In many online forums and such, including this one, surrounding text with asterisks is how you set something in italics, but it doesn't actually get rendered into italics on some other websites. …

That's my question. The opposite to online is offline Whether online or offline, marketing is an important thing to boost your business. This is clear. But if I'm talking about something that is …

I am writing a formal email to someone to send him the link of a scheduled online meeting. I have already acknowledged him before about the meeting. I can not figure out the most appropriate …

Normally, I always use on chat when referring to something another user said/commented about in the past. But recently, two or three other users have sometimes corrected me saying that it …

This might just be a matter of personal preference, but it's hard to say for sure. For me, it might come down to which verb I'm using. I would probably say, "I found this on the internet," and …

Is it more natural to speak in simple past or past perfect when explaining past events to a friend? It seems like Americans use more simple past in everyday life than past perfect. I found this …

As John Q Public says, you should start by consulting a dictionary: a good one will usually tell you if your word or phrase is objectionable in formal use. However, there are degrees of formality, …

Are you back? is current BrE and quite appropriate to ask of a colleague who has been away and might or might not have returned. Did you come back? is a grammatically correct question but …

I found both "8-foot-tall" and "nine-feet tall" in online sources. The bronze, 8-foot-tall LBJ sculpture is slated to be installed at downtown's Little Tranquility Park, bound by Capitol, Walker, Bagby …

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