hi khoff .thank you. but how can explain or say the spelling or pronunciation of the this word here? ı can not write.but the first syllable should be extend...

I wrote above: Do you find the use of certain in sentences below correct? Would it have been correct if I have had used usage instead of use ? Yes, but I think use is more common in this context. This is what Webster's Dictionary says about

As I've said before, and as you can gather from American usage guides, the word "use" with the sense "make ... is fully conjugable, although some of its tenses are for the time being not used in today's English. In the same

} "Raymond S. Wise" (Email Removed) wrote in message } }> }> Since the pronunciations are identical, this might confuse some people. } But }> it should be easy enough to memorize the distinction in spelling. "Used }

As I've said before, and as you can gather from American usage guides, the word "use" with the sense "make ... as if it's a grammatical unit and the word "use" in that sense has no status as a distinct verb. This

As I've said before, and as you can gather from American usage guides, the word "use" with the sense "make it a practice" or "be accustomed" can be quite conveniently regarded as an ordinary English verb that is

In my kind of talk, in the sense you mention, ... clearly, a schwa replaces the vowel. "I k'n gowith you". Do you have the "pin"/"pen" merger? (If so, where are you from?) If youdo, your "kin"

I agree with your "co-worked". The pattern for this form is the Realtor(tm)-speak "deceptively spacious", which is intended to mean "more spacious than it looks". I agree that "deceptively" in

"Indeed," I said. I don't think I ever said that word before. What is there about an English accent that ... maybe? And was it catchy? Does "I " try to say in the last sentence that English is deceptive ? The speaker is