Correct pronunciation of the name Geoff - English Language …
May 24, 2015 · What's the correct pronunciation of the name Geoff? Is it like "Jeff" or more like "GEE-off" or something else?
What did you learn today? Vs what have you learned today?
Apr 3, 2023 · "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 …
What does it mean to "end up with a Desmond"?
Sep 21, 2022 · Desmond is (or was) much more common than Damien/Geoff or Attila. I don't think I have heard either of those. UK University honours degrees go First, Two-one, Two-two, …
"Such" vs. "Such a" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Aug 22, 2015 · Such and Such: Count nouns vs. non-count nouns Two distinct (and usually non-overlapping) possibilities exist for singular nouns X: such X (for a mass noun) such an X (for a …
"You are" vs. "you're" — what is the difference between them?
Sep 22, 2017 · If there is a difference (outside of the most formal usage), it is that you are (and other forms that don't use contractions) are more emphatic and separable. You are going to be …
sentence structure - 'One such+noun' vs 'such a/an + noun'
Nov 12, 2023 · There's two different meanings of "such" used here, as described in Merriam-Webster: such adjective ... 2 : of the character, quality, or extent previously indicated or …
Grammar with gerund or Infinitive - English Language Learners …
Nov 4, 2022 · The truth is that all options are syntactically valid - it's just that as @Geoff points out below, it's not easy to come up with a context where having worked would work (in a way that …
"have read and understand" or "have read and understood"
Oct 12, 2020 · Using the form with understand emphasises that I understand it right now. The form with have understood merely states the fact that two events took place in the past. Of …
Meaning difference between "somebody be seen to do" and its …
Nov 15, 2024 · Geoff Pullum is British–American, and Rodney Huddleston is British. But I don’t find ‘has been seen to do’ idiomatic in BrE either. Perfectly understandable, but not idiomatic.
style - Are some contractions more OK than others depending on ...
Oct 18, 2022 · Geoff Lindsey (an English phonetician) has a video on his youtube channel about contractions and the situations in which they are and are not used, in both formal and informal …