In passing, could you tell me if there's any significant difference between "take lodging" and "take up lodging" ? I agree with Khoff, except for the the birds' selectivity. It may well be the case, but I don't hear

Thanks, Khoff! In passing, could you tell me if there's any significant difference between "take lodging" and "take up lodging" ?

It makes me contented to realise that you have made sense of the striking difference between not... but vs and , so this 'one thing' you are referring to is the last on the agenda, and may I be clear about two points. First, the omission

"I haven't seen her." "I didn't see her." Does it matter whether "have" or "did" is used? Are they interchangeable in this sense or is there a slight difference? As explained above, there is a

It depends on the situation. For example: "I didn't see her at the party ." Or: "I didn't see her yesterday ." This usage is for a specific time or place in the past. Or: "I haven't seen her in a week

My dictionary doesn't have that designation, but I'm sure you're correct about its meaning. If you need help in understanding the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, you might try typing "countable" in the

They're all correct, Anon. The word gotten is generally used as the past participle of the verb "get" in American English, and got is used as the past participle in British English. Thus your first sentence seems to be AmE, and the

doubtful to you that the past participle form of intransitive nouns like "vanish" and "sleep" could function as adjectives? Just as an aside, we should remark the difference between the present and past participles in this

I know some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. when I look for something in my dictionaries, I can notice a subtle difference between nouns. Some nouns have their definitions starting with " " In OALD7, and other nouns have

Hi, What's the difference between usage of "talk to" and "talk with". I've seen so many other cases like this. I guess these both are interchangeable and perhaps mean the same. Could someone please explain the