Other than: 1. except eg: The journey was a bit short, but other than that it was perfectly fine. 2. (not)... different(ly) from I've never known him behave other than selfishly (= he only behaves selfishly) I've never seen this star other

Two days after I go to the bank with my phone number". Unfortunately you has to use 'later' (or 'pass') instead. There is a strange rule in English that if 'after' is used to mentioned a time in the past (measuring from now), it is permitted to

CalifJim, Thanks for pointing that out.

Jobb, you are too welcome.

But does 'shape up' implies "one did something wrong or had some bad behaviour in the past." Now one gave up wrongdoing or bad behvaiour? Correct me if wrong. You see: - mend - mend one's ways Had some problems of one's won previously (eg

1) The message from the sentence can get through to me although I can't really get 2) To me, "fully used" here means "use to its full extent". So the manufacturer will use every piece of the material to its full extent (without any

To sum up what you say: When "peculiar" means "special, particular, exclusive" etc., it is common to use predicatively, but not attributively, ie: It is an accent peculiar(=exclusive) to the north region. It is a peculiar(=exclusive) accent

"or not" here may act as a mild emphasis (comparing with there's not). You may say it is redundant anyway. > I feel unusual. Do you mind to explain more about the meaning of "unusual" here? Say, if you feel something/someone is unusual

Q3 is modified for the first post: 3. (Modified after the 2nd post) Peculiar/funny vs ill vs sick - I'm peculiar (=ill). - I'm funny (=ill). - I'm ill. - I'm sick. Do you think if they have differences in meaning? 5. (Newly added

You are American, right? There should be no "if" in that sentence. It should be Do you think they have any difference in meaning? Thanks for your correction. The reason why I use "if" to construct this statement: I wish to say: - Do