Aug 29, 2019 · Here, the cube is unfolded, first. The resulting object is a "net" (this term is taught in American schools, but I would imagine that most Americans wouldn't immediately …

Mar 6, 2020 · It isn't wrong. "Unfolded" is the opposite of folded though - do you fold the card to put it back into a box? I would probably call it a flattened box. In fact, when cardboard boxes …

Here the speaker is describing a past series of dream-events as the dream unfolded to his sister: In my sister's dream some Fearsome Creature was threatening the kitten's life and only she …

Sep 10, 2020 · When would you omit the "as"? I know the following sentence can be reworded, but for the sake of an example: A lack of protein remains his most critical issue. A …

Jul 3, 2016 · I have not seen as it happened used of a report after-the-fact. It doesn't quite make sense to me, given what the present-tense version usually means. It could imply a …

Oct 14, 2025 · Dogwood by Chris Fabry begins with these two sentences: Ruthie Bowles once said I would wind up hating her. She was right. Can you explain to me in simple words what …

The adjectival negative prefix "un-": A sentence like "The clothes were unfolded" (meaning "the clothes were not yet folded"), has to be given a stative interpretation. Using the word as a …

People saw me acting weird. [saw the behavior constituted by acting weird as it unfolded] People have seen me act weird [in the past, unspecified, people saw me perform an act of weirdness] …

Nov 1, 2016 · But the discussion unfolded and now we wonder about whether the "step to it" would also be correct or not. We started to talk about a bunch of alternatives but we could not …

Jun 6, 2017 · I use "extendable" for when it's about physical objects such as couch, a spyglass or the pipe that I have at my vacuum cleaner, things like that, that can be folded and unfolded.