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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
Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . . Educate me, please Lol I've been confused a long time when using 's and of in different cases when I try to point out the belonging or possession of something I'm writing or talking and I pause when I have to say that something belongs to someone, and it's pretty annoying stumble always with the same stone Could you help me to clarify my ideas?
usage of the but-a phrase - English Language Learners Stack Exchange He is but a clever dog I'd expected something like this: I am anything but not a common man He is nothing but a common dog (Side question, what are the words 'anything' and 'nothing' in the sentence called?) In the absence of words like 'anything' and 'nothing', I'm unable to make sense of the sentences Does it imply that he is a common man
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
prepositions - Whats the point lt;in of gt; doing something - English . . . On the other hand, "She made a point of going to the store" and "She made a point in going to the store" both work but mean different things to me In the first, she emphasized the fact that she was going to the store In the 2nd, she emphasized something else by going to the store What that something else was isn't stated Confusing, I know Hopefully, someone else can make sense of it