Jul 18, 2011 · Examples would be: ‘The English language is in common use around the world’ , ‘I put my keyboard to good use’. For the noun ‘ usage ’ the basic dictionary definition can look …

May 30, 2015 · The use of "in" sounds a little odd to my ear unless you say "Municipal service sectors". Now considering the size of Bahrain, all these distinctions might be rather moot.

Oct 27, 2015 · I am trying to find out if this question is correct. Did Wang Bo used to be awkward? Should I write "use to be" instead of "used to be," or is "used to be" correct in this sentence?

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My question involves the usage of "that is." I would like to use this construction in such a way that it will provide further qualification to the previous passage or sentence. An example might be

Dec 26, 2012 · Are there rules of usage when using the ampersand "&" instead of "and"? Are they completely interchangeable? The ampersand seems more casual, but I'm not sure.

Apr 6, 2015 · Or the use of this when it is in relationship to "my" and of "that" when it is in relationship to "your". But in a lot of cases there is no distinction between two things at …

Apr 27, 2014 · I am unsure if I can use this two forms interchangeably (simplified sentences): We did that, hence using the object is the only way. We did that, hence the use of the object is the …

EDIT: To strictly answer the question, you should use A and B when you explicitly mean both A and B, and you should use A and/or B when you mean A or B (or both).

I suspect you solve problems (generically) by appropriate use of available tools. When you solve a specific problem, you do so by a particular use of those tools. When your attempt to solve a …