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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
- What is the geographic distribution of “brights” vs high beams?
Migrated yesterday My girlfriend uses “brights” to mean what I call “high beams”, as in the brighter headlights on a car We grew up in different parts of the world, and I had not heard that term before I am wondering if there is any literature that has documented the geographic distribution of using brights to mean high beams
- Geographic distribution of “brights” as slang for high beams
Migrated 18 hours ago My girlfriend uses “brights” as a slang for “high beams” (as in the brighter headlights on a car) We grew up in different parts of the world and I had not heard that slang before I am wondering if there is any literature that has documented the geographic distribution of using brights as a slang for high beams
- Abbreviation “n. d. ” in citation? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I’ve just come across “n d ” used as an abbreviation, as a bibliographic reference in an academic essay, along the lines of: Smith (n d ) discusses the subaquaeous pliability of rattan fibres… Is
- Blond hair and Fair hair - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Blonde is brighter than fair It has the following - either, or both: lighter toned overall more yellow in it It tends to look 'sunnier' and more dramatic, brighter than fair hair There's also a much whiter blonde - like an Icelandic or Nordic blonde - 'ice blonde' As seen in 'Legolas' the warrior elf in the movie 'The Lord Of The Rings' c 2001
- meaning - I would want to vs. I would like to - English Language . . .
What is your exact context? For most purposes you should probably stick to saying what you would like to do But, consider I will come to your party tonight, but I probably won't stay long If John isn't there to drive us back, I would want to leave before midnight to catch the last bus I find want better than like there, because idiomatically speaking I would like [to do X] has become so
- 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?
- 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)
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