Modelling or modeling? - WordReference Forums
Feb 28, 2007 · In the case of modeling/modelling, this amounts to a wash, since there are two possible pronunciation of modeling by a (very) naive speller. But in most other three-syllable …
comparing it against/with | WordReference Forums
Aug 5, 2011 · The following is from an English exercise given by my son's teacher. 40% of lizard species worldwide could be extinct by 2080. Barry Sinerro reached the conclusion by taking …
mustn't / couldn't / can't have done | WordReference Forums
Sep 15, 2019 · they are not allowed to have done any professional modelling = they must not have done any professional modelling Those are effectively equivalent in meaning. According …
opposite of a "conservative estimate?" - WordReference Forums
Dec 29, 2013 · Thank you Thomas. I think sometimes the phrase "conservative estimate" is used in business to mean "an estimate made with realistic but a bit pessimistic view, possibly close …
academic goose-flesh - WordReference Forums
May 29, 2016 · I guess I shouldn't even try to understand what Aldous Huxley meant when he wrote "...a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay …