2012年12月26日 · I often use "&" when two things are related directly but only in a series. Example: "Michel has experience in Marketing, Research & Design, and Business …

2015年4月6日 · Nearness and farness is only one use of this and that. Or the use of this when it is in relationship to "my" and of "that" when it is in relationship to "your". But in a lot of cases …

2014年4月27日 · In the second, the noun "the use" is representing an action, which means that other things happen - its arguments as a verb become arguments as a noun, for instance - but …

and/or is as official as English gets in the sense that you can use it in extremely formal contexts. There is typically a better way to say whatever is being said but it does convey a specific …

2018年8月1日 · We use from - to + beginning and end of a period Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o' clock. If you google "from * to" (including the quotes) you will find countless more …

The following sentence was on one of the tests: What would you like to do that others have told you is impossible. Students have asked why that could not be replaced with what. I.e., What w...

2011年8月11日 · I understand the use of circa / c. as it applies to approximating dates. However, I have a writer who (over)uses the word in other contexts. Examples:... from circa early 1990s …

2010年9月25日 · I use 'that that' quite often because it gives you an explicit reference to the exact subject referred to previously. Simply replacing it with 'this' sometimes will not do as I …

2020年1月5日 · The symbol @ means "at", as in "[this part of my email is directed] at Carol".. In the past, this usage was fairly rare outside of the world of IRC and whatnot, but the spread of …

2012年12月27日 · In the use of English it is very common to say, this or the other when it comes to making a choice (exclusive or). Now I know that "or" can also be inclusive, for example "she …