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am having are having or have? - English Language Usage Stack . . . Grammatically, they are both fine In English usage, it depends which variety of English you are talking about In British English, there are some uses where am is are having is idiomatic, for example: for some mental states or personal experiences: I'm having second thoughts about going out tonight He's having a panic attack They're having fun where have has the meaning being the host for
Why is it spelled dummy and not dumby? Dumby did exist but is now obsolete: (rare) Alternative form of dummy (“stupid person”) (card games) Archaic form of dummy (“hand shown to be played from by another player”) (Wiktionary) OED gives this example from 1860 He who draws the lowest card takes Dumby as his partner Bohn's Hand-book Games iv 178 It's most probably the drop of b in the pronunciation of dumb ( dʌm ) that
What is the difference between wealth of knowledge and breadth of . . . The difference between "wealth of knowledge" and “breadth of knowledge” is that they use different metaphors Knowledge is an abstraction and can't be measured, so we speak of it using metaphors for things that can be measured, like personal wealth and physical distance (in two dimensions, whence breadth) One metaphor theme is Experience is Money (put in his 2 cents' worth, high-priced
How do I properly hyphenate well thought out? I would use well-thought-out if it would means something different from well thought-out; in the example sentence, well can only be applied to thought-out, not to answer
Which is correct, neither is or neither are? In formal usage, it should definitely be is: Neither of these options is available This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length) However, in colloquial usage, either option is fine, and are seems to now be somewhat more common, at least on teh internets A commenter here nicely describes the sort of thought process which probably pushes people (usually