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etymology - Why is bade pronounced bad? - English Language Usage . . . The spelling bade, on the other hand, corresponds to the long vowel in the Old English past plural and 2nd sing Thus, both the pronunciation and the spelling make etymological sense; they just originate from the two different past indicative stems of the Old English verb
Is my bad a correct English phrase? I have seen many people use the phrase "my bad" in Internet forums What does it exactly imply and is it a proper English phrase?
phrases - Old timers referring to a bad penny - English Language . . . An old proverb in which a 'bad penny' is a methapor for someone or something unwelcome Pennies today are viewed as nearly worthless by many people (although not so many as a year ago), but when the term “bad penny” first appeared in the 18th century, pennies were serious money This made them ripe targets for counterfeiters, and to reach into your pocket or purse and discover that you had
prepositions - forbidden from or forbidden to - English Language . . . Opinions differ: FORBID, PROHIBIT These verbs are near synonyms, but they take different prepositions Use to rather than from with forbid, and from rather than to with prohibit Take care to avoid sentences like They were forbidden from using cameras and They were prohibited to use cameras Make it forbidden to use or prohibited from using Lester Kaufman and Jane Straus; The Blue Book of
Why is victuals pronounced vittles? - English Language Usage . . . It's called a false etymology -- essentially, some scholar along the way missed the intervening few hundred years of French (and, one would suppose, Proto-Romance) usage and assumed it came from the Latin more directly A surprisingly large number of English spellings are back-formed this way; victuals is actually more correct than most since it can eventually be traced back to victus A lot