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What does xxi mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The " XXI " in capitals mean 21 in Roman numerals, but I don't think the lower-case letters " xxi " here also refer to 21 It seems that the sentence is well understood if the "xxi" is removed What does the very word mean here? Thank you
Should the verb impact be always followed by on? 1601 P Holland tr Pliny History of the World II xx xxi 73 The seed of this hearbe remooveth the tough humours bedded in the stomacke, how hard impacted soever they be 1677 T Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt IV iv Proem 4 Ideas or notions impacted on the mind Should the verb "impact" be always followed by "on"? No
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The word pussy is often used to mean "coward" This guy is a pussy and I am wondering why How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?
etymology - Darn and d—n, are they connected? - English Language . . . The earliest record of the word is in 1781, in the Pennsylvania Journal of 20th of June -- In New England prophane swearing is so far from polite as to be criminal, and many use substitutions such as darn it, for d—n it obviously, the author saw no connection between damning an item and darning it
Coffee: American English pronunciation The preface to LPD (3rd ed , p xxi) says: There is considerable variability in GenAm vowels in the open back area LPD follows tradition in continuing to distinguish the vowel of lot lɑːt from that of thought θɔːt (Note, though, that books by American scholars generally do not use length marks )
Can someone explain the phrase All is fair in love and war? The concept behind the phrase is that some areas of life are so important and overwhelming that you cannot blame someone for acting in their own best interest For war, this implies that spies, torture, lying, backstabbing, making deals with enemies, selling out allies, bombing civilians, wounding instead of killing, and so on are "fair game" in the sense that by taking these options off of
Adjective that means ‘having agency’ - English Language Usage . . . False Philol 60 To obtain an agential substantive complementing the verb photograph 2003 L K Graham in J N Poling C C Neuger Men's Work in Preventing Violence against Women v xxi 368 Until she sought help Anna was a rather helpless receptor of her husband's agential power used violently to subordinate and control her