nouns - Is the hyphenated form "teen-ager" correct? Still used ...
Dec 1, 2013 · These results hardly prove that teenager passed teen-ager in popularity in the 1950s, but they do indicate a major shift in proportionate use of teenager and teen-ager in the …
Where does the period go when using parentheses?
Where should the period go when using parentheses? For example: In sentence one, I use this example (which has a parenthesis at the end.) Should the period be inside, or outside of the …
What is the difference between 20$ and $20? [closed]
I am seeing both 20$ and $20 usages. (20 is nonessential to this question.) What is the difference between them?
What is the difference between "aged" and "age"?
Per the Macmillan dictionary, aged is an adjective: aged, adj. : someone who is aged 18, 35, 70, etc. is 18, 35, 70, etc. years old A woman aged 50 has given birth to twins. Men aged between …
Do I need a comma? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 24, 2019 · The man I met was a smelly redheaded middle-ager. Do I need a comma here after smelly? It is really hard to post here because of the constant rejection of my question …
Modern word for a "New Age hippie"
Dec 9, 2022 · Is New Age really dead? It has faded a bit compared to other concepts like wellness/wellbeing, wicca, neopaganism, environmentalism, and various other specific …
"Anxious to" versus "eager to" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Sep 22, 2010 · ADDED: Nohat's response below answers my question: The non-anxious sense of "anxious to" is common enough to have made it into at least some dictionaries. I note that the …
word choice - "Angry with" vs. "angry at" vs. "angry on" - English ...
Sep 29, 2011 · I am a South-Indian and I was recently confused about this usage - "angry on" vs "angry with" vs "angry at" someone. I understand that "angry with" someone is the correct …
Why Does $ Come Before the Number But % Comes After it?
I'm nit-picking a bit, but '%' is not a unit of measure- it denotes a ratio multiplied by 100 for convenience, and represents the /100 required to yield the actual ratio. Variants have …
Word for when you scrunch up your face in frustration
Nov 30, 2016 · I am trying to find the word for when you screw up your face in annoyance, frustration/exasperation or worry. The phrase in which I want to use it is as follows: Ryan ...