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- the USA vs. the US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 US (without periods) is more common in most other national forms of English Some major American guides to style, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed ), now deprecate U S and
- Through vs throughout. - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Through means going in or starting at one side and coming out or stopping at the other side of: a path through the wood Throughout means in every part of (a place or object) There is a good deal of overlap, and either would be appropriate in many circumstances Through often has a sense of one end to the other, while throughout suggests into every corner The latter gives a feeling of being
- Would it be vs Will it be - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Welcome to the site Such an answer would normally be closed for lack of information, I leave it open because you are a welcome newcomer However, if you read the guidance, you will see that we are requested or - at least - encouraged to provide reasons and references for our answers In this case you perhaps could have explored the conditional and the subjunctive and given material from a
- How about vs. What about - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is there a difference between starting a question with How about and What about? Can we use both expressions interchangeably?
- nouns - Correct usage of persons (vs. people) - English Language . . .
I had a little fight about persons vs people Could you advise if both of the following are correct, if possible with reference to a dictionary? A table for two people please A table for
- meaning - Die from cancer vs. die of cancer - English Language . . .
Is there a difference between those expressions: "Die from cancer" or "Die of cancer"? Are they both correct?
- With who vs. with whom - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is this correct? The person with whom I'm doing the project should be here soon If it is, is with always a dative preposition (like mit in German)?
- “What about” vs. ”what of” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What of and what about are not idioms; they don't mean something other than the sum of their parts To contrast what of with what about is contrasting of and about Are they perfectly synonymous? Some say there are no perfect synonyms But for all intents and purposes, in this use, what of and what about are interchangeable Of: about; concerning About: concerning; on the subject of; in
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