Apr 15, 2017 · If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description. In any event, the impressive rise of "free of" against "free from" over …

Feb 2, 2012 · What is the opposite of free as in "free of charge" (when we speak about prices)? We can add not for negation, but I am looking for a single word.

Aug 16, 2011 · A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect. Should we only say at no cost instead?

Apr 4, 2016 · I don't think there's any difference in meaning, although "free of charges" is much less common than "free of charge". Regarding your second question about context: given that …

I had always understood 'there's no such thing as a free lunch' as a expression to demonstrate the economics concept of opportunity cost - whereby even if the lunch is fully paid for, one …

Mar 3, 2017 · In the context such as "free press", it means libre from censorship, "gluten-free" means libre from gluten and so on. Then there is "free stuff", why is the same word used?

If you are storing documents, however, you should choose either the mediumtext or longtext type. Could you please tell me what free-form data entry is? I know what data entry is per se - when …

My company gives out free promotional items with the company name on it. Is this stuff called company swag or schwag? It seems that both come up as common usages—Google …

May 10, 2019 · 8 "Free" and "on the house" both mean that you don't have to pay, but the inferred meaning is slightly different. If something is "free" it is without charge. For example, you might …

Saying free or available rather than busy may be considered a more "positive" enquiry. It may also simply mean that you expect the person to be busy rather than free, rather than the other way …