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- Lunch vs luncheon - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between lunch and luncheon? Is it just American spelling vs British spelling, or do they have some sort of formal professional touch to them, say, a casual midday meal with f
- Is there a version of brunch for a meal between dinner and lunch?
Brunch has become quite a common word in the English language Is there a similar word for a meal in place of dinner and lunch? (A phrase will also do)
- word usage - Should good morning be first greeting irrespective of . . .
Is there any kind of rule that the first greeting to a person should be 'good morning' irrespective of the time you meet that person Whether its afternoon or evening Please clarify with with fact
- What is the difference between heading to and heading for?
What is the difference between to and for in the following statements? I am headed to the airport I am headed for the airport
- Is the spelling bologna acceptable for baloney in the sense of . . .
Style guide discussions of 'baloney' vs 'bologna' Use of bologna in the sense of baloney is evidently common enough in U S English to have prompted The Associated Press Stylebook (2007) to dedicate an entry to warning AP reporters not to do it: baloney Foolish or exaggerated talk The sausage or luncheon meat is bologna Similarly, Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, fourth edition
- Why do Australians and NZers call snacks lunch crib?
From another question I found out that Australians and New Zealanders call lunch and snacks crib On the Macquarie dictionary site, there are several (user-contributed) theories about why, but noth
- word choice - I had a dinner vs. I was having a dinner - English . . .
I'd suggest I was having dinner would be more idiomatic For some reason one has dinner, has lunch, has breakfast, and so on But one would have a feast, have a slap-up feed, not have feast If one is providing the entertainment, though, you would say giving a dinner, giving a luncheon If anyone knows the reason for any of this I'd be interested to hear it
- A particular word for after death get together?
In my native language (Gujarati) there is a special word for a get together held after someone's death, i e બેસણુ - "besnu", typically held between the 2nd to 4th day after death Is there any wor
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