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- someone’s vs. someone else’s-- any difference?
Strictly speaking "someone" rather than "someone else" could include yourself and it is quite permissible to say "I'm collecting this on my own behalf" so, yes, there is a difference Most people would interpret the phrase without the word "else" in it as meaning someone other than yourself but, strictly, you should include it: "someone else's" also sounds more colloquial I would include the
- I and someone, me and someone or I and someone we
40 "I and someone are interested" is grammatically correct It is the convention in English that when you list several people including yourself, you put yourself last, so you really should say "Someone and I are interested " "Someone and I" is the subject of the sentence, so you should use the subjective case "I" rather than the objective "me"
- phrasal verbs - visit someone vs. visit with someone - English . . .
I am wondering what difference between 'visit someone' and 'visit with someone' there is In Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries Visit with (North American English) to spend time with somebody, especially
- What do you call someone who keeps changing their mind?
Example: People prefer an unequivocal position from their leaders; vacillators do not inspire confidence is not a good choice, as TimR commented "to change your mind" is to take a position opposite the one you held previously, whereas a vacillator is someone who cannot make up their mind, that is, who cannot reach a decision or a position
- “to check IN on someone” OR “to check on someone“?
to make sure someone is doing okay, be it in their work, health, or otherwise I think check up on is the best as this can carry the sense of finding out about their welfare
- american english - What are ways to describe when someone gives a . . .
This has two meanings, when you attract someone's attention, but more relevantly, when you see something interesting unusual and it attracts your attention Cambridge gives both definitions: "to get someone's attention; to get someone's attention, especially by looking at them; to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by someone"
- anyone vs someone. Which one? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Has someone seen my bag? Has anyone seen my bag? Which one is grammatically correct and Why? Which one should I use at this place? Can you give some more examples?
- What is a word for someone who wants to do everything or be everything . . .
I want a word for a person who wants to become something they get influenced by, or be like the someone or achieve their traits or just embody them completely A word for someone who just wants to do it all
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