By Expressions, Common errors

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I usually edit some of the stuff my coworkers write around here, I believe I have good knowledge of what I'm doing but now I doubt it because of a document I'm reading right now... This is how it reads (in many paragraphs): "It is recommended that the agency review and...

Yoong Liat wrote:It it is wrongly written as 'First come, first serve', then I think it means since you come first, you have to serve the guest/s first.That might be what it would mean, but to my knowledge that expression with that meaning does not exist. It is simply a common error.

CalifJim wrote:It's a very common error among Spanish speakers to say get married with to mean casarse con. It's a direct translation of with = con Hi,I think it might be a common mistake among Italians too, since we say "I'm married with" --> "Sono sposato con"... I just don't make that...

O, I thought you were, as your quote is in Chinese. Yes, L(x) is a function indicating whether a language is 'native' or 'foreign' to a person. It is not restricted to Language Acquisition though, as it is widely used in such topics as Language Teaching (see for example, Eric Hawkin's...

OK - which is correct? I hear both used. I could care less. I couldn't care less. I am assuming that the second one is correct in indicating a lack of concern. ============ JTT: Both are correct, Robin and both mean, more or less, the same thing. While this might seem odd at first blush,...

While not appropriate for very formal use, these are correct and widely used. "what" in place of "which" is extremely common because the two are so similar in meaning. "go to" for "attend" is just a more colloquial expression -- also extremely common. "ic" is correct in "Is that sarcastic?",...

Hello everybody, I will be most thankful and will appreciate very much, if one of you could help me in correcting the below exchanges and advice to the Tasks below; Please note, I will be grateful to receive corrected versions in simple termes and grammartical explanation to the...

"There are four distinct words here. When "affect" is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning "have an influence on": "The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect my vote against the Clean Air Act." A much rarer meaning is indicated when the word is...