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Whats the equivalent phrase in the UK for I plead the fifth? There is no such equivalent phrase that I know of for any English-speaking country However thanks to the prevalence of US media, the phrase "plead the fifth" or "take the fifth" is widely recognized outside the US, and is frequently used in general conversation In most jurisdictions that derive from the British system, a defendant may decline to testify in court However once they have agreed
range inclusion - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1 The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding " (inclusive)" Also phrasing it as a range from one date to another sounds odd to me when you're talking about only two days in total Option 2
pronunciation - How to write out dates correctly - English Language . . . "5th May" would be the most traditional way to write this date I have never seen "of" used in a written date, except in extremely archaic constructions such as legal contracts "signed and witnessed this 5th day of May 2012" (Parenthetically, I note that in English law this makes absolutely no difference to validity
Dates preposition confusion - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Again for example "In the first three days of September 2020" but "between the 2nd and the 5th of September 2020" When we are talking about a single date we say "on" because a single date is a distinct period
grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange While helping my son, who happens to be in the 5th grade, with his English grammar, I have realized that I am confused The following sentence, that I gave him as an exercise, he has identified the components i e verbs verb-types, adverbs, adjectives and nouns as follows:
in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at individual times, plus at night The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952
In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean? I always hear people say "I hit the third base" or "I hit the second base" (sex related) I am not 100% sure what they all mean Additionally, in one of the House MD episodes, there was a dialogue