To canvass is to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or ….
Canon with a single “-n” in the middle of the word is a noun. The singular form of canon is canon. The plural form of ….
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If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan. But never the goal.
The homonyms callous and callus sound the same, but they’re not. A callus is a rough patch of skin. Add an “-o” for “obdurate” and ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of calf is calves. calf: the young of the domestic cow or that of a closely related mammal ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of cactus is properly cacti or less commonly cactuses and rarely cactus. cactus: any of a family (Cactaceae, ….
“Circa” is another Latin term that means “around” or “approximately.” So, when I say “circa AD 2019,” I mean sometime around the year AD 2019. ….
Once I have my characters developed and my book plotted out all the way to the end, I go to the beginning again: Chapter 1, Scene 1. Now, I write action and dialogue.
The abbreviation “cf.” stands for the Latin word “confer” which means “compare.” Not to be confused with English meanings of confer in a sense of ….
The idiom means, essentially, “in general” or “generally speaking.” As with many idioms in use in the English language, this one has its roots in ….