It's a matter of custom, based on the belief that it is impolite to put one's self before other. "Mark and I" would go to Paris. – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica

2017年12月1日 · That's because you expect that the people you are talking to probably know who you are, or at least could look at the list of invitees, but they don't necessarily know that this voice is yours. "Hello, this is James" was also a common way for someone named James to answer the phone, back in the days when phones were more tied to a location than ...

2013年3月20日 · I suppose this pseudo-rule is mostly true for names in Italian or maybe even Spanish; however, in Italy Andrea is a masculine name (although a few female Andrea may be found) and other names ending in -a are masculine too (see for example Elia and Leonida, which in English would have a final -s), whereas such names as Consuelo, of clear Spanish ...

2018年10月31日 · Possession, e.g, Alex's bag. To shorten a word, e.g haven't. If you were to say "utility's" it would mean that the utility is owning something. I assume that that's not the case, and you were talking about the pilot utilities, plural form of utility, without an apostrophe. Thus, utilities should be the correct word to use.

2016年8月22日 · Yes, "cats and dogs" is still in use and almost all Americans will understand. There is also the airplane pilot's description of truly bad weather when driving a car: "It's IFR weather out there" (Instrument Flight Rules), meaning (jokingly) you can't see a dang thing through the windshield and you must use your car's oil pressure gauge to steer by.

2018年8月23日 · "Alex is more soft-spoken than she." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend." Now, append the word "is" to the above two sentences: "Alex is more soft-spoken than she is." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend is." They still make sense, although neither is considered good writing (they aren't wrong, per se, but they ain't great shakes ...

2024年11月25日 · Alex hit Bob, means that Alex struck Bob. Alex hit up Bob, or more commonly Alex hit Bob up, means that Alex visited Bob (often to ask for a favor). Alex hit on Bob, means that Alex flirted with Bob. There's no real logic to these combinations of verbs, prepositions, and meanings—if there ever was, it's long since forgotten by modern speakers.

2018年4月28日 · It's Alex; Alex; Share. Improve this answer. Follow answered Apr 28, 2018 at 12:13. SovereignSun ...

2022年12月30日 · (a) Alex shot himself, (b) Bob was murdered", then the sentence "It's unclear whether Alex shot himself or Bob was murdered" makes sense, because they're established as mutually exclusive alternatives.

2018年3月24日 · @alex My wife works as a professional tailor, so we see many gowns like the one in the picture. What you see there is called beading; the dress is beaded. "Jewelry" is just wrong: jewelry means separate pieces like necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc., not things that are part of clothing. –