word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange As far as I understand copy-and-paste is used to mean the operation of copying, and pasting If somebody did that, can I say (for example) the following? She copied-and-pasted what I wrote on my
word choice - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Both post and posting are the same according to Cambridge Dictionary (Android version) Both have the same meaning i e an electronic message that you send to a website in order to allow many peop
difference - time passed vs time passed by? - English Language . . . Choice A "passed" is by far the most natural of the given choices The phrase "time passed" is a very common one One could also use "time passed by", but that is less likely in this context "went by" would be natural, and the meaning would be about the same as "passed"
Is there any difference between At this point and To this point? No, they are not: At this point in the conversation, I would like to tell that [blah blah blah] At this point in our lives, etc In response to that point you made about purple roses, I'd like to say [blah blah blah ] For example at is used to indicate a point in time or a place to this point is not a phrase by itself
prepositions - (at in on) (- a the) restaurant - English Language . . . The prepositions Only the prepositions in and at work in this sentence On does not work in combination with the noun restaurant The articles The indefinite article a is indeed used if the restaurant has not yet been mentioned by the speaker before It is also used when speaking about a restaurant in general: I like eating at a restaurant In this case the plural of the noun can also be used
Whats the meaning of skirt off into a corner? 'Do they skirt off into a corner? Or do they run up and say "hello" because they're nervous The following image contains the other paragraphs from the text just in case it is necessary Sorry for pasting it as an image I searched that expression on the Internet, but didn't have luck finding a definition in a dictionary
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