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- Dictionaryken/kɛn/
noun
- 1. one's range of knowledge or understanding: "politics are beyond my ken"
verb
- 1. know: Scottish, Northern English "d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?"
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Sep 26, 2016 · "Ken" derives from Middle English but, as far as I know, is chiefly a word used colloquially by the Scottish, which is probably why Google translate doesn't handle it correctly. As a (more or less) regional colloquialism you probably shouldn't use it unless you're deliberately trying to imitate people from that region, otherwise it'll feel forced and unnatural.
"I" is correct. The speaker is the subject of the sentence, the one performing the action, and so you use the subject version of the pronoun.
If you say " Not I " that means " I didn't take your book ". If you say " Not me " (which is the prefered version) that means " It wasn't me who took your book ". The same is in the affirmative sentences, where the " I " version is formal. I still say 'not I' sometimes.
Jul 25, 2023 · I learned from this tutorial that there are three forms of phrasal verbs: verb + adverb verb + preposition verb + adverb + preposition And I find two phrases online, namely "loop someone in&...
Feb 28, 2023 · What's the difference between the following: (1) I have been playing tennis for 5 years. (2) I was playing tennis for 5 years.
Apr 7, 2021 · Does anyone that go/goes to my gym know/knows if they're open? What to use and why. Also is this correct: did anyone that go to my gym knew if they're open?
1. 'My' can be used as a possessive pronoun or adjective, but 'mine' can only be used as a pronoun. It means 'my' is always placed before a noun. e. g. My book is blue. Whereas 'mine' cannot be used as above. 'Mine' is always used after a helping verb to refer to something previously mentioned. e.
8: There are 7 unsold tickets. 9: * There are 7 left tickets (idiomatically unacceptable) ...where #9 is "unacceptable" even though the basic construction is okay with alternatives which are "synonymous" in context (such as unsold, remaining). Because we're more used to adjectival left before a noun meaning "levo" (on the left, not the right ...
Jul 28, 2014 · We use 's with singular nouns. For example, " my son's toys " will be "the toys that belong to my son". We use only an apostrophe (') after plural nouns that end in -s: " my sons' toys " means that I have more than one son and these are their toys. We use 's for possession with the other plural nouns. For example: " my children's toys; women's ...
May 19, 2016 · 1. @MaulikV - That should be for or at. As per the example in my answer I work for an accounting company. You can say more generally I work in IT. (IT is the field/profession in which you work, but "an IT company" refers to a specific entity, even though you haven't named it.) – nnnnnn. May 19, 2016 at 8:17.
