
single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …
2014年4月29日 · @Doorknob - Elliot has named it correctly. The upper lip is skin-covered, skin-colored, and hairy. The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border …
capitalization - To capitalize or not to capitalize "southern ...
2017年12月28日 · The word "southern" is not part of the official name of California or any city or county, so I never capitalize it. It only loosely defines a region of California and its border is not …
More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, …
2011年8月22日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …
adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English …
2015年4月29日 · Yet the West Midlands is to all intents a proper noun and always capitalised, as is East Anglia. The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which …
phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2012年8月4日 · Based on what I understand of the words, verge seems to suggest the border between two things or a line between two spaces. Think of the word converge. That means …
grammar - Should have went vs Should have gone - English …
2017年3月15日 · Yes, that's the way the paradigms seem to be falling out: either the participle is the same as the past regularly, or an irregular past participle becomes equivalent to past, like …
Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2011年9月19日 · go south (also head south, take a turn south) 1 v phr by 1940s To disappear; fail by or as if by vanishing [examples omitted] 2 v phr by 1925 To abscond with money loot, etc. …
word choice - “In the outskirts” versus “on the outskirts” - English ...
"outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (q.v.). Now only in plural. Originally in Spenser. and in this instance skirt means a border or edge. If you live on the outskirts you live on the outer edge. …
word usage - Encroach on/upon, encroach into - English …
2022年11月3日 · I was wondering if someone could explain the difference between "encroach on/upon" and "encroach into". I cannot figure out the clear …
meaning - When is "between" inclusive and when exclusive?
There is no rule as to when between can be considered inclusive or exclusive, and the grammatical structure of the relevant sentence would not affect this.