By Difference between, Expressions

Re: the expression of action or that of occurrence?

I'm afraid you've lost me again. I understood what you meant about the difference between an actual occurence and a possible action when talking about thing that have not yet taken place (I expect to, I expect that). But I don't see how they are anything other than occurrences of...

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hi all nice and kind pals really I have such a confusing Q in linguistics and I hope U all can help me .. what's the difference between hyponymy and prototype I know that hyponymy is a word that contains the meaning of another word and prototype is typical member of the extension of a...

Re: need to back-shift?

«I feel for those two examples, since they are not concern with someone's feelings, but pertain to factual scenarioes like being married and a candy being on sale yesterday and today, the need to back-shift isn't there for both of those situations» I don't think it's too deep....

Re: "See it yourself" or "See it for yourself" - what's the difference?

Hi, What's the difference between "See it yourself" and "See it for yourself" ? Google shows both expressions are popular. What I want to say is: don't take our word on it, click here, to see it yourself/for yourself. There's not a lot of difference...

"See it yourself" or "See it for yourself" - what's the difference?

Hi,What's the difference between "See it yourself" and "See it for yourself" ? Google shows both expressions are popular. What I want to say is: don't take our word on it, click here, to see it yourself/for yourself. Which one should I use?

Re: king vs the king

In my first post, "I love being Manager of the Dodgers," etc., etc., I said I had the feeling when I heard expressions like this, that "the Manager" would not change the meaning of the sentence. As we continued to discuss this, it became increasingly clear that the...

Re: what't the difference between "Please be advised" & "please advise"

Anon, if you can go to the trouble of quoting the first question in the thread, perhaps you could have read the post immediately under it that answered it!

Re: to/in someone's eyes

Hi again, Do you mean to/in my eyes are used only for describing something and not used for giving advice? That's the very general idea. 2.Can we use 'in my opinion' in the sentence below:'In my opinion, we shouldn't lend any more money to him.' Yes, it's much...

Re: When to use 'of' and when 'for'?

Hi, I'm confused. When is used an expression "I have never heard of you" This means that I have never heard your name or any information about you. In other words, it means that I definitely don't know you or anyhting about you. and when "I have never heard for...

When to use 'of' and when 'for'?

I'm confused. When is used an expression "I have never heard of you" and when "I have never heard for you"? My first thought was that one of these expressions is incorrect, but I've found both correct, and now I don't know when to use each expression. Is there...