"To start" is an active construction, while "to get started" is a passive one. There are some schools of thought that object to the use of passive verbs in formal writing, though that opinion …

Mar 21, 2014 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style: In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the …

Dec 22, 2014 · Sentence: it's not what's on the table that matters, but who (is/are) in the chairs. I thought are might be correct because of plural chairs, but family members disagree.

Apr 13, 2017 · This is why logicians use iff for 'if and only if'. I think it would be useful in real life, but can't see it catching on.

Mar 27, 2015 · Skeptics argue that these kinds of initiatives are doomed to remain perennially peripheral and ineffectual. Intuitively, changing ineffectual to ineffective in the sentence above …

Jan 9, 2016 · Without a reason of doubt the question and answer grammatically to the following are: Ques. At what time will you come to meet me? Ans. I will come at 2 p.m. One cannot …

May 4, 2022 · Today I found out that despite using and hearing it frequently, "unintuitive" is not a word. I searched english.stackexchange and found countless …

Is this correct? The person with whom I'm doing the project should be here soon. If it is, is with always a dative preposition (like mit in German)?

When do we use one over another? I sent a letter. I sent off a letter. I sent out a letter. Here I found a similar topic but I am still confused. sent = sent to one or more people ...

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