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

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 …

23 My company gives out free promotional items with the company name on it. Is this stuff called company swag or schwag? It seems that both come up as common usages—Google …

Sep 16, 2011 · The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking. "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that …

Saying free or available rather than busy may be considered a more "positive" enquiry. It may also simply mean that you expect the person to be busy rather than free, rather than the other way …

May 20, 2022 · 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 …

If there are an odd number of competitors at any stage of a single-elimination tournament, one player is excused from play and continues on as if he had defeated his (nonexistent) …

Aug 5, 2018 · Items given away free, typically for promotional purposes, to people attending an event, using a service, etc. It’s especially common in reference to, e.g., the very nice “swag …

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 …

Jan 20, 2021 · Should you give someone a "free, no-obligation quote" or a "free, no obligation quote"? I'm unable to find concrete examples on any authoritative source either way.