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. ….
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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 ….
A wayside is the side of—or land adjacent to—a road or path. According to my best research, a waste side is some imaginary side filled ….
According to Webster, “Exact,” when used as a verb, means to “demand, claim, require, exact” or “to ask or call for something as due or ….
“Espresso” is defined as “coffee brewed by forcing steam or hot water through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans.” This particular strong coffee drink brewed ….