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Does appending an express mean something is free as the Visual C# express may suggest? I cannot find that in a dictionary. Answer Express is used by Microsoft to denote free entry-level versions of their software development tools. As such it's a branding / marketing term, and even if the person who came up with it were to give their thought process it would be inadvisable to believe them. Hence we can only speculate. My speculation, for what it's worth, is that the tools are express in the sense of fast because you can download them and start developing, skipping the time-consuming licensing step.

Must have been can have two meanings— it depends on the text. Must have p.p. doesn't always mean that, for instance, something did not occur— it might occur. For instance: Clerks must have been in the garden. Clerks who have to be in the garden, but they were not. Clerks who have to be in the garden were in the garden. Am I right?

This question on the distinctions between relation and relationship is general and not about mathematics. So with respect to mathematics such as graph theory: I am confused when people use the terms relation and relationships interchangeably. For example, why do some authors use relationship in the context of Euler's formula relating, faces and vertices ( eg ) while other authors use the term relation? What is the difference between relation and relationship in Mathematics such as graph theory? Which alternative should I choose to use more? In which context? Answer A relation between two sets is a formally defined entity. Specifically, it is a set of ordered pairs of the form (x,y) where x is in the first set and y is in the second set. As a simple example, I can define a relation between the set of all employees of a company and the set of all departments at that company by pairing employees with the department(s) they work within. Such a relation would be very importa...

Which of the two common pronunciations of the noun research is more common among educated native American English speakers? /rɪ ˈsɝt͡ʃ / with the stress on the second syllable / ˈriː sɚt͡ʃ/ with the stress on the first syllable

Which is the (more) correct response? Me - "We have more tweaks for the ABC job" Other - "Really? I thought we'd completed that job!" Me - "As did I / So did I" Thank you for any suggestions you can offer. Answer Both As did I and So did I are grammatically correct. As did I is very formal and may sound awkward in informal conversations. Another more informal way of saying it would be simply Me too .

My manager asked me to finish the project as early as possible Here there is no fixed deadline available but the manager wants me to finish the project soon. Consider the case where there is a deadline but I can take as much time as I want before the deadline to finish the project. In this case, is it appropriate for a person to say, " You can finish the project as late as possible (meaning, you have time to do), but do it before the deadline expires "? I am looking for an exact opposite phrase for as early as possible . If it is not there, is there a phrase which can capture what I have mentioned in the above mentioned paragraph? Answer In business context, I would say, "Finish the project when (whenever) it is convenient for you before the deadline". I have never heard someone say, "Please finish it as late as possible" which would be understood as the speaker wants you to finish the project at the latest moment before the deadline. But, if you say ...

I noticed that, in some American dialect (maybe in the South of America), people may use " flap T " after " n ". For example, " /ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/ " source Other example, " ninety " /ˈnaɪn.t̬i/ Source So, my question is, in some parts of America, do people there COMMONLY use flap T after n ?