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Speeded vs. Sped - English Language Usage Stack Exchange So sped has been preferred over speeded for as long as the corpus data goes back Generally speaking, irregular verbs tend to become regular over time, rather than the other way round, though the latter is not unheard of, either However, the more heavily used an irregular verb is, the less likely it is to change
How would you describe a car kicking up clouds of dust as an adverb of . . . In English, we tend to relate to the cause of something (cause and effect) Hence your car kicking up clouds of dust But this is not the only way to describe the scene We can also use (effect and implied cause) A cloud of dust hung above a distant road, as a the black car sped towards the city
Exact meaning behind the phrase: Im not here to. . . Could someone please explain the exact meaning of 'I'm not here to'? I've found info that it might possibly show some sort of disapproval of the speaker and that they don't want to make effort to do
Is the correct usage to say speed passed or speed past I will speed past the cop 'will speed' - is the verb phrase 'past' - is an adverb meaning - 'to pass from one side to another' How will you speed? quickly? slowly? or past? 'to pass-passed' is a verb You have finished the verb phrase with 'speed' The next item is an adverb 'past' (adverb, adjective, preposition) and 'passed' (past tense of to pass) are two words that are often mistaken
word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English Language . . . Modern cars aren't supposed to make much noise at all There's the comfort of travellers and the general public near the highway to consider, not to mention the fact that fuel economy implies aerodynamic body shape At most, what we're looking for is something like "muted hum"
it took me a long time vs I took a long time to do x Merriam-Webster arguably lists the sense of the highly polysemous verb 'take' used in the first example: take [10]e (2): to use up (space, time, etc ) [require] it takes a long time to dry Collins Cobuild ALD also gives examples close to the first sentence, adding no usage caveats: to take time [phrase]: If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time Change
Etymology of div meaning a stupid or foolish person Acting like a div yesterday: a stupid or foolish person I started to wonder how this term of abuse came about Urban Dictionary has a quaint tale: Actually originates from prison slang in the UK
Idiom to refer to a person who is tight with money Is there an idiom that describes a person who is tight with his her money, never wants to chip in or treat themselves or others and worries too much about money?
Why has the plague on our houses become a pox? I am sped:——Is he gone and hath nothing?" That first instance ("a plague on both the houses") remained unchanged from the first folio in the 1623 edition, while the two subsequent instances of "A pox o' both your houses" became "A plague o' both your houses " Excellent observation, Richard Lesh! +1