Mar 12, 2019 · The Middle English word wiht would have been pronounced something like [wɪçt], [wiçt], [wiːçt], or [wiːt]. Vowel sounds could develop differently in different dialects or in different contexts. For example, /(h)wɪt/, with a "short i" sound, is used as the pronunciation of the combining element Whit-, which is derived from white.

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I have been using the following phrases but I am still not confident that they are grammatically correct and sound right: "in regards with something" "with regards to something" &

Yes, in the right context it should be pretty easy to deduce. Salad dressing recipes (or any recipes) for which the ingredients may include controversial items such as anchovies, or very spicy ingredients; will often have the potentially offensive ingredients listed as optional.

Apr 12, 2011 · An Ngram chart of "compared to" (blue line) versus "compared with" (red line) versus "in comparison to" (green line) versus "in comparison with" (yellow line) shows considerable change in the phrases' relative frequency of use in published writing since 1920:

The OED’s first sense of “to speak with ——”, meaning “To converse with, talk to; to consult or confer with”, doesn’t seem restricted to North America.

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Jul 7, 2012 · 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 parentheses?

I think this advice comes from the (somewhat strange) idea that sentences should have one complete idea. If your sentence begins with the conjunction "however", then it's an extension of the idea in the previous sentence and is therefore not a "complete idea".

I've noticed that symbols (i.e. #, $, %, !, *, etc.) are commonly used to filter profanity/foul language. Just out of curiosity, is there a specific way to do