Apr 5, 2006 · When writing english business letters, which is the corrct abbreviation of "attention". I reckon it must be either "att" or "atn". I've always used "att", but fear that it might be a calque introduced from danish. Thank you.

Jun 22, 2007 · "The company wants to dispose off the equipment." Is this sentence correct. Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off. But when I searched I could just find that dispose of …

Feb 17, 2012 · Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won't be in next week". In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use . They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing. Sometimes you can have too many choices in life ...

Sep 25, 2008 · At some point (probably in the 1960s) they came out with "twist off" caps which only required a quarter turn to remove the cap as opposed to two or three turns to remove the screw cap. These are different types of caps that serve a similar function.

Jan 7, 2011 · Does anyone know what is the difference between 'once-off' and 'one-off' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague corrected me when I used 'once-off' instead of 'one-off'. I'm wondering if 'once-off' is actually hiberno-English as I would always have used it more commonly than 'one-off'.

Feb 21, 2015 · Had a small fire when using a 20 pound tank and the hose filter as recommended. It caught fire right where the filter meets the female connector on the heater. With my cat like reflexes, I ran outside and shut the main tank off while my bro smothered it inside.

Apr 7, 2013 · Hi to all kind friends here, I am just wondering whether the following froms and ofs are interchangeable. A. He found relief from his loneliness by making more friends. B. He found relief of his loneliness by making more friends. C. He relieved himself of loneliness by making more friends. D...

Mar 21, 2007 · I ran off 2 copies of this coupon yesterday and used them both without leaving the store and they didnt say a thing, used my scorecard both times, spent $25 went to the register and checked out then walked right back and spent another $25, sad thing is my family and I went a local Dicks on Wednesday before I seen this coupon and spent better than $100 on clothes …

Jan 21, 2025 · I had couple days off and was trying to decide which day was worst weather wise. I came to the conclusion Monday that was probably the best option. I got a late start around 12:30 in the afternoon. I was little surprised that there was a decent amount of shanties out there despite the wind chills being below zero. View attachment 547776

Jul 11, 2013 · At the same time it is quite right what others say: a lot of people, in informal speech, leave of the <g>. I don't pronounce the present participle and gerund differently, and in either case I can often leave the g sound off. Edit: Gerund (historically -ing/ung) the making of the film Roofing is a material that covers a roof.