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numbers - Is 1rst a valid abbreviation for first? - English Language . . . Yeah, I doubt the "21rst century" would crop up much in fantasy novels But 1st, 2nd, or 3rd might As that chart shows, all those abbreviations were much more common a century or two ago But @JamesK's point re "french speakers who use 1ere" is bang on the money for me I looked at some written instances of 1rst - all 10 on the 1st page were either french or canadian
word usage - Are Where did you put it? and Where did you leave it . . . Your "study" just requires looking up to put and to leave in a dictionary, so I don't understand what you're asking Yes, you have correctly understood the dictionary definitions as they relate to this context But it's a pointless distinction in most cases, since all you really want to ask is "Where is it?" And if the respondent doesn't know the answer to that, perhaps "Where did you last
look as a transitive verb - English Language Learners Stack Exchange @Nigutumok The verb "to look" is commonly considered as an intransitive one taking a prepositional object prepositional complement (or, as it is with some grammarians, an indirect object) after a preposition (at, for, into, to, towards) The whole prepositional phrase can be even seen as an adjunct (He looked at the plants for the key into the mystery towards the development of his firm
Im starving to death or Im hungry to death can mean Im very . . . I'm freezing to death or I'm roasting to death are similar exaggerations used to mean "it's too chilly|hot for me" where the plain adjective doesn't work; we don't say "I'm cold|hot to death" to death complements an ongoing process not a state
Provide information on, of or about something? Which is grammatical: "it provides information on something", or, "it provides information of something", or, "it provides information about something"? Or if all are grammatical, which one is used
Past tense: I got was given. Which is correct If by "correct" you mean "grammatical and idiomatic", neither is "incorrect", and both are "correct" The first is in the active voice, and the second in the passive Two different verbs are used; got is the past tense of the verb to get, and given is the past participle of the verb to give
Hasnt He vs Didnt He? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange The verb in a tag question is a callback to whatever verb was previously used, implied, or what would fit For example: He went, didn't he? "Went" is the past tense of to go, so he did go, therefore you would ask " didn't he?"