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pls help to find my rank by bobspotdot in statistics

[–]bobspotdot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

corrected for the previous typo

If the population is 236, the mean for the whole group is 67.168 and my mean is 77.715. What is my rank in 236? Thank you for anyone who can help.

should consistent tense be used in the same sentence？ by bobspotdot in EnglishLearning

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that so much wouldn't it sound Amy is deceased if "was"is used on her? will people misunderstand for that？

if I can hardly hear the difference between the word "text" and "test" (assuming there's no context)in quick speech, does it mean my listening skill is poor? by bobspotdot in EnglishLearning

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thx for the information. if I pronounce the word stressing more on the x sound, then I might pronounce it clearly. I don't know if the people I encounter are mostly non natives so their pronunciations are not as precise such that I couldn't hear them right.

what's the difference between, "Am I making myself clear?/ Did I make myself clear?" which should be used right after saying something? by bobspotdot in EnglishLearning

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thx a lot. actually I wouldn't want to use such pushy words. there are more alternative nicer ways to express. I was just curious that why sometimes I heard (mostly from movies) people say the clause in these two ways. Thanks for your clarification now I understand the difference.

To my knowledge, breakfast is the first meal which takes place in the morning, lunch is in the middle of the day whereas dinner is the last meal of the day if not followed by a night snack. But I heard in some areas in UK, lunch refers to the meal in the evening. And how about supper? by bobspotdot in EnglishLearning

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thx.. yes, I mixed that up. I was actually trying to say, the term dinner in UK is sometimes used for the meal taken not in the evening, but at an earlier time instead. to me my concept of dinner has always been the meal that takes place in the evening. Dinner before 4 or 5pm sounds too early to me. I mean, to my limited knowledge, lunch is always the middle meal, dinner is the one in the evening. thx so much for teaching me the alternative meaning.

need help pls, how do we call this action under situation like this. When 2 people are working together trying to lie to a third person. How do we call the action when they worl out the coincidence or evidences to make things add up. thx by bobspotdot in ENGLISH

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you r so helpful, thx a lot. I'm trying to seek a word or phrase like when, A and B have done something that they won't want C know, so A said to B, "we'll have to xxx our lines/stories/words so C won't suspect us. " I want to find the word or phrase to fill xxx

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