Which is correct: "with regards to," "in regards with," "regarding"?
...I have been using the following phrases but I am still not confident that they are grammatically correct and sound right: "in regards with something" "with regards to something" &...
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2450/which-is-correct-with-regards-to-in-regards-with-regarding
Utilise or Utilize - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
...I am writing in UK English and would like to confirm that we use utilise instead of utilize. I cannot seem to find a answer for this online....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114269/utilise-or-utilize
verbs - What's the difference between "I look forward to" and "I'm ...
...If you mean both in the sense of anticipating something, both are equally valid. However 'I look forward' is more formal; it's the kind of thing you would write in an official letter. A typical example is the closing statement of a cover letter for a job application: I look forward to hearing from you soon. 'I am looking forward' is less formal. You would rarely say to a friend on the phone 'I ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/10144/whats-the-difference-between-i-look-forward-to-and-im-looking-forward-to
What does "pax" mean in the context of the apartment rental?
...Google seem to suggest it's somewhat common use in the UK. In Singapore in context of apartment rentals it's definitely short for "passengers"....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/24951/what-does-pax-mean-in-the-context-of-the-apartment-rental
Word to call a person that works in a store
...5 In the UK we have shop assistant but there are more specific terms like checkout girl and the possibly pejorative shelf-stacker, as well as the general shopworker, retail worker and so on. The best word to use probably depends on what your person actually does....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/63423/word-to-call-a-person-that-works-in-a-store
"By foot" vs. "on foot" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
...I would bet a lot of money that the majority of instances that contain "by foot" are from English Language websites and forums instructing learners on the difference between "on foot" and "by foot". I don't know what happened since 2011, but today, July 2015, Google reports 29,700,000 results for ?on foot?; and 7,340,000 results for "by foot" (with quotation marks)....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17943/by-foot-vs-on-foot
More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, but ..."
...I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better: Thank you for your help with X, but we are still having problems with it and... This is most likely how I would write it, an apology seems to be an admission that you feel "bad" for asking and can sound "whiny", while a thank you gives the ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38867/more-formal-way-of-saying-sorry-to-bug-you-again-about-this-but
capitalization - To capitalize "department" or not - English Language ...
...When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized: Bill recently joined the Advertising Department. If using 'department' not as part of a specific name it would be lower case: We had a party to welcome Bill to the department. As a further note, you could also drop the 'Department' and re-write the first sentence as ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18236/to-capitalize-department-or-not
punctuation - Where does the question mark go ? inside or outside the ...
...UK usage would definitely put the period after the close bracket, as you've ended your answer. Frankly, I think OP's "whole sentence in brackets" looks totally bonkers! The only sensible option there is not to have a period after the word "over", and put the other one after the closing bracket as normal....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/61579/where-does-the-question-mark-go-inside-or-outside-the-parentheses
Are these Asian food establishments called a cafe or a restaurant or a ...
...Yes, as a UK person, cafe or restaurant would be fine. If you want to emphasise the style (that it's not a fancy Michelin-starred place) you could call it a "casual restaurant". "Restaurant" can be applied to anything from McDonald's to something with 3 Michelin stars and bottles of wine the price of a small car....
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/336429/are-these-asian-food-establishments-called-a-cafe-or-a-restaurant-or-a-stall