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- When vs. what time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The second sentence is unsound - except when spoken informally - because "what time?" is an interrogative noun phrase, and cannot be replaced by an adverb The noun phrase "what time" does not cooperate with the pronoun-verb phrase "we are meeting" You see this if you replace the "what time?" with any noun The resulting answer makes no sense:
- on time vs. on-time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
On-time delivery is our goal On-time flight departures were up 10% On-time performance is an important ingredient However, if you're using the phrase on time as an adverb to describe when the verb is going to happen, the hyphen is not appropriate For example: We will deliver your package on time Your flight will depart on time
- time - Proper Timezone Acronym Usage - PT vs PDT or PST - English . . .
PT = Pacific Time = a general reference to the time zone, which alternates between PDT and PST depending on the time of year Colloquially, people seem to like using PST and PT interchangeably, and will still (IMO, incorrectly) refer to times as PST even when daylight savings time is in effect and Pacific Time is UTC-7
- meaning - What time or which time? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Which time is it? This sounds odd - nobody asks which time it is, rather what time it is Going on the what which protocol as mentioned above however, which would be the correct pronoun given that times of the day can be considered definite values
- What is the difference between in times of and in time of
In your first example, Hawkwood lived through more than one "time of peace" (more than period between wars) and found a ways to make money in all of those times In your second example, the reference is to one time (although an indefinite one) An extended version of the same title could read, "A Prayer Suited To Any Particular Time of Trouble "
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
From, at, or until a given time Collins concurs: up to, on, or from (a specified time) Most dictionaries give the first two senses as listed by Wikipedia, but Garner [A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage; Bryan A Garner] disagrees: But as of now does not mean 'at present'; rather it means 'up to the present time' [It] is today totally
- At this time vs At that time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
At this time to me refers more to a scenario in the present It is used more in announcements or on signs, for example: Commenting is not available at this time There is some discussion about this phrase in a blog here Finally, at that time is very similar to at the time It refers to a very particular point in the past
- What time vs At what time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"What time did you arrive at class today?" would be clear and direct Whether your classmate responds with a precise answer is another matter! Whether your classmate responds with a precise answer is another matter!
- word choice - “Time” versus “Times”: When is time plural? - English . . .
In the first sentence time refers to the amount of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, decades, centuries, millennia and so on This noun is uncountable In example (2) times refers to the number of occurrences The number of instances that something happened This is the same type of time as in "I asked her three times" That question
- expressions - At the time vs Of the time - English Language Usage . . .
The first example means that, back at the time when it was designed, it was considered that this didn't quite fit the prevailing contemporary architectural schools The second one is more like in the case of some art connoisseur stating, this didn't quite fit the prevailing architectural schools that were existing and active at the time it was
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