Nov 10, 2011 · "Keep silent" means "Remain silent" "Keep silence" means "Maintain silence" The exact difference is that the first uses the adjective (from "silence") and the second the noun. There are no other exact differences without a context. PS: If a football goalkeeper was putting his team off by making too much noise, he could be asked to "keep silently".

Nov 10, 2011 · However, they have changed since 275AD, when the hymn 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence' was translated from the Greek and is still sung in Christian churches today. Avoid 'keep silence', english4everyone.

Apr 12, 2017 · At certain mainstream American movie theaters, one commonly hears the following before the movie begins: "[Company Name] asks you to please be quiet and courteous to others and silence your cell phones now." I can't hear "silence your cell phones" without being reminded of it. I wonder why we don't use "mute." We mute TVs.

Jul 14, 2013 · Is the sentence "Please do not make[STRIKE] noises [/STRIKE] noise and keep silent. [STRIKE] /silence [/STRIKE]." ambiguous? Perhaps redundant but not ambiguous. Is that sentence meaning "Please keep silent/silence and do not make noises." or "Please do not make noises and do not keep silent/silence."? See above. Thanks a lot!

Apr 18, 2016 · Yes, I thought about that on Saturday. It was a Quaker service, too, with long periods of silence. Nobody's phone interrupted it though. I remembered more details. The host pulled a smartphone from his jacket pocket and said "If you have one of these, please do as I'm doing now and put it on vibrate or shut it off."

What does the idiom 'At Arm's Length' mean? With a clear, concise definition and usage examples, discover this idiom's meaning and usage in the English language.

You keep on getting mould in your bathroom Water keeps on leaking from your fridge About once a month, the local sewage pipes get blocked and sewage floods your garden. The local council have reduced the number of rubbish collection days to once a week, so it smells before it is collected. You want to be as green as you can.

Dec 11, 2024 · Some odd questions that need a lot of thought before they can be answered so might produce silence, hard to answer with no knowledge* Common IELTS topic so hopefully candidates have some useful science vocabulary. 2019. 14/ …

Dec 12, 2004 · The latter means to keep quiet (peace = quiet). It would be physically impossible for someone to both speak and keep quiet at the same time, therefore "say your peace" couldn't happen. M

Jul 12, 2024 · Some people also use “I’ll let you get on”, “I won’t keep you any longer” and variations like “I’ll let you get back to work” as reasons for ending the call, but they are clearly insincere and obviously mean “Please let me get back to work”. I therefore think making up a fake reason is almost always better.