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- Lighter vs. brighter - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm trying to find information about the grammatical correctness of interchanging lighter and brighter in the sense of: I turned on the lamp and the room became lighter I turned on the lamp
- word usage - Shine bright or shine brightly? - English Language Usage . . .
The moon shone bright like a diamond in the sky 2 The full moon is shining bright in the sky Why not they are brightly? Are they correct?
- word choice - Whats the difference between glinted, glittered . . .
They all mean to shine and they all start with g But do they mean the same thing? Acording to "Google Dictionary" (the one that appears when you search on Google) glint: give out or reflect sm
- Which is higher — hyper-, ultra- or super-?
According to OED, hyper-: over, beyond, over much, above measure ultra-: beyond super-: over, above, higher than They all have the meaning "higher than", but what is the order of them
- Meaning of On that note and how do you use it?
What is the meaning of "On that note" and how do you use it? Does it mean "while we are talking about the same subject?"
- Words for building fires intensity - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the action ot slowly blowing air on the ignited fire to build heat and intensity called? Intensifying the flame Making a dying flame alive
- Word that means the opposite of what you would expect
The city is bright during the day, though conversely, it seems even brighter at night ' Conversely ' could fit well, depending on how you structure the sentence
- etymology - Conundrum: cleverer or more clever, simpler or more . . .
I know the rule for making the comparative and superlative form for two-syllable words ending in y, replace the -y with i and use -er and -est: hap py → happier → (the) happiest ti dy → tidier
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