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- grammaticality - Is the phrase for free correct? - English Language . . .
6 For free is an informal phrase used to mean "without cost or payment " These professionals were giving their time for free The phrase is correct; you should not use it where you are supposed to only use a formal sentence, but that doesn't make a phrase not correct
- orthography - Free stuff - swag or schwag? - English Language . . .
My company gives out free promotional items with the company name on it Is this stuff called company swag or schwag? It seems that both come up as common usages—Google searching indicates that the
- Free of vs. Free from - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description In any event, the impressive rise of "free of" against "free from" over the past 100 years suggests that the English-speaking world has become more receptive to using "free of" in place of "free from" during that period
- On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week "In ~ afternoon" suggests that the afternoon is
- At on (the) weekend (s) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Following the last reasoning, wouldn't it be so that "at" , instead of "in" the weekend, is the Britishly recognized usage because it refers to an specific time in the week? Also, considering American reasoning, "on" is a reference to the fact that one would be considering a connection to the whole of time as in "during" the weekend?
- Complimentary vs complementary - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I got a bit mixed up just now regarding the difference between "complimentary" and "complementary" My colleagues were arguing about the correct spelling of "complimentary drink" at a nightclub ev
- How to ask about ones availability? free available not busy?
Saying free or available rather than busy may be considered a more "positive" enquiry It may also simply mean that you expect the person to be busy rather than free, rather than the other way round Saying available rather than free is considered slightly more formal, though I wouldn't worry much about usage cases
- Onward vs Onwards - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: “Toward” or “towards”? Which is the correct usage? quot;Onwards quot; or quot;Onward quot; ? For example: I would be free any time Tuesday onward vs I would be free any time
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