Jun 29, 2024 · It's true that many authors use inhomogeneous without also using heterogeneous, but perhaps in those cases using a negative of homogeneous keeps the concept of homogeneity—and …

Aug 6, 2017 · So, according to the Oxford Dictionary (English Dictionary), Nana is defined as one's grandmother, and Nanna redirects to Nana. According to Dictionary.com (American Dictionary), …

Jun 1, 2017 · Is it more correct to say: Your service expired last June 1, 2017 as opposed to Your service expired on June 1, 2017 If yes, why?

Jun 21, 2017 · Semicolons to separate the chapters, as proposed in another answer, is certainly a valid approach. However, I'd like to answer from a different angle - one that comes from my experience …

Sep 20, 2011 · What is this type of word called: Mr., Ms., Dr.? In the document I am using, it is referred to as the "prefix", but I don't think that is correct.

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 …

Apr 10, 2019 · Connie Clare Eble, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and scholar of slang, compiles annual examples of student slang words. The earliest entry for …

Dec 31, 2014 · I suppose it's possible the expression was used (on rare occasions) in the mid-1800s, but I'd have thought that would be largely irrelevant to it being revived/coined by cartoon characters …

Sep 8, 2019 · 'Lookit' as 'Look!' Something fundamentally different in terms of syntax seems to be going on in Frank Clifford, A Romance of Perfume Lands, Search for Capt. Jacob Cole (Boston, 1875): But …

Apr 13, 2015 · The current popular verb for someone who has died is to say they "passed." It sounds incorrect to me -- isn't the proper terminology "passed-away"? I've noticed that people on TV and …