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pronunciation - Is forte pronounced fort or for-tay? - English . . . As reported by the NOAD, the pronunciation is |ˈfɔrˌteɪ| or |fɔrt|, whenever forte means a thing at which someone excels, or loud loudly In the first case, the origin of the word is from a French word fort (masculine), or forte (feminine), from Latin fortis; in the second case the origin is the Italian word forte, from the Latin fortis
Whats the origin and first meanings of the term grand piano? There were also 'four small frames for little Forte Pianos' as well as 'two small Piano Forte cases' 23 Backers can be seen as the founder of the English tradition of making grand pianos His designs were adopted by two important and prolific makers, first Robert Stodart and then, starting in 1785, John Broadwood
Where does the phrase hold down the fort come from? Using the google on books finds a "down" usage from 1951 It took Wilson Follett and Jacques Barzun fifteen years to contemne this phrase in their *Modern American Usage: A Guide" in 1966, saying "Many unschooled in the lore of battle hold an odd idea of forts
Whats the difference between to and fro and back and forth? I'll give you an example from "The Mask of The Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe: "Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang;" How does that differ from: "Its pendulum swun
What is the meaning of the phrase for my sins? For my sins is a self-deprecatory idiom But the Op's example is a radical use of the expression It would be more typical to say 'For my sins I got two parking tickets in a week'
Double negation: not, neither - nor in a sentence The last sentence is OK; the other two are overnegated The not in the first clause scopes the second one too, so you don't need to repeat the negative in it