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- When traveling abroad, are you oversea or overseas?
You should use overseas: both oversea and overseas literally mean across a sea, but overseas is much more common for the abstract meaning of abroad So if you're talking about literal travel across a sea, use oversea: I work in oversea shipping While if you mean generally abroad, use overseas: Is there an extra charge for overseas shipping? I will be overseas next week Edit: Just to clarify
- Overseas vs. abroad - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Both Royal Mail in the UK and US Postal Service use "overseas" stamped packaging and envelopes for sending postage to another country The mail services of all other European countries including the Russian Post use "abroad" stamped packaging and envelopes
- phrases - Why is from overseas grammatical? - English Language . . .
2 "Overseas", as far as I am concerned, is an adjective or an adverb Firstly, "overseas" can be used as a noun: overseas — (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean If "from overseas" is a correct phrase, why is it grammatical?
- Is the word overseas only used to country bordered by water?
Can the word "overseas" be used to country bordered by land For example is it correct if someone says I am doing work overseas if he is is doing work in the neighbouring country border by land not
- single word requests - Strict adjective for in a different country . . .
What would be a usable alternative to overseas, in the very strict sense of "living in a country not your own"? It is strange that the most common attributive adjective for this notion is overseas, because it strictly means "living in a country separated by a sea or ocean from your own"
- Have been through or have gone through? - English Language Usage . . .
7 These sentences both have perfectly acceptable grammar, but the intended meaning is not entirely clear Consider this phrasing: I have some long-lasting memories in my mind, such as memorable overseas trips that I have taken The phrases "been through" and "gone through" both can be used to imply enduring hardship or undergoing stress
- “based in” vs “based out of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
They're mostly the same "Based out of" often suggests that the subject maintains a headquarters or home office in the given location, but spends a majority or other significant amount of time working in other locations; "based in" suggests that the subject works in the given location most of the time But counterexamples are common, so you shouldn't make assumptions based solely on the wording
- Whats the word for a vendor retailer wholesaler that sends products . . .
I'm looking for the word for retailer or vendor that sells goods abroad I may be wrong but my understanding is that 'retailer' and 'vendor' are used to denote sellers of goods that you would direc
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