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 #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:22 am polish the silverware |
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Native speakers normally use present for future in such dependent clauses.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:45 am polish the silverware |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:26 am polish the silverware |
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Hello,
Would 'silverware' be like 'kitchenware' but the difference is that they're made in silver? |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:08 pm polish the silverware |
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'Silverware' - knives, forks, spoons, other metallic kitchen and dining instruments, silver (or at least silver in appearance) platters, etc.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:46 am polish the silverware |
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Hi Bee,
No, I was asking about whether 'silverware' would be limited to kitchen thing that made in silver? Is it merley for kitchen tools? |
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:55 am polish the silverware |
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Most usually for kitchen and dining instruments as I said, but also for other silver, particularly trophies:
He is an excellent swimmer and has a display cabinet full of silverware to prove the point.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:04 am polish the silverware |
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| Thank you. |
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:13 am polish the silverware |
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Hi Puppet,
'Silverware' simply means things made of silver and isn't limited to any particular items. In the same way 'earthenware' describes fired clay (pottery). In the world of computing 'hardware' refers to things like computers themselves and other bits of equipment and 'software' refers to programs.
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| #10 (permalink) Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:09 am polish the silverware |
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I stand by what I said in message #7.
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| #11 (permalink) Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:50 am polish the silverware |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Puppet,
'Silverware' simply means things made of silver and isn't limited to any particular items. In the same way 'earthenware' describes fired clay (pottery). In the world of computing 'hardware' refers to things like computers themselves and other bits of equipment and 'software' refers to programs.
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It didn't come to me that "silverware" like silver thing as well as "hardware" like hard things or "earthenware" and so forth. Very nice explanation plus what Beee added in her reply no.7
Thank you very much, indeed. |
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