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Jan 14, 2012 · chinese. Jan 14, 2012. #1. I am confused if I should add ' as' in the following sentence. The teacher told us that we would be marked as absent or tardy if we were late for more than 10 minutes. The teacher told us that we would be marked absent or tardy if we were late for more than 10 minutes. I will mark you as absent because you were late ...
Oct 16, 2015 · When using French guillemets, you should add an (ideally thin) non-breaking space on either side of the quoted text (e.g., « Bonjour ! »), whereas no spaces are used with English quotation marks (e.g., “Hello!”). In French, any closing punctuation comes before or after the closing guillemet depending on whether it modifies the quoted text ...
Jun 29, 2016 · English (US - northeast) Jun 29, 2016. #3. Yes, it is old fashioned. Both "mark me" and "mark my words" are common in historic dramas (like Outlander). Often it is the first thing said in a speech. Here "mark" means "pay attention to". In our WR dictionary, it is meaning 20 for "mark". To see that dictionary page, type "mark" in the searchbox ...
Jun 25, 2007 · Put the thing that is the mark of a true friend first: "Offering criticism is the mark of a true friend." Generally, I say: "X is the mark of a true friend," but "X is a sign of true friendship." Both are perfectly good (American usage anyway). I generally use mark with "the" and sign with "a" or "some" (when mark/sign is indefinite, undetermined):
Sep 28, 2020 · Sep 28, 2020. #1. Hello everyone, After researching the topic, I found out that the idiom "leave its mark" meaning " to create a lasting or strong impression " (Merriam-Webster) can be either positive or negative, in theory (on dictionaries examples and definitions). My question: Does "leave its mark'' sound natural/correct in the examples that ...
Feb 19, 2016 · English - England. Feb 19, 2016. #8. "Tomorrow it will mark one year since the first time we met" -> the verb "will mark" has two subjects in this sentence "tomorrow" and "it". "Next month, it will have been/will be (I really don't know) one year since the Paris' attacks." Next month is an adjectival time phrase.
Apr 24, 2012 · Apr 24, 2012. #2. I doubt very much whether comp is an abbreviation of compensation. Comp appears alongside all six of the subjects listed in the table; the remaining two are opt. I suggest that these are abbreviations of compulsory and option (al) respectively. Regrettably, "PR MARK" eludes me completely. Y.
Dec 5, 2014 · Ireland English. Nov 4, 2010. #3. For me they have slightly different meanings: "to step up to the mark" means to raise one's efforts to a higher level of attainment. "to step up to the plate" for me means to take one's turn, or perhaps to be brave enough to to put one's self forward to have a good go at something (and succeed).
Oct 31, 2018 · Markings tend to be (i) done intentionally in an attempt to communicate "There was some sort of markings on the cup but the cup was old and worn and he could not understand them." (ii) Used to describe a distinctive pattern "The markings on the fur of the tiger were beautiful." In your example "marks" is correct as the writer is not making the ...
Mar 14, 2014 · English - US. Mar 14, 2014. #3. A mark would show a distinctive pattern or shape indicating something had made the stain. If you spilled the oil in a random shape, it is a simple stain. If your hand was oily and you touched your jeans leaving a hand-shaped stain, that could also be called a mark (or a hand print).
