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- Bury vs. Berry The Proper Pronunciation Edition
In America growing up in the Midwest, I've always heard people pronounce the word "bury" as if it were pronounced sounding the same as the word "berry" Ever since I've noticed this many years ba
- Entry of bury ones head in the sand into English
1 How did the phrase "bury one's head in the sand" meaning "to ignore a bad situation hoping it will disappear" (coming from the misbelief that ostriches do this to hide from predators) end up being part of English? At what time did the idiom and perhaps stereotype enter general knowledge among English speakers?
- Bury — noun meaning? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
BURY: The amount of "bury" — that is, the depth between the mast step and the partners — must be determined Too little bury makes for a disproportionately large amount of leverage force that has to be absorbed by step and partners
- What is the name of the tactic that politicians use to bury people with . . .
the use of "hook" is totally and completely wrong here it has absolutely no connection to what you're saying, regarding bloated or long-winded or off-topic argumentative technique
- legalese - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 The idiom, to bury oneself in something, is recognized by the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs Definition: Figurative: to become very busy with something Example: She stopped taking phone calls and buried herself in her work This idiom is also recognized by: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Thesaurus
- etymology - What is the origin of the quote, “You can satisfy some of . . .
The actual quote is: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time It is is most often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but this is disputed: This is probably the most famous of apparently apocryphal remarks attributed to Lincoln Despite being cited variously as from an 1856 speech, or a September
- grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Example sentence: I wouldn't go so far as to say that computers will replace teachers in the near future Why do you need quot;to quot; in this sentence?
- Is there a word for burying ones head in the sand?
As in a concise way to describe someone who routinely either denies he has a problem in the first place, or if he does accept that problem as existent, he puts it out of his mind as soon as possibl
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