word choice - Do you "watch" a movie or "see" a movie? - English ...
2010年12月4日 · Generally, 'see' has the connotation of having gone to the movie theater and watched the movie there whereas 'watch' tends to mean to watch it in a home environment on …
"Will see" vs "We'll see" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
You can say "we will see" but "will see" is a bit curt and could be a mis-hearing of "we'll see". There is also an expression. time will tell. Lexico says of it . PHRASE The truth or correctness …
What else can we say instead of "I see" or "I understand"?
2015年1月31日 · "I see." is informal, and is often used by friends talking to each other. The original poster is correct that "I understand" is more formal than "I see", and that both "I …
grammar - "See somebody do" and "see somebody doing"
2014年2月21日 · My grammar book says that if you saw the complete action you use do/get/drive: "I saw him fall off the wall." Otherwise you use -ing: "I saw him standing at …
What is somebody who can "predict" or "see" into the future called?
2015年6月16日 · Thanks for your answer. And yes clairvoyant is a nice word but it doesn't fit to my context like it seems having supernatural power to see future is clairvoyant (Clear-Site) but …
grammaticality - Which is correct: "the below information" or "the ...
I see "the below information" a lot in texts that can be identified as coming from non-native speakers/those that have English as a second-language. E.g in Hindi you would use the word …
Is there a term for someone who "can see multiple perspectives"?
2013年9月6日 · A colleague of mine is trying to describe herself as "capable of seeing a situation from multiple perspectives" or "able to look at the big picture from various viewpoints". I feel …
Why does 'we' have one 'e' while 'see' has two?
2023年11月20日 · There's not really a good reason - lots of words have single "e", lots have double "e". "be" and "see" had similar forms in Old English - bieon, bian, bion; sean, sian, sea, …
tenses - I see vs. I can see [the usage of the instantaneous Present ...
2018年11月20日 · Both I can see Claudia and Magnus and I see Claudia and Magnus are possible. Swan in Practical English Usage (p102) notes that the first variation is more common …
In the phrase "to see how something fares / fairs", is it "fare" or ...
2015年8月26日 · When you send your daughter off to camp, you hope she’ll fare well. That’s why you bid her a fond farewell. When you want to see how something will work out, you want to …