3
Points
Questions
1
Answers
444
-
Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
flashy
see flashiness
excessive or unnecessary display
his penchant for flashiness, as evidenced by his expensive, specially tailored suitsMay be even vain
see vanity
Excessive pride in one’s own appearance or accomplishments or achievements of
one’s own.
- 1113527 views
- 4 answers
- 413774 votes
-
Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
When epenthesis, or more specifically, excrescence
WP is
used in phonology, epenthesis ( /pnss/; Ancient Greek: ) means the addition of sound or other sound to a word, especially to the interior of a word. • Externally, grammar.about. Excrescence for the addition of a consonant,2…. Language.about. “The history
of English provides examples like the development of unor into thunder, with epenthetic d, and of aemtig into empty.. Nonstandard pronunciations include athalete for an athlete and fillum for film,’ with epenthetic vowels. How
many people in English believe in “R.R.S.” A Dictionary of Phonology. L. Trask. Routledge, 1996)Universitu00e4t Duisburg-Essen: Consonant
epenthesis (…) arises in order to provide a more consonantal syllable coda. Is there a word in English with auxiliary /s/ which developed an epenthetic stop after the last segment? A word with the correct rhyme appears from the right edge of the syllable without any sound from the nucleus of the word.
What is a vowel – nasal: sound (
son ) fricative – stop: against (againes ) In this way you can understand the ideas in Sri sandhi (Sanskrit: 1 sadh )
morphology.
- 1135191 views
- 3 answers
- 415617 votes
-
Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.
Is that wrong and unfair to the average English learner?
This is not a good definition of synonyms in English. Some people find the words to be very similar but aren’t using the words when they’re supposed to be. How can we differentiate between different categories of concepts, defined by different fields of learning?
If domain and context don’t match appropriately, appropriate meaning will apply.
Free from all context, in general English writing, the words have been widely used interchangeably to represent a resistance to changes (esp. Not sure exactly
how to give shape.
- 1164488 views
- 4 answers
- 418846 votes
-
Asked on March 2, 2021 in American english.
Let’s get down to the details. Let’s just get down to the nub.
Essence
SYNONYMS quintessence, soul, spirit, ethos, nature, life, lifeblood, core, heart, centre, crux, nub, nucleus, kernel, marrow, meat, pith, gist, substance, principle, central part, fundamental quality, basic quality, essential part, intrinsic nature, sum and substance, reality, actuality
informal nittygritty.
- 1190703 views
- 3 answers
- 420706 votes
-
Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
Is there a generic term for the phenomenon called elision at all?
In certain languages employing the Latin alphabet, such as English, the omitted letters in a contraction are replaced by an apostrophe (e.g. , is not for is not).
Included in the list Examples of elision in English :
Word IPA before elision IPA after elision him /hm/ /m/.
- 1222956 views
- 2 answers
- 425020 votes
-
Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
How can the envelope say that the note is actually a letter? What is the “letter” written in a note? If allowed, all the letters could be called letters.
Do it before your kid asks about the house owner.
- 1239078 views
- 3 answers
- 427325 votes
-
Asked on February 28, 2021 in Writing Style.
After learning there are at least three classes of target audience, according to which I would choose one of the three formats. What is expected from the audience?
Intra-domain reader (those belonging to the domain and entirely familiar with it):
VPNs are often employed to… because
they know it and they hate being told every time what a VPN stands for.Extra-domain technical readers:
V PSNs first reference;
VNs in subsequent references.Non-technical, general or anonymous readers:
VPN (Virtual private networks)
at first reference; VPN networks in all subsequent references; in all media. In this case, the tautology serves to help in hiding the technical detail (type of network) within the abbreviation while reminding the reader what it is (network) (in Java). This is not incorrect and is in fact used as a convenience technique. (cf. In nocase is Virtual Private Networks repeated in the course of the document.
- 1248566 views
- 3 answers
- 429183 votes
-
Asked on February 28, 2021 in Meaning.
It is true.
Why were implied words in thank you?
- 1260278 views
- 2 answers
- 429777 votes
-
Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
Why is a dead horse never flogged? What people consider “The human person” and how they feel, as much as horses and donkeys.
“This is true for people alone in all fields. And as the world continues to change, so do horses and donkeys.
- 1258112 views
- 5 answers
- 427824 votes
-
Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
Aren’t references valid in some variants of English? ” – Yes, the “construction” is; the semantics may not be, though.
I think American culture has changed since the Civil War. There’s nothing unAmerican about American culture either.
My ear hears that last one as troublesome, but it has no intention of hearing them, saying, “My ear must learn.” ” – all ears ought to find it so, this is semantically awkward/ maybe even invalid. (fails to make sense to some), yet it works. ; –
All English : twice bigger than had a respectable life, dominated over two times larger than for some time around (late) 1800s, and continues to lead a quiet and comfortable life today.
See also: AmE ; BrE
This answer is not based on interpretation of nGrams – I started off with the answer, and then found nGrams to be supportive, to some extent, of what I wanted to say.
- 1260800 views
- 1 answers
- 428910 votes