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  1. adjectives - "Most simple" or "Simplest" - English Language Learners ...

    Dec 5, 2020 · Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)

  2. In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you ...

    In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you followed in spotting the error?

  3. present tense - now I decide, now I decided, now I have decided ...

    Apr 27, 2021 · As I understand it, Past Simple (the second sentence) is possible here only as the simplest version of Present Perfect (the third sentence), isn't it? But why is Present Perfect more …

  4. Is "from simple to complex" grammatically correct

    Feb 12, 2021 · 'From' and 'to' can be used with quite a range of words, normally describing some sort of scale (one extreme to another for example). Consider 'from left to right' or 'from front to back'. …

  5. How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

    Jun 23, 2015 · It's: one hundred quintillion or: a hundred quintillion The words for very large numbers If you're wondering how to form other huge numbers like this, here's the pattern: A thousand …

  6. prepositions - "explain this" vs "explain about this" - English ...

    Jan 25, 2023 · Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about. The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common …

  7. What is the difference between "I opened the window", "I had the …

    Feb 11, 2025 · If I ask my kid to open the window, I'd be likely to say "I had my kid open the window." "I had the window opened" sounds a bit like royalty, who have even the simplest tasks delegated to …

  8. What is the difference between adjectives "different" and "differing ...

    Jan 19, 2018 · I think that's the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with.

  9. meaning - difference between didn't and doesn't - English Language ...

    Jan 8, 2023 · Present = simplest = best, though, IMHO. But note that syntactically speaking, if doesn't is changed to Past Tense didn't then we should also change Present Perfect has been to Simple Past …

  10. grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Apr 1, 2020 · This is probably what you want and is the simplest form. 2 I was trying to run the computer program, but it didn't work. The implication here is that you tried running it over a period of time …