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- What does xxi mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The belief that it has xxi decreased suggests that we started off nasty and that the artifices of civilization have moved us in a noble direction, one in which we can hope to continue The "XXI" in capitals mean 21 in Roman numerals, but I don't think the lower-case letters "xxi" here also refer to 21 It seems that the sentence is well
- “20th century” vs. “20ᵗʰ century” - English Language Usage . . .
To some extent, it depends on the font you are using and how accessible its special features are If you can do full typesetting, then you probably want to make the th part look different from the 20 part, just like they do here:
- punctuation - What is the abbreviation for century? - English . . .
FWIW, when I was taught (by History teachers) to take lecture notes as a VIth Form A-level student in Britain in the 1970s, we were taught the abbreviation "C12th" etc as a standard usage (optionally with the C larger than and partially enclosing the number)
- Is it natural to say Ok, I will? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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- How does pussy come to mean coward?
1904 ‘M Corelli’ God's Good Man xxi, I shall invite Roxmouth and his tame pussy, Mr Marius Longford 1925 S Lewis Martin Arrowsmith vi 65 You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses 1934 M H Weseen Dict Amer Slang 193 Pussy, an effeminate boy
- Can someone explain the phrase All is fair in love and war?
[1578 LYLY Euphues I 236 Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in loue, which is lawlesse ] 1620 T SHELTON tr Cervantes' Don Quixote II xxi Love and warre are all one It is lawfull to use sleights and stratagems to attaine the wished end 1845 G P R JAMES Smuggler II iv In love and war, every strategem is fair, they say
- Origin of s--t-eating grin - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In Book XXI of his History of Rome, Livy describes a Carthaginian sect of coprophages, the risus faecivorus, or shit-eating grin, being commonly displayed by its adherents Although, its origin is undetermined, they may have been incidents which caused the invention of this phrase Below is an excerpt:
- Should the verb impact be always followed by on?
Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb It has been a verb since the 17th century 1601 P Holland tr Pliny History of the World II xx xxi 73 The seed of this hearbe remooveth the tough humours bedded in the stomacke, how hard impacted soever they be
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