
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. …
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 …
tense - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Aug 15, 2025 · I've been washing dishes manually ever since the dishwasher broke. The preposition phrases expressing length-of-time, such as for a long while, can be expressed as a noun phrase …
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 …
adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language ...
Dec 26, 2016 · Manually installed, or, Installed manually Ask Question Asked 9 years, 1 month ago Modified 9 years, 1 month ago
grammar - Allow a margin of difference of - English Language Learners ...
Mar 13, 2022 · I've two different scenarios: To describe the measurement given may not be accurate because it is measured manually. To describe there may be differences in the actual measurement …
Is it correct to say "I dragged the picture off the file so I can read ...
Dec 26, 2025 · It's unclear whether you want to look at the image of your son, but get rid of it because it's too large. Drag the picture off means you're not seeing it, you're dragging the image away so you …
phrase meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Nov 25, 2021 · Neither of these make any sense at all, unfortunately. "Charging" and "billing" refer to the company requesting money; "payment" is the customer sending the money. "Charged on the basis of …
spelling - Optimalization or optimization? - English Language Learners ...
I am a little confused when I should be using Optimalization or optimization. Some dictionaries say Optimization is a noun of Optimalization, but I have no idea what they mean by that. Some of the
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.