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42 I used to think PM/AM was correct, but at some point, I switched to using p.m./a.m. for reasons I can't recall. I know that in practical, casual writing, people tend to use whatever form is most convenient to them,...
Apr 27, 2021 · 0 I've always found the use of "am" after "and" to be strange. I believe it's grammatically correct, but in formal e-mails, for examples, I don't like the way it sounds. For instance, in an e-mail I wro...
However, if you want a specific opinion on wording, I would say go with "hello" rather than "hi" and I would say starting with "my name is [name] " sounds professional and somewhat informal yet still formal enough to ...
Unless I am, I think, missing something completely, this is a classic case where the Ngram is the wrong tool for the job. "I am myself" sounds rather natural, while "I am I" sounds oddly unfamiliar.
Dec 16, 2011 · I admire and am very interested in the project. which comes from I admire the project and I am very interested in the project. by a perfectly normal application of Conjunction Reduction. There's nothing...
I am on it in your first example sounds like a shortened version of I’m on the case, a colloquial way of saying that the speaker is dealing with it. In the context of some kind of dispute, as in your second example, t...
Ma'am is used where you would use 'sir',for senior officer ranks, in the British police and armed forces. Not sure what you would call a knighted owner of a brothel in BE - possibly "Madam ma'am" ?
Jul 3, 2015 · As far as I (non-native speaker) can tell, these two sentences have the same meaning: I'm just a humble merchant I'm but a humble merchant However I wonder if there is some subtle difference betw...
Jul 22, 2011 · I know that AM/PM is for ante/post meridiem, but what is it actually called? Meridian indicator? 12 hour indicator? Something way more clever?
2 I am attending a meeting tomorrow is giving the edge of present tense. It is a more finite decision where the speaker is detaching the event from his own will a little bit more as if it is all happening anyway. I am...