1.”in like manner” or 2.”in the like manner” I thought that the latter is correct, but more digging points to the former. In Leviathan,of Hobbes, in like manner is used twenty five times, whereas in the like manner appears only four times, e.g. And these are Pleasures Of The Mind of him that draweth those … Read more
“The” and “A” have been genuinely giving me a lot of challenges ever since I could remember. I am to this day struggling to figure out when to use which. I am just now putting a sentence together and pretty much guessing. “I am personality speaking with a number of people who are close to … Read more
According to this question: Definite and indefinite articles when introducing a person one can use a definite, indefinite or no article at all when introducing a particular person. Which option is the most natural in case of a historical figure, like ruins of a medieval castle built by the Polish king Casimir the Great or … Read more
The/A mountain of family responsibilities had already descended in/on her head. According to me, it is in her head. But I am not 100% sure about the answer because in the net various answers are given. Answer A mountain & on her head. Normally you will use on head if it’s something like a responsibility … Read more
https://golang.org/ Not a native speaker. To me it sounds weird. I’d say “Go programming language”. Thanks Answer The article is necessary when you specify what Go is. “I can program in Go” will be comprehensible to software developers, but you might say “I can program in the Go programming language” to others, if you wanted … Read more
Ability to do X on the behalf of another user vs Ability to do X on behalf of another user Which one is correct and why? 🙁 I’ve been debating this with someone over the copy of some app release notes – we ended up totally rewording it to flow better but I’d still like … Read more
I have a question about the usage of the definite article with the phrase “last episode”. Compare the following examples: In last episode, John met with Karen. In the last episode, John met with Karen. Am I correct in assuming that the first sentence speaks about the previous episode while the second about the final … Read more
Practical English Usage 142.20 reads We usually leave out articles in abbreviated styles: numbering and labelling Go through door A Control to Car 27: can you hear me? Turn to page 26. What can be considered labels? For example, "on page 10" and "in Chapter 2" are clear. But do the following need "the"? The/Ø … Read more
I saw the following sentence in OALD: He was forced to relinquish control of the company. Despite having studied English for years and having consulted some advanced grammar books, when writing in English, in some cases I don’t still know if the definite article ‘the’ should be used or not. For instance, I’m not sure … Read more
So, Gmail now is intelligent: it guesses what one wants to write and suggests it in advance! One thing it suggests is: Please confirm receipt of this email. But shouldn’t it be: Please confirm the receipt of this email. And correspondingly, Please confirm receipt. or Please confirm the receipt. Which one is correct/better? To write … Read more
