Apr 26, 2015 · Being "well-spoken" is what they're after, but they're achieving precisely the opposite by saying "batchers," "electrocution," and "sammer padding." The audience, who knows that the …

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 …

May 1, 2020 · A list is normally understood as something you put things on, although there are also cases where it may be appropriate to talk of what is in a list (possibly if the list is conceived as an …

Aug 30, 2019 · In the next year = at some time in the next 12 months. "I plan to start learning French in the next year." For the next year = for the whole of the year. "Mr Smith was elected chairman for the …

Jul 19, 2017 · I am looking for words to differentiate between different orientations of cross sections. For example, an apple can be cut crosswise: Source: Wikimedia Commons Or lengthwise: Source: …

Apr 13, 2017 · The earliest reference in OED is from 1598, from John Florio's Italian/English dictionary A worlde of wordes: Cacafuoco, a hot violent fellow, a shite-fire. We can say that the term was coined …

Jan 29, 2012 · Is there a difference between "convenient for you" and "convenient to you"? And if it is, could you explain it?

May 16, 2011 · What is the correct word for "dependee"? In other words, what is the word for something that is depended upon? The relationship here is in the context of software engineering

Jan 19, 2011 · I have often heard presenters talking about something centered around another thing, but it seems a bit illogical and hence improper to talk like this. Am I right about this?

Oct 6, 2015 · Where I used to work, we called the people who reported to a manager his/her reports. This word does not have any of the negative connotations words like subordinates or underlings …