- Lighter vs. brighter - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm trying to find information about the grammatical correctness of interchanging lighter and brighter in the sense of: I turned on the lamp and the room became lighter I turned on the lamp
- Word that means the opposite of what you would expect
This word might be used to express the surprise that a teenager's grandmother uses text messaging much more than he does, or that a city seems brighter at night than it does during the day I'm not seeking the word ironic or irony which refer to the use of something to describe its opposite experience or emotion
- Which is higher — hyper-, ultra- or super-?
According to OED, hyper-: over, beyond, over much, above measure ultra-: beyond super-: over, above, higher than They all have the meaning "higher than", but what is the order of them
- Abbreviation “n. d. ” in citation? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I’ve just come across “n d ” used as an abbreviation, as a bibliographic reference in an academic essay, along the lines of: Smith (n d ) discusses the subaquaeous pliability of rattan fibres… Is
- meaning - I would want to vs. I would like to - English Language . . .
What is your exact context? For most purposes you should probably stick to saying what you would like to do But, consider I will come to your party tonight, but I probably won't stay long If John isn't there to drive us back, I would want to leave before midnight to catch the last bus I find want better than like there, because idiomatically speaking I would like [to do X] has become so
- pejorative language - Word for someone seeming deep and intelligent . . .
What is the word for someone trying to seem be deep and intelligent, but really they are shallow, and not at all being insightful Pedant is about rules, so that is disqualified, the closest I could
- Why does “Whip smart” come to mean “Very smart”?
In my opinion, the idiom, a simile, can either refer to the quickness of the action of cracking a whip, the stings or the smarts caused by the cracking of a whip or the result of flaggelating little school boys through their schooling years to bring out the brighter side of their minds
- When are you fascinated with something, and when are you fascinated . . .
Am I fascinated with consumer technology or fascinated by it? What about a book, an object, or a philosophical idea?
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