abbreviations - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I found the following on Urban Dictionary. h/t hat tip; tip of the hat Apple is releasing their <insert new slick thingmabob here>. H/t to <insert blog here>, who alerted us of this story. Senator …
idiomatic language - Meaning of "manually" in "manually detect ...
Manually can refer to something done by a person rather than through an automated process. AngryJoe could be referring to having to search the internet for specific sentences of a …
When to use "run" vs when to use "ran" - English Language …
My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to. In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run. or CCleaner has been ran.
Hyphenate “communicating”: communi-cating or communic-ating?
Jul 14, 2022 · I'll note that "hyphenation" is not taught at school, and children would not normally learn hyphenate manually, and would not be expected to do so. They would learn to read …
"I will see if I can't make somthing", what does the "can't" mean?
Jan 14, 2024 · You noted that you understood it from context, but for clarity in this answer, the phrase: "I will see if I can't make something." means "I will see if I can make something." To be …
Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
May 10, 2018 · Manually is the adverb. Manual is (in this context) the adjective. Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using …
How do I avoid misspelling "receive" as "recieve"?
Feb 2, 2016 · As a non-native speaker and before the advent of the panaceas called spell-checkers and auto-correct, I used to often misspell words like receive ( as "recieve") and …
Beautiful vs Beautifull - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
On my spell checker, beautifull is underlined in red; it seems the OP has manually included the erroneous spelling in their phone's dictionary. The OP is only asking which spelling is correct, …
Is it correct to say "use a pair of scales to weigh the products" or ...
Oct 11, 2020 · 2 "A pair of scales" is a very old-fashioned device, referring to the two-sided scales that requires a set of weights to be manually added to one side while the item to be weighed …
"If I do that" vs "if I did that." - English Language Learners Stack ...
When speaking in the present tense, should I use former or the latter? Should I leave? But if I do/did that, she will (would?) spend the rest of the night drinking alone I checked if I do that an...