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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
To some vs. for some - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The sun appears to some (people) brighter in the afternoons than in the mornings For and to are interchangeable where they are not selected and where, roughly, they express an opinion or belief, as in: For some, the sun is a god to be appeased with offerings of fatted calves and crosswords
Word that means the opposite of what you would expect The city is bright during the day, though conversely, it seems even brighter at night ' Conversely ' could fit well, depending on how you structure the sentence
meaning - I would want to vs. I would like to - English Language . . . What is your exact context? For most purposes you should probably stick to saying what you would like to do But, consider I will come to your party tonight, but I probably won't stay long If John isn't there to drive us back, I would want to leave before midnight to catch the last bus I find want better than like there, because idiomatically speaking I would like [to do X] has become so
sustaining narrative - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the meaning of ‘sustaining narrative’ in this text? Does it mean ‘the narrative that we have had for a long time’, ‘the narrative that is entrenched for us’? I know the meaning of narrative