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- 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?
- 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
- 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
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Items given away free, typically for promotional purposes, to people attending an event, using a service, etc It’s especially common in reference to, e g , the very nice “swag bags” of gifts received by movie stars visiting various marketing venues during Oscar season so it comes with some cachet
- 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”
- For free vs. free of charges [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
I don't think there's any difference in meaning, although "free of charges" is much less common than "free of charge" Regarding your second question about context: given that English normally likes to adopt the shortest phrasing possible, the longer form "free of charge" can be used as a means of drawing attention to the lack of demand for payment and thus giving it greater emphasis The same
- 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
- At on (the) weekend (s) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Following the last reasoning, wouldn't it be so that "at" , instead of "in" the weekend, is the Britishly recognized usage because it refers to an specific time in the week? Also, considering American reasoning, "on" is a reference to the fact that one would be considering a connection to the whole of time as in "during" the weekend?
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