2011年12月15日 · It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center.

2013年8月22日 · The singular of these terms originally referred to work of such high standards as to qualify the creator to be ranked as a guild master. Masterpieces and masterworks should be considered works that meet that standard. Today, the terms commonly refer to outstanding work in art or craft, as well as to the greatest work of its creator.

2018年6月1日 · As the OED entry shows "cut out work" is work that has been prepared in advance by someone other than the person who will do it, e.g. I cut out 1,000 pieces of cloth; you sew them into a suit. Your work has been cut out for you. P.2.a. P.2.a.i. to cut out work (for a person): to prepare work to be done by a person; to give a person something to do.

However, in English's current state, they are their own entity-- they are their own word, a different word. If you take a step back and think about things loosely, you will see that the same applies to "its". While it does seem weird when you try to think of it as you do, "its" really is just its own word. That's my take. Take it or leave it.

2020年7月27日 · To me, “resume normal operations” implies that it will resume its normal tasks. And “resume its normal operation” implies that it will operate in its normal manner. These implications are both clear and mean the same thing.

2014年4月2日 · Oxford Dictionary only lists "in its entirety", as does Cambridge (I checked for both US and UK English). Moreover, "in its entirety" is significantly more common: in the Corpus of Contemporary American English, "in entirety" appears 11 times, compared to the 576 times that "in its entirety" appears.

2010年11月17日 · Is the usage of the word "fine" correct in the following sentence? This works fine It seems that the author of the statement wanted to say that something was working, but not working well.

2012年7月30日 · Ex: “In fact, unless required to work together in a particular training exercise, each force carried on its daily activity as if its were the SAF alone,...” Calvin Allen & Lynn Rigsbee. “The most important of its were firstly, the relaxation of governmental control over the local authorities in regard to the preparation and approval of ...

We need to give this investigation its due diligence. Looking at the OP's original three phrases according to this guidance: We need to do our due diligence to investigate this. (correct, business usage) We need to use due diligence to investigate this. (incorrect) We need to perform due diligence to investigate this.

2013年3月24日 · Without making the question too technical, let's use the analogy of a person who has to do a job that will take a long time, not necessarily because it's a lot of work, but because there are uncertainties in how long it will take to get the work done. A lengthy task is close to what I want. However, I'm hesitant that it might convey more the ...