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Free of vs. Free from - English Language Usage Stack Exchange If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description In any event, the impressive rise of "free of" against "free from" over the past 100 years suggests that the English-speaking world has become more receptive to using "free of" in place of "free from" during that period
What is the difference between free rider and free loader? Free ride dates back to 1880, while free loader is a more recent construction “freeloader (n ) also free-loader, by 1939, from free (adj ) + agent noun from load (v )As a verb, freeload is attested by 1967 and probably is a back-formation from this”
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Items given away free, typically for promotional purposes, to people attending an event, using a service, etc It’s especially common in reference to, e g , the very nice “swag bags” of gifts received by movie stars visiting various marketing venues during Oscar season so it comes with some cachet
At on (the) weekend (s) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Following the last reasoning, wouldn't it be so that "at" , instead of "in" the weekend, is the Britishly recognized usage because it refers to an specific time in the week? Also, considering American reasoning, "on" is a reference to the fact that one would be considering a connection to the whole of time as in "during" the weekend?
For free vs. free of charges [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . . I don't think there's any difference in meaning, although "free of charges" is much less common than "free of charge" Regarding your second question about context: given that English normally likes to adopt the shortest phrasing possible, the longer form "free of charge" can be used as a means of drawing attention to the lack of demand for payment and thus giving it greater emphasis The same
etymology - Origin of the phrase free, white, and twenty-one . . . The fact that it was well-established long before OP's 1930s movies is attested by this sentence in the Transactions of the Annual Meeting from the South Carolina Bar Association, 1886 And to-day, “free white and twenty-one,” that slang phrase, is no longer broad enough to include the voters in this country
Are either of you free? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange No, I don't think it's tied up with the number of Red Hot Chili Peppers Grammar checkers on both sides of the pond probably mark "Are either of you free" as a mistake, even though in Britain RHCP are plural