Use the adverb formerly to describe something that happened earlier. A history teacher might explain that the city of Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople. ….
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This idiom is most often used to say that one thing has the same effect, or the same result, as something else. No matter how ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of flamingo is flamingos or rarely flamingoes. The definition of flamingo: any of several large aquatic birds (family ….
In the phrase, “our first year anniversary” or “our one year anniversary” the use of the word “year” is redundant because it creates a tautology. ….
Without the d, the phrase “first-come first-serve” suggests that the first individual who arrives will be the one who will then serve everyone who follows, ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of fish is fish or less commonly fishes. fish: an aquatic animal The singular of fish is fish. ….
As an English noun, these originally French words kept those two gender specific forms; thus, the masculine form fiancé is used to describe a man ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of fetus is fetuses or rarely feti. The definition of fetus: an unborn developing human child The singular ….
No matter how weak and feeble you look curled up in a ball, the proper idiomatic reference here is to a fetus, which sits curled ….
Farther refers to physical distance, while further describes the degree or extent of an action or situation. “I can’t run any farther,” but “I have ….