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Is it correct to use the comparative adjective blacker? @Carlo: The words blacker and blackest are historically much more common than more black and most black See this Ngram The increase in "more black" and "most black" around 1970 has nothing to do with comparatives or superlatives Rather, it is because that is when "black" became the politically correct word to call African-Americans, rather than "colored" or "Negro"
Who can be proud of whom? Is there any limit? Who can be proud of whom? Is there any limit? There is no limit Anyone or anything can be proud of anything or anyone The literal use is restricted to sentient beings (usually human) who have the ability to experience pride, but in metaphorical, or anthropomorphic use there is no restriction From Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca: A Literary Commentary By Floris Overduin 661 [Greek word] see
What does the darkest of nights mean? - English Language Usage . . . German SE was discussing superlatives (in the sense of grammar) In that context, "the darkest of nights" simply means "a night darker than any other (of an unspecified number) " You can use it in a literal sense, as in "it was the darkest of nights when the power grid failed and the moon was new " Or, you can use it a figurative sense to convey that it was a night of great sorrow or some
Blackness vs darkness - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Darkness is a shortage of light Not necessarily absence; think shadows, nighttime, movie theaters, etc Blackness is either the complete absence of light, or the presence of black An example of the former is a pitch-black environment, with no light at all An example of the latter is the blackness of space, where there is light coming from the stars, but it doesn't illuminate the space
What are the conventional words for characters (A-Z)? I have just read the newest post of DOGHOUSEDIARIES, and I am wondering whether the words for characters are fixed in the USA or the UK, as I am not a native English speaker For example: A as in
what is the word for saying bad words about other people There is a word to call this kind of person: habitually say bad things about other people, ONLY when the said people are not present always excited to spread rumors, especially the bad things
terminology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The terms shortening (make or become shorter), contractions, truncations, and abbreviation (a shortened form of a word or phrase) are often used interchangeably Take for example the word advertisement it can be shortened (or abbreviated) in two ways (1) advert (an advertisement) or (2) ad (an advertisement) Another example, romantic comedy (A film or play that deals with love in a light
Principles in the use of letters b, u and v in Early Modern . . . Keep in mind that typesetting mimicked handwriting, and in handwritten script the character v, for instance, would be written differently depending on whether it was at the start of a word or embedded within the word Likewise there was very little difference between u and v (And, of course, the boy (forget the title of the job) who was supposed to sort the used letters back into their bins