"To start" is an active construction, while "to get started" is a passive one. There are some schools of thought that object to the use of passive verbs in formal writing, though that opinion …

Jan 3, 2013 · They are both correct for different situations. For example, As on 16 May, he again failed to arrive at work on time. and As of 16 May he will have worked here for a full year.

From Learner's Dictionary: Everybody vs Everyone Both of these words mean "every person," and in dictionaries, the meaning of everyone is often given as everybody, and vice versa. …

Mar 21, 2014 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style: In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the …

Feb 22, 2011 · Is there a difference between starting a question with How about and What about? Can we use both expressions interchangeably?

Mar 2, 2019 · I'm confused because I've seen both mentioned in dictionaries. Example sentence (context: writing a story): On (the) one hand, I want to wrap up everything perfectly. On the …

Jan 4, 2016 · When adressing a group of people and wanting to find out who belongs to a certain subgroup, is it correct to use "who of you" or "which of you" at the beginning of the question? …

Apr 7, 2015 · 9 per comments from @FumbleFingers: fine by me looks like a trendy british neologism. This can be seen by comparing two phrases in British vs American English for the …

Jan 31, 2012 · 13 Updatable vs updateable: Both of them are correct and acceptable. Google Ngram shows that updatable is more prevalent than updateable.

Nov 16, 2019 · At first I wanted to ask this question in "ell.stackexchange.com", but then I came across the next article and understood that using "for" with "to …