Apr 29, 2014 · The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa.

Dec 28, 2017 · It only loosely defines a region of California and its border is not officially defined either. However, I was recently advised by someone who I consider to be educated to capitalize "southern" in this context.

Aug 22, 2011 · I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better: Thank you for your help with X, but we are still having problems with it and... This is most likely how I would write it, an apology seems to be an admission that you feel "bad" for asking and can sound "whiny", …

Apr 29, 2015 · The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals.I think I will compose a question on this.

Aug 4, 2012 · 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 basically to come together at the verge. So the verge has two sides. Edge therefore could be used more for things like a table, a knife, or other objects where the "ending line" isn't being used to …

Mar 15, 2017 · This is similar to the question Why is the phrase "should have went" so widely used?, but I'd like to specifically ask the difference between the two phrases, and why "should have gone" is

Sep 19, 2011 · What's the origin of the idiom go south? Why is it go south only? Why not go southwest or go east? Are the direction-related idioms go south, go north, go east, and go west correlated? Example, go

As Martha's NGram shows, on the outskirts is the prevailing choice between the two. Why should this be? Well IMO it is down to people's underlying understanding of what the phrase means. You know what the outskirts are, even if you don't know why. Here's a short etymology for outskirt from Etymonline "outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (q.v.). Now only in plural. Originally in …

All caps are typically used for either of two reasons: Visual Style Capital letters are often used on covers of magazines, in logos and artsy-typography, usually to emphasise the visual style of the letters themselves, rather than the word. (Example Image) Contextual emphasis: Capital letters can be considered a third form of emphasis, among Italics and Bold text. They are used to …

Nov 3, 2022 · I was wondering if someone could explain the difference between "encroach on/upon" and "encroach into". I cannot figure out the clear difference between them. Here are two sample