- Origin of the word fou - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In tracing the etymological development of fou and thinking about English derivitives, we are given the following information in the OED entry for fool: Forms: ME fol, (ME folle), ME–15 fole, (ME foyl), ME–15 foule(e, (ME fowle), ME–16 foole, (15 foolle), ME–18 Sc fule, ME–15 full(e, ME–16 Sc fuil(l, -yll, (ME fwle), ME– fool
- What does the phrase Fee-fi-fo-fum actually mean?
How about Fee, Fye, Pho, ƒum?Fee being the lesser of the Golden Section (or a value of 0 6180339), Fye being the greater of the Golden Section (or a value of 2 6180339), Pho being a shorthand for Fibonacci or Phyllotaxis, and ƒum being the word sum when written in old script
- Need of vs. need for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Distinction: What can I do you for? vs. What can I do for you?
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- pronouns - When is it correct to use yourself and myself (versus . . .
Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject actor of the sentence and the object recipient are the same person or group
- grammar - Found vs Find Correct sentence - English Language Usage . . .
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- verbs - Did you find versus have you found - English Language . . .
Did you find is the simple past and indicates that you are no longer looking for it Have you found is the present perfect and indicates a link with the present, specifically, that you could still be looking for it
- may you or can you? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
They are both correct However "can" entails the issue of "possibility" If you ask someone "can you" it is as if you're wondering if they are capable of doing it
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