lyrics - What's the meaning of "gavotte" in Carly Simon's song "You're ...
The "gavotte" is a French dance. You walked into the party / Like you were walking on a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped below one eye / Your scarf, it was apricot / You had one eye on the mirror / And …
Is this sentence a compliment or a criticism?
Apr 17, 2026 · The sentence criticises the person being addressed ('you'). If it is truly a curiously phrased criticism then it is a strong test of reading comprehension. If all the soldiers in the army had …
sentence construction - Throughout and through. How to use them ...
Oct 3, 2024 · "Through" means from one side to the other. So a tunnel goes through a mountain because it goes in one side and out the other. "Throughout" means in every part or space possible. …
grammatical number - "police are" or "police is" - English Language ...
Apr 25, 2014 · In instructional videos I see on the internet, the teacher says "in the U.S and Canada, they automatically use police as plural noun", if it is already plural, then what's the singular of police?
Why does the prefix "super-" change the word class of the noun ...
Dec 21, 2023 · According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, super- is a prefix meaning either "bigger, better, or more important than others of the same kind" or "superior in …
Provide information "on", "of" or "about" something?
Sep 15, 2020 · Which is grammatical: "it provides information on something", or, "it provides information of something", or, "it provides information about something"? Or if all are grammatical, which one is …
word choice - "Awaits for you" or "awaits you"? - English Language ...
Nov 30, 2018 · Await has both transitive and intransitive uses; I believe most of the other answers are focused on the transitive usage, reading the sentence as [Happiness] [awaits for] [you], which is …
"I will come within 2 hours." or "I will come in 2 hours."
Jul 24, 2020 · If you mean that you will come before the end of two hours, you use the preposition "within". If you mean that you will come before the end of two hours or when two hours have passed, …
grammar - 'more preferred' versus 'preferable' - English Language ...
Sep 5, 2014 · Which of the following two sentences is correct? a) Which of the two boxes is preferable ? b) Which of the two boxes is more preferred? I think it should be a) because Oxford dictionary online s...
sick “with” or sick “from” - English Language Learners Stack ...
Apr 4, 2020 · I just read “two women in my neighborhood are sick from coronavirus” and I was wondering if that would mean the same as “two women in my neighborhood are sick with …