- Whats the difference between a restaurant and an eatery?
Eatery is a much less formal term than restaurant It isn't a put-down, precisely, but you wouldn't call Spago or The Four Seasons an "eatery" except as a joke On the other hand, you can certainly call McDonald's an "eatery", but that isn't the sort of establishment that is usually called that, either For me, "eatery" brings to mind a small place with a limited menu, possibly poor lighting
- american english - What is a building with two floors called? - English . . .
A background to this question is that French seems to use the number consistently with counting floor so that "maison à étage" (with single 'étage') means a house with two floors I'm wondering if it is the same with British English or not
- sentence structure - One such+noun vs such a an + noun - English . . .
There's two different meanings of "such" used here, as described in Merriam-Webster: such adjective 2 : of the character, quality, or extent previously indicated or implied in the past few years many such women have shifted to full-time jobs 3 : of so extreme a degree or quality never heard such a hubbub The structure [ "such" + noun phrase ] can have meaning 2 or 3, depending on the
- What is it called when we indirectly tell something to someone?
In an open eatery "If you are reading this, it means you are literate Throw waste plates in a dustbin " What they actually mean - Don't litter Mannered people don't do that! These are just examples I want to learn what this method is called? What type of conversation that is? Sarcastic, insulting, humorous, witty, disdainful?
- Whats the difference between getting worse and worse and getting . . .
Both of these are correct and indicate the same idea, that people feel their lives are getting worse over time The latter puts a specific time frame on the worsening, namely, that today is noticeably worse than yesterday, and tomorrow will be noticeably worse than today The phrasing of "getting worse and worse" could mean the exact same thing, but is a bit more vague in the time frame of the
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