Is there an idiom that means "it was something inevitable"? I am not sure if it's the case, but there's this idiom, it was something like "this was ought to happen", but it was an actual idiom instead of just a …

Nov 23, 2015 · Both inevitable and ineluctable are words in the dictionary that mean something is impossible to avoid. So do we use them in a same or different context?

Harry watched them go, feeling slightly uneasy. It just occurred to him that Mr and Mrs Weasley would want to know how Fred and George were financing their joke shop business when, as was inevitable,

Sep 4, 2018 · That is not irony. It would be irony only if avoiding the result caused the result. That's not the case in OP's question, as it's perfectly possible for the result to be inevitable regardless of trying …

Sep 16, 2022 · Personally, I think it's a good thing to have a lot of friends; anyway, it's inevitable that we'll build closer relationships with just a few of them. Finally, of / among all your close friends, it's …

Mar 31, 2020 · There are probably a few idioms, words or sayings you could use. An inconsistency between tone and content might be described as "not in keeping with" (eg " the tone is not in keeping …

Feb 7, 2019 · From a book It will be evident that poet’s function is not to report things that have happened, but rather to tell of such things as might happen , things that are possibilities by virtue of …

I agree with Jason that it is a relative word, not a conjunction. However, relative pronouns usually refer to a preceding noun (except for sentential "which"). In this case, it is at least curious that it refers to …

Apr 6, 2024 · In these examples "should" expresses an expected but not inevitable outcome. Several other ESL/grammar sites also allow "should" with the third conditional, e.g. Cambridge.

Aug 19, 2021 · Not everybody agrees on this. 'They' has been used as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun for quite some time. However, we still use it in the same manner as the plural 'they'. For …