
transatlantic differences - When to use "Meter" vs "Metre"?
2018年8月17日 · The two meters are set one metre apart. Further example. I used the speedometer in my car to judge when we had travelled a kilometre. In US English the two equate to the same thing. One is merely a 'foreign spelling' of the other. You would have to take the meaning from context.
grammar - Are "within a radius of 10 meter" and "in a radius of 10 ...
2019年7月17日 · The informal expressions would be "x meters from," "within x meters" or "within a radius of x meters." More mathematically exact phrases would be "inside a circle with a radius of x meters" or "not outside a circle with a radius of x meters," depending on whether or not the circumference is to be excluded or included. –
word usage - 400 metres high, 400 metres height? - English …
2015年11月19日 · First of all, the comma is unnecessary in any of the three sentences and should be removed. You are using 'high' (or 'height') to modify the noun 'metres' and as such, what you need an adjective. 'high' is an adjective but 'height' is a noun.
15 meters vs. 15-meter - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2018年2月4日 · 1.The height of Merlion is 15 meters. 2.The height of Merlion is 15-meter. Which one is correct? Can we use this hyphenated adjective as predicative adjective?
interpretation - What's the meaning of "within x of something ...
2018年10月18日 · As already pointed out, the phrase is: (something) is (amount) within [of (something else)]. My office is within 2 miles of the bus station.
grammaticality - "several thousand" vs. "several thousands of ...
He sees number people a few hundred meters away. He sees numbers of people a few hundred meters away. The first is obviously wrong (but note that it can be fixed by converting "number" to "numerous"). And another example with a noun: He sees group people a few hundred meters away. He sees groups of people a few hundred meters away.
Confused by how to describe amounts and numbers
2022年11月23日 · Yes, we can say "Two meters is a quantity." Or more plausibly, "Two meters is a distance." Of course we wouldn't say "Sad is a quantity" or "Sad is a distance", because those things just aren't true about the idea of "sad". We might well say, "Sad is the way I feel today." We'd be more likely to say, "Sadness is a feeling."
difference - "I am finished" vs "I have finished" - English Language ...
2016年10月18日 · What is the difference between "I am finished" and "I have finished"? For example, when finishing a task, should I say "I have finished" or "I am finished".
prepositions used with DISTANCE - English Language Learners …
2019年9月14日 · 2)a picturesque valley of East Carpathians' foothills at a height of 350 m above sea level on distance of 105 km from L'viv./On a distance of 100 meters there is a concert hall Dzintari located and close to the lat is a Jomas street.
Using hyphens between numbers and units before long and wide
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