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- What does KMA stand for? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"KMA" was the FCC call sign prefix for police frequencies in Los Angeles You may want to refer to KMA 367 "An Unofficial History of the Los Angeles Police Department's Communications Division"
- numbers - Is 1rst a valid abbreviation for first? - English Language . . .
Yeah, I doubt the "21rst century" would crop up much in fantasy novels But 1st, 2nd, or 3rd might As that chart shows, all those abbreviations were much more common a century or two ago But @JamesK's point re "french speakers who use 1ere" is bang on the money for me I looked at some written instances of 1rst - all 10 on the 1st page were either french or canadian
- Spend money on vs Spend money for - English Language Learners Stack . . .
What are the differences between spend money "on" vs spend money "for"? Is using "for" even grammatically correct? I have seen a video in which a person says "If
- Provide information on, of or about something?
Which is grammatical: "it provides information on something", or, "it provides information of something", or, "it provides information about something"? Or if all are grammatical, which one is used
- What is the difference between a voucher and a gift certificate?
A gift certificate is generally something that is purchased and then given to a recipient (as the name says as a gift) A voucher can be given for any number of reasons, business attendance, promotion, rebate An easy way to think of it, all gift certificates are vouchers, not all gift certificates are vouchers (Although a particular retail establishment might well distribute all of these as
- Spare time or Spend time - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I wonder how these two verbs differ in meaning? I know that You spare time for your loved ones, but You spend time with your loved ones However, it is difficult to distinguish between them in an e
- word usage - Are Where did you put it? and Where did you leave it . . .
Your "study" just requires looking up to put and to leave in a dictionary, so I don't understand what you're asking Yes, you have correctly understood the dictionary definitions as they relate to this context But it's a pointless distinction in most cases, since all you really want to ask is "Where is it?" And if the respondent doesn't know the answer to that, perhaps "Where did you last
- Past tense: I got was given. Which is correct
If by "correct" you mean "grammatical and idiomatic", neither is "incorrect", and both are "correct" The first is in the active voice, and the second in the passive Two different verbs are used; got is the past tense of the verb to get, and given is the past participle of the verb to give
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