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 temporal context would …

Aug 8, 2013 · The bottom line is "it's idiomatic" as mentioned but I can offer the below rationale: 1. The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, …

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 Dictionary online has …

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 the person …

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 you may …

Both are grammatical. There seems to be little difference in meaning, but a detailed corpus search might show that they were used in different contexts. What corpus evidence does show is that in the hope …

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 discovered). Before that, it …

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 context of the …

Mar 23, 2015 · What does “in the name of…” actually mean? Putting all religious contentions aside for the sake of our language, the etymology of name offers a good place to start understanding: Old …