2006年11月30日 · Hello, friends! Could anybody tell me which preposition to use in the sentance provided? "The autoantibodies are directed against proteins specific of/ to the thyroid cell: the microsomal antigen, thyroglobuline and TSH receptor. " Thank you in advance! Inara

2005年11月29日 · Hello, "Specific" sounds like it starts with an "e" ... but only to native Spanish-speaking audiences. The correct is "a specific."

2011年7月21日 · 'Specific' is the opposite of the 'big picture': it's going in to the smaller picture, the details. Some more general statement was first made, and now the writer is going to mention some specific details, or make their claim more precise.

2019年4月11日 · The ways of argument are context-specific and while there are surely some general things to be said about argument, and an entire intellectual tradition called rhetoric dedicated to saying them, in the end the study of argument will be a study of the various contexts in which one encounters argument in its various forms.

2015年1月22日 · Hi. What's the difference between specific to and specific for?

2010年9月15日 · I'm resurrecting this post, because I need a slang word, or at least a casual word for a one-legged man. The book I'm translating mentions this character nicknamed "Patte Coupée", but "cut paw" doesn't work, of course.

2016年7月31日 · Having said that, I think "specific" gives more power to the specifier of the instructions. So bosses and teachers like it more. "Detailed" just mean a lot of details. It's more friendly. That's my impression. "The handout gives detailed instructions on how to complete this part of the job" my coworker said. It helps you.

2007年4月23日 · That's ambiguous for me between specific and non-specific, but I think there are languages that distinguish between the two -- I want to say Spanish, but I'm not sure. Although you can also say Alijsh's original example of "The tiger is a dangerous animal" is (borderline) ambiguous between generic and non-generic too.

2008年1月8日 · an specific problem or a specific problem Many thanks . J. jessthegem Member. Dallas, TX.

2022年3月12日 · Thank you very much indeed, all of you, for helping me. Nevertheless I have problems with that sentence. As a non-native speaker, at first sight I feel tempted to take as to mean because in We shall discuss the problem as it relates to …