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Meaning of true north - English Language Usage Stack Exchange True north differs from magnetic north, which varies from place to place and over time due to local magnetic anomalies A magnetic compass almost never shows true north In fact over millions of years, magnetic north wanders considerable and occasionally reverses so that the magnetic north pole has been near the geographic south pole at some
Word or Phrase for someone who pushes others to their full potential . . . We are forever in your debt Your capacity to galvanize our hunger for knowledge is unparalleled and should we ever feel our endeavors have lead us astray, we need only reorientate ourselves back to true north, to you Professor X: our compass rose
meaning - When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language . . . [Relevant examples:] North Atlantic States [as an official U S census designation], New York State Lowercase: state {used in a general sense and when it does not follow a proper name: state of New York, state of Oklahoma} and coast {when the meaning is the shoreline rather than the region: Pacific coast, Atlantic coast}
How do you form the north and south versions of occident and . . . Oh, yes, and this still goes on: even nowadays, if you want to find the North at night you look for the Polaris (the tail end of the Ursa Minor), and you know that at noon the shadow points to the South, along your meridian—not everywhere, though, because we now have time zones, and your zone time may differ by an hour from your astronomic time, which causes a 30° deviation (360° 12)
Why are the United States often referred to as America? While it's true that there are plenty of countries which have a federal structure like the USA, a key difference is that most don't use the words "united states" in their official name Hence there is little ambiguity in using that term to refer to the USA (though as mentioned in the question, you could in theory be referring to Mexico)
differences - True vs. right vs. correct - English Language . . . True (adj) = accurate or exact Right (adj) = true or correct as a fact Correct (adj)= free from error; in accordance with fact or truth and I'm writing about allegations made against a politician I'm considering saying: The allegations made against [politician] were true (or correct or right) I would like to know:
Why do North Americans pronounce caramel as carmel? The word caramel can acceptably be pronounced in several accepted ways, including KARR-uh-mel, KARR-uh-muhl, and, in North American English, KAR-muhl The disappearance of that second syllable -uh- in the final pronunciation seems to have been in the works for a long time The word has been in English since the 18th century, which it came via
true for vs true of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange e g : It may simply be true of the journalists who feel strongly enough to express an opinion Another website adds an angle to it which deserves more attention True of and true for don't mean the same thing True of = "characteristic of," while true for = "applies to" or "is relevant to " Examples: Judaism has certain dietary restrictions
Indian comes from Italian Spanish gente in dios (God-like people . . . A Hathi Trust search of the bilingual (Spanish English) edition of the Cecil Jane translation of The Four Voyages of Columbus: A Documentary History reports 90 instances of the word gente and 50 instances of the word Dios, but 0 instances of the phrase gente in Dios
Where does this proverb come from? “If you want to go fast, go alone . . . All joking aside, an NPR investigation found that, while the phrase "does hold true to the spirit of some African cultures," there is no clear evidence of an African origin The Andrew Whitby article linked in the comments introduces some evidence of similar proverbs in African cultures, but the evidence seems weak