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- idioms - more to the point—means what, precisely? - English Language . . .
0 Internet sources differ when it comes to the semantics of English 'more to the point' My question here: Does it mean 'more precisely' or rather 'more importantly' or even 'additionally', essentially? I can't believe it can mean both 'more importantly' and 'more precisely', because 'importance' and 'precision' are very different concepts
- word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . .
You can say "more smooth", or "smoother" Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong
- It would be appreciated if you can let us know when can we expect to . . .
It would be appreciated if you can let us know when can we expect to receive the final payment This is “good” English in that it is grammatical (it follows the rules of standard English) and it is comprehensible (the recipient will understand you), but it is prolix (excessively wordy) Help everyone by writing something like: Please let us know when we will receive the final payment or
- Does more than 2 include 2? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In technical document in English, I read sentence of "more than 2" I usually just understand it as "two or more" since we generally translate it as similar sentence in Korean (in Korean, there are
- How can I apologize and promise that a mistake wont happen again?
I want to apologize for some mistake in official mail and want to make them sure I will not do that again "I will take care of this next time" or "I will take care of this onwards"
- Is there a word for, To make more strict?
The so-and-so group _____ ed its employee rules I'd like a word that would show that so-and-so group 's employee rules became more strict or stringent Strengthened, out of context, can mean multiple things, like the rules became more defined or the rules were updated to cover more etc
- personal pronouns - than her versus than she - English Language . . .
It is a well known fact that Alex is more soft-spoken than (she her) Why would "her" be wrong? Why must the sentence end with "she"?
- more vs the more - I doubt this the more because. .
The modifies the adverb more and they together form an adverbial modifier that modifies the verb doubt According to Wiktionary, the etymology is as follows: From Middle English, from Old English þȳ (“by that, after that, whereby”), originally the instrumental case of the demonstratives sē (masculine) and þæt (neuter)
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