- word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . .
You can say "more smooth", or "smoother" Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong
- grammar - Understanding “as is” in Sentence Structure - English . . .
As looks adverbial to me, by introducing how "specified" and modifying the way the implementation should be (the verb) The sentence could be smoother
- you cook well; you cook good - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
(1) You cook well (2) You cook good When an adverb follows after a verb as in (1), it sounds, I guess, smoother than (2) Yet (2) would not be not proper for there are predicative adjuncts in E
- How do you use smooth sailing idiomatically?
Smooth is an adjective Smoothly is the adverbial form This should tell you that sailing is a noun, not a verb Typically, we would not say, "I am smooth sailing " We might say, "I am smoothly sailing," as in "I'm smoothly sailing through this work " The idiomatic use of this phrase "smooth sailing" would look something like this: "How's the new job at Google?" "It's been smooth sailing, so
- An Estimate Of On - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In this case, I feel that estimate of is better However, it would flow smoother if you said something like "We don't have an estimate of how much the repairs will cost" Estimate of refers to a general amount
- The difference between visit, tour and travel
The princess toured a new nursery school Also see: tour museum and tour the museum Visit ( ): Visit is also correct here, needless to say: A recent trip to London gave me the opportunity to visit the Science Museum Although tour and visit are both appropriate here, visit is more frequently used, because it sounds smoother
- What does mean by stand on each others necks means?
This means that, in this world, it is quite common to see people holding back others, for selfish reasons People tend to hinder other people's life and activities just so that they can go ahead with their lives, much smoother without any competition If you take an example where there is one job vacancy and 10 people are eligible for it
- prepositions - What does straight out of mean? - English Language . . .
This could be written in other, perhaps smoother, forms: Mother dished the food up straight from the saucepan Mother dished the food up out of the saucepan Mother dished the food up from the saucepan The "straight" is fairly redundant in this sentence
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