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- grammar - Having an IV or being on a drip - English Language Usage . . .
So saying something like 'I got a drip last night' could set up an unfortunate if unintended double entendre
- indirect speech - Last night = the previous night the night before . . .
It was a bright frosty morning The whole composition before him, when he stood where he had stood last night, was clearly discernible Is it possible for last night to mean the previous night in indirect speech (as opposed to the past one)? Secondly, is this a general deictic use of the adjective last in indirect clauses?
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The word "remainder" can be used as a synonym for "rest" ("We finished the remainder of last night's stew") However "remainder" also has certain specific meanings, and is more commonly used in those contexts
- How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
I was puzzled by your question, then I worked out that you mean 'How do you greet a person who is in a different time zone from yours?' I suppose, if you know what time it is where they are, you use the greeting appropriate for them
- meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . .
Friday night at midnight probably will always be interpreted as "Midnight in the night which follows Friday evening" Midnight tonight This means (to me) the midnight following today 11:59 PM Friday 12:01 AM Saturday These are totally unambiguous
- Seize the night vs. Enjoy the night - English Language Usage . . .
If you seize the night, you're behind the wheel and your foot is on the gas pedal; if you enjoy the night, you might only be along for the ride To seize the night (or the day) is to declare an assertive intent to make the most of whatever is at hand
- Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings?
6 I'm from Africa, Nigeria, of Ibo extraction During our primary school days, we were taught that breakfast is the morning meal, lunch afternoon, supper evening and dinner night
- word choice - Do you watch a movie or see a movie? - English . . .
Which of the following verbs is most commonly used with movie? Or are they both used, but the connotations are different? I watched a good movie yesterday I saw a good movie yesterday
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