specific to of - WordReference Forums Hello, friends! Could anybody tell me which preposition to use in the sentance provided? "The autoantibodies are directed against proteins specific of to the thyroid cell: the microsomal antigen, thyroglobuline and TSH receptor " Thank you in advance! Inara
To be specific, - WordReference Forums 'Specific' is the opposite of the 'big picture': it's going in to the smaller picture, the details Some more general statement was first made, and now the writer is going to mention some specific details, or make their claim more precise
Definite indefinite and specific non-specific - WordReference Forums That's ambiguous for me between specific and non-specific, but I think there are languages that distinguish between the two -- I want to say Spanish, but I'm not sure Although you can also say Alijsh's original example of "The tiger is a dangerous animal" is (borderline) ambiguous between generic and non-generic too
Capitalization when using specific insitutions Hello, I was wondering which sentence is correct in terms of capitalization of the word "bank": ABC bank, the largest bank in Europe, every year offers a generous gift to the Bank's best performing employee ABC bank, the largest bank in Europe, every year offers a generous gift to the bank's
In on July (in on + month) | WordReference Forums For a less specific time reference, we use 'in' You may think of it arising from 'The final is in [the month of] July', The final is in [the year] 2018 Therefore, the preposition for month + year, both of which are not specific dates, is 'in' – so you say 'The WC final is in July 2018'
in or on (with a date) | WordReference Forums Regarding the use of ordinal numbers, it's preferred not to use ordinal numbers in writing (i e May 15 not May 15th), though in spoken English (at least where I live), it's more common to say "May fifteenth" (and not May fifteen, though some people may--hypercorrectly--do so)
tailored for vs. tailored to - WordReference Forums Hello, Which form would sound better to a native's ear between: the system has been tailored for (this application) and the system has been tailored to (this application) ? A google fight gives millions of results for both :) Thanks!