BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store.

The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to".

Aug 8, 2024 · With transitive provide sth to/for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made available to …

Mar 6, 2020 · You can say that you are considering something or something is on your mind by saying "I think of / about (something) ". Here, (something) is an indirect object (and thus must be a noun), it's a …

Jan 23, 2017 · Do we say something for affect or effect? For instance, if I give the description of a round ball, it seems that the word round is redundant; however, I have chosen to combine those words "for …

Aug 31, 2015 · Is there a difference in meaning between something something and just something when using little (3 vs. 5) i.e. is one less precise than the other? Furthermore, is there a difference in …

From the lexical meaning of something, it seems to mean "that’s an important thing." Yet, an example on a Korean website is translated as "one consolation in sadness," and this can make sense in the context.

May 20, 2024 · I'm sure I've got something for you is only "informal" in AmE insofar as it includes a contraction (in my experience, Americans rarely use I have something for you, which is the relatively …

I know that generally native speakers say it usually like this (without the to): These exercises will help you get better at math. Can you help me move these boxes outside? But sometimes, thoug...

Feb 7, 2017 · In your sentence the author is referring to #3: a something is some particular member of the set ‘something’. This is an unusual usage, because ordinary language is not designed for talking …