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- When traveling abroad, are you oversea or overseas?
However, Merriam Webster also lists oversea, mainly British usage, as having the same meaning as overseas Acoording to them oversea was used first, in the 12th century, compared to overseas, in 1533 Nowadays, without offence to the Brits, you hardly hear oversea used The nearest synonym to overseas is abroad I will be abroad next week
- phrases - Why is from overseas grammatical? - English Language . . .
"Overseas" is just another word in that list This particular type of word is used to denote location and, as such, tends to get smushed in whenever we need to refer to a location It would be an interesting question to compare historical usage of these words in order to determine whether they slowly become accepted as nouns over time
- Overseas vs. abroad - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
overseas indicates big deal exotic, abroad is more ordinary For example US is seen as overseas from India, but possibly abroad from say UK The perception could also change over time China was overseas for US some time back, but now it is merely abroad But Cambodia Vietnam etc, which are all right next to China could be seen as overseas from US
- Is the word overseas only used to country bordered by water?
Overseas: to or in a foreign country, especially those separated from your country by the sea or ocean (synonym abroad) to live work go overseas The product is sold both at home and overseas He was working overseas for an oil company (OLD) Overseas: 1580s, from over + sea Popularised during World War I as a British euphemism for "colonial "
- word choice - Have been through or have gone through? - English . . .
The final edited version would read: 'I have memories of trips overseas ' 'Trips overseas' is better than having memories of' overseas trips' since it highlights 'trips' rather than emphasizing the particular type of trip This edited version may seem bland in content, but no worse than the original
- Any better terms or words for an overseas office?
Your term, overseas office, however, carries the dentition that the office is in another county explicitly Mine do not They simply mean subordinate office; they can be in the same country as Hq, but e g in a different state or area –
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Good question I hear it in British films used very casually, and the Aussies seem to use it the way the Brits use mates — or at least in the same context
- Is its ambiguous in This bucket is produced in a factory overseas . . .
Your concern about sentence B is to some extent justified The problem can easily be overcome by replacing "its" with "The former's" or "The latter's" Or better still merge the two sentences "The bucket, which is produced in a factory overseas, has only a small capacity" or "The bucket is produced in an overseas factory, which has small capacity"
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