This page contains various information about the use of English that I consider noteworthy, helpful or simply interesting. Listed search queries will be send to Google in the background and the corresponding result numbers should appear next to the queries after a few seconds.
Phrases and words
- to extend
- “to extend Java with closures”
- “closures are an extension of Java”
- language construct vs. feature
"c#" OR java OR python "language feature" site:ac.uk"c#" OR java OR python "language construct" site:ac.uk- fuss vs. fuzz
"all that fuss" site:uk"all that fuzz" site:uk- language by/from/of sb.
"language by Microsoft OR Sun" site:ac.uk"language from Microsoft OR Sun" site:ac.uk"language of Microsoft OR Sun" site:ac.uk- opinion on.
"my opinion on" site:ac.uk"my opinion about" site:ac.uk- dailywritingtips.com
- McMillian
- This is fine with/by/forme
"this is fine with me" site:ac.uk"this is fine by me" site:ac.uk"this is fine for me" site:ac.uk- english-test.net
- wordreference.com
“Fine with me” and “fine by me” are used to express permission, or at least an absence of objection, in a situation where a personal objection might be expected. “fine for me” works more along the lines of “fine in my opinion” in a situation where an opinion, not permission, was being elicited.
- presumably vs. assumably
""presumably easy OR hard OR dead" site:ac.uk""assumably easy OR hard OR dead" site:ac.uk- to loose vs. to lose
- to lose sth. = etw. verlieren
- to loose sth. = etw. lösen
- quote, quotation, cite, citation
- Leo forum
- Quote vs. quotation
- Citation vs. quotation
An aim is something general, fairly vague, non specific, long-term. It may not even have a time-scale. An aim is strategic. An objective is a definite target, something concrete, perhaps to be acheived in a relatively short timescale (a very relative concept). An objective is tactical. A goal, to me, is somewhere between an aim (vague) and an objective (very specific), but probably nearer to an objective.
