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Lighter vs. brighter - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm trying to find information about the grammatical correctness of interchanging lighter and brighter in the sense of: I turned on the lamp and the room became lighter I turned on the lamp
Which is higher — hyper-, ultra- or super-? According to OED, hyper-: over, beyond, over much, above measure ultra-: beyond super-: over, above, higher than They all have the meaning "higher than", but what is the order of them
What is origin of the phrase as gay as cheese? If it helps, the main character is a Cornish barber, so I suppose it might be a regional phrase My central question is, is there a meaning to the phrase, like it referring to the bright color of some cheeses (playing off of the idea of brighter colors being considered happier colors) or is it intentionally random like "the cat's pajamas"?
Possible meaning of the expression forced my lute? This question first arose following the release of How the gas mantle made lamps 10x brighter by Technology Connections, and it seems they've found a likely answer We found what “forced my lute” meant! Back in ye olde chemistry days, lute was a substance used to make seals between your various chemistry apparatus So, Clayton was probably saying the 330 year old equivalent of “blew the
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm having a disagreement over the correctness of the use of the apostrophe in the following sentence: It is your responsibility to declare your fuel purchase at the checkout and not the stores I
Why does “Whip smart” come to mean “Very smart”? In my opinion, the idiom, a simile, can either refer to the quickness of the action of cracking a whip, the stings or the smarts caused by the cracking of a whip or the result of flaggelating little school boys through their schooling years to bring out the brighter side of their minds