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Check here and then see if this reference recognises 'on the works' as an idiom. Of course, you'll find plenty of examples of 'on the works' on a Google search, mostly non-germane ones such as 'An essay on the works of Byron'; 'Don't rely on the works of the flesh'.
Nov 14, 2014 · How about "works"?! The mix of "their" and "its" is very confusing. You could avoid the problem by rewording and rearranging the sentence altogether: Multiple citations of my papers in just a short time after their publication attest to the quality of my work. But that doesn't really answer your interesting question.
Nov 17, 2010 · Fine is an adjective, not an adverb. It should say something like: "This works well." Merriam-Webster, AHD, Collins, and Wiktionary all beg to differ by having an entry for fine as an adverb. BNC has 5 cites for "works fine", and Google returns almost 13 million hits.
Dec 30, 2020 · 1. The expression is from AmE slang: From American Heritage Dictionary: the works. Everything, the full range of possibilities, as in He ordered a pizza with the works, or All right, tell me, give me the works on it. This usage derives from works in the sense of "a complete set of parts for a machine or mechanism." [Colloquial; late 1800s]
Mar 7, 2017 · 1) We can conduct electric equipment works and mechanical equipment works in your factories. 2) We can conduct electric equipment work and mechanical equipment work in your factories. Thank you. "works" are things you have made, and is mostly archaic: "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" @nohat I think there are at least two usages of ...
To summarise, 'at' is a more general, vague term, whereas 'in' usually refers to a specific location. In some cases "the office" means "the place where I work" which could mean a building or a suite in a building. In other cases "the office" refers to a particular room. The context of the answer depends on the context of the question.
Jan 13, 2011 · A student studies or a teacher works AT a university while a person not directly involved with studying or teaching for which a university exists, like a carpenter or a painter, works IN a university. At the same time you should use at when the name of the university is mentioned: Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to study at University Oxford.
399 3 9. Interesting question. I just googled the two phrases too. 20% use "Something that work", 80% use "Something that works". – b.roth. Sep 4, 2010 at 21:03. That's an interesting question. "Something that works" sounds correct, but as a native italian speaker I would never use the indicative present in such a case, but rather a ...
Jul 30, 2011 · If you are working as an employee at an organization, when you tell about it to others which usage would be more appropriate? I work for company. I work at company. Or are both usages c...
Jan 25, 2012 · answered Jan 25, 2012 at 7:25. 41k 3 79 115. +1 Works tend to refer to an individuals works, whereas work to a subject area. Jan 25, 2012 at 9:10. I've never seen this section named "Related Works" in a paper, ever. But maybe this is depends on the field of the paper. Jan 26, 2012 at 0:34. @bitmask Precisely; are "something produced by a writer ...
