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- Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages?
The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually adapted the name ananas, which came from the Tupi word nanas (also meaning pineapple)
- Capitalization Proper use of apostrophe for omitted letters at start of . . .
0 Suppose I have a character who can’t pronounce the letter b, and I have him start a sentence with “bananas” in dialogue Is this correct, using a single quotation mark in front of a pointing away from a: “’ananas! What will I do now?” Arun said Should I capitalize the a of “ananas”? It’s at the beginning of the sentence
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- I noticed vs I have noticed [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
Is there a difference between I noticed and I have noticed? What is the correct use of each of these? Thanks
- price on and price for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In this context and in idiomatic English " on " and " for " are interchangeable There is little or no difference By convention a quotation is often spoken of as " a price on " and when talking about the cost of an item it is " the price for " but there is no rule governing this It would be quite acceptable to ask "Would you please quote me the price for that job?" Then again it is more
- Correct use of hereby on a formal letter [closed]
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: hereby Adverb by this means Examples of hereby in a Sentence: I hereby declare the Olympic Games officially open The sum will hereby be charged to your account The parties to the lawsuit hereby agree to settle the matter out of court The graph shows that now this phrase is correct and appropriate, though it sounds rather formal
- Is there a difference between you two and you both?
In the examples above, there is no difference between "you two" and "you both" In practice, nobody would notice any difference in meaning whichever phrase you used The long explanations below may be theoretically correct but the reality is that they are the same in practice
- Does moving a meeting forward mean the time will be earlier or later . . .
Suppose I say quot;We're moving the 12 PM meeting forward 2 hours quot;, does that mean the meeting is at 10 AM or 2 PM?
- prepositions - forbidden from or forbidden to - English Language . . .
Opinions differ: FORBID, PROHIBIT These verbs are near synonyms, but they take different prepositions Use to rather than from with forbid, and from rather than to with prohibit Take care to avoid sentences like They were forbidden from using cameras and They were prohibited to use cameras Make it forbidden to use or prohibited from using Lester Kaufman and Jane Straus; The Blue Book of
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