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Sep 27, 2021 · Hi everyone, I have a quite simple question but it's kind of killing me. Should it be: "something can be hid" or "something can be hidden". I would use "something can be hidden" but I just heard a native English speaker saying "something can be hid" and so, I am pretty confused now. Thank you!
Apr 5, 2015 · I was hiding in my room while he was putting on his boots. Source: school exam Hello, Can we also say "I was hidden" instead of "I was hiding"? If not, then would you please tell me why we can not? Thank you.
Apr 3, 2018 · "Hidden" could be acting as an adjective, in which case the sentence isn't passive. On the other hand, in this context, it would be passive: As the danger approaches, the children are quickly sent to the cellar. Marilyn is taken to the cabin farthest from the lake, and Richard is hidden in another cabin.
May 4, 2022 · The city streets are crowded for the holiday, even with the rain. Hidden in the chaos is the element, waiting to strike like snakes — but I'm there, too. Watching. I don't understand what element means here. Does it mean "evil"? Source: The Batman (2022) (Film) - TV Tropes
Mar 19, 2007 · Hidden rule might be understood, but I would have had to think about it for a moment. A hidden rule could also be an official rule that was intentionally withheld from public information, which actually happens sometimes in situations where lawmakers want to intentionally entrap people, so hidden rule could be misinterpreted.
Feb 8, 2015 · Hi, I have found in a book this sentence :there was nothing hidden, nothing concealed. I was wondering if there is a difference between concealed and hidden. Otherwise I can't understand why a word with the same meaning was used twice.
Jul 7, 2008 · Hello, I knew in another thread that native speakers tend to prefer "proven" to "proved". Is it a general trend that native speakers prefer -en form for a past participle? I personally prefer -en endings simply because they sound clear. For example: bit - bitten, proved - proven, hid -...
Nov 14, 2006 · "I'm hidden" means you can't be seen. You may have covered yourself up with a blanket, or crept into a wardrobe. "I'm in hiding" is usually more connected with someone who is hiding from the authorities. A criminal on the run may go "into hiding" in a thick forest, or an old building. Woofs and wags! LRV
Jan 12, 2010 · A hidden gem in english is something really good or recommended that not many people are aware of. For exemple a place that is very nice for travels and is far from other tourist attractions. Or like a really good song in an album that hasn't been released and not many poeple know.
May 17, 2007 · I don't like hidden, since the meaning of cachés here is more like "en retrait", unexposed, to live a private life (opposed to a public life). It's about "pudeur" (modesty, reserve, delicacy, decency -- "pudique" chaste,modest,discreet).
