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word request - Once, twice, thrice,. . . , what comes next? - English . . . 5 dogs -> a quintet of dogs; 20 birds -> a score of birds; 144 eggs -> a gross of eggs (more often called 12 dozen eggs) In the UK, we also have some slang for certain amounts of money: £5 = a fiver; £10 = a tenner; £20 = a score (like above) £25 = a pony; £500 = a monkey; £1000 = a grand (also used in the US)
prepositions - Which is correct by 5:00pm or at 5:00pm? - English . . . Part of the day We use on with: Days Dates We use by to express the end point of one activity If you say be ready by 5:00 pm, it is the end time, not later than 5:00 pm Be ready at 5:00 pm is the correct expression (clock times) Be ready on 5:00 pm is not correct: no days, nor dates after on English-Club Prepositions of Time
6-foot tall or 6-feet tall? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange The statue is 8 feet tall The singular form 'foot' can more readily be substituted for the plural 'feet' than 'feet' can be substituted for 'foot', but it is not a standard usage to do so It sounds colloquial My wife is five foot tall Share
grammatical number - Singular or plural for seconds - English Language . . . 0 5 somethings, 0 1 somethings, 1 5 somethings, 1 1 somethings For quantifications ending on a something, we have half a something, a quarter of a something because it is still relative to 1 (or a) The same is the case for time, weight, money and other quantifications 1 second kilo dollar; half a second kilo dollar; a third of a second kilo
ambiguity - Is until inclusive or exclusive? - English Language . . . 1 Till until some day can be both inclusive and exclusive Until is defined as "up to the point in time or the event mentioned", but a day is not a point in time, rather it's an interval of 24 hours In most cases it can be implied from the context: We are open Monday till Friday
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prepositions - at vs in (the hospital) - English Language Learners . . . Commented Jun 5, 2023 at 14:28 1 @Qiulang邱朗 Thanks -It's very easy to forget that these questions are subject to country differences, and the US and the UK do have lots of these slight differences e g 'write me' in the US vs 'write to me' in the UK etc
prepositions - In the morning VS on the morning - English Language . . . In your sentences, on is the correct preposition and in is the incorrect one This is a bit tricky "He passed away on March 5" is correct "He passed away in the morning" is also correct However, in your sentence, "the morning" is a characteristic possessed by March 5, "March 5's morning," as it were (Note that we would never say "March 5's
Hello, This is vs My Name is or I am in self introduction Having said that, I think there is a tinge of racism to not accept e g "Myself X" as proper English My reason for this is no one says that calling a friend "mate" or "dude" is annoying or wrong english
word choice - How to say that you are available - English Language . . . Setting everything else aside, I think that "from 3 till 5" should be " from 3 to 5 " or " between 3 and 5 " (my preference) And "every day" does not say anything at all about the hours when you are available, it only says the days on which you are available Best would be Every day, any time except between 3 and 5 Share Improve this answer