The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English explains that "in followed by a time period is more often used to talk about future events • He'll be here in a few minutes." Can't we use "in" to talk about the durations

"Filipinisms are words or phrases that are ususally grammatically incorrect or are almost always results of transliteration." Filipinism (Correct Usage) 1. Free subscription of... (Free subscription to…) - prepo issue 2. Can I

Hi, Moonyscorp. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Both versions work, although the expression is more common with "with." The only thing that bothers me is the sense of timing. Usually such a comment accompanies a new

From a strictly grammatical point of view, only really soon is correct because real is originally an adjective. In informal style and spoken English real is used as an adverb but it's a good idea to avoid expressions like real good in serious

I appreciate your input but please don't give it unless you know it is grammatically correct. This is excellent advice for banu82in. When a most of expression is the subject, the verb agrees with the word after most of . Most of the butter

I appreciate your input but please don't give it unless you know it is grammatically correct. This is excellent advice for banu82in. When a most of expression is the subject, the verb agrees with the word after most of . Most of the butter

A differs from (= has a different quality) B. Mr A differs with (= has a different opinion) Mr B. " with regards to " and with regard to "-- The first is incorrect; these are the only standard expressions: 'as regards', ' in regard to', and

Hi, I can't understand this passage from a biography: Bismarck, who was RUNNING HIMSELF IN as minister-president and had his hands full, was quite happy to allow them (to rage). What do the capitalized words mean? Thank you for any guidance

Hello Barbara, thank you for providing additional information on this subject; the data itself, however, may be disputed. What I referred to in my previous post is known linguistically as catachresis . English is notorious for multiplying the

We often hear people say that learning a foreign language well is very difficult. They spend a lot of time on it, but they couldn’t learn it well. I think if you want to learn a foreign language well, the following things are very necessary.