Aug 11, 2013 · Use the hyphen with the prefix re only when the re means again AND omitting the hyphen would cause confusion with another word. Examples: Will she recover from her …

Jun 20, 2005 · I assumed it was just another word for "street." In the United States, at least, a street can be called a court, a lane, a boulevard, an avenue...and many other names (we've …

Aug 8, 2020 · In the British National Corpus there are 6 examples, of which only 2 are used with more. In the Corpus of Contemporary American English I found 123 examples with more. I …

Jul 26, 2008 · Some examples linked on UrbanDictioanry seem to be different flavors, with slightly different meanings: Does a one-legged duck swim in circles - more of an evasion, according to …

Mar 22, 2010 · Another of your interesting questions, Thomas! I don't think "to fancy" can be used absolutely with the meaning "feel like"/"like the idea of". It might be used abolutely with the …

Nov 25, 2018 · As well as the within/after that you mention, there is often another potential ambiguity with "in" + time depending on whether we mean:--- the point in time when a task is …

Jun 26, 2020 · Of course, in traditional English verse, contractions are very frequent, given the constraints of metre; but the departure from standard usage may be much less frequent than it …

Aug 30, 2017 · A Big Mac meal is a "combination" of a hamburger, fries, and a drink. It is a "combo", which is a short word meaning "combination". "Set" and "set menu" are different …

May 9, 2016 · I took a look at the dictionary and extensive seems to be very similar to substantial. But I have seen that substantial has also another meaning: essential. So maybe they mean …

Jun 10, 2014 · See the examples below: "Coloring books are for children, and computers are for adults." "Simplified editions of such great, world-famous novels are published for learners." …