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- May I use the word vacational (as opposed to vocational)?
After being declined by Grammarly, Microsoft Word and other grammar spelling tools, I'm quite skeptical to use the adjective word 'vacational' i e related to 'vacations' — free leisure time I hav
- What is the difference between professional and vocational?
Vocations almost always carry the connotation of some kind of manual labor (plumber, carpenter, electrician, mechanic, etc) By contrast, "profession" implies some kind of white collar job (historically the contrast was much stronger, but today any kind of "knowledge worker", including being a clerk, is considered a "professional")
- In BrE, do you say that you study in a programme or on a programme?
In British English we normally refer to being in the various stages of education this way: I'm at school ('in' is more American) I'm in college ('at' is common too, though) I'm on a course (either a college course or any other kind of study, such as a vocational study or a training programme) I'm at university
- What is the difference between had been and would have been?
A very thoughtful and hard question indeed; it pushed me to research a bit on the subject Continuous Conditional Your first example is a past perfect continuous sentence In general, it is used to indicate an action was happening before another action happened However, it can also be used to indicate past unreal condition For example: If I had been talking to him when he said that, I would
- Ive found vs I found - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I don't think we can transcribe those lyrics with any certainty She could be singing "I've found " In any case, tense choices can reflect the speaker's thought Found could emphasize the fact that it's over between them: the finding of another lover is now a thing of the past, and can't be undone The present perfect would emphasize its recency
- More than 10 years of experience or over 10 years of experience
Would you please suggest the best translation between the following: More than 10 years of experience as Senior Technical Architect Over 10 years of experience as Senior Technical Archite
- phrase request - Formal equivalent for in fact and actually . . .
There is a case to be made for 'in fact' to be formal and informal My view is that formal use would be as the start of a sentance informal use, such as in speach, would be to drop 'in fact' within a sentance to add emphasise So much like a lot of English it is the use that determines if it is formal or informal
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