BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store.

Feb 7, 2017 · This requires the author to distinguish between the word something, particular entities which the word something may designate, and the set of entities to which the word …

Aug 31, 2015 · This is about something as in " something something " and what I perceive to be variations thereof : (1) [word] something something [word] (2) [word] somethin' somethin' …

The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to".

Aug 8, 2024 · With transitive provide sth to/for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made …

I have a question about the usages of to do something and to be doing something. What's the difference between them? Example: To do something: "This is a really big moment for us and …

0 in active sentences we use need to do something while in passive we use need doing. I need to cleen my shoes. my shoes need cleaning.

In the first, she emphasized the fact that she was going to the store. In the 2nd, she emphasized something else by going to the store. What that something else was isn't stated. Confusing, I …

What is the difference between mandatory and compulsory? Are they synonyms? Can they be used interchangeably especially with regard to something you must do? Writing the essay is a …

1 Is there an idiom that means "it was something inevitable"? I am not sure if it's the case, but there's this idiom, it was something like "this was ought to happen", but it was an actual idiom …