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That solves the ordinals-vs-cardinals bug that comes from numbering the hours of the day, but it still leaves you wondering which day midnight belongs to. … twelve things and then add one to it and have only one thing. …

To use the "twenty" construction would have required acknowledging the zero digit: "twenty oh-eight, twenty-oh-nine" or "twenty-aught-seven" etc. … Compare uses of "the year 2000" vs, say, uses of "the year 2012" in the Wikipedia articles on those years: "the year 2000" is referenced five times in the three-paragraph article (four in text, once in …

The reason that the words "light" and "might" and "site" have a diphthong is because they were present in spoken English during the Great Vowel Shift, which started in the 1400s and continued for a few … You might say that there is some linguistic pressure to avoid creating homophones: elite vs. alight. …

For example, batted vs. bated, chipped vs. griped. You know that mob is /mǒb/, not /mōb/, because of this pattern. … That pronunciation has been echoed ever since. The -ous spelling in impious is a slightly stretched analogy with Latin borrowings that follow a different pattern. …

I have never had this problem before. But after seeing some questions posted on ELU, I started to doubt. I have been through links1, pages of grammar books2, a lot of questions3 posted here and ELU. … , Past vs Past Perfect, Past Perfect sentences with “before” etc. …

I have never encountered the word veterinarian in Britain. I know things are different in US English, but I can't speak about what's common. … But the latter is relatively more common in the UK, though the numbers are small: 4.7% vs 1.8%. …

Prime examples are "affect" vs. "effect", and "lose" vs. "loose". Pragmatic errors A: How does the food taste? B: I love playing tennis! … Punctuation has always been the grayer area. …

Questions about constructing a perfect correctly    Haven't eaten/haven't ate    Confusion with had + forget    "I have ever went to"    "Is not being" vs "Has not being"    "Had remained" vs "Had been … is/has been on the news    I am/have been a fan    is/has been a tough day    issues we face/have faced    Did not expect/Had not expected    Is being/has been developed    Why didn't he make/hasn't he …

It has been observed for a while that insults are divided by gender. … Perhaps in the same way that terms like "actor" have come to be unisex (instead of "actor/actress"), our insults will become more "egalitarian" too. …

However, the only verb with first letter capital I have come across is Christianize. I had asked that question here on this board some time ago.] Noun and verb usage: Did you google this term? Vs. … You can photoshop this image to make it better Vs. You can make this image better using Photoshop. …

Bath (noun) was bæþ and pronounced [bæθ], bathe was baþian and would have been pronounced [ˈbɑ.ði.ɑn]. … Lose vs loose Lose came from Old English losian. …

I have a question and I hope you can help me. I've been learning English for many years but I'm still struggling with the difference between simple past and present perfect. … Can I also say "My boss was furious with me and I have been fired."? I lately read an article in the business insider with the topic "What to do right after you've been fired?". …

OR I will describe the various meanings of the word "detail" in detail below or if you think this explanation has already been detailed, I will discuss it in MORE detail below. … To use the correct adjective with the phrase "in detail", think about fewer vs less in number vs amount - but remember "in detail" means specifically or completely already. …

"Go" has two different present perfect forms, each with its own meaning: "have you gone" means "have you left/departed", while "have you been" means "have you gone and come back". … , which is naturally expressed by, "Have you already been to that café?" And to be clear, the word "already" doesn't change the grammar rules or meanings of simple past vs. present perfect. …

There has been some rapid progress ... There has been some rapid developments ... or There have been some rapid progress ... There have been some rapid developments ... …