Standards, however, are a type of flag used for personal identification and will only carry the coat of arms of its owner, such as the Royal Standard in the UK or the personal standard of any armiger. Hence, a standard is a type of flag but a flag isn't necessarily a standard.

Dec 17, 2011 · A simple way to understand it, is to compare the UK to the USA. The USA is a country made up of states. Each state, with a different name. People can be New Yorkers or Californians and they are Americans. However, not all Americans are New Yorkers or Californians. For the UK, replace the word states, with the words "home nations".

All-American flag-waving techniques. Second is to capitalize all words except articles, short prepositions and short conjunctions: Over-the-Counter Acid Reducers for Sale Here, A Matter-of-Fact Approach to Guitar Tuning, A New Park-and-Ride Lot for Commuters.

Oct 7, 2011 · "A ship's flag of smaller size than the ensign, used at sea as a signal, or as a mark of distinction; spec. the small flag which is flown from the jack-staff at the bow of a vessel (formerly at the sprit-sail topmast head), and by which the nationality of a ship is indicated, as in British jack, Dutch jack, French jack.

Mar 21, 2014 · The United States of America, Ltd. is a Limited Corp. incorporated in Scotland. The registration is held at White House #2 (sister White House) in Edinburgh. The country of origin for USA, ltd is U.K., which in my opinion confirms what I've suspected for a long time, we are still owned by Britain. (see original American flag "Grand Union Flag").

Jun 7, 2018 · Early figurative use of "ten-foot pole" The earliest instance I could find of figurative use of "touch [someone or something] with a ten-foot pole" is from "Buying Up the Press," in the [Lawrenceburg] Indiana Palladium (September 22, 1832, reprinted from the Missilonn Gazette), which uses the phrase in a very modern-sounding way:

Romans rarely needed very large numbers, so they never developed a consistent notation. At various points and places 1,000,000 was either (M), M̅, or (MM). The latter was hijacked by the financial industry as a way to denote "million" while the term "milliard" was still around (still officially used in the UK until '74). Milliard got the M̅.

Nov 9, 2020 · My question is whether indicate or indicates should be used in the following sentence:. The test ids ARB1 and ARB2 indicate(s) that two different samples were used, rather than representing different test methods.

Oct 7, 2011 · Wait on has numerous meanings. In the OP’s example, it means, in the words of the OED’s definition, ‘remain in one place in expectation of’, in other words, wait for.

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