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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
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
word usage - owing to something vs. owed to something - English . . . I'm aware that 'owe' means to attribute success to something, as in the following sentence I owe my success to my education following the pattern 'One owes success to a factor', indicating the person's education played a crucial role in their success the passive voice form could be My success is owed to my education
pronouns - A little something something? - English Language Learners . . . Is there a difference in meaning between something something and just something when using little (3 vs 5) i e is one less precise than the other? Furthermore, is there a difference in meaning from using the contracted form (somethin' somethin')? Do we generally use one something per missing term in (1) and (2) or is "something something" for two or more? Finally, is there anything