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- History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the phrase So, after a while I started to return "Have a good day" with "Have A Good One" meaning have a good whatever got you off
- Why is it the day is young, not still early? What is the history of . . .
3 "The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early" To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, such as a month or year
- history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today" When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two
- Comma or no comma before every day used in this sentence?
In the following sentence, would it be correct to use a comma to before every day? We find loans for people with bad credit or no history of borrowing, every day
- Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix?
The words story and history share much of their lineage, and in previous eras, the overlap between them was much messier than it is today “That working out of distinction,” says Durkin, “has taken centuries and centuries ”
- etymology - Whats the origin of all the livelong day? - English . . .
The expression "all the livelong day" can be found as early as 1579, when it appeared in Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives, in the chapter on the "Life of Romulus" (you can find this in any Early English Books Online database): These poore maydes toyled at it all the liue longe daye
- Whats the origin of the idiom dont give it the time of day?
I Googled the phrase "time of day idiom" because I was particularly interested in the origin etymology of the "time of day" part I readily found the meaning (which I already knew), but was stymied as to its origin (which is what I wanted) Thus, I ask: what is the origin etymology of the idiom?
- What are the origins of the phrase field day as used to refer to . . .
A Field Day is a result of the ROE for a training schedule Each military organization MUST post a training schedule for the month which is adjusted weekly The days needed to train not in Garrison but in the field were pre-scheduled as a simple place on the training schedule for the month for scheduling purposes The week prior would be adjusted identifying the actual event (23 07 2016 Firing
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