Whats the difference between dissatisfied and unsatisfied? The feeling connected with a lack of satisfaction can have two different components: A sense of incompleteness, which leaves one feeling unsatisfied A sense of wrongness, which leaves one feeling dissatisfied Naturally, both senses may overlap in certain situations Take the following example: John's father was unsatisfied by the principal's explanation of his son's injuries [He suspected
Whats a phrase for a compromise in which both sides are unhappy? I'm not sure this is appropriate: In my mind, a "lose-lose situation" is a situation where both sides would be better off not having the deal (as opposed to a win-win situation, where both sides are better off with the deal) If I understand OP's situation right, it's about a compromise which is better than no compromise for both sides (otherwise, at least one side would not agree to the
What is the difference between thee and thou? Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy thine is the possessive form Before they all merged into the catch-all form you, English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between singular and plural (or formal): thou - singular
grammatical number - What is the plural of status quo? - English . . . Feeling "deeply unsatisfied" at this state of affairs and trying to analyze the components of such phrases quickly leads us to absurd places (like those jokers who insist the plural of octopus is octopi and such) And what "the plural" of status is in Latin depends on gender, declension, etc
Correct usage of persons (vs. people) I had a little fight about persons vs people Could you advise if both of the following are correct, if possible with reference to a dictionary? A table for two people please A table for
Word for the behavior of people who complain at everything you do I usually tend to see the behavior in which someone takes an action, and people criticize, and even suggest what they should have done, yet when they take that same suggestion people still criticiz
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