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  1. adjectives - "Most simple" or "Simplest" - English Language Learners ...

    Dec 5, 2020 · Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)

  2. How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

    Jun 23, 2015 · It's: one hundred quintillion or: a hundred quintillion The words for very large numbers If you're wondering how to form other huge numbers like this, here's the pattern: A thousand …

  3. In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you ...

    In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you followed in spotting the error? Ask Question Asked 6 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago

  4. present tense - now I decide, now I decided, now I have decided ...

    Apr 27, 2021 · As I understand it, Past Simple (the second sentence) is possible here only as the simplest version of Present Perfect (the third sentence), isn't it? But why is Present Perfect more …

  5. Is "from simple to complex" grammatically correct

    Feb 12, 2021 · 'From' and 'to' can be used with quite a range of words, normally describing some sort of scale (one extreme to another for example). Consider 'from left to right' or 'from front to back'. …

  6. meaning - "turn out" vs "turn out to be" - English Language Learners ...

    Jan 29, 2023 · I'm guessing here, but I suspect contexts where we don't tend to include to be are primarily really simple ones - primarily of the form turned out [single-word-adjective]. Note that the to …

  7. What question do participles answer? - English Language Learners …

    Dec 13, 2024 · The simplest explanation is probably the one where it’s all that’s left over from an elided plural noun like people or things. Terminology ranges from OED’s “absolute adjectives” to CGEL’s …

  8. prepositions - "explain this" vs "explain about this" - English ...

    Jan 25, 2023 · Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about. The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common …

  9. past simple - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Aug 28, 2019 · Are there any shades of meaning between the use of the past continuous, present simple and past simple in the following sentences? He was saying that he is going to leave soon. He …

  10. What is the difference between adjectives "different" and "differing ...

    Jan 19, 2018 · I think that's the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with.