- How to cite an author who does not capltalize her name if you are . . .
According to the very link you have on CMoS, it says that one must capitalise and advises to re-write Though oddly, while it (correctly) says "E E Cummings" is fine because he didn't lowercase his name himself, and advise rewriting to not begin a sentence with "bell hooks", there's an exception made for "names like eBay"
- etymology - Origin of using clocked to mean noticed - English . . .
The second is based on the origins of 'clock', (OED ~ "Middle English clok(ke , clocke , was either < Middle Dutch clocke (modern Dutch klok ‘bell, clock’), or < Old Northern French cloke , cloque = Central French cloche ‘bell’"), and an alternative use for bell clock that was to have it tied around the necks of cattle to make them
- word choice - What Is the Real Name of the #? - English Language . . .
1996 New Scientist 30 Mar 54 3 The term ‘octothorp(e)’ (which MWCD10 dates 1971) was invented for ‘#’, allegedly by Bell Labs engineers when touch-tone telephones were introduced in the mid-1960s ‘Octo-’ means eight, and ‘thorp’ was an Old English word for village: apparently the sign was playfully construed as eight fields
- Origin of Well, well, well. What do we have here?
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- Origin of egg on my face - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Etymonline suggests 1964 as the first recording and includes its meaning To have egg on (one's) face "be made to look foolish" is first recorded 1964
- grammar - how much vegetables or how many vegetables? - English . . .
How many chopped bell peppers is acceptable (2), as is how many bell peppers do I chop How much bell peppers do I chop is not ok, although how much chopped bell pepper is The former is refering to the bell peppers and requires a number answer refering directly to the bell peppers, the later refers to a unit (cups, grams, hogsheads, etc ) of
- Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings?
@Mitch: As an American, I'd mostly agree with Matthias that "lunch" refers to a noon-time meal and "supper" to an evening meal regardless of size, while "dinner" specifically refers to a larger or more formal meal
- What is the proper convention for writing onomatopoeia?
Grammatically, onomatopoeias are verbs, nouns, or interjections: The cat meowed It landed with a dull "thud "
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