Jul 28, 2020 · "Schedule production on these materials" vs. "Schedule production of these materials" These two confuse me as the following sentence sound more appropriate using …

What are the differences in meaning and usage between "to start" and "to get started"? Are there any cases in which these variants are not interchangeable? I feel that there are. For example, …

The verb were agrees with the plural subject, "A classmate and I". The singular "student" should be plural "students" in both examples. You might say "I was one of the first two x students to …

I was writing an email to my colleague and as part of it I wrote Would it be possible for you to help me with this? I felt a bit awkward after sending the mail. Should it be would or will? I know...

Dec 22, 2014 · Sentence: it's not what's on the table that matters, but who (is/are) in the chairs. I thought are might be correct because of plural chairs, but family members disagree.

Mar 21, 2014 · 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 …

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 ...

Apr 13, 2017 · If I said: Yell only if I fall. Would the person have to yell once I fell? Sources of confusion Wikipedia This guy

Feb 22, 2011 · Is there a difference between starting a question with How about and What about? Can we use both expressions interchangeably?

Jun 8, 2017 · The most primitive difference is that "The number of students are absent" is unacceptable English, but "A number of students are absent" is acceptable. The phrase the …