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  1. word choice - copy/pasting or copying/pasting? - English …

    Should we write: I am copy/pasting the text Or: I am copying/pasting the text ?

  2. word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    As far as I understand copy-and-paste is used to mean the operation of copying, and pasting. If somebody did that, can I say (for example) the following? She copied-and-pasted what I wrote …

  3. word choice - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Nov 12, 2021 · Both post and posting are the same according to Cambridge Dictionary (Android version). Both have the same meaning i.e. an electronic message that you send to a website …

  4. What do you call someone who attends the same university as you?

    Feb 5, 2018 · A person who attends the same college or university as you, from a more technical perspective, should probably be called your collegemate (college is more or less a general …

  5. word choice - "The opposite of" vs. "opposite to" - English …

    Sep 11, 2013 · Small is the opposite of big. Small is opposite to big. Is the second statement grammatical? It sounds okay to me, but only if I leave out the the.

  6. Do we have this structure "to glue something into something"?

    Feb 6, 2025 · Both glued in and glued into are fine; glued to is not clear on how the pasting was done. Two lists of publications with the two possible usages are shown below:

  7. What's the meaning of "skirt off into a corner"?

    Jul 11, 2023 · rdrg109, Please type out the entire text you wish to quote rather than pasting an image. People who use screen readers cannot read the text in an image. Also, people …

  8. phrasal verbs - 'visit someone' vs. 'visit with someone' - English ...

    Nov 28, 2024 · I am wondering what difference between 'visit someone' and 'visit with someone' there is. In Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries Visit with (North American English) to spend time …

  9. When we touch an animal it is "pet" or "pat"?

    Dec 30, 2013 · When one approaches a stranger's animal, it is polite (and wise) to ask, May I pet your dog? or, May I pet him? If you do not know the animal's gender, it might be preferable to …

  10. Which is correct "start time" or "starting time"

    I'd like to know which of the following is correct: "start time" or "starting time". An example is: He runs during period [t,t+c] every afternoon, where t is the start (or starting) time.