
"More so" or moreso? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年12月2日 · More so strictly means that to a greater degree, and so refers to an adjective or adverb used earlier. E.g.: Gina is studious, and Eleanor is more so. In the sentence above, so …
Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
The word is so offensive here, they couldn't figure out how to even talk about it indirectly, so the incident didn't become public until years later. In an American context, calling Cindy a cunt in …
Why is “bloody” considered offensive in the UK but not in the US?
2022年7月22日 · So to many of them, it's just another blinking, blooming, freaking, flaming, flipping mild "cuss word". Brits, on the other hand, were using it a generation earlier - back in …
What does the line "So long and thanks for all the fish!" mean?
2017年1月16日 · "So long and thanks for all the fish" is the title of the fourth book from the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" tetralogy. Used in a message it is just a humourous way to …
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
2014年8月23日 · In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”. So your perception …
Reservation "under the name", "in the name", or "by the name" of …
For AE (midwest, Calif.), I recognize all three as acceptable, but would tend to use "under". It's what I encounter most frequently, but I'm also imagining the host looking up the reservation …
Origin of doolally [tap] - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年6月1日 · I’ve heard both (though neither more than perhaps a dozen times, so I have no idea which I’ve heard more), and also just ‘tap’ on its own in the same sense. I never gave the …
grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年10月22日 · So it ``sounds" wrong, and I would never use it, but that does not mean it is grammatically incorrect, and in fact, because it is an adjective, it is grammatically/lexically …
Does "chronological order" mean the most recent item comes first?
2020年2月15日 · So it's [ 1997, 1998, 1999 ] and not [ 1999, 1998, 1997 ]. Ordering most recent first as in the example given in the question is called reverse chronological ordering or inverse …
Is there a word for "the day after overmorrow" and "the day before ...
2018年12月16日 · So presumably there is no reason one could not use "fourth", "fifth" or "sixth" morrow. 2b. the third morrow: the next day but one. the next morrow: the day after. Frequently …
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