What does calve exactly mean? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange The verb "calve" is also used when an iceberg breaks off from the parent glacier, as by analogy the iceberg is "born" "Calve" is also used in some other cases where a smaller thing breaks off from a larger I believe it is sometimes used of comets, for example Dictionary com defines the verb "calve" as: verb (used without object), calved
It was, and the next morning the producers had entered vs entered . . . I'd understand it as a shortened version of It was, and the next morning we discovered that the producers had entered us for a race on it In the real world, schedules like that are usually "planned", even if not everyone knows the full plan
What is the person who takes minutes in a meeting called? Is the recording of minutes one of the person's primary responsibilities, and is it ongoing? That will make the distinction between a recording secretary and a rapporteur, for example
word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Can you do it for tomorrow? Vs Can you do it by tomorrow? Can you do it for tomorrow? —From Collins dictionary Why I should choose quot;for quot; in place of quot;by quot;??
what is the difference between out of and off? @Lambie two reasons One, error-checking is off-topic here I answered this because I think the real cause of misunderstanding is the multiple uses of "off" And two, because I don't think the very first example is gramatically wrong, it just isn't idiomatic I could get a cake "out of" a bakery, just like I could get the car out of the garage We just wouldn't say it
meaning - What is the difference between pretty and handsome in . . . To get a better idea of what the meaning was when Dickens wrote, I am giving the relevant definitions from Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary from 1831, twenty years before Dickens wrote Bleak House Handsome: Beautiful, graceful; elegant Pretty: Neat, elegant; beautiful without grandeur or dignity; it is used in a kind of diminutive contempt in poetry and in conversation So you can
should I or do I need to? which one is more appropriate? I would say that "should" implies some sort of option, where it is more of a suggestion Whereas "need to" implies necessity (obviously ;-) which means that any other option leaves something out In the case of your original question, if you do not write "…" (horizontal ellipsis U+2026) at the end, then you are referencing a (possibly) finite set
meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I hear controversial opinions on the difference between coincidently and coincidentally Some say they mean the same, others say they are different quot;Coincidently quot; means it's happening at
Money abbreviations - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I can't find in Google any list of the money abbreviations used by English people I need to know how to continue this list: 1,000 = K 1,000,000 = M (or KK for odd speaking) What is the next, mayb