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- Which is more proper rarest or most rare?
In the following usage, which is the correct form for the superlative of the adjective "rare"? "the rarest on Earth" or "the most rare on Earth"?
- Why is a very rare steak called blue?
Quoting the BBC recipe site: How to cook the perfect steak [ ] Blue: Should still be a dark colour, almost purple, and just warm It will feel spongy with no resistance Rare: Dark red in colour with some juice flowing It will feel soft and spongy with slight resistance Medium-rare: A more pink colour with a little pink juice flowing It will be a bit soft and spongy and slightly springy
- grammaticality - that + would = thatd? - English Language . . .
Is "that'd" an appropriate contraction of "that" and "would"? I say it, but I'm not sure if it's a legitimate contraction in written form
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc , and which p
- verbs - Is is that grammatically correct? - English Language Usage . . .
Can the words quot;is quot; and quot;that quot; be used back-to-back in the following sentence? The reason I went to the store is that I ran out of milk Similarly, can quot;is quot; and quot;
- The origin of water breaking during pregnancy
Frequency and Register Note that all of these amnio‑ terms were specialist vocabulary found initially only in scientific and technical use This remains largely true to this day, although amniotic fluid is rather less uncommon than most of the others are Indeed the earliest-occurring term, amnios, the OED assigns to its frequency band 2, its second to rarest classification That means it
- When is some used as plural and when is it used as singular?
I am trying to explain to an ESL student how to understand when to treat "some" as plural and when to treat it as singular One clear rule is when "some" is the subject followed
- american english - call out vs call in - English Language Usage . . .
We usually say "call in" in Australia Before the days of text messages it was literally a phone call to the place of business, so "call out" makes no sense to me (although I have occasionally heard it that way on American TV) Where did you live before Texas?
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