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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
- Why is the letter E the most commonly-used letter?
While this doesn't speak to the etymological reasons for why 'e' specifically is the most frequent letter, there is actually a very interesting statistical reason that there is such a letter: Zipf's law Given some corpus of natural language utterances, the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table Zipf's law was originally discovered with regards to
- Whence comes the expression ‘’starve a cold, feed a fever?”
What is the origin of the expression quot;starve a cold, feed a fever quot;? It is is used as basic (perhaps incorrect) medical advice for common illnesses
- Belated happy birthday or happy belated birthday?
Personally, I've used both versions Nevertheless: Belated birthday is nonsense, since the anniversary is the anniversary, and cannot be postponed even if the celebrations are Belated happy birthday, strictly, is also nonsense because the birthday has already gone and may or may not have been happy Therefore I would suggest something along the lines of: Belated birthday wishes (as suggested
- what are the origins of hi, hey, hello? - English Language Usage . . .
The question of the etymology of hello is a fascinating puzzle According to the the OED it was originally an Americanism derived from the British hallo which has its origins in the Old German "halâ, holâ, emphatic imperative of halôn, holôn to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman " However other dictionaries (such as Dictionary com) cite an origin in the Romance word "hola", an
- call out vs call in - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Apparently, both call in sick and call out sick are used and there is a regional difference in usage in U S English Based on a poll where 7493 US adults surveyed, calling in sick is the most popular phrase in the United States and regionally most popular in the Midwest, while calling out sick is most popular in the Northeast, and possibly used in New York area also Source: today yougov com
- Which is correct: one or more is or one or more are?
Both are used Before the 1940s, "one or more are" was clearly more popular, but since then they seem roughly equally common
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