Reply To: English tips.

Well, time for a tip.

Lots of us (large quantity, not parcel of real estate) use “by” in a way that is unique to former Yiddish speakers and their descendents. “I’m staying by my cousin on Shabbos when I go to Waterbury,” we might say, to indicate that “I” will be staying at his/her cousin’s house on Shabbos.

And a few comments up, Joseph, in explaining when a girl becomes a woman, said “By Jews at age 12 …. ” A better answer, i.e., in a better form of English, the answer would be, “According to Jews …” or, even better, “According to the Torah ….”