word usage - "hover over" or "hover above"? - English Language …
2015年9月6日 · The helicopter hovered over us. To hover is a different word it means you are not moving, and deliberately staying in one place. If you were in a helicopter and not moving, you could say you were flying above somewhere, or hovering over somewhere.
word usage - "The waiting is over" or "The wait is over" - English ...
2020年7月15日 · I got into a small argument with a friend, and couldn't find a conclusive answer. Is the sentence "The waiting is over" legitimate? Is it more commonly used as "The wait is over"?
prepositions - "Move over the bridge" vs. "move on the bridge ...
2016年4月7日 · This applies for a single point in time and for an action, eg "The aeroplane is over the bridge.", "The aeroplane will fly over the bridge.". So i think the meaning is only the same for things which are in contact with the bridge. You could use "across" or "over" for people walking over the bridge for example. –
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@WendiKidd: I agree with you. Moreover, if the topic is good, but the O.P. hasn't "said much in the question," I think a downvote is at least as appropriate as a close vote. When I hover over my downvote button, I read, This question does not show any research effort. That seems to be a good description of what I see here. –
What's the difference between "in winter" and "in the winter"?
2017年4月6日 · Reading an old XKCD comic I found this sentence (you must hover the mouse over the picture to see it): There are probably children out there holding down spacebar to stay warm in the winter! I've never heard "in the winter", only "in winter".
Same word used multiple times in a sentence
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grammar - 'In' the past few years Vs 'Over' the past few years ...
2014年6月13日 · So one would say "I learned to drive over the past three years," but "I took my drivers' test sometime in the past year." Where it gets a bit tricky is that multiple discrete events can be described as one continuous trend - so you could say either "I had met him several times in the past year," or "I had met him several times over the past ...
Difference between (in / for / ∅ / during / over) the (past / last ...
Examples: "20% of Americans have changed jobs in the past 3 years" versus, "10% of Americans have been unemployed for over a year". (Not real statistics, just grammar examples.) "Over [time period]" is generally used when you are talking about a trend, like here. "Our budget has increased over the past 3 years." It can be used for on-going events.
Is there any word to describe things we do regularly over and over ...
Sure, you can say life is repetitive.There's nothing wrong with that. It does sound like a general statement, though, and not a description of specific things we do over and over again.
Which one(s) of “up”, “above”, “over”, “on” and “upon” is (or are ...
1) Could you please put the pen over the book? 4) Could you please put the pen above the book? These refer to location. This would imply the pen is located above the book, which would not be likely in the setting of your examples, but could be possible with other wording. For example: Could you please put the pen on the shelf above the book ...