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pronunciation - Is forte pronounced fort or for-tay? - English . . . As reported by the NOAD, the pronunciation is |ˈfɔrˌteɪ| or |fɔrt|, whenever forte means a thing at which someone excels, or loud loudly In the first case, the origin of the word is from a French word fort (masculine), or forte (feminine), from Latin fortis; in the second case the origin is the Italian word forte, from the Latin fortis
Where does the phrase hold down the fort come from? Using the google on books finds a "down" usage from 1951 It took Wilson Follett and Jacques Barzun fifteen years to contemne this phrase in their *Modern American Usage: A Guide" in 1966, saying "Many unschooled in the lore of battle hold an odd idea of forts
What is the origin of the term ginger for red-headed people? I know the long odds, and hedging is my forte Have always been fortunate in calling seven and nicking it As to cricket, when I played last summers, the amateurs declared they never knew such a stop behind, it would have done you good to see the notches I got off on my own bat, and I astonished the oldest of them with bowling
Differences between propensity, predilection and proclivity They're essentially synonymous: Proclivity is 'leaning to', propensity is 'nearness to' and predilection is 'preference for' Worry about something more significant like the misuse of the words irony and disinterest or the mispronunciation of the the words route and forte
What is the subtle difference between and so on and and so forth? There isn't a difference in meaning according to any dictionary I consulted Collins, Macmillan, Dictionary com (American Heritage), Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster all either define one in terms of the other ("and so on: and so forth") or have a joint entry for both terms
What is the meaning of pur sang? - English Language Usage Stack . . . It's a French expression meaning pure-blooded (the literal translation) or thoroughbred In the example, he's saying that it's a quintessential example of being argumentative I'm not aware of a famous literary usage, but French literature is not my forte
Double negation: not, neither - nor in a sentence The last sentence is OK; the other two are overnegated The not in the first clause scopes the second one too, so you don't need to repeat the negative in it
vocabulary - To increase competitiveness in or to increase . . . English is not my forte But here is my two cents IN is correct since competitiveness is an event that must occur in a population In this case the population is the EU labor market Change the word competitiveness to murderousness and it will be clearer :)