"Differ to", "differ with" or "differ from" - English Language
differ from something to something: The techniques used differ from company to company. to disagree with someone about a subject . differ on/over: Experts differ on the causes of the disease. opinions/views differ: Opinions differ as to the likely winner of the tournament. differ with: Baker also differed with members of Congress over this issue.
Differ by vs Differ in - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Relative to the IIa items, the IIb items differ by one letter, the Ilc items by two letters, and the III items by one letter. - The Psychology of Associative Learning In your case, saying "X differs from Y in having vertebral folds" has the sense that having vertebral folds is the category of interest but doesn't specify the specifics of that ...
A differ from B by/due to/for the presence of C? [closed]
2016年6月4日 · Lions differ from cats in their size. Lions differ from cats in that they are bigger. Lions differ from cats by being bigger. The grammar is rather complicated here ... I wouldn't put a noun after by, but a noun works perfectly well after in. I can also put a clause after in that, and a present participle (with the subject of lions) after by.
word choice - Beg to differ - Why is there a need to beg for differ ...
2011年11月25日 · Wouldn't 'Wish to differ' be better than 'Beg to differ'? A friend of mine asked me why I like to 'beg to differ', instead of 'wish to differ' or 'want to differ'. Any insight on the history of 'Beg to differ'? I know that 'Beg to differ' looks more polite but another friend told me that it is over-polite, so would 'Wish to differ' be a better ...
grammaticality - Does "differ by" even exist? - English Language ...
2015年8月25日 · Differ from something, differ by (an amount, a size), "Their means differ by about $200, or more than 10 percent". – user66974 Commented Aug 25, 2015 at 14:53
What is the origin of the phrase "great minds think alike"?
2015年12月22日 · @phoog Sure, I agree it is a possibility. Of course the longer version being an adaptation of the shorter is also possible. Wikitionary suggests that "fools seldom differ" is usually a comeback of sorts. I.E. One guy says "great minds think alike" and another (probably the other agreeing party) says "more like fools seldom differ." –
What does "had had" mean? How does this differ from "had"?
There's an idiomatic difference between "to have a bad day" and "to be having a bad day". The first (mostly) refers to external events and the second (mostly) to your internal reaction to them (mood, headache, etc.) - but there's no bright-line separation between …
Why does Germany's English name differ from its German name?
2011年1月2日 · Germany did not officially unite as a singular country until 1871.Before that, there were a number of different regions like Bavaria, Prussia, the Hanseatic League, Saxony, and so on.
Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both …
2011年8月17日 · The most common English phrase for this is between a rock and a hard place.It means: In difficulty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options.
What is a trope, and how does it differ from a metaphor?
2012年12月18日 · @Pacerier : I'm not impressed by the page you link to. I suppose I can't complain about the fact that their first "defining" example of a trope is Chicago's worker bees buzz around the streets - but per my answer above, that's an outdated sense that doesn't reflect the usage which has become wildly popular since the Internet.