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- User هيثم الاصيل - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- User Тарас - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- User Fabíola - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Jean-Baptiste Yunès - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- cornbread ninja 麵包忍者 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Is there any difference between represent and represent for?
I could imagine it being the slang meaning of represent But since we don't have the context, it could also be a simple typo, or an editing mistake (like, they originally had "stands for" there or some such, then replaced the verb but forgot to nuke the preposition) At any rate, if you have to ask this question, you should not be considering represent for at all
- To add vs to be added - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The subtle difference I see is that "to be added" points out that something is missing, whereas "to add" is generally a prologue to doing the adding
- past tense - “I have been travelling” or “I had been. . . ” or “I was . . .
Did the teacher ask the question when you came late into the classroom or after class? In other words, did the teacher say: 'Where have you been? You are very late Or: 'Where were you? (or possibly, 'Where had you been?') You were very late '
- grammaticality - I panicked or I was panicked? - English Language . . .
I want to refer to a situation that happened months ago So what should I use? "I panicked" or "I was panicked"?
- word choice - I was laying in bed or lying in bed? - English Language . . .
According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common "To lay" is a transitive verb It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an object noun "To lie" by contrast is intransitive It is an indicator of state, not action Thus, your statement, which indicates your state in the past perfect, should use this verb and not "lay
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