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- The origin of two is company, three is a crowd
A company consisting of three is worth nothing It is the Spanish opinion who say that to keep a secret three are too many, and to be merry they are too few John Collins provides this translation which resembles more closely the English proverb (1834) “Three persons in company are too many for any secret affair, and two few for social
- What is the meaning of the adjective phrase three-up?
In Annie Proulx's short story, the phrase "three-up outfit" appears, used to describe the ranch of one of the characters I do not know what "three-up" means
- What does three by and five by mean? - English Language Usage . . .
It teaches the target language using English On a page of vocabulary and phrases, it lists the English terms "three by" and "five by" I can't understand the foreign translation, and there is no context from which to guess the meaning Are these voice procedures for use on a radio? What is the meaning? And is there also "one by", "two by", etc ?
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- writing style - Why do we have both the word three and the numeral 3 . . .
Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3" in this sentence? The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3
- Word for three times a year. Is tri-quarterly a real word?
Is "tri-quarterly" a real English word meaning 3 times a year? Are there any other words that mean 3 times a year?
- Why is it three score years and ten almost half the time and not . . .
3 Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not always 'three score and ten years'? Note: I edited the question body and title in light of comments and answers pointing me to a Google phrase frequency chart which indicates that the two versions are used about equally often right now
- Three-times vs three times - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Three times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014 vs Three-times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014 Is there a difference between the normal and hyphenated versions? Which one is correct?
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