grammaticality - Is it 'did you used to' or 'did you use to'? - English ...
Feb 11, 2024 · [1] * What games or activities did you used to play during recess or after school? [2] What games or activities did you use to play during recess or after school? Only [2] is correct. The …
How to inform the link of a scheduled online meeting in formal emails ...
May 15, 2020 · I am writing a formal email to someone to send him the link of a scheduled online meeting. I have already acknowledged him before about the meeting. I can not figure out the most …
prepositions - What's the difference between in/to? - English Language ...
May 30, 2017 · This is quite an interesting question because it makes us think of the various meanings of be. And what guides us in understanding what meaning be takes, is what preposition is used. In …
reading aloud - What is the correct way to write 1.5 hours? - English ...
Jan 31, 2015 · In general, for some number of hours, plus some fraction of an hour, you'd use the number, plus the fraction, plus "hours", plural. "Four and a half hours.", "Three and three-quarters …
What is the difference between "look at" and "look to"?
Mar 9, 2013 · For the bounty, I am interested at difference between look at/look to a physical object, if that exists, not the idiomatic aspect.
idioms - What does "apples to apples" phrase mean? - English …
Nov 23, 2013 · I came along this phrase in a sentence like so ... can be compared apples to apples I guess it has something to do with apples to apples game, but I couldn't figure it out. What does this …
word request - What is the term for a person whose job is to place ...
Apr 24, 2019 · A merchandiser is usually not an employee of the store, but an employee of a company whose products are sold in the store. Their job is to ensure that product displays meet the …
Arrive to or arrive at? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Uses a rule from one dictionary to justify a specific chosen definition cited from another dictionary, not logically coherent. Also rather lengthy and sprinkled with visual interruptions. Expected consequence …
past tense - I didn't ('go' or 'went') to party? - English Language ...
May 27, 2015 · I didn't go to (the) party I didn't went to (the) party. After the auxiliary verb DO the main verb must be in the plain form. This is the form you see in the dictionary. It does not have any tense. …
Allow (to) + infinitive, substantive, verb+ -ing
In which way can the verb 'allow' be used? There is always some confusion and apparently it's often intuitively used wrongly. Which form corresponds to correct English, eventually depending on cont...