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A sentence in a book I am reading says “ Behind every system of actions are a system of beliefs”. Why is it “are” instead of “is”?
In the sentence above, “are” is used instead of “is” and I am so confused. I thought after “every” the verb would be singular. And when was writing the sentence with the Grammarly, it even corrected the “are” to “is”. Can you please explain to me? Thank you!
Why are there so many verbs that mean "to kill"?
Like "to whack", "take out someone", "drop someone", "cap his ass", "eliminate", "take care of someone" etc.
What’s the difference between being corrupt and corrupted?
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Why is it wrong?
I thought it's won't, but it says it's wouldn't and Idk why
When I read a post about "diabetic" light novels, I was confused. Is this a meme or just wrong word usage?
While reading this post:[Whats the most diabetic Light Novel you guys have read?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/1j09t80/whats_the_most_diabetic_light_novel_you_guys_have/), I noticed someone using "diabetic" to describe novels. Although he explained "when I say diabetic, I mean something that just makes you go question yourself?", I just don't understand why diabetes would make people think of this. Is this an inappropriate description created by the poster, or is it some kind of meme? Also, are there any proper terms that could replace "diabetic" to express what the poster meant? I asked an AI, but the answer was all over the place. I hope someone can help me with these two questions. Thanks in advance!
What's the natural (though it is never natural) word for forcing individuals or nations out of their territory / homes?
Tough subject to discuss but I want to use the correct terms when teaching people. So, in the USSR and the Russian Empire, many nations were relocated for the sakes of whatever came to mind to the dictators and emperors of the time. Some were forced out of their territories and relocated to other distant parts of the Russia. Very similar to the Cherokee Rose Story but repeated many, many, many times with many, many, many different nations. What's this action of relocating an entire people called usually? What's the go-to term? I need a noun. Exile? Eviction? Relocation? I need a noun that lets you understand it wasn't done willingly by the people, like moving or relocation, it was forced by the authorities. I also need a noun that means exactly the same but for one person/family, not for nations. Like a person was accused of criminal / suspicious activity and was EXILED (???) to Syberia as their punishment. For example, you didn't like Stalin and somebody ratted you out and you (if you're lucky) and maybe the whole family get SENT (???) to Syberia or the gulag for years. What's that action called? I know it's not a very optimistic post but I need the normally used words to talk about the history of my country. Thank you everyone for your input!!
What's a person that orders something grand called? Like a customer or client but BIGGER
So, I know there's customers. But I'm looking for a word describing an... uhm, entity, that wants something hard or challenging or niche to be done. Say, I work at a design agency and my ORDERER (???) wants to build an apartment complex. So my job is to discuss with them what the apartment complex will look like, and so on. Or I am self employed and work as a photographer and somebody orders twenty pictures to be edited from me, what would that person be called? Or, for example, I own a yogurt factory and I have an order for twenty thousand yogurt bottles to be shipped somewhere in France by the end of the month. What is the entity that orders something called? It could be a company itself, or a just a person, or some employee at a company. The orderer? Just the customer? The client? Thank you all for your help! Much appreciated!
A question about pronoun "it" in this sentence
My teacher told me that the pronoun "it" refers to animals or objects only, but in this sentence, "it" refers to "someone" and someone is a person. Does that statement always hold true? By the way, if I am not sure about the gender of the subject, which pronoun should I use?
Can I say "no temper" to someone who's throwing tantrum?
Is the meaning same as "calm down"?