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Which sentence is grammatically accurate or they both acceptable? "The main ingredient is blueberries" sounds better to me. "The main ingredient" is indicative of one type of ingredient, so does that mean that it doesn't matter if "blueberry" is in plural or singular form? | 1 |
The sentence I am unsure about is: A rigid adherence to the doctrine of precedent would have resulted in a country where segregation was lawful but minimum wages were not. I'm confused by the subjunctive, and in particular the proper usages of 'was' and 'were'. Are they used properly above? | 1 |
I am transferring a professor's .doc files to LaTeX so that we can do more sophisticated formatting and I ran across a problem. I would like to recreate this number line in LaTeX. Help with which package to use and which commands to study would be a great help. | 1 |
Is there a word that names the sequence events were written about or described in, as opposed to the word chronologically? Example: Did you want us to present the events in the story chronologically or (in the sequence they were written)? | 1 |
Is QFT being applied to quantum computing and control theory? I took yesteryear a basic course on quantum computing and if I remember correctly we didn't touch on any QFT (though I think that if it were a course with prequisites of QFT, not a lot of people would have attended the course). | 1 |
im trying to find some sort of formula to calculate lines within a circle. I need to find the length of the various lines within the circle from which I only know the diameter. Is there some sort of formula that uses the dropoff of a circles side from the center? Thanks, Martijn | 1 |
Are there simple alternative of these font sizes in ConTeXt? Or one needs to use some special module? I looked at this page here. It seems to be a lot of boilerplate of such a simple task. | 1 |
Can I always find a Hamiltonian for any given Dynamical System such that the Hamiltons' equations are satisfied? The hamiltonian may be an extremely complicated function (Possibly containing complex terms) but in principle, is it always possible to find the hamiltonian for a given Dynamical System? | 1 |
Given the principal directions (max and min), principal curvatures, and normal of a surface at point n, how would you go about looking for a point on the surface at a given vector distance from n? I'm trying to create a Solidworks Addin to map a spline to a surface and have limited mathematical knowledge (up to diff eq). | 1 |
If I conduct an experiment and get results, and I can then relate those to real life in a way, what is the verb that this link to is doing? My first thought was validate, but that isn't correct. | 1 |
With certain electronic devices if you make a mistake you can brick (used as a verb) the device, so that it ends up in a defunct state. So the device ends up being bricked. What is the correct term to recover from this bricked state? On the web one can find the terms debrick and unbrick, but which one is correct? | 1 |
Possible Duplicate: Include < and > symbol Why when I create pdf in texlive with pdflatex, the characters < and > are displayed as inverted ! and ?, respectively. However, when I copy/past them, they are OK. What is the problem with PDF display. It's like the system does not have appropriate font, but aren't they common characters? | 1 |
I'm not super solid on my linear algebra, so I am getting lost in the discussions of halfspaces. Can someone give me an intuitive explanation (possibly with a concrete toy problem) of Blackwell's Approachability Theorem, and the algorithm its proof constructs? | 1 |
Is there any other word which can be used instead of something and some stuff, and how can the use of something and some stuff be avoided. For example: He saw her dwelling on something; it seemed more like she was trying to recall something. can it be written differently, without using something and/or some stuff? | 1 |
I want to express that the sleeping time has no much relationship with the activity and ... But the following sentence looks very strange. Please help me paraphrase this one: No absolute relationship between sleep time and the activity, entertainment, and learning time. | 1 |
How can I generate in xelatex a QR code with any given image inside, like so or better like this, using either pstricks or the new qrcode package? Note that the QR-code must still work after including the image. | 1 |
I have a question on comparisons. I said no error first, and that was wrong. I don't see an error with B or D or A. Is it C "being"? Should it be switched to be? | 1 |
Can someone illustrate the idea of "forcing" in set theory through some simple examples? The article on forcing on wikipedia goes straight to axiom of choice and continuum hypothesis, I wonder if there are simpler application that illustrates this so called technique. | 1 |
What is entropy of the universe? What is the change in entropy of our universe? Is this change increases or decreases? If the entropy of universe keeps on increasing then what are the consequences? Is there any limiting factor to this increase? One practical application of entropy where it is applied in day to day life? | 1 |
Now i doing the home work about Residue Integration and i doubt that "Can the direction of Contour Integral be affect to the result of integration?" I mean with the same shape of contour but direction of contour changes from clockwise to counterclockwise or counterclockwise to clockwise. | 1 |
In Ion Optics, an immersion lens is composed of two planar apertured electrodes. My question is why it is called an 'Immersion" lens? I know that an Einzel lense has three or more electrodes. But physically for the ion optics, what is the difference between Immersion and Einzel lens? Or what is the advantage of Einzel over immersion lens? | 1 |
I read Griffiths EM today and it says something very interesting but a little bothering to me. It states for an atom, the position of center of mass of an electron cloud lies in the center of the proton. But my question is why? What will happen if this is not true? | 1 |
Are coproducts left exact or right exact functors in general? Let k be a commutative ring (unital assosiative). Specifically in the category of k-algebras is the tensor exact. (This is not the case in the category of k-modules, but then again the tensor is not a coproduct therein). | 1 |
I have heard that phrase recently on this YouTube video "Why We Row (Inspirational)" and I can assume what it means, but I just don't understand it on the context of the speech. ... don't be suprised if someone decides to flip the script and take a pass on yelling uncle, and then suddenly as the old saying goes, we got ourselves a game. | 1 |
For a transformation such as this, how does one determine the form of the kernel? Is it simply making the right side equal to zero, solving for each individual variable, and then creating a matrix with these 'new' a,b,c,d values? | 1 |
I am often asked to prove properties of regular bipartite graphs, and beyond the two parts having equal size nothing seems obvious. Are these graphs more intuitive than they first seem? In particular, right now I can't work out why an r-regular bipartite graph is r-edge-colourable. Thanks | 1 |
Where I can find a proof of self similarity of Grigorchuk group. I read it somewhere that Grig group follows this interesting property so I read about it but could not find a proof anywhere. It was not so trivial to me, so may be someone has any reference on it which one can provide. Thanks. | 1 |
I know that -tight switch arranges the image size to include all the ink on the page. For this instance, however, I want to give a width of my choice and crop only in the vertical direction. Furthermore I only want to crop the space below the image. Is this possible without modifying the dvipng source code? | 1 |
If you had a powerful electromagnet in the shape of a hollow sphere in which the top and bottom halves are the opposing poles, what can the magnetic filed at the center of the sphere be used for? | 1 |
When reading grammar, I find the names of the tenses kind of weird to me; Present simple and not simple present past simple and not simple past present continuous and not continuous present etc Does this contradict with the "adjective noun" ordering rule or is it an exception (or something else)? | 1 |
I know one should never use The reason is because, but does the same apply to The reason is so? It would make sense, because when someone asks you "Why (insert question here)?" , it's common to reply, "So that (reason here)." I'm not certain about this though and have not found anything online. | 1 |
I'm using different fonts in XeLaTex. However, there are some fonts installed in the same name in my system. How can I change the name of the fonts to distinguish them in Linux System? | 1 |
In the metatype FAQ, there's a section called "I have Metafont sources of some font. How could I convert it to TrueType using Metatype?" In that, he lays out a dozen steps that really should be scripted. Does anyone know of such a script? (I understand the result won't look very good at low font sizes.) | 1 |
I was wondering if interchange and exchange are equivalent and can be used interchangeably or exchangeably (okay this is an example already)? What are the differences between their prefixes, inter- and ex-? It is common for XML to be used in interchanging data over the Internet. | 1 |
I do not have a clue on how to solve out this type of question, and how to deal with integration with a combination of brownian motion and linear function. Can anyone help me out please? | 1 |
I'm going to be studying this result for a dissertation this year, and I wondered what there were in the way of higher-dimensional analogues? Also, what are some standing research questions on this theme? I think the interplay of the different theories is fascinating. | 1 |
I have learnt that a fraction with a surd in its most simplest form should have the surd in the numerator and not the denominator? Why is it convention not to leave the surd on the denominator? Is it just arbitrary convention or does it have an actual purpose? | 1 |
If I toss a coin an infinite amount of times, can I be sure to get an infinite amount of heads? Is it possible for it to be tails every flip meaning I get no heads at all? | 1 |
five friends including Bilyana and Bojana are sitting in a row in a theatre determine the probability that they are not sitting together. This is part of a homework assignment. I don't even know where to start with this. | 1 |
To pluralise is to make plural, dog becomes dogs, conversely singularise. What is the generic term for such actions? The number of a verb is its singularity or plurality, so perhaps numberise? Is there a word for the concept or process of pluralisation and singularisation? | 1 |
Lighter nuclei liberate energy when undergoing fusion, heavier nuclei when undergoing fission. What is it about the nucleus of an Iron atom that makes it so stable? Alternatively: Iron has the greatest nuclear binding energy - but why? | 1 |
I'm looking for a word with the meaning that 'rapidise' sounds like it ought to have. The sentence: to make the process more rapid would be replaced with: to rapidise [sic] the process I have considered accelerate quicken or hasten expedite which work, but are not quite right for me. I'll use 'accelerate' in the absence of anything else, though. | 1 |
In the quote, "He is to resist the vulgar prosperity that retrogrades ever to barbarism" What does resist mean? to tolerate to protest What does vulgar prosperity mean? obscene prosperity ill mannered prosperity What does ever mean? always occasionally What does retrogrades mean? | 1 |
If I had a list of awards and wanted to organise that list by the organizations that gave out those awards, what would be a good word to use? I can only think of by awarder which doesn't sound great. | 1 |
Something less roguish than "imp" or "wag." I'm thinking about a person who is perhaps a bit sullen or in need of some levity. The word or phrase would be better if it expressed how this person feels rather than labelling the type of person they are. Maybe a type of sentiment. | 1 |
I hope I am not being pedantic; however, I could not come up with an answer on the internet. I wonder which is the letter which can be discriminated from the alphabet system on the basis of its myriad uses. Any suggestions? | 1 |
I am using krantz-single.sty in which the environments example and theorem are already defined with its own fonts, numbering (according to chapter) etc. I would like to number examples and theorems consecutively. So, I cannot use amsthm.sty to define Example as a newtheorem. I need only the counter for numbering to change. How to do it? | 1 |
In your opinion, what is the most cosmological or physics argument that may favor the existence of something like a god to produce a universe like ours and what is the most counter argument for that. Please don't drag this discussion into theology. | 1 |
I want to write a sentence something like this - > I like to meet people of my native origin(country, city, town and so on). How can i write the things that are in bold in one word - > I like to meet ____ | 1 |
Can anyone show detailed proof of why radius of convergence of perturbation series in quantum electrodynamics is zero? And how is perturbation series constructed? So, as this argument requires imaginary electric charge of bispinor field (negative coupling constant), how is this argument considered valid? | 1 |
W is the complex-valued transformation of the original signals x and y without selection of the window length with respect to time t. W is the complex-valued transformation of the original signals x and y without a selection of the window length with respect to time t. Which is correct? | 1 |
I want to combine the following sentence: Relationship between son and mother, and relationship between daughter and mother Into one sentence for title of an article: Relationship between son, daughter and mother Is grammar and meaning correct? | 1 |
Nouns can be used as adjectives modifying other nouns, like: The discussion was about supplier local content development. Can we rephrase the above to: The discussion was about local content development of supplier. In general, can we rephrase nouns acting as adjectives to "of" clause like the example cited above? | 1 |
Assume that a charged particle accelerates/vibrates at a certain frequency and as a result produces e.g. red light. If every frequency has just a single wavelength associated with it, then the charge can never be a source of white light. So how do we get white light? What is the equation that relates the vibration frequency of a charge with the wavelength emitted? | 1 |
i've just found out that EM stress energy tensor along with gravitational stress energy contribute to the curvature of space. So, does the electroweak field also contribute to the curvature of space? And what about another field like the higgs field? Sorry if my question is to speculative since i really curious with this kind of stuff | 1 |
I think its something to do with acceleration but can't put my finger on it. Something about the most power needed as the greatest acceleration, as water flows up to full rate the accel and thus power decreases. Does that make sense? | 1 |
I am not too sure just by reading the manual as to the subtle differences between the .initial and .default PGF key types. Can someone explain and demonstrate the differences with a minimal example? | 1 |
Many spherical harmonics derivations start from finding a solution to Laplace's equation and the results are in fact what are called spherical harmonics. However, how's Laplace's equation really related to spheres? Particularly, Wikipedia says spherical harmonics being defined "on the surface of a sphere". | 1 |
Say I have three kinds of items that I call A, B, and C. Now, I want to ask someone to create one. Which form is the correct one? Create an item A. or Create an A item. ? | 1 |
My magnet seems to work independently of, and unaffected by, the Earth's magnetic field, yet the magnetic field of my magnet changes as I introduce some other similar magnets of varied sizes into its field. How would the magnetic field of this magnet differ at different locations on, orbiting around, and anywhere between, Earth and our other planets? | 1 |
In my business communication over Internet text messengers, for example Google Talk or Skype, I see that many people often use shorten words like u instead of you, r instead of are and the like. How appropriate is usage of such words in contemporary communication? Is it used in emails also? Should we avoid it as much as possible? | 1 |
I would like to contact my recruiter (via email) asking for updates on my application. What should I put in the title so it is informative, but also at the same time does not sound like I am too impatient? (I also would like to provide additional information about my accomplishments in the email) Thanks | 1 |
If I'm attempting to be booked to do an event, and I'm saying: "we're now booking dates for such and such". Is that proper usage of booking? Or should I say, "we are being booked for dates in such and such"? | 1 |
The Dold-Thom construction on a space is its free commutative monoid. Its homotopy groups are isomorphic to the integral homology groups of the original space. What are the integral homology groups of the Dold-Thom construction? | 1 |
I have read that a wire contracts side ways on stretching it . But why? What happens at the atomic level when a string is stretched? When there is no force applied in the side ways direction, why does the wire contract sideways decreasing its cross section? | 1 |
Let us pretend the 'one who hates his own image' is a 'selfie-loather'. If so, a sentence incorporating the term could be He always said he hated mirrors and I had assumed he was a 'selfie-loather' so I was shocked when I saw him apparently admiring his face in the glass! | 1 |
I have read that pseudocapacitors are combined of a carbon electrode and a metal oxide one. On the carbon electrode simply a double layer is built up and on the other some chemical actions(redox) happens. I was wondering how the chemical reaction happens and how this is possible when we have just on electrode in the reaction? | 1 |
We know Cauchy Residue theorem from the Complex analysis. however I wonder if there is a kind of Generalization of Cauchy integral and Residue theorem to the complex multidimensional holomorphic function too ? if such theorem exists, please mention any possible application of this theorem too. Can this theorem help in Iterative elimination of roots of a polynomial equations system ? | 1 |
Is the difference purely stylistic, or is there a slight change of meaning in using one form of over the other? "It is the god-given given that must be accepted because it cannot be changed," as opposed to: "It is the god-given given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed." | 1 |
I'll take one day leave for my family affair. I'll take one day leave for my family stuff. What's the different exactly? Or what situation is the best to use "affair", and "stuff" ? | 1 |
we know that if R as a ring is left artinian then ring R has a minimal left ideal and left socle of R is nonempty. now i wanna know can we prove this: if R is left artinian ring then right socle of R is nonempty. how can i find a relation between them? tank you for your help | 1 |
As the title says, does a polynomial with an infinite number of terms define algebraic numbers as roots? An algebraic number is defined as a solution to a polynomial with rational coefficients, but it is not usually specified whether this polynomial can have infinite terms. | 1 |
If I remember correctly you cannot compress a liquid, but I know you can compress a gas. (usually to the point it becomes a liquid then no further) What happens if I were to compress soda water? A liquid with a gas trapped in it. Would the gas escape the liquid, then compress? Or compress within the liquid? | 1 |
I have found this list of densities here: http://wiki.chemprime.chemeddl.org/index.php/Density_of_Black_Holes and I am looking for the density of quarks but I have not found it. I was wondering if Black Holes could be some kind of quark plasma (QGP). Is this possible? | 1 |
Why does the second requirement of a basis, i.e. that a point in two sets must also be contained in a third set contained in the intersection of the two set, make sense? Why is that what we should think of as a basis? | 1 |
There are people who keep their things in a prim and proper manner. They take good care of their stuff and use it with care. Is there a single word to describe them? | 1 |
How does one correctly use the word "allegory" in a sentence? For example: This story is an allegory [for|of] pride. I have seen examples of both: the long poem is an allegory of love and jealousy [Merriam-Webster] To that extent, are his experiences an allegory for life? [Your Dictionary] | 1 |
I am using pgfplots to create charts. How can I adjust the width of images of legend entries? I have adjusted plot coordinates in legend image code in the line legend style, but this not worked truely. Is there any way to do this? | 1 |
I would like to define a maximum height and a maximum width for an image at same time. I suppose there must be a package to do this, but actually I'm unable to find it... | 1 |
I am writing a research paper on quantum shuffle multiplication, and there is just one piece that I'm missing: I want to give one or several examples of its applications, and so far I have not been able to find any by searching online. | 1 |
Please consider the following image: Now I'm just trying to understand how exactly this thing is rotated...I'm looking at it exactly like on the image of the car...So the normal force is slightly bent because of the angle, but the angle seems to be on the opposite side from where it should be, I'd think it would be the lower corner, not the upper. | 1 |
"Indeed, whoever buys this needs to want a tablet and laptop in more or less equal measure." "Needs to want"? Isn't it a kind of unnecessary way around saying: "I think that people buy this if they want a tablet and laptop in more or less equal measure."? Or am I missing something? | 1 |
Using a truth table I had no problems to proof, that this equation is correct. But how can I transform the first part to get to the second? I tried using de morgan but I never made it. Can anyone give me advice? | 1 |
I want to change position of tufte-book(twoside) class in my thesis. In normal mode, margins for odd pages is on the right side and for evens, is on the left side of page. I want to change the position of margins. Normal: Reverse: | 1 |
Are there meridians that effect cloud movement? While observing radar images of moisture bearing cloud movements (at my location in Florida), I've noticed a splitting of the cloud formations a majority of the time. It has become apparent and predictable. | 1 |
Question is said in title.Suppose X is a separable topological space and S is a dense subspace of X,to prove S is separable or give a counter-example,and we may add what conditions to make this statement true? | 1 |
If you have an asteroid for example and a planet, isolated from all other gravitational influence and initially at rest with respect to each other, how would you find a position vs time function for the asteroid and the planet falling toward each other? | 1 |
I know this is true if F is infinite but don't know how to prove it. And is this still true if F is finite? I think The Primitive Element Theorem is the keypoint to prove this statement. Primitive Element Theorem: Let K/F be a finite extension of fields, if F(K/F) is finite, then there exists q in K such that K=F(q). | 1 |
What's the most general way of obtaining the mean field theory of a microscopic Hamiltonian/action ? Is the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation the only systematic method? If the answer is yes then what does necessitate our mean field parameter to be a Bosonic quantity ? Is the reason that all of directly physical observable quantities should commute? | 1 |
Could be there material that begins melting/softening when it's temperature is lowered? I would say no, but I've seen enough physics to know that not always life is so easy. Moreover I think I've heard something about it, but can't remember a thing. | 1 |
When a lamp or other luminous object is very bright, we cannot see clearly the things close to it. What we see is a whitish region that surrounds it. What do we call this? (Is it a perception or a phenomenon?) This picture features a lamp in the centre; half the image consists of the white region surrounding the lamp. | 1 |
Which of the following questions are correct according to the grammar, and why? When will be the results declared? When will the results be declared? Does this hold to all future perfect tenses? | 1 |
"Welcome to our store!" "We have the best hamburgers in the market which we have been cooking for generation after generation with no equal!" "The best prices around for such a complete piece of work" et cetra. Is there a good expression for such words? | 1 |
How can we say Mike has an apple, and Jane has an apple in a single clause? Can I say Both Mike and Jane have an apple or Mike and Jane each have an apple? They sound fine to me but I am not sure. Is there any alternative? Each of Mike and Jane has an apple might sound too complicated. | 1 |
Could you help me find the one-sided exact binomial test formula? I use this statistical test in R-language, but I can't find the formula for it. Eng Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_test) and RLang help gives me only examples without needed math description. Thank you! | 1 |
I'm using LyX and need to have the chapters to start soon after the end of the previous chapter. A LyX solution will be most appreciated. Document class report and I am not to change the document class. | 1 |
I don't even know how to title my request. I am also not including any code, because I have absolutely no starting point. I'm writing a technical document and once in a while I need to put a notice/warning into the text. What I want to do is best described by seeing what I've done in Word: I'd be so grateful for any help! | 1 |
I search all over the Internet for a proof of Descartes's rule of sign. Found a pdf file which has page-long proof that a high schooler has to no way to understand. Can somebody talented here give me a proof of the rule, in geometry preferably, or if impossible to be done in geometry in simple algebra or trigonometry. | 1 |
I am reading a book that states the hero "knew himself to be among the dead". Does this means that he considered himself as good as dead, or that he understood that all the people around him were dead? Generally, what does "among the dead" means? | 1 |
Can anyone describe to me one change to the electric field and one change to the magnetic field that MUST take place as particles gains energy in a synchrotron accelerator? This could also just be an in general question about particles gaining energy. | 1 |
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