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For Usage Questions @GramTime News@: Alphabetical index of usage questions (the whole list) **************************************************** A vs. an before h as in historical Abbreviations 1 - article or no article: the EU vs. EU Abbreviations 2 - periods or no periods: the E.U. vs. the EU Abbreviations 3 - plurals of CD etc. A couple years vs. a couple of years Acquit on vs. acquit of Abstract adjectives used as heads of noun phrases Adverbs in -wise Adverbs with and without -ly: dig deep vs. dig deeply Adverbs with and without -ly 2:slow vs. slowly etc. Advice used as a countable noun AD 70 vs. 70 AD Agreement 1:That don't impress me much Agreement 2 (attraction errors): The key to the cabinets were broken Almost and nearly Amazed/surprised at vs. amazed/surprised by Among vs. amongst Angry at vs. angry with vs. angry about vs. angry over Anyways, anywheres, everywheres, nowheres and somewheres Apart from A police Apologizing in English Arabian vs. Arabic vs. Arab As happy as vs. so happy as in affirmative and negative clauses Asian vs. Asiatic Aside vs. to the side vs. to one side after verbs like brush, leave, put etc. At the beginning/end vs. in the beginning/end At the end of the day At the receiving end vs. on the receiving end At X level vs. on X level Australian spelling Awesome Bandwagon - jump on the etc. Beat about the bush vs. beat around the bush Because of, due to, on account of, owing to and thanks to Become amazed, surprised etc. Behave vs. behave oneself Be/stay home vs. be/stay at home Book/lecture/news etc. on vs. book/lecture/news etc. about Born - past or present tense? Both - as well as Can't not Cast doubt on vs. cast doubt over/upon/about, cast/shed/throw light on vs. cast/shed/throw light upon/over Collocations with argue, criticize and discuss Comma before and Comparable with vs. comparable to Compare with vs. compare to Comparing two things: the comparative or the superlative form?: the younger of the twins vs. the youngest of the twins Comparing two-syllable adjectives: gentle, shallow, happy, common, cruel, polite etc Compromisers: fairly, pretty, quite, rather Computer mice vs. computer mouses Conditionals: if I had been vs. had I been Content vs. contents Contracted verb forms Conversational turns 1: greetings: How do you do? etc. Conversational turns 2: making suggestions: Why don't we...? etc. Conversational turns 3: asking permission: Can I...? etc. Conversational turns 4: greetings: Hello vs. Hi Country names in the singular: article or no article? Congo vs. the Congo Country names in the plural: article or no article? Bahamas vs. the Bahamas Country names: referred to as it or she? Crusade Customs Dare and need: auxiliaries or main verbs? Data and media: singular or plural? Dates Didactic, didactics and didacticism Die of vs. die from Different from vs. different than vs. different to Disappointed about vs. at vs. by vs. in vs. with Disinterested and uninterested Diss Don't let's and let's don't Doping vs. drugs Dream about vs. dream of Due to Eat dinner vs. have dinner Either, neither and none (concord) Everybody is vs. everybody are Every + plural noun: every Mondays Every second vs. every other vs. every two Evidences Exactly the same vs. the exact same Expert/specialist in vs. expert/specialist on vs. expert/specialist at Expound on vs. expound upon Female-first or male-first choices: women and men vs. men and women Few in temporal expressions: the last/past days vs. the last/past few days Few vs. couple of in phrases like the last few/couple of years Fill in vs. fill out First - second vs firstly - secondly First name, given name, Christian name and forename First person pronouns in academic writing (I and we) Footballer's perfect Foreign newspapers - article or no article: the Dagens Nyheter vs. Dagens Nyheter Foreign plurals 1: referendums vs. referenda Foreign plurals 2: criteria used as a singular form Fortnight Friendly and other -ly adjectives used as adverbs Frown on vs. frown upon The Full Monty Fun vs. funny Genitive with geographical nouns: Sweden's economy vs. the economy of Sweden Genitive with names in -s: Charles' vs. Charles's Geographical names - referred to by it or she? Get hold of vs. get a hold of Good luck with vs. good luck on Graduate college vs. graduate from college Handsome and beautiful Hammock Harmful/harmless to vs. harmful/harmless for etc. Have in questions: Have you any money? vs. Have you got any money? vs. Do you have any money? Have difficulty/difficulties doing sth vs. have difficulty/difficulties in doing sth Have it /so/ good Have someone do something vs. have someone doing something vs. have someone to do something Have use for vs. have use of Hewed vs. hewn Hoved into view How big of a... vs. How big a... etc. I vs. me: between you and I/me, better than I/me If not I forget vs. I've forgotten, I'm told vs. I've been told I'm good vs. I'm fine Immune from vs. immune to Impopular vs. unpopular In comparison with vs. in comparison to In connection to vs. in connection with In control of vs. in control over Indefinite pronouns and noun phrases - referring back to words like someone and a friend Ill and well with attributive function In X continent vs. on X continent In the outskirts vs. on the outskirts In the picture vs. on the picture vs. at the picture Injury time, stoppage time, added time etc Inside/outside vs. inside of/outside of It's (high) time we left vs. It's (high) time we leave vs. It's (high) time to leave It was in the paper/on the television about... Key as an adjective: very key moments Knock at vs. knock on Knowledge - article or no article: a good knowledge of vs. good knowledge of Knowledge of vs. knowledge about Knowledges and harms - the use of uncountable nouns in the plural Lay used intransitively Link, connect, connection to vs. link, connect, connection with Littler/littlest Logical plurals I: My children have good appetite(s) Logical plurals II: Chapter(s) one and two Logical plurals III: Life vs. lives Look forward to etc.: ing-form vs. simple form of the verb Mankind vs. humankind Men's and women's use of adjectives Merry Christmas vs. Happy Christmas Momentarily and presently Most as an alternative to almost: most everything Musical instruments - article or no article: play the piano vs. play piano Nationality words in -ese - singular forms (a Chinese) Nationality words: Britain vs. the British Need something doing Next vs. the next Nonsense vs. a nonsense Number of: singular vs. plural form of the verb Off the coast vs. outside the coast Of which all/many/two vs. all/many/two of which Old vs. elderly On average vs. on the average One as a pro-form: the old vs. the old one One hundred twenty vs. one hundred and twenty One in three (concord) On someone's birthday vs. at someone's birthday On the other side Ought to as a main verb Out of curiosity vs. from curiosity Out the room vs. out of the room etc. Out the window vs. out of the window etc. Participate in vs. participate at Particularly (not) Pedagogic vs. pedagogical Percentage, the majority of etc. (concord) Personal pronouns in the plural (informal variants) Y'all, you guys and yous(e) Persons vs. people Pled vs. pleaded Plenty of Plural invariable nouns with singular agreement (The scissors is...) Plurals of compound nouns(mothers-in-law vs. mother-in-laws) Police - with or without the definite article Political ideologies etc. - small or capital letter: communism vs. Communism Politically correct occupational terms: chairperson, spokesperson, firefighter etc. Politics: singular or plural? Prefer ... than (witout rather) Preposition or no preposition with the days of the week (We'll meet Monday vs. We'll meet on Monday) Preposition + possessive pronoun + ing-form vs. preposition + personal pronoun + ing-form: We talked about him moving to a new apartment vs. We talked about his moving to a new apartment? etc. Preposition + Swedish att ('to'/'that'): aware (of) the fact that etc. Preposition + who/whom Prepositional variation: American English vs. British English Preterite verb forms used as past participles 1 (I have came...) Preterite verb forms used as past participles 2 (after different forms of have) Prize for vs. prize in Progressive form of stative verbs: He is loving... Protest against vs. protest about vs. protest at (or no preposition at all) Pupils and students Quantifiers: a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great deal of, many Quick(ly) and slow(ly) Quotation marks Rather than + ing-form vs. rather than + simple form of the verb Read English vs. study English Reason for sb/sth to do sth vs. reason for sb/sth doing sth Reflexive vs. personal pronouns: She closed the door behind her(self). Reflexive pronouns (informal variants): hisself, theirselves, theirself, themself Regular vs. irregular verb forms of verbs like dream - dreamed/dreamt Regular vs. irregular verb forms revisited Repetition of is, as in The problem is is that… . Reputedly Researches Rooster vs. cock Said X vs. X said Satire of vs. satire on Score into an vs. the empty net Seasons and holidays - article or no article: in the spring or in spring Ships - referred to by it or she? Shoot to death vs. shoot dead Showed as a past participle Shut off vs.
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