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  1. Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    May 10, 2018 · Manually is the adverb. Manual is (in this context) the adjective. Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb. …

  2. Hyphenate “communicating”: communi-cating or communic-ating?

    Jul 14, 2022 · I'll note that "hyphenation" is not taught at school, and children would not normally learn hyphenate manually, and would not be expected to do so. They would learn to read hyphenated …

  3. idiomatic language - Meaning of "manually" in "manually detect ...

    Manually can refer to something done by a person rather than through an automated process. AngryJoe could be referring to having to search the internet for specific sentences of a copyrighted work to find …

  4. verbs - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Oct 7, 2020 · Whenever I read advanced grammar articles I come across these two terms quite often : be and to be. What is the difference between these two and how to identify the difference between …

  5. adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language ...

    Dec 26, 2016 · 2 Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often.

  6. grammar - the profile of what I expected - English Language Learners ...

    Nov 22, 2025 · It's based on something like "The parole officer was a middle-aged woman who didn't fit the profile of the type of person I expected." Which is grammatical but not very elegant. The use of …

  7. What is the correct sentence: “Who are we?” or “Who we are?”

    I searched the Internet to find which of the following is correct: Who are we? Who we are? And I found that both are used. What is the correct sentence?

  8. 'are of' and 'is of' - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Mar 19, 2020 · While I was reading a book, the following sentence caught my eye. Sincerity and courtesy are of desirable character traits. I saw this kind of sentence before, but never fully …

  9. adverbial phrases - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Oct 28, 2016 · I have an old car with manually adjustable mirrors. As I was driving home with a friend, I wanted him to adjust the mirror for me so that I could see more of the street. I ended up not asking …

  10. When to use "run" vs when to use "ran" - English Language Learners ...

    My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to. In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run. or CCleaner has been ran.