- Which is correct - most quiet or quietest? [duplicate]
Short Answer: Quietest sounds better to me, but both are grammatically correct Long Answer: For comparatives and superlatives (-er and -est, respectively) forms of words, always use most for words with words for three or more syllables For words with one syllable, always use -est Two-syllable words can vary, some with only one correct
- When quoting a quotation, how do you handle the double quotes?
This restaurant is amazing with "delicious lasagna" and great service Make sure you go 6-7pm for the quietest times I want to quote "delicious lasagna" but not sure how to handle the outer double quotes If I was quoting more than just that quotation (e g is amazing with "delicious lasagna" and great service) I'd just do:
- Is ‘Not a peep’ an idiom, or just plain statement?
Thirty-two women on a railroad train from Canada to the United States, the other day, had babies A shrewd government detective on board observed that they were the quietest little bundles of juvenile humanity he ever saw, as not a peep was heard from them on the journey This led him to investigate the baby question, which resulted in the
- Where does the slang word bad + ass (badass) come from?
You better make way for me " That may be the way he saw himself I would say he was the mildest, quietest kind of drunk big-ass Earliest cited occurrence in RHHDAS: 1945 (adj ), 1963–1964 (n ) Earliest relevant Google Books match: Thomas Williams, Town Burning (1959) [combined snippets]:
- [S]he has the ears of a . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I would consider "best hearing" to be the animal which can hear the quietest sounds, not the animal which can hear the widest range of frequencies – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 17:19
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