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  1. Modelling or modeling? - WordReference Forums

    Feb 28, 2007 · Someone seeing traveller and modelling for the first time would not have anything within the spelling to indicate whether the first or second syllable is stressed, while someone who knows Webster's rule would know that traveler and modeling are pronounced on the first syllable, while propeller and preferring are pronounced with the stress on ...

  2. throughout her studies vs in vs over the course of her studies

    Jun 4, 2018 · Hi, I would please ask you which of the options in bold is more appropriate in the following (I prefer the second): She perfected her mathematical modelling skills (throughout her studies)/(in the course of her studies)/(over the course of her studies) in Physics.

  3. plástica (school subject) | WordReference Forums

    Jan 2, 2013 · The dictionary gives the translation as as "modelling" but which I am wondering whether might be better translated as "arts and crafts". "The plastic arts" sounds very stilted to use as a school subject for a six-year-old!

  4. comparing it against/with - WordReference Forums

    Aug 5, 2011 · The following is from an English exercise given by my son's teacher. 40% of lizard species worldwide could be extinct by 2080. Barry Sinerro reached the conclusion by taking current data on Mexican lizards and comparing it against extinction modelling and projected risks worldwide. Can...

  5. mustn't / couldn't / can't have done | WordReference Forums

    Sep 15, 2019 · (Of course, they can't do any after that either while they are under consideration.) Should it be " they are not allowed to have done any professional modelling" or "they are not supposed to have done any professional modelling" or something like that in this sentence instead of " must not have done "?

  6. explain to me /explain me.... | WordReference Forums

    Mar 14, 2008 · Hola a tod@s! Hola, plutosis. ¿Por qué algunos verbos como por exemplo explain, introduce, say, etc.... necesitan de un "to" ? as í por ejemplo: He explained the lesson "to" me correcto / He explained to us the lesson el orden de las palabras me duele You have to introduce him "to" me correcto Don't say it to him! perfecto He gave us the basis of hydraulic modelling …

  7. Ground knowledge vs basic knowledge | WordReference Forums

    Jan 14, 2019 · My guess is that ground knowledge indicates less knowledge than basic knowledge. Am I correct? Could it also depend on the sentence (when there is one!) used? Thanks in advance! Here is an example: Statistics Ground knowledge in measure theoretic probability. Basic knowledge of modelling.

  8. leverage vs by leveraging - WordReference Forums

    Sep 24, 2016 · Can you replace skills with competencies in the sentence above, and write: Firstly, I can contribute to the success of the company by deploying my skills in the areas of financial mathematics and of the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena? Yes, if you also change deploy to employ/use.

  9. efficient in /at verb+ing - WordReference Forums

    Aug 12, 2011 · Examples He is efficient in his use of modelling software. He is efficient at modelling costs. In your example ... how efficient this model is at estimating the costs of activities in a precise way.

  10. The only way < is /is by> doing .... | WordReference Forums

    Jan 26, 2014 · At one point, in 1985, Pixar,losing money fast, was nearly sold to General Motors and Philips Electronics, which wanted its computer-graphics modelling tools to help design cars and transform medical scans into three-dimensional images. Even when Steve Jobs, a co-founder of Apple, came to the rescue, Pixar was still in danger.

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