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What does it mean to end up with a Desmond? Desmond is (or was) much more common than Damien Geoff or Attila I don't think I have heard either of those UK University honours degrees go First, Two-one, Two-two, Third An ordinary degree is ranked even lower than a Third
What did you learn today? Vs what have you learned today? "What did you do ?" sounds more natural than "What have you done ?" But with "learned" there is more of a sense that it is still relevant, making perfect aspect more acceptable You could argue either way, and one reason for your decision might be how you consider earlier learning to relate to the current situation
sentence structure - One such+noun vs such a an + noun - English . . . There's two different meanings of "such" used here, as described in Merriam-Webster: such adjective 2 : of the character, quality, or extent previously indicated or implied in the past few years many such women have shifted to full-time jobs 3 : of so extreme a degree or quality never heard such a hubbub The structure [ "such" + noun phrase ] can have meaning 2 or 3, depending on the
Grammar with gerund or Infinitive - English Language Learners Stack . . . The truth is that all options are syntactically valid - it's just that as @Geoff points out below, it's not easy to come up with a context where having worked would work (in a way that makes sense with but he still wasn't satisfied)
Pronunciation of Id just like and I just like As concerns your first question, my intuition tells me I linger the tiniest moment longer on the d sound of I’d just But one’s impression of one’s own diction—and of others’—can be misleading See for instance the very interesting YouTube videos by phonetician Geoff Lindsey
pronunciation - Are patients and patience homophones? - English . . . I would just delete this answer, but you can't delete an answer after the question is marked as solved, so I'll replace it with a quote from Geoff Lindsey's English after RP, which addresses the similar case of prince and prints (pp 63-64): Traditionally, many words of English contain a nasal consonant followed by a fricative
subject verb agreement - A group of boys is are - English Language . . . 7 As an antidote do all the people saying 'group is singular, therefore you should use is ', here's a Language Log post by Geoff Pullum arguing against plural agreement for quantificational uses of mass nouns As a L1 (British) English speaker, I would definite use are over is