- word usage - Is it rerun or re-run? - English Language Usage . . .
As seen in the Oxford Dictionary of English, the correct spelling is rerun: rerun verb riːˈrʌn (reruns, rerunning; past reran; past participle rerun) [with obj ] show, stage, or perform again: she can stop the video and rerun a short sequence noun ˈriːrʌn an event or programme which is run again: the World Cup rerun
- tenses - Using have ran or have run - English Language Usage . . .
I was editing a piece recently and saw this structure "Once you have ran the process, you " I have always used "have run", but wasn't sure if "have ran" is acceptable in modern English
- etymology - What is the origin of being in the pudding club . . .
I can't tell you whether it's used today, but it was still current in 1976 I'm watching a rerun of a British sitcom (originally aired in May 1976) in which the phrase was used; the character who used it, and the two who understood it, are urban (London), are lower-middle class economically, and are middle-class in outlook (they value outward respectability and the upholding of middle-class
- Should the prefix re be added to a word with or without a hyphen?
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- grammar - It worths it, it worth it or it is worth it? - English . . .
Not only is it certainly not “very common”, there is simply no such thing as “It doesn’t worth it ” ” This is a made-up answer claiming something that does not exis
- You think youre right but youre actually wrong
What's a word for when someone is wrong, and they know they're wrong, but they insist that they are right? EDIT: If someone does something and you know they did it, and they know they did it, but
- grammaticality - Origin and correctness of “ain’t no”? - English . . .
In contemporary American English usage, I come across sentences like: I ain’t got no money Ain’t no man like him
- meaning in context - How to understand like it or not? - English . . .
This is from the transcript of a podcast How many times has it happened to you: you’re sitting around watching a rerun of Friends and you think: Man, if only I could catch a whiff of that hazelnut mochaccino they’re all pretending to drink
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