Dec 4, 2010 · 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 DVD or TV. In the cases where 'watch' is used to mean doing so at a theater, it is often accompanied with a construction like "go and", e.g.

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 of something will only be established at some time in the future. As to who was telling the truth, only time will tell. Merriam-Webster says. idiom

Jan 31, 2015 · "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 understand" and "I see" are often used by doctors who are listening to patients. If you are not being sarcastic, you could say: "I understand." (from the original post.)

Feb 21, 2014 · 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 the bus stop." A nat...

Jun 16, 2015 · 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 its a bit strong for my case. But still I liked this word. Cheers –

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 order"Below given information", and it seems this influences the usage by Hindi native speakers (comparable in size to all native English users), of English as a ...

Sep 6, 2013 · 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 like there must ...

Nov 20, 2023 · 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, sion - but are now spelt differently.

Nov 20, 2018 · 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 British English, while the second is more common in American English: Section 125 …

Aug 26, 2015 · 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 see how it fares. “Fair” as a verb is a rare word meaning “to smooth a surface to prepare it for being joined to another.” Fare: