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Bookmark or Share- When back, if I say "Out of office until Thursday"I am always confused when I get an email stating "out of office until Thursday". Is the sender back on Thursday or still out of office (o.o.o.) on Thursday and only back on Friday? Is there a good reference that defines the meaning? Please do not tell me that it would be better to state "back on Thursday", since this does not answer the question.
- What's the difference between "to and fro" and "back and forth"?Back and forth implies movement in a more polarized direction - something that would not be proper having "here and there" replaced with it: Quite unlike to and fro. Here and there, as such, is almost more of a chaotic/wandering bit of movement, drifting aimlessly, as it were.
- What is the correct way to say that the electricity has come back after ...Power is back up More formally, in the news or so; Power has been restored (to the affected areas) In my experience, the word power is used much more often than electricity when referring to the stuff coming out of a (ahem) power socket, even though, strictly speaking, it is a less accurate term.
- Formal replacement for the phrase "ties back to"?The phrase "ties back to" is used frequently, but it feels awkward in a formal paper. I'm seeking a word or phrase which means the same thing, but has a more appropriate sound. An example sentence is: This fact ties back to my initial interest in the subject.
- word choice - "A year ago" versus "a year back" - English Language ...Nice graphs. I just think that the logarithmic scale might not be completely intuitive for everyone: at first sight it seems as though "years back" and "year ago" were both pretty current in academic writing in your first graph; only when one looks closely at the logarithmic scale does one realize that "years back" is much less current.
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