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Why is it “objections to moving”, not “objections to move”? [closed]
I got this sentence from the Economist:
There are two primary objections to moving to the chained CPI.
My question is, why have they used moving instead of move after objections to?
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Is this a correct usage of “wait on”? [closed]
I've written the following phrase in a technical document:
... the Task is exposed, so it can be waited on
In this context (.NET development), Task is an object instance, and by "waiting on" it, ...
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Why “go off”, as in “alarm went off”?
I was wondering why does something goes off, when it in fact does the opposite
bomb goes off - it blows up
alarm goes off - it turns on
Why not goes on?
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“Fill out a form” or “fill in a form”
Does one fill out a form or does one fill in a form? I've gotten different answers from the people I've asked.
Google search results:
fill in a form — 14,200,000
fill out a form — ...
