Nov 7, 2022 · Which ones are correct and appropriate for academic and formal writing? 1.a) The country's rank dropped from 3 to 5. 1.b) The country's rank is 3. 2.a) The country's rank …

You can't say "I got a 2:1 from Harvard" because American Universities don't classify degrees in the same way. Instead, you use the native description, supplemented by an explanation in …

Mar 25, 2018 · Top of the hour: "The beginning of any or each of the twenty-four divisions of the day; noon, 1:00, 2:00, etc.: news is broadcast at the top of the hour." (Webster's New World …

May 16, 2013 · I was talking to my friend the other day about the airport bus timings, I was supposed to say Buses are due at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 etc. (pattern like this the whole day …

May 4, 2020 · All three expressions (on top, on the top, and at the top) are grammatical, with different meanings. None of them collocate with become. What you mean, I think, is either will …

May 20, 2015 · Critics rated the movie 3 stars out of four (he "ranked" the movie 3 stars out of four would not sound right). The nuance between the two words is that when you 'rank' something, …

Dec 16, 2017 · Of the top 10 digital kitchen scales on Amazon UK today, 5 describe themselves as "scales", 1 describes itself as "scale", and 4 hedge their bets and use both terms. The …

Mar 24, 2015 · Here are two examples of context. Come at ten o'clock sharp. She said she was going to ring at nine a.m. sharp. Does it mean "exactly"?

Aug 16, 2020 · The US President and Vice President are elected together, and they would naturally be written with the candidate for President first, at the top of the ticket. Related: …

When we use words like first, second, third, fourth or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, in sentences, what will be the best way to write these? Also, what about numbers? Do we put them as numbers or …