The Difference Between Act and Action

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Anonymous :Would you please tell m e between act and action?

Clive :Hi,

They are sim ilar in m any ways, and can often be interchanged. However, here's a couple of brief comments.

act Something that is done. Sugges ts that the 'doing' is completed. eg this murder is a criminal act.

action Usually focuses more on the proces s of 'doing' the act'. eg this movie is very exciting, it is full of action.

Best wishes , Clive

Anonymous :I believe ACT is like Clive sa id, a completed deed. I think action i s us ually more like part of a deed. For example, a kind ACTm ay require se veral ACTIONS. D escribing the thing in it's entirety is us ually ACT and describing how one did it is usuall y

ACTIONS.

I walked the lady across the street, holding her arm and carrying her bag. Joe sai d, "your actions there were very kind. Indeedit was a kind act."

Maybe it's a stupid s entence, but I think that's the m eaning.

omgilyx :act is a verb or an abstract noun, depending on its context.

action is an abs tract noun.

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amanysd commented on their own post.

correct verb,noun,and pronounagreenmet

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amanysd Good day allplease help..

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Mister Micawber replied to an anonymous pos t.

Does that sentence make sense? Thanks...


does the sentence: my classmate, she sings in lessons make sense. it has to be sim plebecause i have to do it for my spanis h homework.

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Mister Micawber My classmate sings in lessons.

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dilshi commented on their own post.

Would vs Will


May I know what is the different between these two sentences.. 'They would be at home now' AND 'They will at hom e now'.. and also.... 'Could you pleas e tell me ..' , Can you please tel lme..' , AND 'Would you please tell me..'

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dilshi Thanks..Could you please tell me the difference of these words..'Will' and 'Will be' AND 'Would' and 'Would be'

AlpheccaStars Will:Will Will ever grow up? He always acts l ike a child.

We will go w ith him to the concert tonight.Will beWill will be a great sing er. He has a beautiful voice.

WouldWill would go with you, but he can't because he has to practice his s inging.When ...

dilshi Awesome you are a perfect teacher..

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Anonymous replied to an anonymous pos t.

The reason that/why

Basic English Grammar QuestionsIs there any difference between "Am I the reason that you're crying no w" and "Am I the reasonwhy you're crying now"? Which one is more com mon? Thank you.

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Anonymous 'commo nly used' and 'redundant' are not mutually exclusive.

CalifJim We are aware of that.CJ

Anonymous

Mister Micawber: Sorry, CJ, while you were responding,...

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syed2011 replied to an anonymous pos t.

Which one is correct


brother are you know about phrase and claus e? If you know about so pleas e share

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Mister Micawber Clause : a group of words that includes a verb and a subject and is a s entence or a main pa rt of a sentence. A clause i s a gram matical unit that includes, at minimum , a predicateand an explicit or implied subject, and express es a propos ition.

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AlpheccaStars A sentence is compos ed of one or more clauses. A clause can be made of phrases.

A phrase is a group of words that form a logica l unit, but does n ot contain a verb-sub jectcombination.Mary is sad. (This sentence is one main clause.)There are ...

syed2011 -Phrase is nothing but group of words that relates each other

-Clause is a group of words that contains both subject and verb!!

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Philip replied to an anonymous pos t.

Help with gramma r needed


Many people are not interested in creating major im pact on so ciety or the world at large

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Mister Micawber Few people are interested in making a majo r impact on society or the world at large .

shawez can we say " less people are interested in making a major im pact on society or the world at large .

Philip

shawez: can w e say "less people ar e...

No, because people is a countable noun, which needs many/few . ...

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Anonymous replied to himanshu007 's post.

hey guys, is this s entence corr ect...


may God down pour plenty of blessing on you and your life partner.

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himanshu007 thanks for your reply, but can you explain why pour down not down pour....... as downis an adverb, which can modify verb, adjective, and other....for eg. down under, down south...and why 'many', instead of plenty.

Philip A downpour is a s ingle word meaning a s udden, heavy rain.

Anonymous can you explain what is defination of prepojition...?

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Anonymous replied to an anonymous pos t.

I need to have bathBasic English Grammar Questions

I need to have bath this s entence is it ok ?

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Philip

khoff: I'd hav e to say tha t th e "th" sound...

Nor to mine! ...

Anonymous It would have the "v" sound if the s peaker were a native Spanish-speaker
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Anonymous Not at all! I'm a native Spanish speaker and it doesn't sound l ike "v" for me

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CalifJim replied to jhamic 's post.

active to passive voice.please


1. thunder and lightning frightened the horses in the stable. 2. reporters wrote newsunfavorable to the president. 3.someo ne is waxing the Mercedes Benz regularly. 4.

Caterpillars are eating away the vegetables i n the garden. 5.exchange s tudents

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CalifJim There's one in every crowd.CJ

Clive Hi, All OK.

Good capitals.Clive

CalifJim

Clive: Good capitals.

But not from the OP, you realize, don't you?CJ

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Anonymous replied to cameron d 's post.

A comma is usually not


A comm a is us ually not needed w hen a s entence incl udes an extra phrase beg inni ng with the

word what ? 1. which 2.that 3. but 4. however

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Anonymous Isn't it the other way round?For example:The boys who have red hair will line up over there.The boys, who are males , will line up over there.The comma s uggests that all boys are male and it just adds a further clarification.

Mister Micawber Both of those poss ibilities are included amo ng the answers; that is the point of the quiz question (which has yet to be answe red).

Anonymous The boys who have red hair will line up over there. Amongs t the boys, some h ave red hair. These one s wil l line up o ver there.The boys, who have red hair, will line up over there.The boys will line up over there. Additional info: they have red hair ...

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