- adjectives - Most simple or Simplest - English Language Learners . . .
Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)
- In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you . . .
In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you followed in spotting the error?
- present tense - now I decide, now I decided, now I have decided . . .
As I understand it, Past Simple (the second sentence) is possible here only as the simplest version of Present Perfect (the third sentence), isn't it? But why is Present Perfect more common here than Present Simple?
- What is the difference between adjectives different and differing . . .
I think that's the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with
- Is from simple to complex grammatically correct
'From' and 'to' can be used with quite a range of words, normally describing some sort of scale (one extreme to another for example) Consider 'from left to right' or 'from front to back' Similarly to your example, 'from easy to hard' is also fine So yes, 'from simple to complex' is correct
- Differences between onward, forth, ahead, front, fore, forward
They differ in meaning, and in register The simplest words in your list are ahead, front and forward Forward usually indicates a motion: "Move forward" Front is a side of something, It doesn't usually indicate a motion: "The front of the house" Ahead means "to the front of" You can say "move ahead of me" to mean "overtake" As with many common words, there is overlap, and secondary meanings
- What is the difference between I opened the window, I had the window . . .
If I ask my kid to open the window, I'd be likely to say "I had my kid open the window " "I had the window opened" sounds a bit like royalty, who have even the simplest tasks delegated to unspecified servants
- prepositions - explain this vs explain about this - English . . .
Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common explain this is than explain about this is It is not impossible to use explain with about, but explain usually takes a direct object, which is the thing that you are explaining "explain about X" carries a sense of "to speak
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