com/existential/existent tells us the differences between existential and existing. Could you give me situations/examples where they are exchangeable, where only one is suitable while the other isn’t? For example, I heard that Bernie Sanders agrees somehow that he is viewed as an existential threat by Democratic establishment. (In contrast, Elizabeth Warren recently showed to Democratic … Read more
I am wondering which term would be the proper one to describe the problem. We have data sets that are named according to a certain naming convention. What should I call those names that don’t follow this convention by, for example, having a dash instead of an underscore, extra characters, etc.? I feel like incongruent … Read more
I am reviewing an academic paper written by somebody else. At some point in this work the second element in a list of two elements is addressed as “the last”. I immediately reached for the red pen to change it into “the latter”, but then the doubt came: is there any rule prohibiting the use … Read more
The original text: A gentleman is, rather than does. He is interested in nothing in a professional way. He is allowed to cultivate hobbies, even eccentricities, but must not practise a vocation. He must know how to ride and shoot and cast a fly. He should have relatives in the army and navy and at … Read more
I’m comparing an object A to 2 other objects B and C. Objects names are somehow long so It seems to me that adding another “than” makes the sentence clearer: A also had a significantly better predictive value on these outcomes than its simplified version B and than the alternative version C. A colleague told … Read more
The sentence is: I want to build machines that benefit others in the same way my mother’s life has been bettered. Answer A fix might be “I want to build machines that benefit others in the same way my mother’s life has benefitted from machines.” As written it seems unclear/ambiguous rather than illogical. If my … Read more
I read a sentence: There were more than five times the number of students in chemistry as the number of students in physics. Does that mean (1) the number of students in chemistry divided by the number of students in physics is greater than five or (2) the number of students in physics divided by … Read more
“Perhaps because I was beginning to know all too well not indeed where I was going, but where I had not so much arrived as simply stopped”—whats the function of “as” before “simply stopped” Answer It’s a comparison and a sub-comparison. We’re comparing our plans (destination) to actual outcome (arrival), and then ‘arrival’ to ‘stop’. … Read more
After reading the definitions of both, I can’t see how these words differ, however, given their prefixes, I assume they must. Could someone explain to me the difference between ‘consume’ and ‘subsume’, either in definition or their typical usage? In particular, I’m referring to their usage in relation to absorption of another item. Answer Per … Read more
I’m looking for an expression to describe a situation when something (e.g. technology, software, science) is much less developed than some other representative of this category. Thus, much more error prone or just not so pleasant to use than its better competitor. I was thinking about something like: This technology A is light years behind … Read more
