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What to call Primary School + High School, but not College I was creating a web form for a client who requested the highest-grade completed for primary and high school and then college The original paper form had the following Circle highest grade comp
Origin, meaning, and derivation of boof as a verb in U. S. slang I'd wager that the movie earned a cult following among American teenagers, especially high schoolers, the movie was responsible for launching Tom Cruise's career In search of “boff” Oxford Dictionaries define boff as North American (informal) 1 Have sexual intercourse with (someone)
Why is a young surfer called a grommet or a grom? Why is a young surfer called a "grommet" or a "grom"? This page suggests that "a possible etymology for the word may be from the Portuguese term 'grumete', meaning the lowest ranking person on bo
word choice - In the last 3 months vs in the past 3 months . . . A lot of people now accept that last and past can be used interchangeably in certain contexts: These last few months have been difficult These past few months have been difficult However, traditional grammarians claim you should never use last when you mean past since last is final as opposed to just gone by These last few months have been difficult Old-schoolers would say that unless you
While followed by simple past past continuous Use of the simple past does not preclude an extended action state, or there wouldn't be a simple past tense of say 'wait' He waited while I combed my hair He stayed there for several months The past continuous is used when there is a more punctive occurrence during that process: He saw a mouse as he was waiting while I was combing my hair While he was staying there for several months, he
Is sans a drop-in replacement for without? I keep hearing people use the word sans in place of without which causes me to cringe Can sans really be used as a drop-in replacement? Examples: "I prefer cheeseburgers sans pickles " "I
Is there a word for someone who can talk to anyone? Trying to think of a word for a resume that would cover "being able to converse with almost anyone from having a general knowledge of many subjects" It wouldn't be articulate but I can't find anyt
grammatical number - Is an apostrophe with a decade (e. g. the 1920’s . . . These exist for pre-schoolers: a book and a video from 1998 called “Blue's Clues ABC's and 123's ” If this rule was good enough for Shakespeare, I don't see why the CMOS and other style guides have changed it Many known style guides have NOT changed the centuries old rule