"log into" is not terrible, but it doesn't sound as good because it sounds like you're actually going inside something. For example, "I walked into the store." "login" is the noun and adjective form. So you would use that like this: "I programmed the login procedure." Or... "I don't like this app because the login process is very lengthy."

2015年12月1日 · For my money, log on to a system or log in to a system are interchangeable, and depend on the metaphor you are using (see comment on your post). I suppose there is a small bit of connotation that "log on" implies use, and "log in" implies access or a specific user.

You can use won't to say that somebody refuses to do something: I've tried to give her advice, but she won't listen. The car won't start. (=the car refuses to start) Ibidem, pp. 68–69: Somebody wouldn't do something = he/she refused to do it: I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen to me. (= he refused to listen) The car wouldn't start.

In the last two weeks I haven't had much time, so I haven't got that quotation for you. In the last two weeks I haven't had much time, but I expect to be able to address your question soon. In colloquial use, however, particularly when the fairly recent past is concerned, you are likely to hear either form regardless of context.

A recent Language Log post by Mark Liberman linked to an interesting article by Johan van der Auwera & Lauren Van Alsenoy, "On the typology of negative concord". Van der Auwera & Van Alsenoy argue that in fact, negative concord is not the most frequent strategy, at least not for indicating negative indefinites or adverbials.

2025年2月9日 · The full OED's primary definition for coda is 1. 1740– Music.Esp. in classical music: an independent and often elaborate passage which follows the end of the main part of a movement and brings the movement to its conclusion.

2014年12月6日 · I would naturally spell it as "shaln't". I see on Wiktionary that "shalln't" (with two "l"s) is listed as an archaic spelling and shouldn't be used. All other resources I've found indicate that it should be "shan't" -- with no "l" -- but this is the American English pronunciation, to me.

2012年10月1日 · No rules per se. "Don't" is shorter to say. "don't" is less formal than "do not". In written form some writers will move towards "I do not" even if they would usually use "I don't" themselves when speaking. However, in spoken form "I do not" often implies an emphatic answer. The "not" may be accentuated verbally - which you may write

2011年12月25日 · Also put as that old dog won't hunt, it originated in the late 1800s. The Facts On File Dictionary of American Regionalisms by Robert Hendrickson says: that dog won't hunt Common in the Ozarks and elsewhere for anything, especially a plan or idea, that won't work, that isn't practical. "It looks good on paper, but that dog won't hunt." Examples

They do -> They do not -> They don't -> Who don't Implies that "who" is plural. The same applies here, but opposite. The obvious answer is "They don't". If you answer a singular, "He doesn't", it's actually a bit ambiguous whether he is the only one that doesn't, or if …