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- Free of vs. Free from - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description In any event, the impressive rise of "free of" against "free from" over the past 100 years suggests that the English-speaking world has become more receptive to using "free of" in place of "free from" during that period
- grammaticality - Is the phrase for free correct? - English Language . . .
A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect Should we only say at no cost instead?
- What is the opposite of free as in free of charge?
What is the opposite of free as in "free of charge" (when we speak about prices)? We can add not for negation, but I am looking for a single word
- On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week "In ~ afternoon" suggests that the afternoon is
- word usage - Alternatives for Are you free now?” - English Language . . .
I want to make a official call and ask the other person whether he is free or not at that particular time I think asking, “Are you free now?” does't sound formal So, are there any alternatives to
- meaning - Free as in free beer and in free speech - English . . .
With the advent of the free software movement, license schemes were created to give developers more freedom in terms of code sharing, commonly called open source or free and open source software
- single word requests - The opposite of free in phrases - English . . .
Similarly, “free education” is funded by the state (which is ultimately financed by taxpayers) and taught in state-run schools called state schools whereas schools that charge tuition fees are termed private schools A private school in the US typically means fee-taking Confusingly, in the UK, they are known as public schools
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