Answer by Lambie for Does 'dust yourself off/down' (AmE/BrE) have the same...
The usual idiom is pick yourself up and dust yourself off in AmE and BrE but just dust (yourself) off can be used also.Also, dust yourself down is British according to MW.Also, dust off is used in...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for One noun to describe the competence of a person in...
rainmakerWhat Is a Rainmaker? A rainmaker is any person who brings clients,money, business, or even intangible prestige to an organization basedsolely on his or her associations and contacts. The...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Can Past Perfect Continuous tense be used to say that...
Answer of Chat GPT: 'Yes, in both of your examples, the past perfect continuous tense is used to convey that an action was ongoing before a specific past event and continued beyond it. [BUZZER]The...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Meaning of temporality in this line
TITLE:Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were friends and rivals for more than 50 yearsThat is your complex temporality: their relationship was complex and lasted for a long time, first positive, then...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Can 'angle' be used as verb to mean 'to fish'?
@Henry Indeed. But it probably includes a rod; it is not line fishing.
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Why does "In the next years" sound strange?
From the site Ludwig.guru. Many examples of "in the next years" in the press and magazines, in technical/scientific and non-technical texts.."People are mentally stressed by anxiousness about what is...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Is 'Bring forth' archaic?
Contemporary usage of a formal termThe EconomistA megacity is an urban area with more than 10m inhabitants. Today the world has 34 and the UN predicts that by 2035 the number will riseto 48. Although...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for (The) unemployment in the country has fallen recently
Abstract nouns do not require determiners.For those who insist on a reference:abstract nouns_GrammarlyFor example, from that text:lifedeathhumorindependencecommunicationinformationhonortrustEmployment,...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Using the conjunction "when" with the present perfect,...
@MickeyQ Whoops, I forgot the continuous one. But I already answered 1).
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for a subtitle vs subtitles
Question: [...] if I create a srt file for a movie, would that be a subtitle or subtitles?The file contains the subtitles.An SRT file is a subtitle file that stores text which can be displayedalong...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Herewith versus herein. In this situation, is one or the...
@Fattie Does that mean you like it or not? That's the etymology of herein and herewith.
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for When is "some" used as plural and when is it used as...
Strong form some /sʌm/ The strong form of some is stressed. This formcontrasts with others or all or enough:Why do some people live longer than other people? (some, not others)[In answer to the...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Hyphenation of compounds with terms made of two words
Contextually relevant sources do not use a hyphen for high data rages.Small cells have the same characteristics as base stations used by telecom companies for years. However, they can handle high data...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for When do you use "do be" for emphasis?
The Sentence of the Court [1913]byFred M White [a prolific writer in the early 20th c.]Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, 4 December, 1913."I bean't up in these 'ere things, sir," James...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Is it possible to say: "He swung at something complicated"?
@YosefBaskin In baseball, one wants to clear the fence, not hit it.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on A word or phrase to refer to restaurant sector?
@jsw29 It's in my quote from that trade magazine. The restaurant business or industry is made up of restaurant companies ranging from mom-and-pop foodstands to fancy, 4 Michelin star establishments.
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for What is a word for creating artificial desire, such as...
Merriam Webster:2: to make keen or more acute : EXCITE, STIMULATEwhet the appetitewhetted her curiositySample sentence:"The global multinational corporation whetted our individual appetites..." [for...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Word for the religious equivalent of 'demonym'
I changed the sentence yes. Big deal. Now I put yours in the answer, too. Happy? In any case, it did not merit a downvote.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Word for someone who studies to become a teacher
@AzorAhai-him- trainee teacher or teacher trainee
View ArticleComment by Lambie on The problem with "there"
@LPH gerund or participle there is no much difference here.
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for What punctuation do I use in "stage performers, their...
like graceful stage performers, their stage: the sky! is poor due to the repetition of stage.They dance in the distance like graceful performers, their stage: the sky!There is no need to repeat stage....
View ArticleComment by Lambie on 'The head office' or just 'head office'?
@EdwinAshworth Nope: He was elected president. No capital p. You cannot use ngrams for this as you cannot show context and you cannot therefore set out a usage argument. He was banned from head office?...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Does the sentence portray fronting or inversion?
@TinfoilHat Only later did it become evident versus it only became evident later. I think it is. The question is a question. Using the inversion "Only later did it become" versus "become" alone is not...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Is 'clinicality' a word? Is 'Woolfesque' a word?
clinicality is the kind of term you find in literary criticism:He introduces an almost clinical tone in naming body parts and atomsof blood, but pairs this clinicality with the romanticism that hisbody...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Usage of In and Within difference
Xylem and Phloem within a vascular bundle are arranged in an alternate manner.Xylem and Phloem in a vascular bundle are arranged in an alternate manner.The distinction is this:The first means that...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on No article in the construction 'hire of ....'
@Barmar I said that it is from the Daily Mail. No, "is from" is not inside the quote.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on "Timetable future": Why are "I leave at 8 pm"&"I am...
@Araucaria-Him Excuse me? It is not that I prefer it. I just think it is more attuned to the OP. And I also downvoted the question. It should be on ELL, not here/
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Another more sophisticated and/or elegant way of saying...
That possessive is bothersome. Putting the noun character or role at the head of the sentence is better.The character [or role] of John The Baptist in the New Testament is in a way [or somewhat]...
View ArticleAnswer by Lambie for Is there a generic term like people that would be...
aliens:non-earthers OR other-worldersSay no more.The humans and other-worlders abruptly headed for the exit.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Is there an antonym for 'euphemism', that is to say -...
There is no word that is too holy to pronounce in Christianity or Buddhism, as far as I know.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on What is the word for (style of) answering a...
Commonly, this is: answering a question with a question.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Clauses in wh-cleft sentences
There is no independent clause as neither piece can stand alone.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on What does this use of 'median' mean?
@jsw29 this loose of the word? Do you mean: this loose of a word?
View ArticleComment by Lambie on "But Aberfan has scooped out the core of him, stretched...
This is cross posting which is frowned upon, but I don't know if it is outrightly disallowed. Here is what I have already written on ELL: Are we going to go through the entire book like this? This is a...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Word-usage: “two pair” or “two pairs”? Proper phrasing:...
One pair of glasses; Two pairs of glasses.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on What's the meaning of "I’d been to in a long time"?
This question belongs on ELL, not here. Anyway: we say: go to a movie. Past tense for that can be: I've been to the movies recently. And with was, we can use past perfect: It was the most exciting one...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Concrete methods or specific methods?
concrete almost always sounds Latinate (i.e. like Spanish or French) to me. I prefer specific. That said, this question should be on ELL, not here. :)
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Propriety and use of the phrase "commend to suspicion"
Also, propriety is wrong here. You mean the proper use of an expression. propriety is about decorum, manners and stuff like that.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Has British English always had two alternative...
@Mitch I was answering the question in the question title and not getting into the edit with the poem. That said, if reading to kids one would make it rhyme if one knows BrE: Pussycat pussycat, where...
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Help me undersand what Emily Dickinson means in this letter
You might want to put in paragraph returns. Your answer is hard to read.
View ArticleComment by Lambie on Has British English always had two alternative...
Regardless of what happens in back-woods Appalachia et al, AmE just doesn't use bean. I have never heard it, except maybe in a song and I have heard a lot of AmE. Even the way some Pennsylvanians use...
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