'the USA' vs. 'the US' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年3月21日 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style:. In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the dominant abbreviation for United States.
Differences between "sledge", "sleigh" and "sled"
2011年12月22日 · There is a difference among American, British, and others; I'll give (my) AmE interpretation. sleigh - a vehicle like an open-air carriage, pulled by horses, using runners instead of wheels for use in winter on snow/ice.
Which is correct: "with regards to," "in regards with," "regarding"?
I have been using the following phrases but I am still not confident that they are grammatically correct and sound right: "in regards with something" "with regards to something" &
meaning - "Referrer" versus "referral" versus "referer" - English ...
Which word is correct and what do they mean? I've seen $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] (PHP), but I have also seen referrer in can I forward “referrer” information to other address? and referral on the
differences - "Versus" versus "vs." in writing - English Language ...
2011年12月21日 · Versus is first recorded in English, in a legal context, in the mid-fifteenth century. It is frequently abbreviated, as you say, to v., but ver. and vs. are also found.
"Vendor" vs. "vender" in Standard American English
I too, believe that the expression of the word vender is more to the noun person,rather than place or thing and the word vendor more Latin in its origin ,for its same meaning , however there is possession in it for place or thing .I could see how you can say vender is person and vendor as thing or place! just saying!!!
"Agree" vs. "concur" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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word choice - "Expected of" vs. "expected from" - English …
It is expected of/from you to find the solution. Such rude behavior was not expected of/from you. I am quite sure that from is the correct usage in both cases, but of could be used in the fir...
word choice - "Fall from" vs. "fall off" - English Language & Usage ...
2014年3月29日 · Which you should prefer depends on the particular circumstances, and what is being fallen from (or off). You would usually fall off a bicycle, off the wagon or off the radar.
Which is the correct past tense of "spin": "span" or "spun"?
2011年5月1日 · The conjugation of irregular verbs can vary by dialect. In a very unscientific experiment, I googled "span the thread" and "he span the top", and I got a number of results using span as the past tense of spin, so it seems some people still use span as the past tense of spin, although it's rare.