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.

Mar 8, 2013 · The concept of leverage comes from physics. A lever is a bar that is placed on a fulcrum, or pivot. By placing the pivot close to the object you want to move, the force exerted on the object is greater: it will equal the force you exert on the other end of the lever multiplied by the factor (distance of applied force from pivot) / (distance of object from pivot).

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.

May 29, 2021 · Hi, I studied on the back of something. However, the weird thing is "off the back of something" can be used to convey two types of meanings. from back_1 noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com So, I...

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 6, 2017 · I take it to be offline, in the meaning of not actively linked to a computer or central computer. WR gives, under the entry offline, but under meaning 37 of 'line': 37 Off-line not actively linked to a computer or central computer. offline - WordReference.com Dictionary of English WR...

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.