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Bookmark or Share- several hundred/hundreds of students - WordReference ForumsGranada. England- English. May 13, 2010. #10. If you had a group that was officially denominated as a "Hundred" then you could say that there were several Hundreds of students, but "hundred" as a number doesn't carry an "s" after several. Neither does "dozen" or "thousand" "score" "million" etc.
- be committed to doing / to do something - WordReference ForumsNicholas Basily said: We normally say "sb is committed to sth" (e.g. she is committed to her family) where sth may be a gerund (e.g. she is committed to looking after her family). However, I have come across, much less frequently, "be (jointly) committed to do sth" or "have a commitment to do sth". "sb is committed to sth" = "be committed to do ...
- They are my father, my mother, my sister and I/me.These still leave the question of what case form is required in "There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister and I/me." The works I cite do not address the issue, as they deal with "It's I" and other short sentences which are almost spoken. My own opinion is that "and me" is acceptable in standard usage except ...
- if you have not done so yet...or already? - WordReference ForumsLondon. English - British. Feb 2, 2012. #5. Please send your documents if you have not yet done so. With this word order, the sentence is equally good. The only difference is that 'yet' looks forward, and 'already' looks back. In the present case, that does not change the meaning. F.
- "Check on you" vs "Check up on you" - WordReference ForumsEnglish USA. Dec 20, 2015. #2. I agree that "check up on you" in many contexts can mean "investigate." On the other hand, between people who are familiar with it and are mutually friendly it would be okay. "Check on you" without "up" sounds odd to me, but won't say it's wrong. I might say "I just wanted to see if you are okay/see how you are ...
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