If I had to bet, "important" entered the language around 1066, and "significant" came along during the renaissance. Modern English was formed from the conquest of Germanic language …

Jun 3, 2021 · What's most important are good customer relations. But I'd think these speakers are confusing it with a legitimate inversion where the subject is indeed plural good customer …

Oct 22, 2014 · Many sticklers do not accept importantly in the two sentences that follow: I left my bed and, more importantly, I left the house. Most importantly, Churchill was a statesman. …

Jan 29, 2015 · "X is important to Y" where "Y" is a conscious entity denotes that Y values X. My parents are important to me. "X is important for Y" denotes that X is something that Y really …

Jun 29, 2012 · In technical writing, we are very careful with our use of the word significant. We only use it when a number (some study result, for example) is statistically significant (with a …

VIP: very important person, a person of great importance or influence (informal) These seats are reserved for VIPs. VIP can be anyone (celebrities, sportsperson, politicians, etc.). So …

Feb 10, 2018 · "Punctuation and grammar are important." In the above sentence, you have the subject of a sentence being composed of two or more independent nouns or pronouns …

Aug 8, 2018 · : not significant: such as. not worth considering : unimportant ; lacking weight, position, or influence : contemptible ; small in size, quantity, or number; lacking meaning or …

Apr 6, 2018 · I myself wouldn't use 'But more important,' in place of the sentence adverbial / pragmatic marker (showing speaker evaluation) 'But more importantly,'. Hovever : Amazingly, …

Feb 19, 2020 · The stats sense is unique. But the subsense under the 'important' sense 'having or likely to have a major effect' needs bringing out more than by 'If something is significant it is …