word usage - Is it 'rerun' or 're-run'? - English Language & Usage ...
10 As seen in the Oxford Dictionary of English, the correct spelling is rerun: rerun verb /riːˈrʌn/ (reruns, rerunning; past reran; past participle rerun) [with obj.] show, stage, or perform again: she can stop …
tenses - Using "have ran" or "have run" - English Language & Usage ...
May 22, 2017 · Not really addressed in the dictionary. I see "have to run", but not have run or have ran. I lean towards the former as correct, but asked here to get other thoughts.
Should the prefix "re" be added to a word with or without a hyphen?
Dec 31, 2010 · There are two tests for deciding: First, which way do most of your colleagues do it, reparameterized or re-parameterized? Generally, it's standard operating procedure (SOP) to imitate …
history - Rules for Irregular Simple Past - English Language & Usage ...
Aug 31, 2025 · Regular verbs form the simple past by appending -ed to the stem of the verb. For irregular verbs, the general advice to language learners is that there are no rules, and it is best to …
Word for a software bug that occurs again after having fixed it?
Sep 12, 2014 · What's the word for a software bug that reoccurs after being fixed? I'm embarking on some test-driven development (TDD) for a project, and I want to use the right term but have forgotten …
grammaticality - Origin and correctness of “ain’t no”? - English ...
Leaving aside ain't, which is a different issue, the phenomenon called "double negation" is not so simple as it may seem. Most of the languages of the world use multiple negatives to emphasize the …
etymology - What is the origin of being "in the pudding club ...
May 16, 2011 · I'm watching a rerun of a British sitcom, "Are You Being Served," (originally aired in May 1976) in which the phrase was used; the character who used it, and the two who understood it, are …
What is the difference between "up in here" and "in here"? And what ...
Oct 8, 2015 · Roger 'Buddha' Sack: Ladies and gentlemen, this kid's gonna be the white Rerun! We got the white Rerun up in here! From Pam Grier's character Jackie Brown, in Quentin Tarantino's film …
You think you're right but you're actually wrong
What's a word for when someone is wrong, and they know they're wrong, but they insist that they are right? EDIT: If someone does something and you know they did it, and they know they did it, but ...
verbs - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 22, 2015 · There is an interesting article which quotes the examples in Shakespeare, and explains why things have changed since then and: As the modal system developed, the association of can …