"Have been through" or "have gone through"?
7 These sentences both have perfectly acceptable grammar, but the intended meaning is not entirely clear. Consider this phrasing: I have some long-lasting memories in my mind, such as memorable
7 These sentences both have perfectly acceptable grammar, but the intended meaning is not entirely clear. Consider this phrasing: I have some long-lasting memories in my mind, such as memorable
2 "Overseas", as far as I am concerned, is an adjective or an adverb. Firstly, "overseas" can be used as a noun: overseas — (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the
In New Zealand, as an island country, ''overseas'' is taken to mean ''any foreign country''. eg. I''m going overseas for holiday. Overseas investors brought $1bn into the country last year.
I''m looking for the word for retailer or vendor that sells goods abroad. I may be wrong but my understanding is that ''retailer'' and ''vendor'' are used to denote sellers of goods that you would
You should use overseas: both oversea and overseas literally mean across a sea, but overseas is much more common for the abstract meaning of abroad. So if you''re talking about literal travel across a
I''m an English-learning Japanese student. I want to know if I''m using the word ''via'' properly. This is the sentence: ".. telling Sato how you can meet people even if they live overseas
How do people greet each other when they are in different time zones? For example, suppose there is a phone call between two people: one is in Central European Time 1600 (say
Both Royal Mail in the UK and US Postal Service use "overseas" stamped packaging and envelopes for sending postage to another country. The mail services of all other European countries including the
Perhaps these online dictionaries have added it recently and it''s not in big old OED or Webster''s. I''ve got both but they''re in storage while I travel overseas. Update: Ah well I''m not
What would be a usable alternative to overseas, in the very strict sense of "living in a country not your own"? It is strange that the most common attributive adjective for this notion is
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