Which one is correct? "a specific situation" or "an specific situation"? I know "an" normally goes with words starting with a vowel but in this case...
as at is quite common in this context to mean at a specific time/date. "As of" to me means since. "As of" only rarely means "since" in AE, and it still sounds awkward and confusing to me, so I personally avoid this usage. Example: The washing machine was fixed as of last week. The meaning of this sentence is unclear.
So The Germans are good musicians can also be specific, e.g. when comparing orchestras from different countries. A zero article can also be specific, e.g. Tigers are found in the forest here. The German is a good musician hardly seems generic. The singular (German) sounds a rather old-fashioned way of speaking when talking about nationalities.
But let me try with some sentences about a specific holiday. At Easter, I shop for fancy clothes, decorate the house with flowers, and prepare dyed eggs for the children to find. (Around the time of Easter) On Easter, I go to church in the morning and eat a large dinner in the afternoon. (on Easter Sunday) Thank you so much for your help.
"Arrange time" = provide a period of time (for example 1 hour or 2 hours) "arrange a time" = schedule a specific time (for example 1 pm to 3 pm on Tuesday)
Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical? Juridic or juridical? etc. Specifical is not used. Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form. Same thing with clinic and clinical, medic and medical. Juridical and juridic are both adjectives and have the same meaning, but the latter is rarely used.
Getting a degree requires some specific total number of courses, but many are electives. So the terms "elective" and "optional" are not attributes of a course. They only apply when comparing a course with a degree program. Some of the terminology (course, class, subject, module) is different between BE and AE.
Hello everybody, I'm translating an article about economics and I keep finding the expression "relationship-specific investments" but I can't understand the meaning. For example I found the phrase "Ownership encourages parties to make more relationship-specific investments", oppure "control...
Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg? There are the usual jokes here and there online, including a name for a one-legged woman - Eileen.
Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg?
Hi guys, do you think that an article should be used before the title "Professor" when introducing her in writing? Would you say "she is a Professor of Physics" or "She is Professor of Physics"? And last question, when to use articles before specific posts such as "editor-in-chief" and "editor"...
Sometimes, what's "specific" simply refers to the specific "picture" of "something" that we have in our minds. In other words, we all know what a "rainbow" looks like, and that makes "rainbow" specific enough for the use of the definite article. The tropical butterfly's wings were shimmering with the colors of a rainbow.
I was taught that "on the evening" is used when we are talking about a specific date, as in your example. In the evening is used in a more general sense, without a specific indication of date.
In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Pacific Time (PT). Specifically, it is Pacific Standard Time (PST) when observing standard time (Winter), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when observing daylight saving time (Summer).
Therefore, "Co." sometimes occurs with "Ltd." and sometimes it does not. In referring to a specific company, you should be guided in the use of these abbreviations by the organization itself—its stationery, literature, Web site, etc. Some companies insist on spelling out one or more of these terms in all cases, some do not.
There are other specific terms in many other contexts. If you give us more of the context in which you plan to use this sentence, or the subject of your essay, we might come up with some that fit. Lacking any context, the generic "things" is all we have. Added in edit: Cross-posted with the previous poster, who said the same thing in far fewer ...
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