Jul 28, 2015 · The noun version of loading can be the abstract as commented above, but because it tends to refer to a process rather than an event, it is also natural and common to use it in …

Jul 24, 2020 · "Being loaded" is the form for present progressive, so it is more correct. The word "as" tells us that the action of loading begins before the man started to speak, and will …

Oct 22, 2024 · " Are you working today? " is a specific question about this day - not this day of the week, but this exact day. For example, it might be a Wednesday, and you know the other …

Jan 29, 2025 · "The cow" isn't idiomatic, for many reasons, but one is that you're being misleading. By saying "the cow, the pig, and the horse" in this particular context, it sounds like …

Apr 10, 2025 · Commands in English use the imperative, the bare form of the verb. To tell someone to do something, you say: Go get it. [to another person]. The imperative does not …

Jul 24, 2024 · What is the meaning of "to coin a phrase"? I saw the meaning in some dictionaries and their examples, but yet I have trouble with it! Cambridge: something you say …

May 17, 2025 · (Are) you kidding me? here means what the dictionaries say. Here: SMITH (whispering): You kidding me? It’s only eleven and he’s already lit. I can smell the whiskey on …

Jun 10, 2025 · I've encountered this phrase in the really confusing usage. It's not a secret that it means With relation to something and after it almost always goes something else. But here it's …

Jun 10, 2025 · Yesterday, I asked a question quoting the following sentence. Overall, the number of foreign individuals in Germany and the number of foreign individuals in Britain are larger …

May 24, 2025 · The quoted sentence was spoken by an AAVE speaker. Thus, I suppose that it's just the dialectal usage of the present perfect with dropped "been". On the other …