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What does In Scientist, "coming up tails", "heads on a science apart".
I've seen "come up short". It seems that 'short' is used as an adverve. If so, the word 'tails' is used as an adverve in this sentence? Is it a common usage of 'tails'(or heads)? mean?
What does In Scientist, "coming up tails", "heads on a science apart".
I've seen "come up short". It seems that 'short' is used as an adverve. If so, the word 'tails' is used as an adverve in this sentence? Is it a common usage of 'tails'(or heads)? mean?
I've seen "come up short". It seems that 'short' is used as an adverve. If so, the word 'tails' is used as an adverve in this sentence? Is it a common usage of 'tails'(or heads)? mean?
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Heads or tails. Coins have a picture of a person on one side and something else on the other, often an animal. The person side is heads and the other is tails. When you have a decision to make, you can flip a coin in the air, catch it and look at the side facing up. Before catching the coin, I assign option A to one side and option B to the other. Whichever side is facing up when I catch the coin is the option I choose.
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Heads or tails. Coins have a picture of a person on one side and something else on the other, often an animal. The person side is heads and the other is tails. When you have a decision to make, you can flip a coin in the air, catch it and look at the side facing up. Before catching the coin, I assign option A to one side and option B to the other. Whichever side is facing up when I catch the coin is the option I choose.
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@COASTBC I know the context or meaning of "heads and tails", What i want to know is how those words are used in terms of grammar. Or are you implying the usage by saying "the other is tails"?
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@Woonary I didn't understand your question, so I answered what could.
I'm still not sure, but my answer is grammatically correct.
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@COASTBC Hmm, I must be not fluent enough to make some sense in my question.
We(subject) Come up (verb) short (adverbe).
Then, in "coming up tails", 'tails' should be an adverb or used like an adverb, right?
We(subject) Come up (verb) short (adverbe).
Then, in "coming up tails", 'tails' should be an adverb or used like an adverb, right?
- English (US)
@Woonary Technical classroom terms are not my strong suit, I'm simply not sure. The link below is a good website for these sorts of questions. Hopefully it's useful.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/adverb/?gclid=EA...
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