|
- 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
- subject verb agreement - Is something plural or singular? - English . . .
Something is a pronoun, which is analogous to "a thing", that is an indefinite pronoun "A an" is the Old English for "one" and one implies singularity Thus, I found a thing that wasn't working I found something that wasn't working are the same in meaning, but 'something' is the commonly used version To pluralise your sentence, I would say: "Some things that are not working " "Some things
- questions - What something is? vs what is something? - English . . .
I can write quot;what a cup is? quot; as question and I can write quot;what is a cup? quot; Are both forms grammatically correct? The former one looking a bit off when used without context, but
- 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
- prepositions - Why having something UP ones sleeve, not having . . .
I learned a new idiom: "having something up one's sleeve," which means to have secret plans or ideas This idiom is from the practice of magicians hiding tricks or gimmicks IN the sleeve,
- Is it Guide to. . . or Guide on. . . or something else?
Have you tried looking at similar publications? Is this within a corporate or academic environment? "Guide to" is certainly most common but there may be local stylistic quirks
- Something is off - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In this paragraph, does "something is off" mean "something is not right", "something is different" or something else? There was definitely something off about Mr Bittner today, she thought I
- usage of a something in the sentence - English Language Learners . . .
In your sentence the author is referring to #3: a something is some particular member of the set ‘something’ This is an unusual usage, because ordinary language is not designed for talking about itself; but under the circumstances it is entirely proper
|
|
|