Why does the "$\times$" used in arithmetic change to a "$\cdot$" as we progress through education? The symbol seems to only be ambiguous because of the variable $x$; however, we wouldn't have chosen the variable $x$ unless we were already removing $\times$ as the symbol for multiplication. So why...

"O God ! Show some mercy and bring the rain." My question is, is this sentence correct? Also could we replace "rain" with "downpour", or are there any other suggestions?

The population differs from British to Americans by a change in the bottleneck. Can I use the verb "differ" this way? Can I say "X differs from A to B by C"? I want to say that Americans and British are different in the effective size by a change in the bottleneck.

Here is a sentence from the Examination: The science medicine, *which* progress has been rapid lately, is perhaps the most important of all sciences.. As I know, which clause can still + Object, so it's very nearly with of which. In that sentence (find an error), the answer: Which is wrong but no...

I met both constructions in quite respectable texts. Is it a matter of taste, or of a shade of meaning?

I recently used the following headline in a document: Better Managing Your Health Means Better Managing Your Life My boss wrote back that "better managing" is not grammatically correct. She's wrong, isn't she? As I see it, Better = adverb, Managing = gerund (gerunds can be modified by adverbs ...

This is a very common mistake! So, don't worry. Here is the cure. Ask yourself which one makes more sense: "look forward to it" or "look forward to do it"? Chances are you know that "look forward to it" sounds more natural, because you've seen or you've heard others use it that way before. And,...

I think this is a question of whether we consider (the) Minkowski space to be a strong proper name. According to Language Log here, here, and here (referring to The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, pp. 517ff), there's a distinction in English between weak proper names and strong proper...

Oh, same there. I felt absolutely miserable about my accent and improvised speech during English lessons. A thing that have helped me to overcome the hesitation to some degree: I started coordinating guild raids in a MMORPG through a voice chat. Apparently, during the game you stop worrying abou...

I can understand your concerns, as I am also still trying to learn English. What I mainly do, is talk. Just talk to people, make mistakes, listen to their critique, get better ;-) I think the most important thing here it not to be afraid of getting corrected by someone. I also found that talk...

In order to understand what I listen, I'm trying to catch differences between "I walk to" and "I walked to" but I can't catch any difference. How can I distinguish that sounds?

I'm in discussion with a friend of mine and we can't seem to come to an agreement. We're specifically discussing a passage in the King James Bible in Revelation 1:4, John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to ...

Oh, same there. I felt absolutely miserable about my accent and improvised speech during English lessons. A thing that have helped me to overcome the hesitation to some degree: I started coordinating guild raids in a MMORPG through a voice chat. Apparently, during the game you stop worrying abou...

It's a popular misconception that downvotes are for punishing people. That's not correct. A downvote's only purpose is indicating post quality. You're rating the post, not the person. Thus, the user's participation has no relevance. However, since it's a new user, teaching finds more value. Wha...