Jul 1, 2024 · A desk sign currently on the market to brighten your day reads, " Firings will continue until morale improves." The philosophy seems to work. One hundred forty-eight workers at Vepco's Mt. …

Jun 22, 2015 · The sentence about "one of those rare people who" almost has to have a plural verb within the relative clause: He is one of those rare people, and he believes in ancient myths.

1 I am having trouble understanding one of the comments made by my supervisor on the latest draft of our scientific paper. She commented on the first sentence of the draft (Introduction section), she said …

Aug 12, 2010 · Hello, Thomas Tompion! In your explanation does whichever one mean 'only one of the two, which one of them doesn't matter' or 'both of them'? And how about the example 'Either of us …

Mar 8, 2015 · One of the worst disservices English teachers do is turn recommendations into rules, thereby sending their students into the world with a false notion of what is good and bad writing. …

Oct 24, 2018 · I am looking for one word for clothes, shoes and accessories <Unedited post reinstated. Nat, Moderator>

Apr 4, 2014 · Only does not carry a vague implication of a small number. It carries a connotation of a small number, sometimes one alone; an only child, the only redhead, the one and only. Only: "being …

Apr 26, 2014 · "ride to someone's rescue" is an idiom meaning "come to someone's rescue." Ride into their lives like a savior on a horse. Remember to search: ride to the rescue

Mar 2, 2019 · On the one hand, I really enjoy pie, but on the other hand, I’m supposed to be on a diet. Both of these expressions use each hand to represent an opinion, as if weighing the pros and cons …

Sep 27, 2012 · The source: The subtitile of Notting hill. I want to the orginal meaning of slip somebody one. According to the dictionary, slip something one means to put clothes or shoe on quickly and …