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7 de oct. de 2014 · Our holidays in Melbourne was great! There is a disagreement between the subject (plural) and verb (singular). "Holidays" while normally a plural, can indeed be used to refer to a single period of holiday, though not usually in the context you've given. An example of this usage might be:
28 de ene. de 2012 · One way is as a building, in which case "in" is appropriate. Another way is as a location, in which case "at" is appropriate. The choice of which to use depends on the context, there's no wrong or right answer. As others have pointed out, the hotel's location includes the outdoors and indoors parts of the hotel, and so "at" would be appropriate ...
1 de may. de 2012 · Briefly, a "vacation" is one that you plan. A "holiday" is one that is planned by government, tradition etc. e.g. School holiday, public holiday. For example, you take a "vacation" when you are free, i.e. during a holiday (or when you are out of work) You have a holiday when there is already one.
31 de jul. de 2016 · 8. In the blink of an eye is a very short time in its literal sense. There is no need to use "like" here— it isn't like an instant, it is an instant. Time flies is an idiom which evokes the general sense that it moves quickly, and more quickly than we perceive it, but not necessarily in an instant. The old saying is Time flies when you're ...
25 de nov. de 2016 · 2. I think that "in finding" is the better sentence here. "Support with" is quite common in many dialects and would be understood, but it's probably better reserved for describing the means of support. e.g. She supported the project with her knowledge of case studies. In this example, it's clear that she's supporting the project by the means of ...
12 de ago. de 2011 · It really is a British versus American usage. As a Brit I would never say “Stay home”. I would say “Stay at home”. The US way of speaking would be considered uneducated by many in the UK. Of course, it isn’t, but it’s just what many would think. There are many examples of US and British people speaking differently.
27 de oct. de 2011 · There really isn't much of a basis in fact at all, but it has some non-fiction roots. "Nearly all of our notions of their behavior come from the golden age of fictional piracy, which reached its zenith in 1881 with the appearance of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island."
13 de mar. de 2013 · I think that "regardless of whether or not" is not only awkward, but twice superfluous. I got 'routed' here because I was searching for support for my belief that "regardless of" is a superfluous phrase, in that just about any sentence that I could render was just as effective without the word "of".
11 de abr. de 2019 · After all, "in the front" does refer to a space (I exclude "at" because "at" by nature converts an object to a location), yet particularly refers to an interior (real or abstract) space. But all you do is drop "the" and now it's an external reference. Curious.
16 de mar. de 2015 · I'm pretty sure that the correct preposition is of: I'll probably start working on this issue in the week of June, 8th. However, there are thousands of hits on Google using the preposition from...
