Oct 18, 2012 · Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.

Sep 16, 2011 · The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking. "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that …

Mar 19, 2013 · Ether, or æther, was the mysterious substance once thought to suffuse the universe and be the medium that propagated light (and radio waves once they were …

Jan 24, 2011 · In some cases "the office" means "the place where I work" which could mean a building or a suite in a building. In other cases "the office" refers to a particular room. The …

Dec 19, 2012 · Both, but they are used differently. Being on the train is the most common use. When you travel by train, you usually say that you are on the train. If you want to describe your …

According to Google Ngram viewer, "in the last week of..." is much more common. This fits with my feeling as a native speaker, too: in or during for a range of time like a week, month, or …

Dec 10, 2014 · "At the moment" means right now. For example, "He's asleep at the moment". "In the moment" means with a special focus on the present time. For example, "living in the …

Nov 11, 2013 · The Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms says shoot yourself in the foot inadvertently make a situation worse for yourself; demonstrate gross incompetence The Free …

Apr 14, 2017 · The idiomatic expression to have "skin in the game" means to have incurred monetary risk by being involved in achieving a goal. In the phrase, "skin" is a synecdoche for …

In the last year, last year, in the past year How do such things come into being? We may assume that the beginnings were something like this: When was it? - That was in the last year. Then …