While you may occasionally encounter the following Latin abbreviations, they are becoming increasingly rare—kind of like unicorns. Personally, I would not recommend using them. Use ….
Most of the words English stole from the French which have clung to their “-eur” endings are pretty sophisticated, like “grandeur,” “saboteur,” “coiffeur,” “entrepreneur,” and ….
The Latin forms of alum basically mean student, disciple, or pupil. In modern parlance, to say that you are an alum of a particular school ….
So, I logged into my webhost (I use Ionos, which is formerly 1and1 – I’ve been with them now for about 18 years) and started digging through their dashboard. I had to get creative with my search terms (because they also are the providers for my emails for my websites, so email is the not the best search term!) and finally found it!
The standard expression along the same line means on the same subject. The standard expression in the same vein also means on the same subject. ….
[NOTE: This is a deep topic, and this is a lengthy article as a result.] The Coca-Cola Company recently taught me a few things. Apparently, ….
The word almost must come immediately before the word or phrase it modifies. Examples. She almost donated one-million-dollars to the church. She donated almost one-million-dollars ….
The word allude is an intransitive verb meaning to make an indirect or ambiguous reference to something or (loosely) to refer to something. When you ….
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Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise.
Except in the phrase alter ego, meaning a second self, the word alter with an E is always a verb meaning to change or adjust. ….