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- 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 . . .
1 "Overseas", as far as I am concerned, is an adjective or an adverb If "from overseas" is a correct phrase, why is it grammatical? "From" is a preposition, and it should be followed by a noun, not an adjective, nor an adverb
- 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
- 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
- Any better terms or words for an overseas office?
Is there any better term or word for an overseas office? It's like a company opening a new workplace in other countries
- Is its ambiguous in This bucket is produced in a factory overseas . . .
Your concern about sentence B is to some extent justified The problem can easily be overcome by replacing "its" with "The former's" or "The latter's" Or better still merge the two sentences "The bucket, which is produced in a factory overseas, has only a small capacity" or "The bucket is produced in an overseas factory, which has small capacity"
- Correct word or phrase for outsourcing within company
A definition of outsourcing is to contract work to a third party, often overseas However, I'm looking for a word that would describe "moving jobs within our company to a third-world nation such as India"
- word choice - Have been through or have gone through? - English . . .
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
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