Category: Usage

“Audience” or “spectators”?

In their literal senses: An audience listens Spectators watch That’s because “Audience” comes from the Latin verb: “audire”, meaning to hear “Spectator” comes from the Latin verb “spectare”, meaning to watch In normal use:...

“A lot of” of “lots of”?

“A lot of” and “lots of” are interchangeable Both mean “a large number of” or “a large amount of” Both expressions can be used with countable and uncountable nouns Some people say that both...

“In the beginning” or “at the beginning”?

There seems to be no strict rule “At the beginning” is often used to refer to the actual point when something starts. In this case it is usually used with “of”. For example: “At...