- What does coll mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
@Juhasz I think you're right, I also think that the book is saying that "ano" is the more formal term of assent and can be translated as "yes" but that "jo" is the informal or colloquial term of assent and can be translated as "yeah"
- Calm, cool and collective vs calm, cool and collected
What is the difference between calm, cool and collective and calm, cool and collected? What is the meaning of collective or collected when used in this way?
- conjunctions - All but idiom has two meanings? - English Language . . .
It seems that I'm late to the party, but can you elaborate on how to distinguish between the two meanings Here's an excerpt from the NYT: "In September, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, leaving the island devastated and all but destroying its power g
- Call on or call at or something else? Which is appropriate?
On is the only acceptable preposition here; "call me at my cell" (or in, to, with, etc ) is wrong However, if you are specifying the number, you can use at: You can reach me at (555) 555-5555
- prepositions - In a call versus on a call - English Language . . .
"Call" can be a verb, noun, or adjective Therefore you can say both, depending on what you mean "Game" is one good example, if you're playing and someone called you, you can say, "I'm in a game" you could also say, "I'm on a game" It depends on the situation and what game are you playing
- Where did the slang usages of cool come from?
I see and hear two general slang usages of cool - one meaning great (illustrated by a and b below), and one meaning acceptable okay (illustrated by c and d) The following are Dictionary com's four (
- What is the origin of giving [it] the old college try?
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- What is the difference between aged and age?
Looking around on Google Scholar, they're practically interchangeable For example, searching "aged * or older" vs "age * or older" delivers, respectively, 76,100 vs 79,100 results from academic papers
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