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- When traveling abroad, are you oversea or overseas?
However, Merriam Webster also lists oversea, mainly British usage, as having the same meaning as overseas Acoording to them oversea was used first, in the 12th century, compared to overseas, in 1533 Nowadays, without offence to the Brits, you hardly hear oversea used The nearest synonym to overseas is abroad I will be abroad next week
- Overseas vs. abroad - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
overseas indicates big deal exotic, abroad is more ordinary For example US is seen as overseas from India, but possibly abroad from say UK The perception could also change over time China was overseas for US some time back, but now it is merely abroad But Cambodia Vietnam etc, which are all right next to China could be seen as overseas from US
- phrases - Why is from overseas grammatical? - English Language . . .
"Overseas" is just another word in that list This particular type of word is used to denote location and, as such, tends to get smushed in whenever we need to refer to a location It would be an interesting question to compare historical usage of these words in order to determine whether they slowly become accepted as nouns over time
- Equivalent word for overseas for a non-island country?
Overseas investors brought $1bn into the country last year Instead of buying clothes produced overseas, consider supporting local producers The question is - what word is used here when the foreign country isn't 'overseas' per se, for example, Germany talking about France
- word choice - Foreign students vs International students - English . . .
An etymological doubt has hit me To my surprise, the "writing enhancement software," Grammarly flagged the phrase "foreign students" and suggested "International students" in its place The reason
- word choice - Have been through or have gone through? - English . . .
The final edited version would read: 'I have memories of trips overseas ' 'Trips overseas' is better than having memories of' overseas trips' since it highlights 'trips' rather than emphasizing the particular type of trip This edited version may seem bland in content, but no worse than the original
- “based in” vs “based out of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
They're mostly the same "Based out of" often suggests that the subject maintains a headquarters or home office in the given location, but spends a majority or other significant amount of time working in other locations; "based in" suggests that the subject works in the given location most of the time
- When to use has lived vs. lived vs. had lived
Jim has lived there Jim lived there Jim had lived there Are there any differences? When do I use one or the other? I'm trying to teach this to a foreign person and am having a hard time
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