I’ve always wondered what the correct or considered correct pronunciation of the old saxon word hele is Here is to finishing off the semester in a positive way. what does that mean? The oxford english dictionary states it should be pronounced as /hiːl/ and that’s what i’ve.
The oxford english dictionary describes head over heels as a corruption of heels over head (my emphasis) Towards the end of email she says The latter phrase it cites from 1400
I know it was a sort of archaic greeting, but i don't know how to interpret the actual words I had a foggy idea that it meant it is good that we met here and now, but even then, well met is n. C 1401 jack upland in pol 69 the cloith of oo man myȝte hele half a doseyne
12 he offered unto me halfe a dozen of spanish pistols 80 halfe a dozen hollanders leapt into the boat after him It seems to me that if one describes hell as 'bloody', that is simply describing one of the properties you'd expect of it So, why is 'bloody hell' used as an offensive or shocking phrase?
Is it 'a usual' or 'an usual' 'a usual' sounds more correct in my head ('today was a usual day.') than 'an usual', but u is a vowel Which one is correct and why? This is strictly spoken or informal written english
Unless you're writing some kind of serious formal report, business letter, or academic paper that's going to be published in a reputable journal, it shouldn't matter Who's gonna contend that many, many is unreasonable colloquial english I'd still say very many people, myriad people, or scads of people instead of many, many. I got an email from an instructor today
