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- recurring vs reoccurring - English Vocabulary - English - The Free . . .
Please, people, stop using "reoccurring" instead of "recurring" It displays such an ignorance of proper English It's even entered into dictionaries, for crying out loud -- even this one Hardly anyone says "reoccurrent" Rather, they say "recurrent" Thus, the acknowledged root of the word is "recur" -- not "reoccur"
- Why do we say ON a tv show but IN a movie? - The Free Dictionary
You bring up an interesting problem - the use of prepositions which in almost any language is not easy In any case it is no systematic area with fixed rules - there are so many overlapping prepositions e g 'across the street' and 'over the street' - so many competing patterns - and so many special niches such as 'in a car' and 'on a train' and so many single expressions e g 'the house is on
- Are you seeing, do you keep seeing or do you see?
I am translating an article about "seeing recurring numbers" on the clocks, such as 1212, from Polish to Engish, and I am stuck on the article's title because I am not sure which option is correct Is it: 1) "Are you seeing 1212? Here is what it means " 2) "Do you keep seeing 1212? Here is what it means " 3) "Do you see 1212? Here is what it
- A choice of tenses - English Grammar - The Free Dictionary
2 Is it an unusual or a routine habitual or recurring occurrence? 3 Is it a verb which sounds like it is continuing, or can it only be an instantaneous action? 4 Is it a long event or a relatively short one? There are probably more factors
- cook - English Grammar - English - The Free Dictionary Language Forums
This looks at the period of time since Jack left as several units of time, each one a day So "Jack not calling" is a recurring situation He said he'd call every day, but the days are passing by and Jack doesn't call me "Story-telling mode", the historical present: "The days pass by, but Jack doesn't call "
- 50th anniversary - English Grammar - The Free Dictionary
The annually recurring date of a past event, as of personal or historical importance: a wedding anniversary; the anniversary of the founding of Rome 2 A date that follows a certain event by a specified amount of time: his six-month anniversary of quitting smoking 3 An event at which an anniversary is celebrated I just knew 1) and 3)
- megrim - Word of the Day - English - The Free Dictionary
MEGRIM Noun 1 megrim - a severe recurring vascular headachemegrim - a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men - hemicrania, migraine, sick headache - cephalalgia, head ache, headache - pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
- a consistent constant amount of - English Vocabulary - English - The . . .
How can I make sure I am getting a regularly recurring, unchanging amount of vitamin K in my diet? Like 50 μg per day or some other figure "Constant" has another meaning - never stopping It couldn't really mean that in the case of vitamins, or you would have to be on a drip-feed twenty-four hours per day
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