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- To the extent that means if or when?
Here's the explanation of to the extent of in Cambridge Dictionary: to a particular degree or stage, often causing particular results This meaning makes perfect sense in the following example sen
- prepositions - Difference between with and to - English Language . . .
"With" and "to" are very important prepositions in the English language I know the usage of both prepositions but some points I become stuck with when should I use which prepos
- prepositions - Pay someone or Pay to someone? - English Language . . .
The government should pay (to) his employees for not letting them leave the country Should we use "to" after "pay" or not? Does the verb "pay" require the preposition "to" after itself?
- When to use by instead of at or on to specify time date?
Use by when some action or event needs to be completed before a specific date or time, but it is possible that it could happen earlier I must leave for the airport by 9:00 AM tomorrow (allowing the possibility of leaving earlier) We must complete this report by the end of July (allowing the possibility of completing it earlier) When we have a specific date or time use on for a date, use at
- Can we or could we? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Could doesn't just mean would we be able to?, it can also mean please let me Could we look up words can be a request for eg the teacher to let you use the dictionary But that's different from asking the teacher if it is allowed (ie you're asking what the rules are, rather than pleading), in which case you'd use can
- When to use “To” or “of” - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
There is no general rule for "when to use to and when to use of" It is an unpredictable property of the particular word involved Assistant takes to for the principal person or role, not of: there is no way to predict this, you just have to learn it as part of the dictionary definition of assistant
- When do we use wait for and when we use wait to?
According to Cambridge dictionary we normally say: "wait for ", but sometime we should use the preposition " to " with waiting, such as in the following example: There were a lot of people waiting to use the phone Why do we use here "to" rather than "for", or it can be interchangeable?
- When a word ends in s or x, do you add s or just an
User114 is correct, but the explanation could be better Use the 's if you add a vowel sound to the word to pronounce the possessive, whether or not the word is plural If you say "Jones's" out loud, it has two syllables If I had two young sons, I might refer to their shared bedroom as the kids' room
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