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Hi, I have always confused with the usage of "listing date" and "list date". The listing date of share "example" is 1900-01-31. The list date of share "example" is 1900-01-31. Are they all correct? Is there any difference between "List Date" and "Listing Date"? Thanks.

When to use the "meal" for "eating" if it is unnatural for "eat meal"? Here is the "Eating the meal" from Wikipedia for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal Is it correct and natural for the following sentences: Let's have breakfast meal and lunch meal and dinner meal together today...

Hi, Can I say let's eat meal at 12:00pm? Thanks.

Hi, The following sentence comes from https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/current/zookeeperOver.html Can I translate the "puts a premium" into the following: The ZooKeeper implementation makes many efforts on high performance Or, if it means: The ZooKeeper implementation considers the high...

Hi, The law defined how to calculate the ratio of something. I want to get that ratio by using program method, and added a comment as below. I'm confusing with the "with obeying" and "by obeying": 1). Is it correct to use "with obeying the law" in this case? 2). Can I use "by obeying the...

Hi, I found this sentence from the Cambridge dictionary. Is it same as "She is a very much hands-on manager"? Thanks.

Hi, Now is year 2020. If I want to talk about year 2019 today, can I use the following words: A). Last year B). Preceding year C). Previous year I think A and C are correct. Is B also correct? For me, B can also be used to describe year 2018, 2017, 2016, etc., not just year 2019. Thanks.

Hi, We want to install some software again on the server. And I say: A). We might try installing it again. B). We might try to install it again. Which is better? I usually use B but what's the difference between them? Thanks.

Hi, I found this sentence from http://maven.apache.org/settings.html Is this sentence wrong? It says "all specified criteria have been met" but "not all are required at once". This does not make sense. If "not all are required at once", then the first part should be "Activation occurs when...

Hi, What does the just mean in "just work" in the above sentence? I found that total four definitions of "just" from Cambridge dictionary may be the answer, but I'm not sure which one is correct. A: exactly or equally B: only; simply C: used to make a statement or order stronger D: very...

Hi, I found this sentence from a document, and I'm translating it to Chinese. I have the following questions: Q1). Is there any grammar problem in the above sentence? What is the "subject" and what is the "object"? For my understanding, it has two meanings. I have separated it by "[ ]"...

Hi, Can I translate the "outstanding amount" to "outstanding salary" in this situation? I'm translating a document, which contains "outstanding amount", to Chinese. But I asked this question in English. Thanks

Hi, What does MP stand for? I saw it many times in BBC. Thanks.

Hi, I found the following sentence from this link: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cupti/ Is it wrong? It used "below" as an adjective in "below changes". Thanks.

Hi, I have bought a Samsung LED view cover today and found a problem in the printed label on the back of this LED cover. Now I want to confirm if this LED cover is genuine or not. Here is the picture of the printed label: (Deleted picture as barcodes inside can be scanned) As you can see...