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  1. What's the difference between 'resolve' and 'solve'?

    Mar 3, 2023 · What's the difference between 'resolve' and 'solve'?Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1984) offers the following useful discussion of how solve and resolve differ in …

  2. word choice - Do we "resolve a doubt" or "dispel a doubt"?

    May 27, 2014 · In fact, having been in engineering practice, I have encountered the use of resolving a doubt with sufficient frequency. Doubt is the foundation of quality engineering. We …

  3. Is 'Could you please looking into the issue?' grammatically correct?

    Apr 15, 2020 · The short answer to your question is NO. "Could you please looking into the issue" is not grammatically correct. If you are making a request to someone to do something in the …

  4. word choice - "Solution for" or "solution to" a problem? - English ...

    I need to find a solution to/for this problem. Can to and for be used interchangeably here? Is one of them just plain wrong?

  5. What do you call a response which does not address the question?

    Dec 19, 2014 · When some one is asked a question, sometimes if they are trying to avoid answering the question, they respond with something unrelated. What is the word for that …

  6. When do we use “adept in” and “adept at”?

    Aug 8, 2016 · I was reading a chapter on choosing the appropriate preposition and found there are two different uses of adept with two different prepositions, namely “in” and “at”. The …

  7. adjectives - A word for acting in advance of some expected or ...

    Oct 30, 2016 · There's a word, I think that starts with a 'p', that describes doing something to solve a situation before it happens. For example, if a hurricane is approaching a store might take __ …

  8. Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can …

    Jun 19, 2023 · 47 ' Kick the can down the road ' is an expression that conveys the concept of a problem accompanying one on one's journey, and that by one's own deliberate attachment to …

  9. word choice - Why is “resolved” used ahead of a question in a …

    Jan 13, 2011 · The others should use Whereas. In "The United States is losing the War on Terror," the deliberative body is not deciding (or Resolving) to do anything. It is a preamble to …

  10. expressions - Polite alternatives to "as soon as possible" - English ...

    Jun 26, 2020 · At your earliest convenience is, as Tim says, a common idiom that I consider quite polite, if for no other reason than "at your convenience" is hardly ever used outside of this …

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