- learning - Without reason or Without reasons? - English Language . . .
In the phrase "without reason", reason is a noun Reasons can be counted so "without reasons" is grammatical However, it is not idiomatic; the English idiom is to use "without reason" Note also that this is a formal usage which is uncommon in everyday conversation: She laughed without reason (formal register) contrasted with She started laughing for no apparent reason (informal, everyday
- Term for piece of music without voice - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The term is "instrumental" (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music From wikipedia, An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical
- Infinitive without to: The first thing I do is open my eyes
The infinitive without to is called the bare infinitive in English The places where one can use the bare infinitive in English are a multitude, far too many to list exhaustively, but you've listed many of the major ones above None of your examples are incorrect Rather, they're all perfectly grammatical and natural statements, acceptable in both colloquial and formal communication
- Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o
6 Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e g w wo or w w o Obviously, something this complex is best written in full form, but I'm looking for something to use in space constrained applications
- meaning - Is the opposite of within, without? - English Language . . .
It does show that without can be used as a formal antonym (i e , a word juxtaposed with an obviously opposite form, regardless of meaning), like “They fought bravely within the city walls, but without help”
- Using non- to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language Usage . . .
Does "non-" prefixed to a two word phrase permit another hyphen before the second word? If I want to refer to an entity which is defined as the negation of another entity by attaching "non-" it se
- phrases - Without any problem or without any problems - English . . .
Normally one would just say without problem, skipping the any altogether It doesn’t really add anything to speak of, and just makes the phrase longer But I certainly wouldn’t call without any problems (or with no problems) ‘wrong’ Also, you can swap in trouble for problem in all those phrases, and you get the same answer; think also of no trouble found
- without needing to lt;verb gt; + . . . vs without the need of lt;verb + ing
The first one is correct The second one can be corrected as: It is awesome because you can do it without the need to send emails
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