When is the suffix -tor and -ter used? - English Language Learners . . . 0 There is also a usage trend to use - tor when the intent is to emphasize that the agent is a person, while - ter is used when the agent is not necessarily a person For example, ‘compu tor ’ the original term meaning a person performing computation later becoming ‘compu ter ’ when calculations were performed by either people or machines
What does ter mean? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Here ter would be the phonemic orthography of to: I wouldn't say no to something stronger if you 've got it, mind (I have written in bold the words that were replaced to imitate accent ) This site indicates that this is how to is spelled in Eye dialect WordSenseDict agrees
What type of English uses the words pronunciations yer, ter, ernly . . . A clue to Hagrid’s regional background may come from the rhotocity implied by the post-vocalic ‘r’ in syllables where in the standard pronunciation variant the schwa should be present: ter, inter, tergether, etc This rhotocity survived only in areas west of London, south of Birmingham and in Lancashire
Difference between after as a conjunction and after as a . . . A preposition takes a noun-phrase “After two o’clock”, "after lunch”, “after World War II” A conjunction takes an entire clause, an expression that would make a legitimate sentence if it appeared by itself “After the clock struck two”, "after we ate lunch”, “after World War II ended in Europe” Other words about time, like “before” and “while”, work the same
other. . . from. . . vs other . . . than - English Language Learners Stack . . . The example is correct, and your suggested correction using than is grammatically incorrect It's from + where that go together This has nothing to do with the use of "other side", or the often used collocation "other than" The where here is being used to refer to the place her calf is currently located From where could be reworded as from the location that Some other examples: I couldn't
expressions - I work there Im working there Its where I work . . . I work there vs I'm working there is a difference of meaning Usually, and I believe for your intended meaning, the first is correct You might use the second if you were working there temporarily, for example I work there vs it's where I work is a difference of style They both mean more or less the same thing, so pick the one you like the sound of
another vs remaining - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I used another because I learned in the comment section of this question that another should be used But the freelancer who edited my text changed it to remaining I think remaining is not correct
Usage of after that - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I wrote: Then, we review the related works and after that we present our algorithm Is it a correct usage of "after that"? I don't want to repeat "then" Is "after that" formal? what about saying