1. Each other and one another mean the same. Mary and I write to each other/ one another every day They sat without looking at each other/one another. 2. There is a possessive each other’s/ one another’s We often borrow each other’s clothes. They stood looking into one another’s eyes Each other/ one another are [...]
at – in – on (time)
at + exact time in + part of day on + particular day at + weekend, public holiday in + longer period 1. Exact times I usually get up at six o’clock I’ll meet you at 4.15 Phone me at lunch time In informal English, we say What time…? (At what time…? is correct, but [...]
In time or on time?
Sometimes two prepositions can be used with the same noun, but the meaning is different. Lessons begin at 8.30 and I always arrive on time. (= at 8.30) Lessons begin at 8.30 and I always get there in time. (= before 8.30; I’m not late) In the end we went home. (= finally, after a [...]
List O
official or officious? OFFICIAL = authorised, formal an OFFICIAL visit an OFFICIAL invitation OFFICIOUS = fussy, self-important, interfering an OFFICIOUS secretary an OFFICIOUS waiter onto or on to? There are circumstances when the words must always be written separately. We will consider these first. ” Always write the words separately if ‘to’ is part of [...]
other and others
When other is an adjective, it has no plural. Where are the other photos? (NOT… the others photos?) Have you got any other colours? When other is used alone, without a noun, it can have a plural. Some grammars are easier to understand than others. I’ll be late. Can you tell the others.
In the way, On the way, By the way, In a way
In the way: Please move this chair. It is in the way. Do your work in the way I have shown you. On the way: On the way to the station, I bought some cigarettes. In this way: He saves old envelopes. In this way, he has collected a great many stamps. By the way: [...]
