Am I right that we use the same wording to ask a question and to to state something (not a question), when we use "how"?     How to write a program in Pascal?       I know how to write a program in Pascal.
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Can I use “How to” instead of “How do I” when I ask a question? And will it be grammatical?  I often notice some English learners use “How to” when they ask a question.
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I proposed a programming puzzle, where the question is to generate gramatically correct sentence with the shortest program (see: [).  One suggested solution was "Hello, World!", this is an standard output at a special language where no code is written.   My question is: Can "Hello, World!" be rated as a correct English sentence? My feeling is, that it is not, because there is no verb in it. But since I'm not clear what is the correct definition of a sentence, I want to raise the question to the linguistic experts here.  Edit:  Based on the feedback I got here, there are several different possiblities on how to define a sentence. This was a bit of a suprise to me. Since the answer to this question seems to be opinion based. I suggest to close this question.
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Intuitively, it would seems that a compiler for language Foo cannot itself be written in Foo. More specifically, the first compiler for language Foo cannot be written in Foo, but any subsequent compiler could be written for Foo.  But is this actually true? I have some very vague recollection of reading about a language whose first compiler was written in "itself". Is this possible, and if so how?
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Is it really wrong to say "How do we call something in English?" instead of "What do we call something in English?"? The former's not unusual in Philippine English at all (probably it's because of the influence of Spanish, which was the national language for almost 400 years). Indeed, it's quite interesting that in many European languages, they tend to say "how". Anyone who can explain this? Thanks a lot.
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Are there rules of usage when using the ampersand "&amp;" instead of "and"?  Are they completely interchangeable?   The ampersand seems more casual, but I'm not sure.
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There are many answered questions that address the usage of "which" and "what" on this site&mdash;many of them marked as duplicates&mdash;and there is even a specific tag for this topic. But I could not find any answer for the following question:  Should I use "which" or "what" or something else if I want to express     A does B which/what causes C.   Therein, "which/what" (the "which" or the "what") should not refer to B but to the act of A doing B (i.e. the predicate of the main clause).  For example see these alternatives:     Bob writes on the blackboard which causes a screeching noise.   Bob writes on the blackboard what causes a screeching noise.   Please note: The noise is caused by the writing not by the blackboard.  Side question: Would the use of a comma be appropriate here?  There is a closely related question, "", that aims on "which" versus "that" as the alternatives and is answered in favor of "which". But maybe "what" would be the better choice here.
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I can use computers. I know how to use a computer.   Why?  And what about the followings. Which of these is the natural sentence to say?   He can teach how to use a computer. He can teach how to use computers.
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It would be similar to trying to be extremely careful or precise.   In French it would be "application", For example: "Qui est fait avec application".   Example usage:      John worked with ________. or ...it was done with _______.
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When should I use do, and when should I use make?     I made supper.        I'm doing my homework now.        He made it easier.   Is it true that make implies creation?
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I am not a native English speaker/writer, but I am working on a technical thesis written in English. To me, for some unknown reason, it feels natural to write the following:     However, the simplicity of the theory implies that it is not possible in reality, lest someone would surely have already done it.   Googling for the definition of lest seems to imply that this is not a correct usage.  So, can I use lest like I do, and if not, do any of you also feel there is any merit to my spontaneous feeling that it actually is ok to use it here? The first answer of  post () seems to support my case, but i am not sure.
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I often encounter a problem when writing sentences in mathematical contexts, where one "does something" in order to "obtain something." These sentences typically have the form "using X, one can do Y," where generally X is a mathematical rule or function, and Y is its result. I never know if I should put "by" before the present participle. I have this problem mainly with the verb "using," but this is not the only verb that gives me trouble.  Here are some examples:    (by) using Theorem 2, one can prove that... We obtain the result (by) expanding the function ... (by) differentiating w.r.t. the 2nd variable, we obtain ... (by) taking the integer part of F, one can compute...
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What is the difference between "anyone" and "everyone" in the following context?  For example,     Anyone is welcome to do such and such.   and     Everyone is welcome to do such and such.   mean exactly the same thing to me. But since I am not a native speaker, I guess there might be some subtle differences. Can anyone explain?
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What I write should mean the following: "There is this blog, but I don't remember its name."   So I thought I have to write it this way to achieve the meaning in a short way: "This blog."   But is this correct? Does is mean what I want to say? Because I've learned at school that "this" points to something specific. But I that's not what I want to achieve.   Sorry if the question is unclear. But I have no idea how to explain it differently.
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When should whilst be used instead of while?  For example, should I use the first or the second sentence?      They don't do this whilst they do that.   They don't do this while they do that.   Which would be correct?
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I've seen both the blocks of code in use several different times, personally I have always used the first but my question is: is there a functional difference, and if there is what is it?  while (condition is true ) {     // do something }  do {     // do something } while ( condition is true);   I will be applying this to PHP but I assume this is fairly language agnostic.
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When verbally talking about methods, I'm never sure whether to use the word argument or parameter or something else. Either way the other people know what I mean, but what's correct, and what's the history of the terms?  I'm a C# programmer, but I also wonder whether people use different terms in different languages.  For the record I'm self-taught without a background in Computer Science. (Please don't tell me to read  because I'm asking this for the benefit of other people who don't already have a copy of 's marvellous book.)  Summary  The general consensus seems to be that it's OK to use these terms interchangeably in a team environment. Except perhaps when you're defining the precise terminology; then you can also use "formal argument/parameter" and "actual argument/parameter" to disambiguate.
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I never really gave a deep thought at this but recently a teacher of talked about language and there was an implicit question in it. something like  there is a difference between "rather than" and "instead of" in usage. do you know it??  please help and explain with a few examples.