Grammar

Passive headrests are fixed, non-adjustable headrests typically found in car seats. They are designed to provide support and protection for the head and neck in case of a rear-end collision by helping to limit the movement of the head during impact.

No. Fraught means "loaded" or "heavy." We say something is fraught with meaning when it has many implications.

The direct object in a sentence receives the action performed by the subject. It typically answers the question "what" or "whom" after the verb. For example, in the sentence "She bought a book," "book" is the direct object receiving the action of buying.

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Yes! The verb agrees with the subject it is closer to. You would not want to say "Neither my sister nor I is going."

If you don't like having the verb agree with one subject but not the other, you could say, "I am not going, nor is my sister," or "I am not going, and neither is my sister."

Not quite: First, you need to say "Thanks for taking thetime." Also, assuming that this was time spent reading the report, you should say, "Thanks for taking the time to read through the report".

Because it is the simple past tense, "The man slept in the chair" can have more than one connotation, which can be explained with additional context:

"The man always slept in the chair."

"The man slept in the chair because he was too tired to go home."

"The man slept in the chair despite the activity taking place around him."

A call to action in grammar is a phrase that encourages the reader or listener to take a specific action. It is often found at the end of persuasive writing or speeches and is meant to prompt the audience to do something, such as "Buy now," "Learn more," or "Sign up today."

I'll start with active voice because it's simpler. In an active sentence, the subject is doing the action. A straightforward example is the sentence "Steve loves Amy." Steve is the subject, and he is doing the action: he loves Amy, the object of the sentence. In passive voice, the target of the action gets promoted to the subject position. Instead of saying, "Steve loves Amy," I would say, "Amy is loved by Steve." The subject of the sentence becomes Amy, but she isn't doing anything. Rather, she is just the recipient of Steve's love. The focus of the sentence has changed from Steve to Amy. Also note the "is" you will see a lot of that in the passive.

Overall the active voice is better to use in writing and speeches

She was a materialistic girl - only caring about whether her shoes were the latest model or if her clothes created a statement.

Both "off-site meeting" and "offsite meeting" are correct. "Off-site meeting" uses a hyphen to connect "off" and "site," while "offsite meeting" combines the two words without a hyphen. Choose the format that aligns with the style guide or preference of the organization or publication you are writing for.

'Would' implies a sort-of hypothetical; something like an 'if; then' statement. For example, "If I didn't have any money, what would I do?"

So 'would it be' can work as future tense or as present tense, as long as there is something like a hypothetical in the statement being made. For example, "Would it be fine with you if I went to the shops tomorrow?" is a sort-of hypothetical future tense statement, while "Would it be fine with you if I was jumping now?" is a sort-of hypothetical present tense statement.

It can work as future tense, but not quite as most future tense things do, so I'd need to know the sentence it's in to answer for sure.

You can say "Ke 'olu'olu e ho'ohui me 'oe" in Hawaiian, which means "Looking forward to meeting with you."

"Nope" is considered informal English and may not be appropriate in formal writing or professional settings. It is commonly used in casual conversations or informal writing.

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The correct form is "Did he come today?" The auxiliary verb "did" is followed by the base form of the main verb "come" in questions in the past simple tense.

The first syllable is stressed. In a dictionary you will likely find notation like: /ˈsɜr tn/

This indicates the pronunciation of the word. The apostrophe, at the front, shows that the first syllable is stressed.

They/he/she/the doctor(etc) asked me where I was from.

Or if you are asking the question:

I asked him/her/etc where he/she/etc was from.

I asked them/etc where they/etc were from.

I held mom and dad's hands.

The superlative form of "cosmopolitan" is "most cosmopolitan."

A comma splice consists of independent clauses separated by only a comma; a run-on sentence consists of independent clauses one directly following another, not separated by a conjunction or punctuation.

Comma splice example: The flowers were pretty, I didn't pick them.

Run-on sentence example: The flowers were pretty I didn't pick them.