"right" vs "correct" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
If the speaker suspects that there are multiple possible right answers, then this ought to be OK...yet it sounds wrong. Perhaps there's an implicit assumption that there is an optimally right answer (i.e. one that is somehow more right than the others), which is specific enough to justify using "the" rather than "a". –
word choice - What is the name of the symbols "<" and ">"?
2015年6月27日 · @sumelic You’re right that there is a large difference between manuscript use, typewriter use, and professionally set type. There is also a substantive difference between common names used by laymen treating the computer keyboard as though it were a 19th-century typewriter and professionals who, making this sort of thing their business, would ...
meaning - Is it "alright" or "allright"? - English Language & Usage ...
2012年12月21日 · alright is "a variant spelling of all right." "USAGE NOTE The form alright, though very common, is still considered by many people to be wrong or less acceptable" The entry for all right includes: "all-right (US slang) acceptable; reliable." allright doesn't even merit an entry. So 'alright' is all right, but 'allright' is wrong, at least in my ...
You right/you are right - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2012年2月16日 · You right is almost certainly a perception of someone saying You're right. The contraction you're is pronounced /yər/, and before a word beginning with /r/ the R's would be merged: /yər 'rayt/ ==> /yəráyt/. In many languages, the be auxiliary is not necessary before a predicate adjective like right, so . You right.
meaning - Difference between "now" and "right now" - English …
2013年2月5日 · Yes. Using right now emphasizes the time and implies that some condition is currently being experienced that prevents the connection but with the expectation that it will be corrected at some point in the future. We can't connect …
idioms - Is it right 'up' your alley or right 'down' your alley ...
2018年7月15日 · The only version I've ever used personally, is: "Right up my alley," although if someone were to say it "Right down my alley," I would know what they meant, but it does sound a little odd; another saying which is very close in meaning to this one, is: "That's just what the doctor ordered," suggesting that the subject being discussed, is something which would be approved by one's physician ...
etymology - What is the origin of "right as rain"? - English …
2011年8月6日 · Right, in the phrase "as right as rain," originally meant straight in direction. And The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms agrees. It says as right as rain is: A pun on the original meaning of right = straight. The Free Dictionary gives these meanings of right: adj. 11. Straight; uncurved; direct: a right line. adv. 2.
vocabulary - When do I say "front-left" vs "left-front", or how do …
The right handle on the front side vs. the front handle on the left side. or explain what you mean: The right handle on the front side (henceforth named the front-right), vs. the front handle on the left side (henceforth named the left-front).
"Definitely" vs. "absolutely" - English Language & Usage Stack …
You are definitely right. means that it is certain that you are right. You are absolutely right. means that you are completely right. One couldn't be "more right", as it were. So, grammatically, I'd say that in the first sentence, definitely modifies the whole sentence (the verb), whereas in the second absolutely modifies right.
word choice - 'upper-left corner' or 'top-left corner'? - English ...
2022年2月23日 · In a square, which is the correct term: 'upper-left corner' or 'top-left corner'? To be more specific: in the context "the x-coordinate of the upper-left/top-left corner", which should I use?
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