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"6-foot tall" or "6-feet tall"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I found both "8-foot-tall" and "nine-feet tall" in online sources. The bronze, 8-foot-tall LBJ sculpture is slated to be installed at downtown's Little Tranquility Park, bound by Capitol, Walker, Bagby and …
How to ‘guess’ if a noun is countable or uncountable?
In school, I learned that abstract nouns are not countable - that is not true. It seems to be a common lesson in some schools, but it is absolutely not the case. For example, thought is definitely abstract, …
"loop someone in" and "loop someone into chatting"?
Jul 25, 2023 · And I find two phrases online, namely "loop someone in" and "loop someone into a discussion", and then I think "loop someone in" follows the first structure while "loop someone into a …
Which is the plural of "forum": "fora" or "forums"?
Jan 23, 2013 · Since you're talking about online discussion boards, I would use forums instead of fora when you are talking about more than one. An English speaker might understand fora, but it wouldn't …
Damning problem - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Jun 22, 2020 · According to a number of online dictionaries, it has quite a usual meaning: (of evidence or a report) suggesting very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake …
meaning in context - "looking back from now": is it looking back from ...
Aug 1, 2018 · To refer to the present looking back on the past, a possible rephrasing is: People looking back on the past 5 or 10 years may well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge. To …
Can I say "please IM me" as I say "please PM me"?
Apr 19, 2020 · Then the other guy says "please IM me when you are free" where IM means "instant message". I found the sentence below from here. If Mike comes online, tell him to IM me. Do native …
it's live vs. it's on live - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Feb 16, 2016 · 1 Does "it's live" mean something that someone would say it at a party? And "it's on live" means to be broadcasting at the same time, as in live news? In the following sentence: I wanted to …
Is "Are you back" in meaning of "Did you come back" correct?
Are you back? is current BrE and quite appropriate to ask of a colleague who has been away and might or might not have returned. Did you come back? is a grammatically correct question but for different …