Computers: what is the difference between load and loading?
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 …
Is (being) loaded - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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 …
idioms - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
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 …
"Are you working today" or "Do you work today?"
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 …
Does English have a third-person imperative?
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 …
A: Has she ever been in a coma? B: Yes, she has, for two years
Jun 13, 2025 · OP, when you ask Shouldn’t it work the same way in this case — “She’s been in a coma for three years”? are you still intending that revised form of the utterance to be a …
What does "in the open" mean in "an enclosed area in which …
Mar 20, 2025 · Google dictionary defines the word "run" as a noun in one sense as follows: an enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds can run freely in the open. The …
meaning in context - "That's the Percodan talking ..." - English ...
Jun 3, 2025 · Percodan is a drug. But I've no idea what Percodan talking means. My supposition is that it's about side effects of Percodan. Maybe the speaker has taken some of this drug, so …
sentence construction - Is It Okay to Say This? - English Language ...
6 days ago · When my brother paid a roofer to repair a roof, can I say "My brother repaired the roof"? Or do I have to say "My brother had the roof repaired"?
I 'was' or I 'were'? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Feb 14, 2019 · From other's conversation,I found out they mentioned I was and sometimes they also mentioned I were. Is there any rules for I was/were?