Apr 15, 2017 · If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description. In any event, the impressive rise of "free of" against "free from" over the past 100 years …

Jul 7, 2018 · I want to make a official call and ask the other person whether he is free or not at that particular time. I think asking, “Are you free now?” does't sound formal. So, are there any alternatives …

May 12, 2018 · Similarly, “free education” is funded by the state (which is ultimately financed by taxpayers) and taught in state-run schools called state schools whereas schools that charge tuition …

Sep 5, 2014 · I remember that pilots are given free flight rides on other flights and that there was a particular term/phrase for this. Any ideas?

Aug 16, 2011 · A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect. Should we only say at no cost instead?

Nov 7, 2014 · What is the word for when someone gives you something for free instead of you paying for it? For example: Some shopkeeper is about to close his shop, and you catch him just in the nick of …

The fact that it was well-established long before OP's 1930s movies is attested by this sentence in the Transactions of the Annual Meeting from the South Carolina Bar Association, 1886 And to-day, “free …

3 There is no universal one-word replacement for -free. In the context of foods the appropriate portmanteau is gluten-containing -containing can be used universally, although there are other …

May 10, 2019 · 8 "Free" and "on the house" both mean that you don't have to pay, but the inferred meaning is slightly different. If something is "free" it is without charge. For example, you might …

Apr 2, 2025 · In English, the compound adjective would surely be obvious in any reasonable string ('some gluten-free flour' versus 'some free gluten flour'. Q-Adj꜀ₒₘₚ-N vs Q- Adj- Nₐₜₜᵣᵢ₆-N.) 'Something …