May 10, 2020 · When in doubt, whether to put the in front of a noun, try to think of cases where you would put a/an in front of that noun. If you can't find it, there is no way you would need to put the, but if you can find it, then consider whether you are talking about a specific case of that noun (for example, a specific apple in a group of apples).

Dec 30, 2015 · The word put was in Middle English found as putten, puten, poten and a separate word pytan. It's believed it came from a late Old English word putung . The word but comes from Middle English buten, boute, bouten , from Old English butan .

Possible Duplicate: “If I was” or “If I were”. Which is more common, and which is correct? If I was to sum up my computer knowledge in one word, it would be “destitute”.

Aug 23, 2014 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.

Jun 14, 2012 · There’s no simple answer to any question of the form “How is <letter>/<digraph> pronounced?” It depends. As you’ll have seen in the Wikipedia article, what would have been pronounced /ai/ in Latin is usually pronounced /iː/ in English, but there are inevitably exceptions like the name Æleen, or examples like paedophile where the British rendering /iː/ goes through both a spelling ...

Many other countries (and the Canadian province of Quebec) put the currency symbol after the amount; In spoken English the word dollars follows the amount, e.g. twenty dollars; The sign for cents is placed after the amount: 25¢ Because of these inconsistencies, writing 20$ is a very common mistake. I've been known to do it myself.

Jul 10, 2012 · A folder can be a physical object, i.e, 2-Dimensional (in which case one uses on), or a container, i.e, metaphorically 3-Dimensional, even if it's all electronic (in which case one uses in).

May 21, 2011 · If you're going to use a symbol rather than spell out the currency's name, you should always put the currency symbol directly to the left of the digits: "$10" and never "10 $". As for the placement of the country indicator, it's generally before the symbol/amount string: "US $10", although I have seen "$10 US" in magazines as well, so (as long ...

Use a comma before Jr. and Sr., but treat II and III according to the person’s preference. Within a sentence, always use a comma after Jr. and Sr., but use a comma after II and III only if they are preceded by a comma.

Apr 12, 2011 · As for "I'll take that on notice," I haven't heard that used. Usually the term is to "put someone on notice" meaning to alert someone to a fact and to the fact that you have given them some kind of ultimatum: The police put Niko Bellic on notice that no further racketeering would be tolerated in Liberty City.