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- Correct pronunciation of the name Geoff - English Language Learners . . .
What's the correct pronunciation of the name Geoff? Is it like "Jeff" or more like "GEE-off" or something else?
- fronting - Starting sentences with Adjectives - English Language . . .
I was reading an article on modifiers [citation needed], but some of the sentences confused me 1) Slender and graceful, her eyes filling with tears, Brenda completed her skating routine, her long
- What did you learn today? Vs what have you learned today?
"What did you do ?" sounds more natural than "What have you done ?" But with "learned" there is more of a sense that it is still relevant, making perfect aspect more acceptable You could argue either way, and one reason for your decision might be how you consider earlier learning to relate to the current situation
- prepositions - In the meantime vs. for the meantime - English . . .
Interesting Upvoted There was a same question at WorldReferenceCom and an answer seemed to have convinced the OP saying, They are quite similar I found it hard to make a distinction! they both mean "from now until something else that I expect to happen happens" If I say I'm doing something "for the meantime" , it means for example: I want to buy a car, I don't have enough money but in 3
- Inversions with so and such - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I got how to inverte sentences with so but I ask this question in order to make it conformed that inverting sentences with such does not work in the same way exactly For example: They were
- Difference in meaning between good of and good for and good to?
good of you to Your actions in a particular situation were appropriate, and maybe exceeded what could reasonably be expected of you It was good of you to take Geoff home last night: he was so drunk that I was worried about him! good for you to Your actions are will be beneficial to you It's good for you to get some healthy exercise every day It is often used in a conditional form: It
- co-worker vs. colleague - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
What is the difference between "co-worker" and "colleague"? In my company there is an employee whose name is Bob But Bob and I, we don't know each other In this case, is Bob my "co-worker" or "
- not to know A from B VS not to know a B from a bulls foot?
While I agree that the two phrases have the same meaning, I'd suggest that they do not exactly mean "to be ignorant" or "to know nothing" In both cases not only is ignorance asserted, but lack of perception or judgement (common sense) as well As has been pointed out, the items being compared are obviously different, although the "sh** from Shinola" is slightly different, since Shinola was a
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