texts: Meaning of 'It is to the feminine as the hug of a bear is to the scratch of--well;--anything with claws.'

texts:
"A man's sense of humor is a barbarous and a cruel thing, Miss Innes,"
  he admitted.  "It is to the feminine as the hug of a bear is to the
  scratch of--well;--anything with claws.  Is that you, Thomas?  Come in."

I simply can't figure out this sentence from The Circular Staircase by Mary Rinehart.


texts: Can I replace will with shall in this sentence？

texts:
I have watched the film They Shall Not Grow Old by Peter Jackson.
What does the subtle difference make if I change the name of this film into They Will Never Grow Old？


texts:
William Shakespeare is famous for his ________ of sonnets.

A) garland
B) collection
C) anthology
D) couplets

My future and life is depend on this question, it is not about just to tell my teacher. I missed selection in my job just by 1 mark. They gave "garland" as correct option and I challenged it by saying this question have multiple correct answers, as "collection" also fits betterly.

Kindly help me out with most correct answer.


texts:
Which would be best / acceptable?

"He saw people, animals and buildings THAT / WHICH had suffered greatly."

As I see it, there are 3 subjects; people, animals and buildings. The grammar rules I know state we must use "who + people" "which + things", etc. And because it is a defining relative clause, I can also use "that".

So do the mixed subjects (people and things) mean I have to use "that" in this sentence, due to the fact we don't use "which" for people?


texts: em dash in this sentence, is it used as an alternative for comma (,) esp in this sentence?

texts: This is especially important for writers who are non-native English speakers—try to find native English speakers to review your writing.


texts: A word that combines shock, hurt and indignation

texts:
Is there a single word that combines, shock, indignation and hurt one feels at the sheer callousness of someone's conduct or apathy towards something/someone?

I was hurt,shocked and appalled by his callous conduct.

A single word to replace the above feelings. An idiomatic phrase also works, and if there is conclusively no word that encompasses the entire plethora of emotions,it is acceptable.As is a word which is archaic and no longer in use.

If I were to pick any 2 out of the 3 emotions expressed here, I would pick a combination of hurt and appalled.


texts: Are the words "soul" and "spirit" synonymous?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Difference between “spirit” and “soul”

Is there any difference between the two? Or do both refer to the part of body that is believed to exist after you die?


texts: Usage of 'attributable to' to describe a casual scenario

texts:
I am trying to express a state of accustoming of a person to a certain circumstance, due to the consumption of alcohol.

  By this time, he was somewhat accustomed to the situation, attributable to the booze

I don't know if the usage of 'attributable' makes sense here, though.
Should I shoot for 'due to', instead? Is there any connotation in 'attributable' that won't fit in here?


texts:
I was reading an academic paper, and this sentence came up:
This matrix is not easy to be estimated exactly
Why the author has chosen this form, in some sense convoluted because it contains three verbs and didn't go for something as:
It is not easy to estimate this matrix exactly
Is there any major difference between these two?


texts: My grandmother was born in the village of Lilley, Hertfordshire in the 1870s.  She had two expressions which I have never heard anyone else use.  When frustrated in place of a swear word she would say, "oh dear Shakespeare let's have a little drop of beer."  When something was missing her expression was, "it's gone a gilby hunting."  Has anyone heard these expressions and if so do they know their origins?  Thanks for your help.


texts:
Is the construction "Since... then" correct? E.g.

  Since it's a right triangle, then the Pythagorean theorem holds.

It sounds and feels wrong to me, and I think someone once told me it's wrong, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer anywhere online. I see this construction used from time to time within mathematics.


texts: Is there a word for "someone who cancelled something"?

texts:
I have to deal with user groups. One user may ask for some IT operation from our company at one point, but any user in his group may cancel this request.
I need a word to designate the user who is responsible for the request to abort the request so I can use it as a column header in our database.

reference |  abortionist  |  cancelled_at
xt9pj27x  |   John Doe    | 2018-06-01 15:00:00

I have been told to use abortionist but it has strong connotations with abortion.


texts: How will people understand this “I am not in a/the good state"?

texts:
Suppose I participate in a basketball game with my friends. I  do not play as well as usual. Can I explain to them:

  Sorry, I am not in the good state

Will the audience naturally take it to mean that now I am not in the good state in which I can play basketball well? Does it make sense to say that I can be in several possible states, in some of them I can play well in others play badly？


texts: I am not a native speaker. I really want to know what's the difference between Hi and Hey in writing an email? In daily conversation? Is it too girlish or childish for a man to say hey in his email? What's the bottom line in using them?


texts: Number of morphemes in "saw" (As in, I saw the cat)

texts: Does the word "saw" contain more than one morpheme? If so, how is this possible in such a short word? Are there any other words of this length that have multiple morphemes? I have just started studying linguistics and morphology, so I am probably just missing something, but I don't understand how it could be more than one.


texts:
I'm curious about the word understand and based on brief research its origins seem not very clear, https://www.etymonline.com/word/understand

Breaking up the word in two, under-stand, I could make a word-by-word translation into the Swedish word under-ställa, which is quite authoric and translates back into submit under.

It kind of makes sense if the word understand is used in an hierarchical context e.g. military etc. However, when trying to emphasize the kind of understanding that doesn't ask for obedience, but rather a temporary shift of perspective or "theory of mind", could the word understand be replaced with a better one?


texts: What's the English idiom for "it was out of one's destiny"?

texts:
What do you call something that will not happen because is contradicts the fate? For example, an anecdote.
"One day, a train rushed out from poit A to point B. Simultaneously, another train started moving from point B to point A. They both had high speed, and the crash could have been awful. But the trains never met. Just because ".
Thank you!


texts:
I started to reread a pretty old mystery of Thomas Harris, “The silence of the lambs,” which I once gave up reading because of difficulty of understanding the narrative studded with technical jargons of abnormal psychology, entomology, police and security terms, and so many idioms and slangs unfamiliar to me.

I was interested to find an apparently Japanese-origin classic word, "banzai," not "bonsai," being used in the following passage, in which Ardelia Mapp, a roommate of Clarice Starling, a trainee of FBI Academy at Quantico who is the heroine of the story gives an advice to Clarice not to skip the next day’s Criminal Code exam:

  “Mapp had made the Law Review at the University of Maryland while
  working at night. Her academic standing at the academy was number two
  in the class, her attitude toward the book was pure banzai.

  "You're supposed to take the Criminal Code exam tomorrow and the PE
  test in two days." – ibid. P.121.

OCD (10th ed.) at hand defines “banzai” as;
exclaim: 1. Japanese battle cry. 2. A form of greeting used to the Japanese emperor.

We Japanese stand up and shout “banzai” when watching TV featuring the scene Japanese baseball (women’s soccer) team wins the world baseball (women’s soccer) games.
We also use “banzai” for the meaning of “total surrender” in association with the gesture of banzai holding up and down both hands when crying “banzai.”

However, neither of OCD definition and our notion of “banzai” seems to relate with the usage of “banzai” in the above quote - Her attitude toward the book was pure banzai.
It appears to me “banzai” is used in the meaning of “extraordinary” or “super” there.

Google Ngram indicates that the word “banzai” first appeared in circ. 1900 and its usage peaked in 1950 just after the end of the Pacific War. Its usage is low at 0.000036177% level in 2000 as against 0.0019679775% of “extraordinary”.

What does “banzai” mean in the above context? Is it commonly used in that way?


texts:
I understand that often the opposite of the 'for-' prefix is 'back-', ie. "forwards" and "backwards," "foreground" and "background." But what is the opposite of 'foreshadowing,' 'forgiven' or 'forthright?' 'Backshadowing?' 'Backgiven?' 'Backright?'

Does 'for-' have different anit-prefixes for different situations?


texts: Is it right to replace "it depends on the person and his/her environment" to it depends on the person and their environment"?

texts: Please provide an alternate statement too(if any).


texts: Is "You are to choose a word to complete this sentence" correct?

texts:
I'm French and I have found in a text this direction for an exercise :
"You are to select a word to complete this sentence."
Is it correct?
I think it is "You have to select...". No?
Thank you


texts: which is your favourite game /what is your favourite game

texts:
I want to know the difference between what and which, and between who and which

For example :

what is your favourite game / which is your favourite game


texts: Is 'metis' more or less offensive in use than 'halfcaste'?

texts: Both 'mé-tis' and 'halfcaste' (also 'half-caste') mean, generally, 'of mixed blood'. Is one more or less offensive in contemporary use than the other?


texts:
One dictionary says ‘you’re on’ is used tell someone that you accept a bet or an invitation to compete against them. Then why does it use ‘you’ instead of ‘I’? What’s the ‘on’? In terms of the meaning, ‘I’m on’ is more understandable and easier to memorize, at least for me.
Just for your information, I found the phrase in the following scene.

”Yeah,” said Harry. “Yeah … we’ve helped each other out, haven’t we? We both got here. Let’s just take it together.”
For a moment, Cedric looked as though he couldn’t believe his ears; then his face split in a grin.
”You’re on,” he said. “Come here.” (Harry Potter 4 [US Version]: p.634) [Bold font is mine]

N.B.: Harry and Cedric are competing for the cup a few feet away from them, but they are friends now because they were helping each other during the tournament.
I have two questions on this phrase.
1. Why does the phrase use ‘you’, not ‘I’?
2. What’s the meaning of ‘on’?


texts: "They reported being told to..." Trying to explain

texts:
I have never really thought about this one before, but out of curiosity, is it grammatical to have "being" after the verb "report"? Here is an example:
"They reported being told to stay behind the yellow line."
What role does "being" play?


texts: "Regards" vs. "Best regards" vs. "With regards"

texts:
Which of the three phrases in the concluding phrase is most appropriate when sending a work-related email?

Could the three be ranked in terms of their overall level of formality?


texts:
Please, what's the meaning of this dialog

MAN: If I'm gonna lose you, it's gonna be because of what I did, not
because I lied to you.

WOMAN: If I give you this lie, will you stay?

MAN: Well, if I stay, you'll learn it.


texts:
I often get stuck when forming or formatting a sentence with one or more parentheses. For example, I wrote an answer on another Stack Exchange site, in which I wrote:

  ...whereas, my phone(xperia x10 mini)
  comes with several widgets...

which, afterwards, I thought should be:

  ...whereas, my phone (xperia x10 mini)
  comes with several widgets...

But in some cases I feel the former way is correct, like:

  ... phones which have a camera include
  IPhone(5MP), Nokia N8(12MP), Nokia X6(3MP)....

Is there any rule for the placement of space after and before parentheses?


texts:
What is the term for words that can be used as the opposite of themselves?

I know there are a few of them out there, it is possible to 'Dust a cake with Icing' and if the cake were on a shelf for a long time (must be a bad bakery) then it would be acceptable to 'Dust the cake' to remove any dust particles...

In this case, 'Dust with Icing' implies the addition of something to the cake where 'Dust the cake' implies the action of removing dust from the cake

Other examples:

Bolt - To hold in place or to Run away with haste...
Trim - To remove a small portion or to add small bits that make it pretty...


texts:
Can you use which as a pronoun in this sentence?

  Which are you reading, the old book or the new one?

I mean is it necessary to use a noun or pronoun after which and say "which book/one are you reading?", or is it possible to use which alone as a pronoun in the question

  Which are you reading?


texts: How do you use colons with abbreviations?

texts:
If you are writing a report and have to mention the room number, is it correct to write
Room No.:625,
Room No. 625, or
Room No: 625
The first example just looks wrong to me, whereas the second and third look fine.  Is there a rule for colons after abbreviations with periods?


texts:
What's the meaning of this comparison:

  One can compare Makan's quality of life as favorable to that of most other peasants in regions.

So was Makan's quality of life the same, slightly better, or much better than the most other peasants?


texts: If someone is "playing horse with you" why are they either teasing, ridiculing, or perhaps flirting with you?

texts: Why does a horse and the activity of "playing horse" describe one who is teasing, ridiculing, or even flirting? The survey of College Words and Phrases by Eugene H. Babbitt published in 1900 lists the expression to play horse with and the many meanings of it including to tease, to ridicule, and to flirt. I'm curious to know if anyone has any ideas as to how "playing horse with" became associated with these meanings?


texts: What is the origin of the quote, “You can satisfy some of the people all the time..."?

texts: "...and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot satisfy all of the people all the time”? I have seen it attributed to John Lydgate, Abe Lincoln and PT Barnum.


texts: Is pronouncing "wash" as "wish" a known feature of any accent?

texts:
All of my life my family has pronounced wash differently. My husband has always made fun of us because we say wish. Like we are going to wish laundry or wish dishes or wish the car. We originate from West Virginia. Is there a reason we say it this way? Everyone I hear in the direct family pronounce  it that way.

We have never resided in West Virginia for any long period of time because our Dad was career military. Most people who hear my accent think I am from the Midwest. I spent several years in Ohio. I don't think I can change the way I say it... it is just automatic.

Is this a known feature of any dialect where our family may have picked it up?


texts: Can infinitives act as nouns, adverbs, and adjectives?

texts:
I've seen from multiple sources that infinitives can act as an adjective, adverb, and a noun.
However, there are a few examples where I'm unnsure on why they would act like that.

In this example, "Why does the study of Augustine, Dante, or Aquinas help us to be free?

Is the infinitive acting like a noun or adverb?

Also this example, "It's just a really difficult thing for us to do."

One last example, "I went there to seek advice."

I'm just asking for an explanation on how the infinitives are acting, and why, because I'm a bit confused.


texts: E-mail greeting: "Dear Brice," vs "Brice,"

texts:
I am somewhat sensitive to politeness and basic rules of courtesy, so (almost) all the e-mails that I write contain greetings and salutations, such as:

  Dear Jane,

  [...]

  Best,
      Brice

I've noticed recently that a lot of e-mails that I receive, from colleagues or other people, start with:

  Brice,

  [...]

I am a little surprised by this. What happened to the "Dear" (or at least "Hi")?

This does not look like an actual greeting to me, and it sounds a little dismissive. But maybe this is because I am not a native English speaker (in my native French language, I don't think such a letter opening would be considered appropriate).

Am I correctly put off by this? Or should I get on board with (it seems) everyone else and drop the "Dear"?


texts:
How to correctly pronounce word "can" in British English and in American English?

Here's somehow related answer but it is more about differences between "can" and "can't", and I'm interested how to pronounce "can" in American English and in British English.


texts:
I'm a software developer but not a native english speaker. So I stuck in finding a correct noun.
I'm implementing some events called in several states of the application.
E. g. the deletion.
deleting:          called while the deletion of data has been started
deletionSucceeded: called if the data deletion succeeded
deletionFailed:    called if the data deletion failed

According to these terms I'm looking for the equivalents of save, especially the noun of save.
saving
?-Succeeded
?-Failed


texts: What is an expression for something that appears important/valuable but actually isn't that important/valuable

texts:
For example, I believe that pie charts of your spending are presented as being important and valuable, but they rarely result in actual better spending habits. Therefore, pie charts of your spending are ________.

While a single word is appreciated, I would prefer an expression like "pie charts of your spending are a red herring" (but "red herring" isn't quite right).


texts:
What are the differences between these 3 words: interval, intermission and break? I've searched on Oxford Dictionary:

interval:

a period of time between two events

(also intermission North American English, British English) a short period of time

intermission

a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc.

a period of time during which something stops before continuing again

break
a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest, eat,
etc.

After reading these definitions, I'm still very confused about when to use interval, intermission and break.
I have 5 sentences and I have to fill interval, intermission or break correctly:

_____ for coffee

_____ in conversation

_____ for lunch

_____ between two acts of play


texts: What kind of sentence is "Yesterday is gone"?

texts:
Go is an intransitive verb, we can't make a passive sentence from it. But we can say:

  Yesterday is gone.

If this isn't the passive voice, what kind of sentence is this? What is its grammatical structure?


texts: Analog vs Digital: Describing modes of note-taking

texts: With regard to note-taking is it correct to call handwriting on paper the "analog" counterpart to digital "typing" on a computer?


texts: What is the word for greeting with a series of (mutual) hand gestures?

texts:
What do you call the act of greeting someone with a series of hand gestures? This is something you would see, e.g., between gang members.

For example, when two people meet, they give a "high-five" to each other, and then gently push their knuckles against each other, and then touching their elbow against each other.

In an example sentence, I would love to say:

  I have just seen those two _________ing.

The expression ``victory dance'' comes to my mind, as describing a specific series of body movements, but that is obviously used for something else. I am sort of looking for an analogous expression.

Related: Is there a term that means doing "funny hand gestures”?


texts: English equivalent of this Tagalog proverb

texts:
We have a saying in Tagalog:

  Aanhin pa ang damo, kung patay na ang kabayo.

which literally translates to English as

  What is grass good for, if the horse is already dead.

Basically, the idea is, something (help, benefit, etc.) arrives too late for it to be useful. What is/are the equivalent/s of this saying in English?


texts: Which phrase is more common or do the two phrases have different intentions?

texts:
Not all people are hard-working.
  Not everyone is hard-working.


texts: Are the verbs to orange and to pink with the meaning "become/turn orange/pink" in everyday use in British or American English?


texts: What phrasing can be used to denote the 'placing' of stakeholders on a scale with two opposing groups

texts:
I'm helping my girlfriend with her thesis, and we're trying to come up with a compact, specific phrasing for this question.

To explain, in her field, there are two opposing groups, groups that support 'commitment to AAA', and groups that support 'commitment to BBB'.
Part of her thesis was to do research among the stakeholders, to find out how they think about XXX, and conclude if they support commitment to AAA or commitment to BBB.

So far, we've come up with:

  "How do stakeholders position XXX on the topic of commitment to AAA as opposed to commitment to BBB?"

Basically, we came up with this by thinking of a scale, with AAA on the left, and BBB on the right, and then determining the position of the stakeholders. However, we don't really like 'on the topic of', as it's too vague or general for these oposing groups.
We're not sure about the bold parts, and we're very open to suggestions.


texts: Meaning of "Noble of us" idiom in context

texts:
It would be noble of us to not revel in it, though.

The sentence above has some idioms that I don't know.
What is it going to say? Or when such a sentence could be said?


texts:
I'm not a native English speaker but I'm always trying to do my best. Unfortunately I have a real problem with dates for some odd reason, I couldn't learn when was my birthday until I was 12 years old.

Anyway, as I was learning names of the months on English, and since I know some Latin from high school I noticed that English months don't match up with their Latin numeral counterparts. For example:

September - 9. month
October - 10. month
November - 11. month
December - 12. month

While on latin septem, octo, novem and decem are words for 7, 8, 9 and 10.

So, does anyone know why is that. At first I thought it had something to do with switch from Julian to Gregorian calendar but I figured it's too small of a difference.

Anyone? :)


texts: Confusion about the meaning of 'loquacious'

texts:
Dictionary.com states the meaning of the word 'loquacious' as "talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous".

Babbling is one of the words used there, implying meaningless talk which confused me because Collins Dictionary says this: "If you describe someone as loquacious, you mean that they talk a lot." And the sentence example that went along with this was:
"Hogarth, in an unusually loquacious mood, had explained to a disbelieving Posy that the Pinks were talented musicians."

WordWeb defines it as: "Full of trivial conversation"

What I am confused about is, does it necessarily mean trivial conversations? Because the Collins example doesn't make it sound like it can be only trivial talk.


texts: On tense: 'realized that the number of something had been increasing'

texts:
Why does a sentence like I realized that the number of cars had been increasing sound strange?

I googled "realized that the number of * had been increasing", and then I found only three exmples.

But I found a great number of examples like "realized that the number of * had increased".

Why is it impossible to use "past perfect progressive" with realize or find to refer to the number?

Logically, you can "realize the incremental number".


texts: Equivalent word for a particular taste in English

texts:
In my native language Tamil, arusuvai means six tastes namely Uvarppu(salty), inippu(sweet), kasappu(bitter), pulippu(sour), kaarppu(pungent e.g. chilli) and thuvarpu. I am looking for a word in English for the last one. It's neither umami nor astringent.

It's the taste you realize when biting Gooseberry or betelnuts or unripen banana.


texts: How does "Your grace" mean what it means?

texts:
I know the meaning of this expression, but I want to know how it got what it means.

When we say "My lord", it's really obvious what we're talking about: somebody is my lord. I couldn't come up with a similar argument about "Your grace". On a comment on another question, "Your majesty" (which might be a similar usage) was related to "you, who are majestic". Is that it? Is there any rule to connect the dots between such phrases and what they actually mean and how they're constructed? And how's that a title for someone; Your grace? That's strange.

Why isn't it "The grace"? What's the role of "Your" to make a title? How does putting "your" before "grace" make a title? Can't figure out the structure.

I'm just looking for why we use that phrase as a title or an addressing and how we got to that phrase, not the "grace" alone, but "your grace".


texts: Interpreting grammar of a phrase "[pronoun] today announced"

texts:
What is the grammatical construct that is used in this sentence?

Apple today announced a third fall 2020 event...

MacRumors

Usually, I see similar phrases written as "Today, Apple announced" or "Apple announced X today". In this case, I interpret the phrase as [pronoun] [adverb] [verb], where today is a verb modifier, but it is unclear if that is the case. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language offers a different interpretation, according to which today can be interpreted as a pronoun, and then it becomes [pronoun] [pronoun] [verb], which is even more confusing.
What is the correct word order in this case and is there a general rule about it?


texts: Shortest comprehensive sentence in English

texts: What is the shortest comprehensive sentence in English?


texts: Expression or idiom about someone who has all the news

texts: What do you call someone who knows all the gossip and stories about people in his neighborhood or surroundings, someone who’s always informed. It doesn't have to be expressed in a word. Could be a sentence (e.g. she knows the ins and outs), but I’m looking for a better way to express it.


texts: Should "at least" be used to start a sentence or finish it?

texts:
Which should it be? Both sound fine to me.

At least how many years of experience the successful candidate should have?
How many years of experience the successful candidate should have at least?


texts:
My intention is to use on the following sentence:

The administrator has the right to ____ the user time slot for the venue A inside the online system.

So, which word would be suitable: override or overwrite or are there more suitable words?


texts: Which is correct, Credential or Credentials?

texts: Is singular correct, or is plural of "credential" correct for a single username & password pair?


texts: In which order should I use these words: rescue, female, tabby - when describing a cat?

texts: I'm writing a description of my cat and I want to say that she's a rescue cat, a female, and that she has a tabby patern, all in one sentence that would look like this: Leia is a tabby female rescue cat. But I'm not sure if that's the correct order of the words. Thank you for your help.


texts: What's the meaning of "draw" in this context?

texts:
I'm reading one of Aesop's fables:

  A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he
  met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him,
  saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their
  housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, "The
  arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I
  should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your
  charcoal."

  Like will draw like.

What's the meaning of draw in the last sentence? I've checked the Oxford English dictionary but still cannot understand it.


texts:
Why has the author used "that" in the sentence below? I think "those" is correct here. Please help me to understand it if I am wrong.

   . . . takes decisions and takes actions that promote the efficiency and effectiveness of its own department and that of other departments.


texts: What is the correct spelling of two fold?

texts: Two fold, twofold, or two-fold: which one is the best option?


texts: Can the word "now" be used to connect two independent clauses?

texts:
The second definition (from the Oxford Dictionary Online) states: "Used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to a particular statement or point in a narrative."

Example sentence:

  I don't like Scotch. Now, if it had been Irish Whiskey you'd offered me.

Can it be used to connect two sentences together like a conjunction, as in the following example:

  I don't like Scotch, now if it had been Irish Whiskey you'd offered me.

Is that ungrammatical?


texts:
In ice hockey, the face-off is the method of starting play. The two teams line up in opposition to each other, and two opposing skaters try to gain control of the puck after it is dropped between their sticks by the referee:

The term was invented in the late 19th Century, specifically for hockey.

Outside of the hockey world it means an open confrontation, as in:

  This is the face-off that has so far stymied a first step toward resolving the crisis.

In hockey, the face-off takes a split-second, and is then followed by other interesting things, such as play. An open confrontation can last for hours, or even years. Is it a misnomer, then, or am I missing something?


texts: What does this sentence mean? (complex-sentences)

texts:
English is not my native language, so I'm having a hard time understanding the meaning of this sentence, someone could explain its meaning in other words?

"You may not put it in your eye, but it meets the guidance"

Thank you!


texts: I have 2 names. Which is correct? He knows me as Sam or He knows me by Sam?

texts:
I have a native name and English name.

I want to explain that this particular person calls me Sam instead of the other name.

Which one of the following is correct way of saying it ?

He knows me as Sam. or He knows me by Sam ?

Thanks


texts: What is the difference between "neurologic" and "neurological"?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?

A Google search was not immediately helpful, but I found this document: http://www.aan.com/globals/axon/assets/3078.pdf

According to this, a Standards Guide by the American Academy of Neurology, neurologic is preferred over neurological.

Is there any difference between these two words? If so, what is it? When should I use which and why?


texts: What's the tense for repetitive past action?

texts:
In English, "would" usually denotes a conditional voice.  "If I were sleepy, I would go to bed."

But I've caught myself using it to denote repetitive or habitual past action.  "On Thursdays, we would go to the dump to shoot rats."  It sounds perfectly idiomatic (and I don't know what I could replace it with.)

What is this called?  Is the imperfect in Spanish roughly the same thing?


texts:
Some co-workers of mine from another office play a "question game."  I wasn't there for the question, but here it is:

  Is it accidentally impregnating someone if you know you're trying to get her pregnant, but she doesn't?

It's obviously not accidental. Is there a word for this situation?

Edit #1:  I mean a word for the whole situation, not just switching accidental for another word.