The phrase à la mode was imported into English as a francophile (and therefore stylish) way of saying "in style." As Peter Shor notes in a comment above (and as the quotation from Pepys's 1667 diary …

Jul 29, 2024 · Another possibility, as others have mentioned, is the solution of adding a by before the -ing clause to make it an adjunct of means, which in this case may be preferable if the person helping …

Jul 1, 2019 · I checked if I had money in my bank account or not an hour ago. Now if I say "I have checked today my bank account", is that a correct sentence. Should it be "I have checked" or "I …

Dec 8, 2013 · Since quiet is a two-syllable adjetive, the rule-of-thumb would make more quiet and most quiet the expected comparative forms; however, quietest and quieter are six-times more common …

Mar 24, 2020 · I have seen it spelled COVID-19, but I have also seen Covid-19. In addition, I believe I have seen CoViD-19, capitalising only the first letter of each word from which it was abbreviated (for …

Oct 8, 2019 · I'm creating a project on character traits, and the person that I'm writing about is funny yet serious. I didn't know if there was a word for that, so I'm asking for help.

Apr 21, 2015 · Both are correct exactly the way you used them. LDOCE and ODO give examples for experience in and experience with, where experience is of course used as a noun. Furthermore, …

Feb 11, 2020 · What is the difference between screen shot and screenshot, Where do we use screen shot and screenshot? Are they used interchangeably?

Feb 5, 2019 · What is the best position for the phrase 'if any' for the sentence below? Please, explain the rationale behind your answers. What could be, if any, the benefits or disadvantages of something? …

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