
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. …
adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language ...
Dec 26, 2016 · Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often.
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 …
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 …
If we can “give someone a call”, why can't we “give a phone call”?
Oct 29, 2023 · When we give a call to someone, we manually select their number and “dial” it. Is there a reason we don't say "make someone a call” even when it involves “dialling” i.e. making a telephone …
I haven't noticed that vs. I didn't notice that
Let's say I saw Jack yesterday, so I say. "I didn't notice the color of his eyes." which apparently means that I still don't know the color. So, am I correct to think that "I didn't notice" can also present a result …
prepositions - Is "a preview to such work" correct? - English Language ...
Feb 25, 2021 · Thanks for this advice. Better than what I did, which is to "manually" check both terms. Still, I don't get why I found things like the often cited study, "Future of the palliative care workforce: …
What are these structures called in American and British English?
Jan 23, 2023 · What do you call this little building in which a guard sits and lets people in and out of a company's premises and what is the name of that horizontal bar which he raises from inside of the …
past vs present perfect - "Have been waiting" vs "was waiting ...
Nov 9, 2017 · The present perfect continuous is used to describe an event which started in the past and is still continuous. I think it is have been waiting! I read a sentence just so similar to yours, the …
difference - Why "I hadn't noticed" instead of "I didn't notice"/"I ...
Sep 12, 2020 · While the three say the same thing about the past, they say very different things about the present. “I hadn’t noticed” means I didn’t notice that before, but I do now. “I haven’t noticed” …