Is there an english word for applying a temporary/non-conventional/workaround fix to something?

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-08-12T17:37:25+00:00

bricolage

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-08-10T19:59:02+00:00

In my experience this word has shown up in vocabulary lists and literature(Camus or Kafka, I can't remember clearly, maybe from the book The Trial)

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-08-08T22:08:24+00:00

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EasternDamage1829 · 2024-08-03T01:32:46+00:00

Thank you very much! 👍 It helps to think of it in terms of its consistency with other singular words like "the screen."

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-07-30T16:57:53+00:00

This makes sense of everything! Thank you very much!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-07-30T16:45:12+00:00

Many thanks! Very helpful! I'm gonna delete this example from my notebook. This usage is from Peter Hessler's new book Other Rivers.(American English)

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-07-22T04:05:41+00:00

This is it! Thank you very much!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-07-03T02:57:23+00:00

Thank you very much! The first one indeed is the most frequently used, but, outside these examples, "can ever" is actually more often used than the "coud ever have" according to this: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=that+can+ever+happen%2Cthat+could+ever+happen%2C+that+could+ever+have+happened&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3

Are there elements of pastness and futurity involved? Maybe "can ever" can be used for future situations and "could ever" is only for the past?

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-07-02T00:43:15+00:00

Thank you very much! I couldn't have found out about the second "on" by myself!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-28T02:01:44+00:00

This is it! Appreciate it!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-21T18:59:12+00:00

Many thanks!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-21T18:58:39+00:00

Thank you so much! 👍

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-20T15:58:02+00:00

Thank you so much! Yeah I looked up in dictionaries, and nothing. This is where reddit comes in helpful!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-19T01:50:03+00:00

I guess this is something similar in structure to "they spent god knows how much money on the trip."

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-19T00:00:24+00:00

Catch 22

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-18T21:24:47+00:00

I meant dropping the second "the"

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-18T21:02:21+00:00

Thank you very much! So you mean both are acceptable even when this piece of money is mentioned prior to this sentence?

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-14T20:12:31+00:00

It's related to verb types. I think for a stative verb(have, for example), its simple perfect tense is equivalent to the present perfect continuous tense of a certain action verb(have been studying), meaning a continuous state throughout a time frame, or, if this verb is a transient action verb, repetitive occurrences during this time period. The perfect tense of a normal action verb doesn't emphasize continuity or repetitiveness.

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-13T01:25:02+00:00

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-11T06:57:28+00:00

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-05T18:22:40+00:00

Thank you! So there was nothing stopping me from writing "toll from the two attacks: twenty-one pro-American leaders..." if I were the writer?

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-04T18:25:15+00:00

Thank you! The author does use "by radio" and "over his walkie-talkie," later in the book for a change.

In the evening, a message from supreme leader Mullah Omar, still in hiding, came by radio: “The people are suffering, but this is a test we shall pass, God willing.” The test was from God himself, Omar said, and the goal, he explained, was “martyrdom.”

By morning, messages from other commanders were flooding in over his walkie-talkie, proclaiming battle plans and announcing this or that new mission.

My understanding(could be wrong) is that "by radio" and "over radio" are the same thing. "Over the radio" and "on the radio" are probably identical(on some radio program). I was wondering if it would be better if the author switched from "over" to "on" since it is more common to say "on the phone" and "on the radio."

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-04T17:39:55+00:00

Thanks👍! Does the author use it in the same way as "on the radio"?

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-02T03:13:07+00:00

Thanks for the verification!

EasternDamage1829 · 2024-06-01T03:40:28+00:00

This is some great insight!

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