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- grammaticality - Alternately or alternatively - English Language . . .
What is the difference between alternately and alternatively? I've seen both words being used, but which one is grammatically correct? He could do X Or alternately, he could do Y He could do X Or
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Acting on the sensible suggestion proposed by Edwin Ashworth some 30 months ago (in a comment beneath the posted question), I consulted several British dictionaries to see how they define alternate as an adjective Here are the results From The Penguin English Dictionary, revised edition (1969): alternate adj (of two things) following continuously one after the other; arranged alternately
- Difference between alternate and alternative [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: “Alternately” or “alternatively” What is the difference between alternate and alternative? For example, I have two versions of the same software and
- What verbs best describe something appearing and disappearing alternately?
I'm trying to describe the sight of houses on the mountain appearing and disappearing alternately because of the fog What verbs best describe that?
- Phrase for a situation where a problem disappears when you are about to . . .
For example, the car mechanic can't replicate the problem you are having every day, but when you drive it off the service dept, there it is again Or, when seeing the dentist, the tooth ache goes a
- single word requests - Is there a term for every other other . . .
When referring to something that regularly happens alternately with one other thing, you can say that one of the things happens 'every other whatever', relative to your current point in the pattern
- Word phrase for staring at two things alternately
Example: When Liza and Josh told me their crazy plan, I did nothing; just [ ] I thought about glance, but I think glancing is more like looking briefly, rather than staring in bewilderment
- at in - Is “at turns” a familiar idiom as ‘at every turn’ ‘in turn (s . . .
one after another; alternately It indicates that the rivals took turns being ineffectual, ridiculous, or self-destructive In English, we often see different prepositions being used in phrases but providing identical or nearly identical meanings The concept could also be conveyed by the phrase in turn
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