“Built-in” or “In-built” - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Actually, this is written "inbuilt" and not "in-built". It is an old (1923) chiefly British synonym for built-in. Constructed as part of a larger unit; not detachable: a built-in cabinet. Forming a permanent or essential element or quality: a built-in escape clause. Example:
"built-in to the library": hyphen or no hyphen
2014年12月18日 · Using a hyphen is the wrongest thing to do here. Ideally, the sentence would sound something like this: "You can use the types built into the library".
grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2020年12月20日 · 0. Which of these is correct? 1.How do you want your house to be built? 2.How do you want your house built? I think 1 is correct because it is the house that will be built (someone will build it). But I can also get the same meaning with 2. So I don't know which one should be used.
verbs - Is built? Was built? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2015年11月4日 · 3. Perhaps if I give you an example of is built and was built you will be better able to understand. Tower Bridge is built over the River Thames. Tower Bridge was built over the River Thames between 1886 and 1895. The first states the present position, with the past participle built used as a complement.
The wall was built "from bricks" or "of bricks"? [duplicate]
2018年2月4日 · I would say The wall was built of bricks is more correct.. Consider these two sentences: Paper is made from wood.. The frame is made of wood.
"He has yet to" vs. "he is yet to" - English Language & Usage Stack ...
2. "He has yet to receive an appointment" states that the person being referred to has not, at this point in time, "received an appointment", but is expected to. "He is yet to receive an appointment" does not, at least to me, make grammatical sense. It would possibly make more grammatical sense to say "He is yet to be a person who has received ...
Which one to use: "I have constructed skills" or "I have built skills"?
2017年6月10日 · Although constructed and built have the same meaning, built sounds more appropriate with skills as in they have built (up) a wide range of musical skills by interning with some leading bands // it takes time but he has built his skill through long and hard practice.
word choice - Which is better: "Plug-in" or "plugin"? - English ...
2023年12月6日 · 3. Theoretically plug-in is the correct one, but practically both are widely used. (Mozilla, for example, calls them plugins.) Share. Improve this answer. edited Dec 22, 2016 at 6:41. avpaderno. 59.4k 72 215 328. answered Aug 21, 2010 at 8:45.