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- 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
- etymology - Origin of the phrase free, white, and twenty-one . . .
The fact that it was well-established long before OP's 1930s movies is attested by this sentence in the Transactions of the Annual Meeting from the South Carolina Bar Association, 1886 And to-day, “free white and twenty-one,” that slang phrase, is no longer broad enough to include the voters in this country
- Have a look vs. Take a look - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between Have a look and Take a look (meaning connotations)? For example: Have a look at the question Take a look at the question For some reason I only found first versio
- 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
- word choice - What is the neutral way of telling someone to do . . .
7 The phrase feel free has a fairly neutral to positive tone, as in Feel free to do whatever you would like But do bear in mind that almost any phrase can be negative when delivered with a good dose of sarcastic tone
- What is the expression to suggest a few dates and times to meet?
Re-reading your question, I realized the crux has more to do with what to call the dates and times you can meet I think the wording of my example works well—just calling them the times that you're free Of course, if there is some romantic interest, you could also call them the times you are available with a slight emphasis on that word
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