Here’s another idiom that makes no sense if you just stop and think about the meaning of the words. You can’t say something is worse ….
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BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) “Energy” as power is a mass noun. It has no plural form. The definition of energy as power: a fundamental ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of emphasis is emphases. The definition of emphasis: special consideration of or stress or insistence on something The ….
Empathy comes from the Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion and was first used in English in 1909 ….
These homonyms can be confusing. Correctly, “emigrate” and “from” always go together, as do “immigrate” and “to.” To emigrate is to come from somewhere, and ….
“Oh it’s… [unintelligible] its flames… Crashing, oh! Four- or five-hundred feet into the sky and it… it’s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. It’s smoke, ….
Allude to something by saying all but what you actually want to say. Elude evades and gets away, like a name that’s on the tip ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of ellipsis is ellipses. The definition of ellipsis: marks or a mark (such as … ) indicating an ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of echo is echoes or rarely echos. echo: the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of dye is dyes. dye: a soluble or insoluble coloring matter The singular of dye is dye. The ….