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- What is the difference of use, utilize and employ
Use is simple and works in most all cases and is universally understood at all reading levels Utilize is shunned in most literary circles because it is one of the most misused words in the English language and it is frequently used to make the author seem more knowledgeable
- prepositions - Difference between with and to - English Language . . .
"With" and "to" are very important prepositions in the English language I know the usage of both prepositions but some points I become stuck with when should I use which prepos
- When to use by instead of at or on to specify time date?
Use before when you have to leave earlier than 9 am Use by when you can leave specifically at 9 am or earlier Till is the informal version of until Until has many uses, just like the on at by, but I think the main use here is until use until to talk about something that will keep going on for a duration of time from a specific time to another
- indefinite article - When to use as or as a - English Language . . .
The answers so far ignore the way that "as" can be followed by a post or role without an article: as president, as secretary, as mediator, as champion, as referee, as recipient Teacher is usually seen as a profession, rather than a post or a role, so as a teacher is more likely But it could be a specific role: consider as head teacher, or as teacher to the Royal family
- sentence construction - How to use as or how? - English Language . . .
If it is a question, use how: How far is it? How do you do? Even if the question is rhetorical or basically an exclamation: How nice of you! If you need a conjunction, that is if you connect two phrases, sentences or clauses, use as: As the sun rose (part 1), the day grew warmer (part 2)
- grammaticality - Is it did you used to or did you use to? - English . . .
" Did you use to play tag? Maybe you used to play marbles " "Used to" is a past habitual marker [1, 2] When speaking of a past habit or recurring activity an American says "used to" or "didn't use to" but not "use to" or "didn't used to" (And never "did use to" unless you want to get beaten up on the playground ) Apparently British do the
- in use by or used by? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
1 Please help with clarifying which phrase would be better if both are correct: 'The port in use by the web-server ' 'The port used by the web-server ' This is a standalone sentence without further context (written in text at least) The phrase is used as an description of a parameter (named 'port') in a web-site which runs some software on-demand
- word choice - When to use of, in and at? - English Language . . .
There won't be any simple rule we can tell you here that will tell you the right way to use words like these in every case I can tell you this: Most of these short prepositions have multiple meanings The exact count will vary according to which dictionary you're looking at, but, according to this dictionary, of has 9 meanings, at has 6, with has 10, through has 10, in has 17, and on has 17
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