Dec 6, 2018 · A cognate accusative/object is a figure of speech in which the verb and object are etymologically related: He slept a troubled sleep. Dance a dance. Die a peaceful death. So there …

Nov 15, 2015 · @SvenYargs: From 1845 to 1883 "BB" meant Brigitte Bardot. It was changed to mean ball bearing in 1883.

Feb 25, 2012 · What is the correct usage of phrase "you don't know what you don't know"? Can it be used in formal conversation/writing?

As Henry Higgins observed in Pygmallion, the best grammarians are often those who learned English in school as immigrants. My parents, who were first-generation Americans in the early 20th century, …

Jun 15, 2016 · american-english These company names are collective nouns. In general, in American English collective nouns almost always trigger singular verb agreement (after all, "Microsoft" is …

I saw emails from English people with Many Thanks as a signing off phrase. Is that proper usage? Or is it a phrase created by continental English speakers due to the influence of their native langu...

Apr 15, 2017 · I checked Garner's Modern American Usage; although BG doesn't address free of vs. free from, he writes that the distinction between freedom of and freedom from is that the former …

Jul 21, 2018 · Yes, but Lucy isn’t intensified by myself. This isn’t like splitting an infinitive or ending a sentence with a preposition. People do speak this way, but people make grammatical mistakes and …

May 27, 2012 · What's the feminine version of womanizer? Your title and question are a bit contradictory. Reading the title, I inferred that the question was a man womanizes a female so what …

Jan 28, 2024 · The corollary to the point KillingTime has made: In case of is the wording you see on small signs in buildings: In case of fire, break glass or "in case of emergency phone 911". It's …