The three quotations given in wiktionary date from 1996, 2003, and 2009, while ngrams shows the incidence of binky near zero in the 1970's and rising steadily since ca. 1995. In web searches, I don't …

Aug 23, 2024 · My daughter just submitted a college app and said her pronouns were "she/they". I told her, in the nicest way that I didn't want to be demeaning, but your …

Nov 16, 2019 · I am writing a scene from Macbeth detailing the battle before the play for my 11th-grade English class, and I decided to write it in Shakespearean for fun. I have been trying to figure out the …

Nov 20, 2012 · Slang is “very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language”. Since thru is the exact …

Oct 13, 2017 · Welcome to ELU! Note that Stack Exchange works differently from discussion forums. If you wish to refute Choster, it's best to do this in the comments under Choster's comment although …

Oct 24, 2011 · Well, there's no doubt that vacation days is a subset of days off, where days off is what is listed in the answer shown. If you broaden the definition of days off, you will still be including vacation …

Oct 18, 2013 · In typical narratives about past events the past simple is the default tense. However, if the speaker wishes to convey the ongoing nature of the past action or state, then the past continuous …

Jan 25, 2011 · Wikipedia capitalizes the X. Wiktionary says that x-ray is the alternative spelling of X-ray, not the other way round. Merriam-Webster capitalizes the noun but not the verb, noting that the verb …

Jun 2, 2012 · I often hear US citizens say something like this: <Some phrases>. Period. What does period mean when it appears in a sentence by itself in this type of situation?

Dec 13, 2014 · "I have already seen that movie" does not necessarily mean you watched it many times on separate occasions. It never has meant this. This is incorrect.