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- Is it polite to say as a gesture of goodwill
When offering something based on good will, is it polite to convey to them that this is being done as a gesture of good will?
- Onward vs Onwards - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: “Toward” or “towards”? Which is the correct usage? quot;Onwards quot; or quot;Onward quot; ? For example: I would be free any time Tuesday onward vs I would be free any time
- differences - In your time or at your time? - English Language . . .
I have a partner who lives sumptuously in a different time zone I've been wondering which is the correct way of putting it: 11 p m in your time or 11 p m at your time Thank you!
- What is the difference between: two-day and two days
I would like to know which would be the correct form: a major two-day auction a major two days auction The duration of the auction is two days Which form is the right one to use?
- prepositions - Use of on or from with list of dates - English . . .
They are correct, with different implications The first sentence, using 'on', implies that the event (birds being seen) occurred individually on each of those days The second, using 'from', implies that the seeing of birds was continuous through the entire duration A better pair of examples: "On September 23rd through the 26th, we will be going out to lunch " "From September 23rd through
- grammaticality - Is the phrase for free correct? - English Language . . .
6 For free is an informal phrase used to mean "without cost or payment " These professionals were giving their time for free The phrase is correct; you should not use it where you are supposed to only use a formal sentence, but that doesn't make a phrase not correct
- 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
- orthography - Free stuff - swag or schwag? - English Language . . .
My company gives out free promotional items with the company name on it Is this stuff called company swag or schwag? It seems that both come up as common usages—Google searching indicates that the
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