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- There arent any books or There isnt any book
When people say "Any ideas?" it means multiple ideas are expected However, if nothing is expected, why it still uses plural form? It's normal that people say "I don't have any ideas " Can I say "There aren't any books " or "There isn't any book"? (Another thing is, I observed that people
- I have no book vs I have no books - WordReference Forums
Actually all are correct When you would use one or the other would depend on context and what you were trying to convey Some examples to illustrate Q: Why aren't you reading? A: I have no book to read I'd like to study but I have no books here with me Q: Why do we have a hung parliament? A: Well, no system of government is perfect There are lots of ways of organising a state; democracy
- Open your books on, to page . . . ? | WordReference Forums
Open your book- 1 Open your book to page 3 (American English) 2 Open your book at page 3 (British English) 3 Open your book on page 3 Is sentence #3 also acceptable? Now class, open your book to page Boston publisher uses an arsenal of visual techniques to appeal to today's learner September 19, 2005 Houghton Mifflin Co , the Boston textbook publisher is exploring new ways of
- Shut your ass up - WordReference Forums
So I have a question about a particular vulgarism, namely "shut your ass up" Linguistically speaking, does the word "ass" become a metaphor for "face, mouth" or is it just an intensifier for the expression "shut up"?
- above-entitled cause - WordReference Forums
I was trying to translate a decision from united states' court But it's pretty hard for me to understand some terminologies or phrases in US legal system 'above-entitled cause' is one of them The original context is:"That said district attorney purposes to use said books, letters, papers
- trilogy vs a group of two, four, . . . books, movies, etc
a group of three books, movies, etc that have the same subject or characters I was wondering if there is a group of two, four, books, movies, etc, is there a way of expressing it in a word?
- be of : I am of the impression | WordReference Forums
Google Books show many examples of "I am of the impression," most from the 19th century The Oxford English Dictionary shows it in one cite:
- DRAE - WordReference Forums
It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past It traces the usage of words through 2 5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books
- superación personal - WordReference Forums
hola a todos, me surgió esta duda sobre traducir al inglés esto: "superación personal" gracias por su interés y ayuda
- anytime vs any time - WordReference Forums
It begins: About 16,000 words have succumbed to pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary And it mentions this: Researchers examined a corpus of more than 2 billion words, consisting of full sentences that appeared in newspapers, books, Web sites and blogs from 2000 onwards
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