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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 usage - Dark color or bright color - English Language Usage . . .
The Whiteboard has a white or high luminance level Brighter - having or reflecting elevated luminance level Lighter - having or reflecting elevated luminance level Darker - having or reflecting reduced luminance level A fresh black marker would have been better to preserve a contrast necessary for optimal legibility
- 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
- I am searching for a word or phrase that describes reflected light . . .
More specifically, a caustic is where light is either reflected or refracted such that it is concentrated in an area that is brighter than the surroundings -- so it's the bright lines that are seen on the bottom of a swimming pool, but not the space between them (even though that space also is receiving reflected or refracted rays)
- light at the end of the tunnel earliest occurrence
The pattern of salvation must be worked out for all The light at the end of the tunnel is dim, but our path seems to grow brighter as we actually begin our journey We cannot yet light the way to the end However, we hope the suggestions of my government will be illuminating
- Appropriate synonym for lights brightening gently
Here are some phrasal options for you I recommend using an adverb like gently Here are some phrases using adverbs that I think evoke a soft brightening: the lights gently rose the lights came up gently the lights brightened softly These sentences invoke metaphors: In the first two, the metaphor is of light rising; in the third, the metaphor is of a gradual change being soft Similar options
- meaning in context - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm reading the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln It mentioned that Lincoln replaced the phase "guardian angel" to "better angel" I don't understand what the phrase mea
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