Graham vs. Graeme - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Object: Snooker player Graeme Dott is Scotsman Also cyclist Graeme Obree is Scotsman So, I could think that Graeme is Scotish version of Graham But A Graham Bell was Scotsman too - but he wrote his the second name Graham (because, as Wikipedia says, name Graham was tribute to Alexander Graham, Canadian that was family friend - so, it is a quite understandable) Which version is correct? Is
transitivity - Reply him or reply to him - English Language . . . I always say sentences like " Reply him that you will deliver the report later" A friend of mine who is rather particular about English grammar says it should be " Reply to him that [ ]" Is this variation correct? Is my usage wrong, or just as acceptable? I feel that it's unnecessary to have that 'to' there and only serves to break the natural flow of speaking without adding anything extra
the difference between Im to be and I will be Yes, they do have the same meaning However, "I am to be" is a more formal and official statement, as if what is to happen is somehow expected, required, or even ordained by some unnamed authority The movie The Princess Diaries relies on a standard "fish out of water" comedic device, where an ordinary American girl finds out she is to be the next monarch of some fictional European county, but
Asking the pleasure of your company in an invitation We ask the pleasure of your company - is fine and okay! Asking for the company in this way is quite common in an invitation card That's asking for gratifying the hosts Pleasure (n) - The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified Nevertheless, if it's wedding invitation, the honor of your presence is preferred instead of the pleasure of your company
Misrelated Participle - English Language Learners Stack Exchange A part of the sentence is underlined Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence Choose the correct alternative Question 1: Riding
Should you say hour or hours in this type of sentence? Being a non native speaker of English, this type of sentence always bites me: It was a pleasant four hours journey from Nashik to Pune Should it be hour or hours?
grammaticality - “What did he says” or “what did he say”? - English . . . The correct question would be: what did he say? Because "did" is the past tense of do, anything you say you "did" naturally occurs in the past, so there is no need to put "say" into the past tense too For example, " he ran " means the same as " he did run " Likewise, because "says" is the 3rd person present tense of "say", this is not appropriate for the tense used Together, "did say" forms
bigger vs. more big - English Language Learners Stack Exchange As we know, comparatives compare two things So, for example, we say that one thing is larger or more temperate than another thing Now, let us consider the following examples A The African elep
uncountable nouns - Is stationary singular or plural? - English . . . Assuming you mean the papery noun objects, stationery is one of those grouping words A piece of stationery versus a box of stationery, it's like: one fish and many fish, or one sheep and many sheep However, when enumerating individual stationery styles, one might use stationeries: They had a variety of stationeries on offer