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- verbs - What is the meaning of is of? - English Language Learners . . .
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the phrase is of means Possess intrinsically; give rise to Bulk and usefulness are characteristics of something: it possesses those characteristic intrinsically, so you should say It is of no great bulk It is of no use whatsoever Similarly, something may give rise to interest, so you might say It is of no interest to me
- Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . .
BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store
- relative pronouns - something which or something that - English . . .
According to Korean English grammar books, nouns that ends with "thing", such as something, anything, generally take "that" as a relative pronoun But does that mean that "something which" is not
- prepositions - provide something for or to sb - English Language . . .
With transitive provide sth to for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made available to someone
- Whats the difference between something and some thing?
It has to be something she would like Another possibility is that the writer uses separate words to emphasize the "thing" part (in contrast to some one) To quote Jim Carrey quoting Shatner from an old "Twilight Zone": There's someone on the wing! Some thing! Still, it is rare and the example you quote is more likely a typo than intentional
- It is missing something. VS There is something missing. VS . . .
Imagine a friend of yours is helping you choose clothes for a business interview He looks at you when you are dressed and thinks that there should be something else on your clothes to make you see
- move on something - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
To move [on] [with] something (with either or both prepositions) doesn't necessarily imply continue, any more than I'd like to progress that job implies the job had actually been started at some point in the past Sometimes it just means start [working on it
- grammar - to do something vs. to be doing something - English . . .
I have a question about the usages of to do something and to be doing something What's the difference between them? Example: To do something: "This is a really big moment for us and for the t
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