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- Why we say an historical but a history [duplicate]
Closed 13 years ago Possible Duplicate: When should I use “a” versus “an” in front of a word beginning with the letter h? Why do we say an historical but a history? This question was originally posed by @shanselman on Twitter
- Why is it the day is young, not still early? What is the history of . . .
"The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early" To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, such as a month or year
- Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix?
This question is a tad backwards, because looking at the etymology, it's rather clear that it's not a prefix that was added to form "history", but rather a part of the word was lost to form "story" Why that happened, however, is not obvious, so it's still a fair question to ask
- history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today" When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two
- 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour?
The case you gave is interesting, where it is an exception to the schedule for one day to have an additional hour before the hour labeled 'first' To call it 'zeroth' hour would be strange (perfectly recognizable and used by any math geek, but there it is) But then what is the hour that comes before that?
- Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from?
The New Oxford American Dictionary has “Origin 1960’s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts ” Some online sources dispute the claim and attribute it to Great Jones Street
- What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you?
Here "the top of the morning" again means "the beginning of the day"—although it is not clear from the context whether this is synonymous with "dawn" or some other marker of the earliest hour of the day
- history - What is the origin of the phrase, Put two and two together . . .
the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym
- What does the phrase “it’s like Groundhog Day every day” mean, and . . .
“It’s like Groundhog Day every day,” Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak What does this mean? Yes, I’ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a holiday that celebrates a quaint folk tradition of determining the seasons
- Origin of the idiom If ifs and buts were candy and nuts?
The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970 17 December 1970, Ada (OK) Evening News, pg 7, col 1: Howard Cosell: “If Los Angeles wins, it’s a big one, but San Francisco is still very much in it ” Don Meredith: “ If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry
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