I don't know why, but it seems to me that Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" in that situation.

Dec 6, 2014 · While Americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as "loo-tenant", folks from the UK pronounce it as "lef-tenant". Why?

Mar 24, 2020 · This explains why the medical specialist was at odds with The Guardian writer/editor over the treatment of the acronym COVID-19. Newspaper guidelines for formatting …

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Apr 12, 2014 · No, no, it is not what you think! It is a poor fish called slippery dick: The slippery dick, Halichoeres bivittatus, is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the …

I am often confused how the word "English" should be written in phrases such as "English language", because I have seen both variants: capitalized and starting with lowercase letter. …

Jun 30, 2011 · I couldn't find any use of the phrase earlier than the 1840 Money Diggers reference, but I did find some background to which the saying might refer. Apparently the debate on cat …

Why do people use the latter terminology? For one thing, I find it confusing. It doesn't help that BCE is similar to BC. But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two …

Jan 10, 2013 · In Australian usage the term is "gardening leave" which makes clearer that the person (often a senior executive with major responsibilities) now has nothing to do but …