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- use vs. used what is the correct usage? [duplicate]
I am trying to find out if this question is correct Did Wang Bo used to be awkward? Should I write "use to be" instead of "used to be," or is "used to be" correct in this sentence?
- When is some used as plural and when is it used as singular?
I am trying to explain to an ESL student how to understand when to treat "some" as plural and when to treat it as singular One clear rule is when "some" is the subject followed
- Whats the negation of I used to be? Surely not I didnt used to be?
What is the negative form of "I used to be"? I often hear "I didn't used to be" but that sounds awfully wrong in my ears
- differences - Didnt used to or didnt use to? - English Language . . .
Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the
- Should infinitive or ing-form be used after help?
In the sentence given though, help is quite definitely a verb, and used in an affirmative context, so it would be best to have either a plain infinitival or to -infinitival following it
- Compared with vs Compared to—which is used when?
Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, fourth edition (2016) provides what I take to be the current (and traditional) formal prescriptivist view among U S usage authorities of when to use compered with and when to use compared to: compare with; compare to The usual phrase has for centuries been compare with, which means "to place side by side, noting differences and similarities
- Does multiple mean simply more than one or is it better used to . . .
First, "more than one" and "many" are acceptable meanings for " multiple " 1 : consisting of, including, or involving more than one: multiple births, multiple choices 2 : MANY, MANIFOLD multiple achievements: He suffered multiple injuries in the accident We could stop there, but we can do better "Multiple," many authorities and kibitzers contend, is best used to describe separation
- Why was Spook a slur used to refer to African Americans?
Spook was actually used by black people to refer to white people, presumably on the notion of “white” ghosts spook n [SE spook, a ghost] (US black) a white person 1939 [US] P E Miller Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n p : spook: a white musician 1944 [US] D Burley Orig Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: Us young homes, and lanes and hipstuds, gray and fay, and spook and spade (Green’s
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