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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
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? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Differences between propensity, predilection and proclivity They're essentially synonymous: Proclivity is 'leaning to', propensity is 'nearness to' and predilection is 'preference for' Worry about something more significant like the misuse of the words irony and disinterest or the mispronunciation of the the words route and forte
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
Is there a collective term to describe coffee and tea? Not really, there isn't Caffeinated drinks or beverages might be more accurate, but that could include energy drinks, pre-workout supplements, a lot of other hot drinks that might contain coffee such as Mochas, etc It also becomes a problem when you introduce decaf cofffee or decaf tea
Why does one half have no hyphen, but two-thirds does? I often see the fraction ⅔ written with a hyphen, but I never see ½ written with one Is it correct to have the hyphen in two-thirds, and if so why don't we write one-half?