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  1. What's the correct usage of "something of something" and …

    BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store.

  2. word choice - Do we say something for affect or effect? - English ...

    Jan 23, 2017 · Do we say something for affect or effect? For instance, if I give the description of a round ball, it seems that the word round is redundant; however, I have chosen to combine …

  3. prepositions - provide something for or to sb - English Language ...

    Aug 8, 2024 · With transitive provide sth to/for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made …

  4. Should I use "is something" or "are something" for plural nouns?

    Dec 13, 2016 · Should I use is or are in this sentence? Vocabulary-based games is something that he enjoys the most.

  5. relative pronouns - "something which" or "something that"

    According to Korean English grammar books, nouns that ends with "thing", such as something, anything, generally take "that" as a relative pronoun. But does that mean that "something …

  6. grammaticality - take time to do something / doing something

    Jan 19, 2021 · This is an example of the phrase take time to do something from Longman Dictionary. My question is, can we also say While in New York he took time visiting some friends?

  7. phrase meaning - What does "it’s something" mean in this context ...

    Jan 2, 2020 · So, likewise, a mental state like seeing will be conscious if there’s something it’s like to be in that state; for example, there’s something it’s like for me to see you right now, but …

  8. infinitives - Help to do something or help do something? - English ...

    The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to".

  9. grammar - 'to do something' vs. 'to be doing something' - English ...

    I have a question about the usages of to do something and to be doing something. What's the difference between them? Example: To do something: "This is a really big moment for us and …

  10. prepositions - What's the point <in/of> doing something - English ...

    In the first, she emphasized the fact that she was going to the store. In the 2nd, she emphasized something else by going to the store. What that something else was isn't stated. Confusing, I …