I’m looking for a precise title to put on: A page on which people of a team indicate which days on a week they are present/working in the office. Looking for different terms, I’ve several options by non of which I am satisfied: Schedule: This term suggests a meaningful series of timings or plans to … Read more
I am currently developing a software with my team. After reviewing all the texts in the product, I noticed that we use the word “please” a lot. Some examples: Please take a look at the documentation to see how to connect a new domain. Please fill this form… Is this a bad habit? Thanks Answer … Read more
I am looking to translate the expression travailler en alternance into English. I have found several answers on the internet but none seems to match my use case. I am still at school and I am working part time on school project to learn and part time for a company. The French phrase expresses this … Read more
I’m trying to figure out if there is a better way to distinguish between being sleepy-tired, and being physically tired. Scenario A: You didn’t get much sleep last night. It’s only 10am so you’ve not done much today, but you keep nodding off. You are tired Scenario B: You’ve mowed the lawn, done a lot … Read more
The four sentences below are all correct but I don’t know when exactly I should put the noun in front of the verb after ‘than’? a.The Internet allows more direct and open communication than does the real world. b.I have a worse temper than he does. c.These days Iran is no more inclined to welcome outsiders than is … Read more
1. “I hope you are doing well” Will be it polite, if I write it in an email to Proff/start an email with it? He was ill, and we wrote me about it 2. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to meet with me How to use this sentense in past tense? … Read more
Can the word “pry” be interpreted negatively (offensively)? For example, “to pry into other people’s affairs” or is it still possible to interpret the meaning just as “curious”? I am interested in the attitude to this word English native speakers. I am not English native speakers. Or for example: “be pry” equals “be curious”? I … Read more
I am currently a student at a school with a fairly low english level. I live in a non-english country. I am bringing this up not becuase it really changes anything, but rather to clarify that the English we are learning should not really be judged on a university level. I understand that if I … Read more
I read in “The life of Samuel Johnson” and see this sentence: On Saturday, July 9, I found Johnson surrounded with a numerous levee, but have not preserved any part of his conversation. I look up in Oxford dictionary about meaning of “levee”, I see “levee” is a low wall built at the side of … Read more
Out walking the other day I came across a lovely West-Country-ism from a local walking her dog – frit, meaning frightened, in “you frit him” (referring to a startled dog). The speaker sounded local (Bristol / Gloucestershire). Oxford online gives it as an adjective, with the origin: “Early 19th century: dialect past participle of fright.” … Read more
