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Bookmark or Share- vocabulary - What we can use "there" or "over there" - English Language ...As this World War I-era song shows, "over there" refers to a long distance. But it does not have to be so far as "over to another country" or "abroad." "Over there" means somewhere out of reach. You need to stand up and move "over there" to get some object that is "over there" from where you are. In other words, "over there" can be "across the ...
- Difference between "how do I get to" and "how can I get to"'Can I' literally means "Am I able to". So if you want to be grammatically correct, do not use can. "Can I do this?" Means: "Am I able to do this?" "Can I get to the station from here?" Means: "Am I able to get there from here?" However, in real, everyday English -- it's the same and there is no difference. –
- grammar - Which tense should be used after "once"? - English Language ...Again, as @StoneyB mentions: get is a much better choice here. The last one is wrong, since you don't say "I reaching my home"; it would be "I am reaching my home." but you don't say "I will update you after I am reaching my home." The correct one is "I will update you once I reach my home." I would rather say "once I arrive home," but I think ...
- Get there or Reach there? Which one is of more proper usage?There is no difference in meaning. Just the former is more idiomatic than the latter as "get there" sounds more natural. To get, to arrive and to reach all could be used with "there", however, to get there is the most idiomatic phrase and to arrive there and to reach there are used far less as indicated in the linked Ngram Viewer.
- "Overcome" Vs "Get over" Vs "Get the better of"Your option c, "get the the better of his life's difficulties" would be understood, but to some speakers will seem awkward. That is because there is an implication that you get the better of a person, not a thing. In your example two, you could chose to use "overcome you" or "get the better of you". You could not say "get over you".
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