British football in USA and Australia is called soccer, while it is called futbol in Latin America.

Aussie football in USA is called "rugby", while in Australia, some call it footy sometimes.

What would US football be called? We would just call it football, though we know that soccer is also called football thanks to FIFA World Cups, which is based off of soccer. We would use NFL for the professional US football that is played within USA. We do not have any special name for the US version of football, so it can be confusing for locals in Britain and Australia if a yank says "football" even though we would understand that people in Britain refer to soccer as football and rugby in Australia as football. It happened in my case at a uni in Australia when this Aussie bloke said "football" to me, and I assumed he was referring to rugby when instead he was referring to the US football instead.

Ok, you know how browsers have spellcheckers, right? I'm looking for a grammar checker like that. Grammarly seems to be something completely different.

Is it because since the word is slowed down and louder, our brains can better understand emphasis?

So how does the lowering of the pitch and speeding up of a function word help in a sentence? Wouldn't it better if we made every word louder and have a raised voice

Hi all, would a semi-colon be more appropriate in this example, or a colon? Thanks in advance!

A philandering husband doesn't just have a wandering eye; he also has wandering hands, and probably a long line of jilted lovers.

A philandering husband doesn't just have a wandering eye: he also has wandering hands, and probably a long line of jilted lovers.

i looked this up, and all that came up was essentially words for abstinence, but i was thinking more in line with words that describe, doing something for another person to help them indulge, while you're not particularly interested yourself. think, reading a book a friend recommended that doesn't interest you particularly so thst they have someone they can discuss it with. trying someone elses cooking of a food or trying a restaurant you might not be hungry for, for them. going on a theme park ride because they asked you to, evrn if you don't particularly like rides. or of course the more explicit versions of this definition that might get this post taken down. i'm sure you get what i mean. let me know if you think of it, i don't know if there actually is a word for it.

When introducing a noun for the first time to someone else, why do we use "a" and not "the?"

I can't think of a time where this use of "a" could occur. Like, why does this rule even matter? What does it do to a statement?

Could someone give me examples of why this usage exists?

It all got to Hannah, starting with this guy she liked who ghosted her.

"I hunt the scum of the earth: sailors from tramp ships—lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them"

For example, the date of Christmas.

Do you say...

"December Twenty Fifth", "Twenty Fifth of December", or "December Twenty Five"?

Hi, I can't seem to find an answer to this online so I figured I'd ask here. I'm submitting a story to a science fiction publication and I have a robotic unit in it that's name is an acronym. It's called Andi, which stands for Armored Neurolink Demolitions Intelligence. When I refer to the robot in prose I use all caps: ANDI. However, when characters are speaking about it or to it I've been spelling it like a person's name: Andi. I'm curious if there is an actual rule for this. Should it only be written the same way throughout? Or does it not matter? TIA!

Quick question re: how to phrase the following:

This 416-page collector’s edition is a must-have addition to any Disney fan’s or film score enthusiast’s library. It features:

I'm not loving the "fan's" or "enthusiast's"...it looks weird. And the more I look at it, the weirder it sounds. Maybe there's a better way...thoughts?

Quick citation question (obviously I've changed around the words). If someone is asked what is their obsession, and they answer only with "a trophy would be very special for me", are you allowed to say they are obsessed with winning a trophy?

What's the difference?

1. He motioned to her to follow him.

2. He motioned for her to follow him.

I thought no because they're dependent clauses but I'm not an expert and my reasoning might be flawed. Can anyone give me a quick explanation?

I googled my hardest and couldn't find a good answer.

There are few books on the shelf, _____? (A) aren't there (B) aren't they (C) are they (D) are there

The answer to the above question is option D. Is option A also acceptable to native speakers?

I've tried to rewrite a sentence violating the 7th rule in The Elements of Style. The original sentence is:

Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap

The five sentences I've written in an attempt to fix the above are as follows:

1. I was able to buy the house very cheap, being in a dilapidated condition.
2. The house, being in a dilapidated condition, was very cheap.
3. As the house was in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy it very cheap.
4. The house was in a dilapidated condition, and I was able to buy it very cheap.
5. The house was in a dilapidated condition; I was able to buy it very cheap.

Which is the most grammatically correct, if any?

Thanks in advance.

(It's 10 a.m. and I usually leave my workplace at 3:30 p.m.)

1. I am going to take this opportunity to officially announce that today I am getting off work at 1 p.m.
2. I am going to take this opportunity to officially announce that I am getting off work at 1 p.m. today.

What's the difference between follow one's lead and follow suit?

In short we got drunk together, and before the summer was out Henry Robbins had signed contracts with each of us, and, from that summer in 1966 until the summer of 1979, very few weeks passed during which one or the other of us did not talk to Henry Robbins about something which was amusing us or interesting us or worrying us, about our hopes and about our doubts, about work and love and money and gossip; about our news, good or bad.

In a sentence, I state, “He founded Sinclair School of Excellence’s (“Sinclair School”) first jewel making club.” I then go on to refer to Sinclair School multiple times.

Should it actually be (“Sinclair School’s”), or should it remain as (“Sinclair School”)?

Hi! I just got a tattoo and have now realised i might not have got the grammar right 🙈 It says:

Don't let this darkness fool you All lights turned off, can be turned on

It's a lyric from a song, and I'm now thinking the comma in the second line didn't need to be there. Is this grammatically incorrect or does it still make sense/work?

Thankyou :)

What is the word for a joke that misleading someone

for example if I say "I'm gonna jump" but instead of jumping off a bridge I jump in place

...

I'm not doing good at explaining this am i?

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

Sentence: To think a seemingly ordinary shopkeeper like him is hiding such power and influence.

Context: Someone making a remark about an ordinary looking shopkeeper who's actually a spymaster for some foreign country. The shopkeeper actually controls an international spy ring and has orchestrated numerous assassinations of VIPs.

1. George listens to Amani
2. Only George listens to Amani
3. George listens only to Amani
4. George only listens to Amani

These examples were given in training on avoiding ambiguity with your word order. 1 and 2 are obvious. I'm struggling to articulate the difference (if any) between 3 and 4. What do you think?

My company is hosting an event that includes a run for children. Do i need the apostrophe?

There’s Trump ally Rudy Giuliani confidentially asserting that votes in the 2020 election were counted by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/08/the-wall-of-liars-and-deniers-trump-fake-election-rhetoric

I'm having trouble understanding the grammar of "confidentially asserting".
We can't insert "that is" before "confidentially asserting".
Is "confidentially asserting that votes in the 2020 election were counted by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro" a reduced relative clause?

Which option(s) are correct in this sentence and why? The sentence is:

By the time we came there, the firefighters ....... out the fire.

A) were putting

B) put

C) had put

D) have put

the instructions say that one, two, three, or all four options may be correct.