2017年12月15日 · In the U.S. and Canada, at least, the highest ranked graduate was traditionally granted the honor of giving the valediction (i.e. farewell address) at the commencement …

2020年5月4日 · All three expressions (on top, on the top, and at the top) are grammatical, with different meanings. None of them collocate with become. What you mean, I think, is either will …

You can't say "I got a 2:1 from Harvard" because American Universities don't classify degrees in the same way. Instead, you use the native description, supplemented by an explanation in …

2013年5月16日 · I was talking to my friend the other day about the airport bus timings, I was supposed to say Buses are due at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 etc. (pattern like this the whole day …

2016年3月16日 · This is a bad idea, because the keyboard layout in different countries is different. For example on my UK English keyboard, the locations of @ and " are swapped over …

2016年4月16日 · 'At the top' implies the place is located very near the top of the hill. It might be on the top of the hill, but it might also just be close to the top of the hill, or even slightly under the …

When we use words like first, second, third, fourth or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, in sentences, what will be the best way to write these? Also, what about numbers? Do we put them as numbers or …

2020年1月8日 · An example of where at the top of X would work is if X is a building and you're talking about the roof. Things like hills and mountains would also work. On simply means …

2015年5月20日 · Critics rated the movie 3 stars out of four (he "ranked" the movie 3 stars out of four would not sound right). The nuance between the two words is that when you 'rank' …

2015年3月26日 · I am familiar with the phrases 'sharp' and 'on the dot' to refer to times that are at the top of the hour. But I'm wondering if native speakers of English use these phrases to refer …