
What is the difference between "I did" and "I have done"
2016年4月20日 · "I did" is the "simple past" form.We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
When is it necessary to use "have had"?
2020年2月10日 · I have a lot of homework. This means that I have a lot of homework now. On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present. Compare the following two sentences: I had a lot of homework this week. I have had a lot of homework this week.
"On mind" vs "in mind" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2012年1月16日 · on your mind, on the other hand, may imply "busyness", "thinking a lot" e.t.c - which may mean "worry about" or " to have something to say" or something else as a "result" I have a lot on my mind at the moment
usage - "There seem to be" vs. "There seems to be" - English …
2022年9月6日 · Are the following two sentences both correct? Which one sounds more natural? I search both There seem to be and There seems to be in Google books and both generate a lot of search results. There seem to be so many rules and regulations these days. There seems to be so many rules and regulations these days.
word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
polymath is the word used usually, +1 for that. For those curious about the 'math', let us clarify here math means knowledge in general, which perfectly fits.
"Documents" or "document" [closed] - English Language & Usage …
2011年11月4日 · A lot of document were found. The above is incorrect; were is for a pluralized noun. As well, a lot of can only be used in front of a pluralized noun. For it to be proper English, you must pluralize documents.
A single word meaning deep love of reading
2014年6月9日 · Not bibliophile, or really anything "biblio-" because that means a love of books, which might mean a collector or someone who loves the books themselves, but not necessarily their content. Also, not
Is this correct - "a large number of people" or "many people"
2017年1月8日 · You can't say "lot of": you can say "lots of" or "a lot of" . Both have exactly the same meaning as "a large number of" but are less formal. Even less formal are "loads of" or "a shed load of". You can use these informal expressions with countable nouns eg people or uncountables eg sugar.
differences - it's raining vs. it rains - English Language & Usage ...
Yes - look up "habitual aspect" and "progressive aspect"; aspect is a semantics-related term used to address the time, duration and frequency of the event / state the verb specifies.
Term for someone who has experienced many hardships
2014年8月20日 · If you take slang, there is "Sad girl", which refers specifically to a female who has gone through a lot of hardships, but still doesn't let her suffering drag her down, and remains dignified. This, however, is taken from Urban Dictionary, on …