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- Why is the plural form of piano pianos and not pianoes?
The rule says that if a singular noun ends in consonant + "o" then the plural form will be consonant + "oes" e g tomato => tomatoes Then, why this rule does not apply to piano?
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Only a week or two ago, the British Admiralty was proudly demonstrating to King George its new eight-barreled anti-aircraft guns, "Chicago pianos,"…named, forsooth, after the sawed-off shotguns and the "Tommy-guns" of Chicago's ex-gansters
- grammar - play piano v. s. play the piano - English Language Usage . . .
I've heard that 'play piano' is OK in American usage Is that true? What I learned so far is 'play the piano' As long as it comes to the instruments, we usually "play the (instrument)" Is that co
- Can a piano be referred to as furniture? - English Language Usage . . .
In the sentence: The main space contained several pieces of furniture, such as some tables, several cabinets, and a grand piano is it ok to refer to include a grand piano in the enumeration of
- Soft-peddle vs. Soft-pedal: eggcorn blunder or sly play on words?
I don't see that this is clearly a pun If he were selling pianos, or perhaps bicycles, it would be a good pun to say he "soft-peddled" them He's peddling, or selling, his "wares," right? As in, what a peddlar does? So how is "soft-peddle" not understood to be a soft-sell technique?
- Why are the buttons on computer keyboards called keys?
A computer keyboard is a board of keys Why are these buttons called keys? Is it related to the usage of piano "keys"?
- What is the origin of the idiom with all the bells and whistles?
The invention of portable electrical generators (originally driven by the steam-engines that were used to move the travelling fairground rides) was also a big influence on the design Prior to that date, mechanical organs and pianos were much smaller and simpler instruments
- Plural for photo? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The verbs go and do in the 3rd person singular are goes and does; the nouns potato (s) potatoes and hero (s) heroes (pl) follow the same pattern, hence some people apply the same spelling convention for photo Just write photos always, and without the apostrophe I often see native speakers write photo's when they mean the plural form
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