Different ways of saying etc. | WordReference Forums When the reader can’t know what’s being omitted and it’s not clear that there are more items in the list, etc may signal laziness or dishonesty In lazy moments, some writers use etc when they know of only one or two examples but want to create the impression that there are more Any engaged reader can see through this trick
What is the relationship between Khmer, Thai, and Viet languages Thai and Lao belong to a completely different language family, viz Tai-Kadai This kind of classification makes an abstraction of the influence of other languages over the centuries, possible convergence etc
act different differently - WordReference Forums Dear all, There was a big earthquake in the country and many people regret that if they had known beforehand the big one would come, they could have acted (differently different) and saved more lives I made up the sentence It seems to me that both act "different" and "differently" are
fuck you fuck off | WordReference Forums Topic phrases: fuck you fuck off Added by Cagey, moderator Sorry for this stupid question but what's the difference between these 2 expressions?
Here you are Here you go There you are There you go There are some contexts where "here there you are" and "here there you go" are quite different But when said while handing something to someone else, they are interchangeable, right?
catch a cold or catch cold? - WordReference Forums The expressions mean something different: To catch a cold is to catch the disease To catch cold, or to take cold is to stay out too long in cold weather and spend a long time shivering afterwards The experience may cause you to catch a cold, but not necessarily
each month, every month or once a month? - WordReference Forums Do you mean that you have enough money for one trip each month, but no more? If so the last one (more or less) is the one you need: "We can manage if you go back once a month" The other two versions don't mean you'll go just the once You could be going several times in each case I would probably use "just" to clarify things: "We can manage if you go back home just once a month"
Different pronunciation for the same word [protest] The different emphases (which is what you mean by accent) are important since if you put the strong stress on a word, the person you are talking to may have difficulty in understanding you For example (wrong stress): Do you have any rec ord of this? Will you per mit me to do this? It is common for the verb to have the stress on the last syllable (of two) and the noun to have the stress on the