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- What is the opposite of free as in free of charge?
'The popcorn is free of charge when you purchase a ticket', the opposite would be e g 'The popcorn comes at a cost', 'The popcorn isn't free', 'The popcorn cost $10', 'You have to pay for the popcorn' or, simply, 'The popcorn isn't free'
- 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 bias is slightly towards swag Can anybody provide any definite proof of the root of the word and which one is more correct?
- Free of vs. Free from - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
So free from is used to indicate protection from something problematic, and free of (which doesn't correspond neatly to freedom of) is used to indicate the absence of something: this shampoo is free of parabens Therefore: The people were free from the barbaric dictator The mashed potatoes were free of lumps I wish I could get rid of this
- terminology - Glitchless versus Glitch-free - English Language . . .
I'm looking at a white paper from a semiconductor company This document uses the terms "glitchless" and "glitch-free" in a way that seems interchangeable, but there are hints that "glitchless" is a special term used to describe a clock output So, is glitchless, in fact, special? Many thanks for any light you could shed on this dim question
- How to ask about ones availability? free available not busy?
Saying free or available rather than busy may be considered a more "positive" enquiry It may also simply mean that you expect the person to be busy rather than free, rather than the other way round Saying available rather than free is considered slightly more formal, though I wouldn't worry much about usage cases (Most people wouldn't think
- What is the difference between free rider and free loader?
Free ride dates back to 1880, while free loader is a more recent construction “freeloader (n ) also free-loader, by 1939, from free (adj ) + agent noun from load (v )As a verb, freeload is attested by 1967 and probably is a back-formation from this” –
- Are either of you free? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- word usage - Alternatives for Are you free now?” - English Language . . .
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