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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
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
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
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
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"?
Is it true that English has no future tense? The common way to form what is termed the future in English is will shall + bare infinitive: In 3 5 billion years, the sun will be 40 percent brighter than it is right now, which will cause the oceans to boil, the ice caps to permanently melt, and all water vapor in the atmosphere to be lost to space