I use to, or I used to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the movies all the time (not we use to go to the movies) However, in negatives and questions using
Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the difference between these two sentences: 1 ) Please tell me why is it like that (should I put question mark at the end) 2 ) Please tell me why it is like that (should I put question
single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely. . . ? - English . . . "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily," "millenniumly"—perhaps because until recently events
Detail or Details? Read on for more detail details As other answerers have suggested, the more common course in situations like the one you raise is to use details (plural) But there are situations where "more detail" may reflect your meaning more accurately The key thing to recognize is that more can be used as a quantitative modifier (meaning "more numerous") or as a qualitative modifier (meaning "greater") If you want to emphasize to
Plural of roof? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Am only 63 but rooves was the plural of roof just like sheep is the plural of sheep etc Am not finding the new language of the younger generation true Where are the teachers of spelling and grammar?
Is over-exaggerated correct English? My initial thought is that over-exaggerated implies not only exaggerating, but exaggerating in a way that is excessive for the given context, or exaggerating to the point of absurdity So, saying something like The fish was 5 feet long! I would consider exaggerating, but something like the fish was a million feet long! would be over-exaggerating