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"More and more people are talking about and understand the meaning and the role that beauty plays in modeling."
o advertisers can give 'em more cash for ads, fuckers. I don't know what you take me as, Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has ... If he's talking about problems, then a bitch could be givin him problems. ... Read Decoded people. Jay-z is perhaps more of a literary genius and satirist with a manipulation ...
What is the meaning of MORE LIKELY, LESS LIKELY and EQUALLY LIKELY ...
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What is the meaning of MORE LIKELY, LESS LIKELY and EQUALLY LIKELY? ... you are more likely to understand what people are talking about, ...
The Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel Songfacts www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=796 - CachedMore songs that were hits for more than one artist .... "People talking without speaking" has a beautiful meaning and this is pertinent to the ..... no one can understand all the meanings in it, maybe including Paul Simon himself. ...
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Explanation: This is correct usage, particularly with the "more and more" intensifyer.
Apart from the normal uses of the present continuous there is the "affective" use whic h means it adds an extra slant to the utterance, such as expressing annoyance or some other emotion.
British Diana Germany Local time: 03:18 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
and understanding
, and understanding,
Explanation: Yes it's grammatically correct, the present continuous is fine. But it does sound a bit awkward. I would separate 'and understanding' off with commas, or even with em dashes. The sentence has a lot of 'and' phrases, doesn't read terribly well.
Pablo Julián Davis Local time: 20:18 Native speaker of: Spanish, English
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peer agreement (net): +2
