
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 the verb. …
word usage - I have finished vs I have already finished - English ...
Oct 14, 2021 · I have finished would usually be uttered immediately after finishing, but (emphatic) I have already finished wouldn't normally occur until some time after finishing - often, specifically as a …
"Understood" for replying to given information or an explanation
Sep 1, 2020 · There is no ambiguity, you convey that you have heard and believe that you have understood the information. However, to use a single word in this way, rather than a complete …
singular vs plural - "0.4 point" or "0.4 points"? "1.0 point" or "1.0 ...
May 15, 2016 · I started analyzing this question by trying to figure out a context where I might use this. I thought of a gymnastics meet, where someone might say: Alex lost by X points. If X = 1, the answer …
What does ‘nah’ mean? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
@WendiKidd has an excellent answer on the way "Nah" is used to mean "not thing 1, thing 2". I just wanted to add, since the other answers haven't so far mentioned it, that Nah and Yeah (especially …
grammar - "will have to'" , "have to" and "have had to" - English ...
I can’t understand and distinguish the necessity of using “will have to” instead of “have to”. I think both are giving the same meaning and both are giving an indefinite hint of future. For example...
Past Simple or Present Perfect: Tried or Have Tried
All are correct. With or without have all means same! Nevertheless, putting have in these sentences gives the flair of things being recently done (and not way back in past).
word choice - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Jun 7, 2020 · What is the term for a text box on a webpage/form/etc. like a comment box where a user can type anything they want? The term I'm thinking of doesn't sound right. I want to call this a free …
Is there a difference between "write" and "write down"?
Oct 3, 2016 · I think in your usage they basically mean the same thing. write down can mean to make a formal record of something Let me write down your address and thine number. Marriages are written …
meaning in context - I have done that before vs I have done that ...
All of these are correct. They can replace each other easily, and in the same conversation. If you want to stress that fact that you only did something once then throw 'once' in there. "Yes, I have done that …