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Apr 3, 2013 · Apr 3, 2013. #1. Hi, native speakers of English! I've found myself uttering the following sentence: "She's such a victim to fashion." I've checked several dictionaries and the noun "victim" is nearly always followed by "of", with the exception of "fall victim to something". I don't know why, but "a victim of fashion" sounds weird to me.
Jan 23, 2015 · Jan 23, 2015. #8. Glasguensis said: It means that the defendant is not entitled to make assumptions about the victim. Any characteristics which the victim happens to have must be taken into account in the judgement, whether the defendant could reasonably have known about them or not. Thanks glasguensis, that explained it well.
Nov 1, 2013 · Persian. Nov 1, 2013. #1. He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
Feb 2, 2008 · a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank. Also, nuggie, nugie. Think of it as a knucklear gouge. I suppose some might pronounce that.
Nov 6, 2010 · The " get" is usually followed by past participle. eg. " it got reject ed " or " it got approv ed " or " it got done ". However, I think in the following example " clear" is better than " clear ed " what do you think? " Ok. Don't argue. Let's talk and get everything clear (instead of CLEARED)." The problem is that "everything" leaves several ...
Nov 14, 2011 · Nov 15, 2011. #4. Keep in mind that anyone who receives e-mail from you already knows who you are. E-mail has a "from" field; with most e-mail software, it displays your real name as well as your e-mail address. Also, you almost certainly will sign your name at the end. Unless the e-mail is very long, anyone who reads it will see your name there.
Nov 29, 2009 · There is no rule of English to prevent the use of "It gets dark at around 5pm", and there is nothing ungrammatical about it. "It gets dark at {a time}" is correct. The phrase "around 5pm" is a time statement, exactly as is "approximately 5pm", and with the same meaning.
Aug 17, 2008 · If you are mentioning about something which happend in the past, "That's OK" is preferable. 2: If you are mentioning something which has just happened or might happen in the future, "It's OK" is preffereble. 3: It does not really matter and both are basically interchangeable in most cases.
Jan 11, 2010 · I would be comfortable with both best known and with most adjectival phrase. I read well known (with no need for a hyphen when it does not come before a noun, and with a hyphen required when it does) as an adverb followed by the adjective it modifies; most modifies the combined adverb +adjective.
Oct 4, 2010 · Oct 4, 2010. #2. You could use 'elderly people' which is often considered politer than 'old people'. I've never seen 'elder people' actually used in that sense, and 'older people' has a looser meaning - it could mean people older than, say, teenagers, and not necessarily elderly. If that makes sense :S.
