"last week/month/year/etc." (past time periods or specific points in ...
Jun 13, 2020 · Hi teachers, One of the uses of the simple past is to express an action or state, recent or not, at a specific or vague past time period. We use time reference + ago to show how far back in the …
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Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg?
Sep 15, 2010 · Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg? There are the usual jokes here and there online, including a name for a one-legged woman - Eileen.
a / an specific situation | WordReference Forums
Nov 29, 2005 · Which one is correct? "a specific situation" or "an specific situation"? I know "an" normally goes with words starting with a vowel but in this case...
<Tion, ment > Those suffixes have a specific meaning?
Oct 12, 2017 · I know that tion means the process of verb and ment means the result process of verb. But really the two suffixes play a different meaning each other? For example) motion, movement. …
how to say a specific gap between 2 days - WordReference Forums
Mar 21, 2017 · Hi, Is the following sentence correct? You should pick 2 days from the list below, THE DAYS SHOULD BE 3 DAYS APART. For example, if you select Thursday, the next day should be …
relationship-specific investments | WordReference Forums
Aug 31, 2011 · Hello everybody, I'm translating an article about economics and I keep finding the expression "relationship-specific investments" but I can't understand the meaning. For example I …
specific or specifical? - WordReference Forums
May 5, 2011 · Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical? Juridic or juridical? etc. Specifical is not used. Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form. Same thing …
Better words to substitute for "things"? | WordReference Forums
Sep 17, 2011 · There are other specific terms in many other contexts. If you give us more of the context in which you plan to use this sentence, or the subject of your essay, we might come up with some …
on the evening of or in the evening of | WordReference Forums
Oct 28, 2014 · I was taught that "on the evening" is used when we are talking about a specific date, as in your example. In the evening is used in a more general sense, without a specific indication of date.