"I didn't come" is something a woman says to a man when he is in a hurry (putting on his shirt, looking at his watch).
"I haven't come yet" is something a woman says to a man when she wants him to slow down.
The entire thing is a sandwich. The bread specifically is what (not how) is called a bun, and if it's meant for a sandwich, then it's called a sandwhich bun.
Someone in my Twitter feed said today:
TIL starbucks put ground up insects in stuff, and milk has blood in
it.
The ground up insects part is true for now, but I'm not sure about the blood-in-milk one. It sounds half-way plausible, considering that breastfeeding mothers can sometimes suffe...
Two kids are playing a game. Right after the game is over one of them shouts happily:
"I won! I won!"
or should he better say "I win! I win!"
What's the meaning of IXW in the sentence: I want to talk about my career path at IXW
I read this and don't understand that.
First, a bit of terminology:
to blame is an active infinitive
to be blamed is a passive infinitive
Luckily, this issue of "to blame" is known, and was treated by the greatest grammarian of the English language, Otto Jespersen (a Dane:-))
He says:
Essentials of English Grammar By Otto Jes...
Until another member is added to the group, there is no third member; thus "the third member" would be premature. Only once the group contains three members can one refer to "the third member".
Compare: I'd like to add a third coat of varnish. One could say "I'd like to add the third coat of va...
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