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Origin of the expression glass half full or half empty Clearly, whether the glass is half full or half empty depends on whether you're in the process of filling or emptying it – Steven Littman Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 17:45
Is the glass half filled with water or half empty? [closed] Or if the glass being filled halfway implies that it has been partially drunk--that is, that it was once full but has been half emptied The important point to take away is that the purpose of any language is to communicate ideas, and you should choose the wording that best conveys the ideas you wish to communicate
Why “half past” and not “half to”? - English Language Usage . . . There is also a more direct risk of confusion In British English, at least, half followed by an hour is used by some to mean half past [hour] It's perhaps worth adding that in German, by contrast, half followed by an hour does mean 30 minutes before the hour named Halb eins is not 'half past one', but 'half past twelve' So there's no
How empty is the container in the phrase More than half empty? 1 "I asked for it half empty I wanted to add the same amount of orange juice to it That glass of water is more than half empty, it’s nearly full!" ++ 2 "It was half full when we left the house Now, that glass of water is more than half empty! Someone has been drinking it while we were away " –
Does empty have a gradable antonym in English? If something is less than full--and hence, not empty--it is half-full, one-quarter full, two-thirds full, almost empty, etc So, no, there does not appear to be one word that describes the phenomenon of something's being between empty and full, except maybe the word "when," as in "Let me pour you some coffee Say when "
Is it really possible to be half dead? - English Language Usage . . . IOW, a person is either alive or dead, right? They are either 100% alive, or 0% alive Being "half dead" makes no sense From whence did this oddly even expression originate? And why is the expression "half dead" instead of "half alive", anyway? Is this an optimist ("glass half full") vs pessimist ("glass half empty") thing?
How can something be fuller or the fullest? Half full and half empty are nonsense phrases A glass may be far from full or far from empty It may be nearly full or nearly empty It may contain about half as much as it would if full or empty However, it cannot contain anything if it is empty, so cannot be emptier than empty nor the emptiest of empties Neither can it be fuller than full
Whats the difference between a half-truth and a half-falsehood? It's similar to a glass half full or half empty It depends one how you look at that kind of situation, optimistically or pessimistically With half-truth and half-falsehood, use of one or the other indicates which end the person might have been coming from In general use, half-lie might be more familiar when coming from the other end of truth
What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er? Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — anyone who has the slightest bit curiosity about this subject would do well to check out Jesse Sheidlower's The F-word, a very accessible and fun book
american english - A half a cup of [something] - English Language . . . We describe six as ‘half a dozen’ and not as ‘half of a dozen’ and 30 minutes as ‘half an hour’, and not as ‘half of an hour’ In such formulations, ‘half’ is an adjective, as it also is in this citation from Trollope illustrating the OED’s entry for adjectival ‘half’: ‘Though the lord might be only half a man, Julia