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.

Feb 7, 2017 · This requires the author to distinguish between the word something, particular entities which the word something may designate, and the set of entities to which the word …

It has to be something she would like. Another possibility is that the writer uses separate words to emphasize the "thing" part (in contrast to some one). To quote Jim Carrey quoting Shatner …

Aug 31, 2015 · This is about something as in " something something " and what I perceive to be variations thereof : (1) [word] something something [word] (2) [word] somethin' somethin' …

Feb 24, 2020 · Something is a pronoun, which is analogous to "a thing", that is an indefinite pronoun. "A/an" is the Old English for "one" and one implies singularity. Thus, I found a thing …

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 …

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?

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".

You dont feel pride "for" something unless that thing is capable of feeling pride itself and you are emulating that feeling due to empathy. If you do something for "person", you are serving the …

I am always confused with the form of “to doing something”, e.g.: I admitted to doing something. vs.: I admitted to do something.