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- Why does free have 2 meanings? (Gratis and Libre)
' Free ' absolutely means 'free from any sorts constraints or controls The context determines its different denotations, if any, as in 'free press', 'fee speech', 'free stuff' etc
- In a tournament, do I get a by, a bye, or a buy?
If there are an odd number of competitors at any stage of a single-elimination tournament, one player is excused from play and continues on as if he had defeated his (nonexistent) opponent This is
- What is the proper usage of the phrase due diligence?
I have encountered the phrase "due diligence" in the business world The usage examples I have seen (mostly emails) cannot exactly be considered grammatical canon An internet search produces lackl
- On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week "In ~ afternoon" suggests that the afternoon is
- Word or phrase for one who tries to benefit from everything someone . . .
The webpage discusses words or phrases to describe someone who tries to benefit from others' actions
- Which one is more appropriate to use: send you or send to you?
A lot of confusion could have been avoided if you had said "send to you" or "send you", instead The to relates to you, and not to send The emphasis on 'send' is a distraction
- You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information
The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the people you could contact for information Some dictionaries even list this definition first: (used as an intensive of me or I): I myself will challenge the winner - dictionary reference com It is commonly
- What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental?
It looks like PAX for passengers goes back at least to the 1940s in the airline industry I found this clip from Air Facts: The Magazine for Pilots, 1946 (check): Here's the full text of the reference: We have cargo and mail aboard Mostly these days we run cargo east and passengers west Cargo is known as "cargo", but passengers are called "pax" by the traffic department, who puts them on and
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