
word usage - Built-in, In-built, Inbuilt and Builtin - I'm confused ...
I am a native English speaker and I would use "built-in" almost exclusively for all definitions you provided although I would recognize "inbuilt" as having an identical meaning. I've heard some people use …
word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Feb 3, 2026 · An exercise from a handout from a GRE training course, with the correct answers A and E in bold: Though many professional book reviewers would agree that criticism should be (i) enterprise, …
grammatical number - Ten minutes walk Vs ten minute walk - English ...
Jul 30, 2025 · ten minutes walk ten minute walk Having read a fair bit about it and the different thoughts on it. I'm still puzzled about it. My logic is that ten minutes makes the word minute a plural word. I k...
adverbs - About "best" , "the best" , and "most" - English Language ...
Oct 20, 2016 · Which is correct, "I like you the best" or "I like you best"? And I hear " I like you most" is incorrect, so which is correct, "I love you most" or "I love you best"? Are there any rules that whic...
"Could you please help me" vs "Could you help me please"
Feb 28, 2014 · When asking for something politely which sentence is a better/proper choice? Could you please help me? or Could you help me please?
meaning - Is it correct to say "find out information"? - English ...
Feb 11, 2026 · 0 I found the phrase "find out information" in one of the student's books, but I am not sure that it's natural to say like that. To me, it's more natural to say "find information"
meaning - What does "take by the heel" mean? - English Language ...
Oct 14, 2023 · It is literal. Take = hold or grasp (etc), heel = part of the the foot. Jacob was said to be the second twin to be born, and was holding his brother's foot in his hand as he was born. Later Jacob …
'All this' vs 'All these' - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Aug 17, 2016 · All these is not an idiom and is not used in the same way as all this. It is better to say all these things or all these features or all these reasons. In your example, all this is more appropriate. …
Should I use "was" or "were" in "as though he was frightened"?
Technically, you should use 'were'. You are correct that the sentence is subjunctive because of the indefiniteness introduced by 'as though'. The subjunctive takes the plural form of the past tense of 'to …
phrase usage - Difference between 'I got it' and 'you got it ...
Mar 20, 2019 · You are correct "I got it" means: I understood whereas "you got it" means something else completely (that I knew), I just had to check google to find out what it does mean: your request will be …