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It is correct English usage to say "he went off on a tangent".
The things were put in the correct place. The things were put in the correct places. The things went automatically to their correct place.
In 1761, Joseph Lambert proved that pi was irrational by basically proving that the tangent of some number x could be expressed as a particular continued fraction as a function of x. He then went on to show that if x was rational, the continued fraction must be irrational, and since the tangent of pi/4 was 1 (i.e. rational), then pi/4 and thus pi itself must not be rational.
Roman numerals gradually went out of general usage in the Middle Ages which was when the Hindu-Arabic numeral system was beginning to be used more often than the Roman numeral system.
The word precede is used in the English language as a way to say 'to be earlier than' or 'to go or come before'. An example of the use of this word would be if someone were to say 'He went into the room before her'. Using the word precede a person could instead say ' He preceded her into the room.'
It can be an adverb: "He ran along beside me." It can also be a preposition: "Somewhere along the way I lost my hat. " It depends on the usage, and the definition can be nuanced. It is an adverb in the sentence "I went along with him" and a preposition in the sentence "The chairs are along the fence."
It is correct English to say "He went off on a tangent".
The correct grammar usage here would be: He and I went to the movies last night.
She went off in a TANGENT when she passed by a department store window.
yes it is correct..i felt/got/went nostalgic when so and so thing happened...
The correct English is "You went to visit him." "You went to visit with him." is not actually incorrect, if what is meant is that you and he went visiting together. (The emphasis is on the fact that he went as well.) However, that is just not such a common thing to say.
It is grammatically correct idiomatic English. It is a nice simple statement involving metaphor without being overly overt. It is correct English. There may also be a tad of "double entendre" in the sense that "tear" can mean "as in to tear out with some speed" or "to have a tear in one's eye." The English is just fine and the meaning just interesting enough to secure a reader's interest. Context is everything, especially with homonyms. Caveat: I am a mathematics professor and only practice English as a second language.
Your phrase is not good English - 'I went to school or I was at school or I have been to school' would be better
The things were put in the correct place. The things were put in the correct places. The things went automatically to their correct place.
The teacher explained the directions for part one but then he went off a tangent and we never got the directions for part two.
No, it is not correct to say "i and Liza went to the park." In English, when referring to yourself and another person, the correct order is to put the other person before yourself. So, it should be "Liza and I went to the park."
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Tangent can mean: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point. Today in maths we studied tangents. Or tangent can mean: a completely different line of thought or action. The discussion went off at a tangent and we never resolved the problem.