
meaning - What does the term "86'd" relate to? - English …
2011年2月27日 · During the Korean war pilots rotated back to the States and many of them were stationed at Muroc. They would describe dog fighting in which they 86'd enemy MIG's(they …
What is the origin of the term, “to 86 someone”? [duplicate]
2018年6月25日 · I came across a phrase, “86 to sb.” in the following paragraph of an article titled “The owner of the Red Hen explains why she asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave,” in the …
/ð/ → /d/ shift in English - English Language & Usage Stack …
The spelling in our quots. is uniformly with d until 16th cent., except that faþer occurs sporadically in the Cotton and Göttingen MSS. of the Cursor Mundi (a1300); but the pronunciation /ð/ may …
What's the origin of the phrase "into the weeds"?
2015年2月4日 · I've always heard that the phrase "In the weeds" had it's origins rooted in the prohibition era. The story goes that reserves of alcohol for most speakeasys wasn't stored, for …
"As soon as available" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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How would you abbreviate surnames starting with Mc/O/D?
2010年9月20日 · I live in Ireland. The simple last initial form is the most commonly used: McDonald > M. MacDonald > M. Macdonald > M. (this is a Scottish name) O'Brien > O.
When to use "has lived" vs. "lived" vs. "had lived"
Jim has lived there. Jim lived there. Jim had lived there. Are there any differences? When do I use one or the other? I'm trying to teach this to a foreign person and am having a hard time.
formality - What is the *best* way to express that an email …
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grammar - About V-ing as adverbials of respect - English …
2024年10月7日 · I'd class 'She died a peaceful death' as an example of a cognate object construction, 'He stood waiting' as a phase structure (compare 'He was waiting'), and 'She …
Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
RFC 2822, "Internet Message Format" says,. When used in a reply, the field body MAY start with the string "Re: " (from the Latin "res", in the matter of) followed by the contents of the …