- expressions - Meaning of to pivot to do something - English Language . . .
I found the use of the verb pivot in a context I can't quite understand: We will now pivot the company's effort to date and focus on becoming a comprehensive provider of What is the meaning o
- punctuation - Should I always use a comma after e. g. or i. e . . .
3 According to Fowler's "Modern English Usage", as quoted in Daily Writing Tips, “whether a comma follows [e g ] or not is indifferent, or rather is decided by the punctuation-pitch of the writer of the passage ” He says nothing of “i e ”, but I go by the same idea A comma signals a slight pause If I speak what I write, would I pause
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This word is Yaghan rather than English, however, it seems applicable to your question: Mamihlapinatapai: "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin " Unfortunately, this word neglects to explicitly incorporate the aspect of frustration that you are asking about Furthermore—unlike French—it is
- Origin of egg on my face - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This clip is from a January 4, 1936 issue of The Spokane Daily Chronicle In this article, two friends gossip about a third friend (Marnie) who came for a visit but rudely rushed off because she had double-booked appointments The article is full of idioms and seems to make a point of including all the latest fashionable slang of the time
- Why “daily” and not “dayly”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
daily (adj ) Old English dæglic (see day) This form is known from compounds: twadæglic “happening once in two days,” þreodæglic “happening once in three days;” the more usual Old English word was dæghwamlic, also dægehwelc Cognate with German täglich
- time - Whats the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily . . .
While writing programs, I need to create a drop down for setting periods, like daily, weekly, monthly, etc Using one year as a time frame This question is driven by lack of a better word I've ha
- recurring events - A word for every two days - English Language . . .
Is there an adjective that means "every two days", i e is to a day as biennial is to a year?
- Is there a word which means having a frequency of decades or per . . .
I have a document with the headings: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and decadely Google Chrome, Google Docs, and Dictionary com insist that "decadely" is not a word Furthermore, deacadely sounds and looks weird to me Is there a word I am unaware of which captures this meaning?
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