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- phrase meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
When should I use Thanks! for your warm wishes or Thanks! for your wishes? As I understand it, thanks! for your warm wishes means that your wishes are taken heartily Also, I can use thanks! for y
- adverbs - About best , the best , and most - English Language . . .
Both sentences could mean the same thing, however I like you best I like chocolate best, better than anything else can be used when what one is choosing from is not specified I like you the best Between chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, I like vanilla the best can be used when choosing from some choices
- Where do my interests lie? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Would I write that ‘my interests lies with…’, or would I write ‘my interests lies in…?’ If it’s the latter, should my interests lie within vs in? I do not need instruction on using lay or lie Ex
- prepositions - On the test or in the test? - English Language . . .
I know we should say "on the test" meaning performance wise, but does using "in the test" go as well or has another meaning? Do we say: So the kids are able to do their best on the test or
- Until Monday includes Monday or Excludes Monday?
It's best to avoid full-body bathing before the second day after surgery The first case is more tricky You should make registration until Monday I would assume this means that registration on Monday is allowed, if not then I would write You should make registration before Monday So whether until is inclusive or not, depends on the context
- “had vs ever had vs have ever had - English Language Learners . . .
No, I don't think that your interpretation is correct To make things a little clearer, let's replace had with employed To say: Fred is the best minister we have ever employed suggests that you are still employing Fred as a minister, although it's possible that Fred is still a minister but no longer in your employ Your other two examples both indicate that Fred is no longer in your employ
- british english - What is the right word to refer to a black person . . .
In the UK, black person is the usual way to describe someone of African or Caribbean ethnic background and I wouldn't expect it to be taken as offensive Referring to someone as a black (as a noun) would be offensive Referring to someone as the black guy could conceivably be interpreted as a little disrespectful if you might have been expected to call them by name, depending on the context
- proper nouns - I and John vs. John and myself vs. John and I . . .
Like, "I gave the award for best fisherman to myself", as opposed to "I gave to me " It is also used to make clear or emphasize that you performed the action and not someone else "I caught the fish myself" means I did it, not someone else, and I had no or minimal help "Myself" is also sometimes used as an alternate or polite form of "I
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