2015年12月15日 · For the British aristocracy the use of my or your depends upon whether the title is a specific rank or a general form of respect. A holder of a rank of the nobility should be addressed with the form appropriate, for example a Duke, would be formally addressed as Your Grace. The title is inherent in the rank of Duke.

2017年1月5日 · On presentation to The Queen, the correct formal address is 'Your Majesty' and subsequently 'Ma'am,' pronounced with a short 'a,' as in 'jam'. For male members of the Royal Family the same rules apply, with the title used in the first instance being 'Your Royal Highness' and subsequently 'Sir'.

2015年11月6日 · " Your and Elizabeth's experience was entirely different."This phrase is wrong! We can say:"Your and Elizabeth's experiences was entirely different" or "Elizabeth's and your experiences was entirely different".This phrase refers to the present. In this phrase we can also use "are" to refer to the present.

2017年12月1日 · "Your good name" just means "your esteemed name". While it is not idiomatic, it is common in various cultures to show respect to others by addressing them in a way that 'gives value' to their name, either via honorifics or via adjectives attached to the title or name. "Myself X" is not even grammatically correct, which is worse.

2017年6月29日 · The expression of someone's service is not really idiomatic, but you may still find it in writing, in contexts such as "We have heard of your service in West Africa." The Ngram is rather interesting as it shows how at your service is the most common, and was much more so a hundred years ago when it was more prominently used.

2022年5月27日 · Your two examples are not questions. They are statements, and hence there should be no inversion. Only example 1 is right. Please let me know when you are available for a meeting. We do subject-verb inversion when we ask certain questions: When are you available for a meeting? We could use the above construction if we prefer the question form.

For instance, your second sentence could imply the following, among many other possibilities: I will send the picture to you once received (by my assistant from John's secretary). Note though, that the parenthesized part is only used to explain my point.

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2020年7月12日 · Avoid the usage in your first two examples - it's dated / poetic, bordering on archaic. We use just or only (or feasibly simply, merely, purely,...) in such contexts today. The "negative polarity" examples 3 & 4, where but effectively means except, are fine. –

2020年7月5日 · Focus your attention on this. Pay attention to this. Again, the first statement is bolder and implies exclusivity. The second statement instructs is merely to take “this” in, whereas the first instructs us to pay full attention to it.