2012年7月11日 · Could someone explain how, exactly, this question is off topic? The FAQ states pronunciation questions are on topic, does not explicitly say anything to indicate how to talk about math in English is off topic, it seems fair to me that this might be said differently in English than other languages (almost certainly so), and there's no reason to automatically suspect the …

American English most common speech usage examples using 6 o'clock: 6:00 we would normally just say "Six". If we really want to point out the exact time we might say "Six on the dot".

2013年2月22日 · It's of, but that doesn't matter, because that allows both uses.. The estimated time of arrival is 10:37. Fine, it's estimated that the person, item, etc. will arrive at 10:37.

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“Get ahold of” doesn’t exist. “Get hold of” and “Get a hold of” are mostly interchangeable, but “get hold of” is more often used with people: “get hold of Mr. Jones and tell him…”, and “get a hold of” is used with things, like gaining expertise: “I think I’ve finally gotten a hold of this subject…”.

2013年11月7日 · From Wikipedia, . Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the Leeward island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, meaning "pine of the Indians", and brought it back with him to Europe, thus making the pineapple the first bromeliad to leave the New World.

2019年11月25日 · When teaching and proofreading, I often come across examples of commas without spaces following them (e.g. "London,UK" or "apples,oranges,bananas"). In addition to correcting these, I would like to

Short Answer "See you there" and "see you then" are both fine. They are somewhere between formal English (see alternative phrases below) and informal/spoken language, where a "see you" or even "see ya/cheers/cu" might suffice.

In short, why is it not oneteen and twoteen, and we start at thirteen in English?. In another thread, I supposed that despite that fact that people have ten fingers, amounts of items leading up to and including twelve were more common because twelve is …

Why all the overcomplication? The difference is that, in English, $20 is the correct way to use the dollar sign, while 20$ is an incorrect way to use the dollar sign.