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I found both "8-foot-tall" and "nine-feet tall" in online sources. The bronze, 8-foot-tall LBJ sculpture is slated to be installed at downtown's Little Tranquility Park, bound by Capitol, Walker, Bagby and …

Aug 1, 2018 · To refer to the present looking back on the past, a possible rephrasing is: People looking back on the past 5 or 10 years may well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge. To …

Feb 16, 2016 · Does "it's live" mean something that someone would say it at a party? And "it's on live" means to be broadcasting at the same time, as in live news? In the following sentence: I wanted to …

In school, I learned that abstract nouns are not countable - that is not true. It seems to be a common lesson in some schools, but it is absolutely not the case. For example, thought is definitely abstract, …

Jan 23, 2013 · Since you're talking about online discussion boards, I would use forums instead of fora when you are talking about more than one. An English speaker might understand fora, but it wouldn't …

To emphasize the contrast between the operations through online stores and ones with physical stores, buildings, or facilities, you can use the term brick-and-mortar (also written: brick and mortar, bricks …

Oct 24, 2022 · The thing a blue arrow points at is called a "checkbox", right? What do you call the round elements, the ones that look like bullet points?

Are you back? is current BrE and quite appropriate to ask of a colleague who has been away and might or might not have returned. Did you come back? is a grammatically correct question but for different …

Jun 22, 2020 · According to a number of online dictionaries, it has quite a usual meaning: (of evidence or a report) suggesting very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake …