Mizzle and drizzle - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Mizzle is a dialect word for drizzle Where and how often is it used? Please read the sentence I have found: There's mizzling and there's drizzle As far as I know, mizzle and drizzle mean the
No vs not any - English Language Usage Stack Exchange According to Swan's Practical (BrE) No can be used instead of not a any to emphasise a negative idea, usually with plural countable nouns unless the sense makes a singular noun necessary However,
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Punctuation is a matter of style, and as such you should be guided by your manual of style I use the Chicago Manual of Style, which advises A period should be omitted at the end of a sentence that is included within another sentence On the side of the Atlantic that includes the CMS, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks: The judgment says, "John is guilty " The rest of the
In the upcoming days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In Australian English, "in the upcoming days" sounds strange "In the coming days" is acceptable but probably too formal, I agree with @BoldBen's comment that "In the next few days" is a better choice "In the next couple of days" also works, and arguably implies a slightly shorter time frame (the next few days could be 1-4 days, whereas the next couple of days probably means 2-3 days)
Being drawn to something? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I know that I can say quot;I was drawn to someone, quot; but can I also say quot;I was drawn to something by X quot;? I want to imply how I came across a topic that later became a serious project
Etymology of teaching grandma to suck eggs? The Phrase Finder has "Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs" is older than you might think, but without any explanation of the egg sucking part Meaning Don't offer advice to someone who has more experience than oneself Origin These days this proverbial saying has little impact as few people have any direct experience of sucking eggs - grandmothers included It is quite an old phrase
My bad vs. Our bad - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Has anyone one of you heard the phrase in the plural form? I'm about to translate a rap song :D and I don't really want to say 'we're sorry' there 'My bad' would be a perfect fit, but the thing is