Is there a difference between an active state and activated state? For example, if I activate an item, will it become active or activated? Does it depend on the context? How?

When someone asks whether you have completed a task e.g. shopping, dinner. What should be your answer? I am done. or I have done. To me, the former sentence's formation, Sub + VBe+ …

I was wondering why does something goes off, when it in fact does the opposite bomb goes off - it blows up alarm goes off - it turns on Why not goes on?

Jun 15, 2020 · Would you mind providing some details, please? Is perhaps the more 'correct' and slightly more formal way of rephrasing your question. Or the example given by @unorthodox …

Jan 10, 2014 · That is a USA usage, which does not carry through to British English (and therefore, I suspect, the English spoken by people from many of the countries of the former …

Feb 25, 2020 · As the answer below says, neither variant works because you can't use "as per" there. To that I will add that the whole introductory phrase is probably needless clutter that has …

Sep 15, 2014 · What does Shall be mean? I find it in different context, sometimes it seems to me that is means is or Will be and more likely Must be, but sometimes I can't figure it out, so if it …

Coming from a technical background I'm slightly confused. What is the difference between simultaneously and concurrently? How do we use these words?

Sep 27, 2012 · "Madam" works as a female equivalent in most places where for a man you would say "sir". "Lady" is the female equivalent of "gentleman".

May 2, 2019 · What adjective can you use to say that something can be activated or enabled? (Something akin to "active-able" or "enable-able", which are not recognized words.) "You can …