"More Bored" Vs "Boreder" - English Language & Usage Stack …
"Boreder" might be considered "legal" according to some guidelines, but is to be avoided because of the likely confusion with "border".
single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …
Apr 29, 2014 · The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa.
meaning - When is "between" inclusive and when exclusive?
There is no rule as to when between can be considered inclusive or exclusive, and the grammatical structure of the relevant sentence would not affect this. You may be able to make deductions or assumptions from the subject and context of the sentence itself or surrounding sentences, but that would be only assumptions. If the question of inclusion or exclusion were critical, the only way to ...
'the USA' vs. 'the US' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 21, 2014 · I am writing an essay where I need to make a reference to the United States of America. Often I hear this shortened to the US, but sometimes people also say the USA. Are there any difference betwee...
grammar - Should have went vs Should have gone - English …
Mar 15, 2017 · This is similar to the question Why is the phrase "should have went" so widely used?, but I'd like to specifically ask the difference between the two phrases, and why "should have gone" is
adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English …
Apr 29, 2015 · The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals.I think I will compose a question on this.
Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Sep 19, 2011 · What's the origin of the idiom go south? Why is it go south only? Why not go southwest or go east? Are the direction-related idioms go south, go north, go east, and go west correlated? Example, go
What is difference between Annotations, Marginalia, and Side notes?
Aug 13, 2018 · Latin margo means "edge, border". The margins of a page are the white spaces at the edges of a page around the text. Because pages are rectangular, there are the side margins (left and right), the top or upper margin, and the bottom or lower margin (also called the foot (er)). A marginal (plural marginalia) is something written in the margin of a page, usually a note. A note is a remark. A ...
What do you call the interconnecting bits of a puzzle piece in …
Hi Shree! - every single jigsaw puzzle (since perhaps 1995, I'm not sure) is made using software. The only engineers working in "jigsaw construction" are, indeed, programmers. Other than a handful of hand-made wooden jigsaw cutters, the only people who would use "jigsaw terminology" are programmers. (Note you reference a programming book?) Are you a native English speaker by the way? Regarding ...
Do "coterminous" and "conterminous" have exactly the same …
Aug 20, 2011 · Is DE co/conterminous with NJ because they share a border via Delaware River, and that they share PA as a border, but in either case each do not touch the other?