
"need to do" vs "need do" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2013年2月6日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …
'the USA' vs. 'the US' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年3月21日 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style:. In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the …
word choice - "Fall from" vs. "fall off" - English Language & Usage ...
2014年3月29日 · Which you should prefer depends on the particular circumstances, and what is being fallen from (or off). You would usually fall off a bicycle, off the wagon or off the radar.
Differences between "sledge", "sleigh" and "sled"
2011年12月22日 · There is a difference among American, British, and others; I'll give (my) AmE interpretation. sleigh - a vehicle like an open-air carriage, pulled by horses, using runners …
Is "irrespective of" interchangeable with "regardless of"?
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"Agree" vs. "concur" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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"Vendor" vs. "vender" in Standard American English
2016年10月1日 · I too, believe that the expression of the word vender is more to the noun person,rather than place or thing and the word vendor more Latin in its origin ,for its same …
Which is the correct past tense of "spin": "span" or "spun"?
2011年5月1日 · The conjugation of irregular verbs can vary by dialect. In a very unscientific experiment, I googled "span the thread" and "he span the top", and I got a number of results …
word choice - "Expected of" vs. "expected from" - English …
It is expected of/from you to find the solution. Such rude behavior was not expected of/from you. I am quite sure that from is the correct usage in both cases, but of could be used in the fir...
etymology - Why is "gee-gee" slang for "horse"? - English …
2012年6月8日 · Irish farmers, including my ancestors, settled in the Ottawa Valley, Canada, in the 19th century. They brought the term Gee-Gee with them from the British Isles.