
prepositions - Tips for swimming vs Tips on swimming - English …
Jun 23, 2015 · Tips on can be followed by gerund/relative clause/noun (location)(topic) Tips for can be followed by noun (topic) (purpose)(duration)(recipient)/relative clause/gerund/ Thanks …
word choice - How do I ask for advice politely? - English Language ...
Sep 26, 2010 · Yes, the first statement is a "natural" construction. And yes you can use the second statement instead. It wouldn't impact your formality in a big way, and it's not impolite, …
grammaticality - "Tip" or "tips" of your fingers? - English Language ...
When you say "the tips of my fingers", you are referring to the individual tips of each finger. A possible usage would be "I felt a tingling in the tips of my fingers". However, when you're …
etymology - To have the world "at your fingertips" - English …
Feb 22, 2015 · Fingertips appears to have originated in the United States in the nineteenth century. Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, or a More Compleat Universal Etymological …
etymology - Where did the term "How's tricks" come from?
Sep 28, 2022 · Tricks, meaning circumstances, one’s life. (backformation from colloquial greeting how’s tricks?. 1930 [US] E.H. Lavine Third Degree (1931) 162: About an hour later, the …
What is a word to describe something that belongs exclusively to …
Jan 11, 2017 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …
"Vendor" vs. "vender" in Standard American English
Oct 1, 2016 · I too, believe that the expression of the word vender is more to the noun person,rather than place or thing and the word vendor more Latin in its origin ,for its same …
What are the differences between "manual", "guide" and …
Feb 25, 2012 · Agreeing with chessmath and choster, I'd like to add a few cents of my own. User documentation may refer to subject matter i.e. Project, Team, Test, System, Administrative, …
Origin of "deez nuts" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 23, 2015 · "Deez Nuts" may be ultimately derived from Dr. Dre's album, Chronic, or merely juvenile silliness. But in 2015, the expression was popularized, or repopularized, by a viral …
What is the difference between "thee" and "thou"?
Sep 22, 2010 · 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 …