Nov 29, 2005 · Which one is correct? "a specific situation" or "an specific situation"? I know "an" normally goes with words starting with a vowel but in this case...

May 5, 2011 · Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical? Juridic or juridical? etc. Specifical is not used. Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form. Same thing …

Oct 30, 2017 · Hello, my friends, I was wondering which phrase is more idiomatic: 1) I have no reason for doing that. 2) I have no reason to do that. Thoughts and context: I didn't have any reason by …

May 14, 2010 · Hello, Which form would sound better to a native's ear between: the system has been tailored for (this application) and the system has been tailored to (this application) ? A google fight …

Apr 5, 2006 · When writing english business letters, which is the corrct abbreviation of "attention". I reckon it must be either "att" or "atn". I've always used "att", but fear that it might be a calque …

Jun 7, 2007 · as at is quite common in this context to mean at a specific time/date. "As of" to me means since. "As of" only rarely means "since" in AE, and it still sounds awkward and confusing to me, so I …

Sep 17, 2011 · There are other specific terms in many other contexts. If you give us more of the context in which you plan to use this sentence, or the subject of your essay, we might come up with some …

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May 9, 2011 · Therefore, "Co." sometimes occurs with "Ltd." and sometimes it does not. In referring to a specific company, you should be guided in the use of these abbreviations by the organization …

Jul 1, 2018 · I'm not surprised it's been driving you crazy! For a specific date, as in your first two examples, we use 'on'. For a less specific time reference, we use 'in'. You may think of it arising from …