word usage - more smooth or more smoother? Which is right . . . You can say "more smooth", or "smoother" Both are fine and mean exactly the same thing But beware of trying to combine them, and saying "more smoother"! Many will say that a formulation like that is wrong
difference - Smoothing or smoothening (smooth smoothen) - English . . . You make things smooth - you smoothe or smoothen them (and while these were appearing in different proportions in the past, they have nearly evened out nowadays) The activity though is called smoothing (a surface) or smoothing out (faults, creases, folds, whatever disturbs the surface) smoothening is definitely not a term in common use
How do you use smooth sailing idiomatically? Smooth is an adjective Smoothly is the adverbial form This should tell you that sailing is a noun, not a verb Typically, we would not say, "I am smooth sailing " We might say, "I am smoothly sailing," as in "I'm smoothly sailing through this work " The idiomatic use of this phrase "smooth sailing" would look something like this: "How's the new job at Google?" "It's been smooth sailing, so
What does mean by stand on each others necks means? This means that, in this world, it is quite common to see people holding back others, for selfish reasons People tend to hinder other people's life and activities just so that they can go ahead with their lives, much smoother without any competition If you take an example where there is one job vacancy and 10 people are eligible for it
prepositions - BRING someone or BRING TO someone - English Language . . . As a general rule, one should avoid using too many of the same pronouns in a single sentence Instead, one should specify the noun in question Also, "The happiness and the joy" should be conjoined into "the happiness and joy" A much smoother sentence would be "They are thankful for the happiness and joy that X brings them every day"
The difference between visit, tour and travel The princess toured a new nursery school Also see: tour museum and tour the museum Visit ( ): Visit is also correct here, needless to say: A recent trip to London gave me the opportunity to visit the Science Museum Although tour and visit are both appropriate here, visit is more frequently used, because it sounds smoother
prepositions - What does straight out of mean? - English Language . . . This could be written in other, perhaps smoother, forms: Mother dished the food up straight from the saucepan Mother dished the food up out of the saucepan Mother dished the food up from the saucepan The "straight" is fairly redundant in this sentence