Jun 13, 2020 · Hi teachers, One of the uses of the simple past is to express an action or state, recent or not, at a specific or vague past time period. We use time reference + ago to show how far back in the …

Sep 15, 2010 · Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg? There are the usual jokes here and there online, including a name for a one-legged woman - Eileen.

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Jan 8, 2008 · a specific problem an is reserved for use before nouns with a vowel sound Not exactly. It has to do with the next word, regardless of what it might be. For example: Put an extra plate on the …

Sep 15, 2022 · To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to …

Aug 31, 2011 · Hello everybody, I'm translating an article about economics and I keep finding the expression "relationship-specific investments" but I can't understand the meaning. For example 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 …

Apr 1, 2017 · Sometimes, what's "specific" simply refers to the specific "picture" of "something" that we have in our minds. In other words, we all know what a "rainbow" looks like, and that makes "rainbow" …

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 …

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 …