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- Origin of the word fou - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
So, after all that, you (the OP) were inspired to ask this question by reading the Wiktionary entry? In the end then the question isn't really what 'fou' means in English, but how did the French word 'fou' (crazy) come from Latin 'follis' ('bellows', 'bag') Prety straightforward metaphor as others mentioned, a 'windbag' talks a lot, which may be drift into crazy Also, it's a fairly common
- What does the phrase Fee-fi-fo-fum actually mean?
Fee-fi-fo-fum; I smell the blood of an Englishman Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread Joseph Jacobs, Jack and the Beanstalk (1890) I've read about the origin of 'Fee
- Need of vs. need for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is "need of religion" grammatically incorrect as opposed to "need for religion"? Or "need of salt" vs "need for salt"?
- Distinction: What can I do you for? vs. What can I do for you?
It's normally a joke It's 'funny' because "What can I do you for?" is actually a question that would never be asked, except rhetorically Do you, as in "I'm gonna do you in" is what a thug would say before he perpetrated violent acts against you It could also be used by a police man, for example "Do him for possession", so do him is slang for arrest him There is also, the more pertinent
- grammar - Found vs Find Correct sentence - English Language Usage . . .
Which of the following is correct? 1 What would you do if we found life on Mars? OR What would you do if we find life on Mars? 2 He hasn't still find out the secret OR He hasn't still
- 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 "I see myself" is correct because I am doing the seeing and am seeing myself In your latter example, the subject is the implicit "you" and the object is
- may you or can you? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Need be vs. Needs to be - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I can hardly say the word need be used, since that's 395 written instances without it But Google Books claims to have 1,140 instances pointing out that the word needs to be used Without to, it seems rather dated to me
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