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Who changed the way vacumn was spelled 40 years ago? According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, vacuum entered English in the 1540s directly from Latin as the substantivized, neuter form of the adjective vacuus The earliest use was as an abstract, non-count noun denoting the emptiness of space, later any void or empty space, for which one could use the Latin plural vacua or simply tack on
pronunciation - Why is vacuum pronounced [ˈvæ. kjuːm] and not [ˈvæ . . . +1 It seems that vacuum is the odd word out when placed in a lineup with (for example) continuum, individuum, menstruum, and residuum I don't know why the -uum in vacuum came to be pronounced differently from the -uum in the others, but to judge from the pronunciation offered in John Walker's A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language (1807), 'twas not always thus
differences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Perfect vacuum does not exist - there will always be some energy, some particles manifesting themselves spontaneously from quantum uncertainty, but generally lack of matter, including air is considered vacuum
Where is the root morpheme in Modern English evacuate and vacuum? Clearly they are related through Latin, from e- and vacare (out of and to empty) and from vacuus (empty), and in Latin the shared morpheme is vac- More interesting may be the relationships with vain, vast and waste which have similar origins in Latin or proto-Indo-European, but which have more specific meanings in modern English
Can I call a vacuum cleaner cleaner a vacuum cleaner? If a 'vacuum cleaner cleaner' is a machine for cleaning vacuum cleaners, then the person who cleans the vacuum cleaner cleaner would be a 'vacuum cleaner cleaner cleaner'
Why are there 3 different ways to pronounce oo? My German colleagues were laughing at the way I pronounce google, and it led to a discussion With words like google, yahoo, poodle and loose, the oo has a sound similar to the German ü sound With
Gap, void or vacuum? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Considering their primary meanings, vacuum is used more often in a scientific context, in which case it means space completely or partially absent of any matter air It is a scientific term, while void can be used non-technically in a more abstract sense, but it can also be used when talking about empty space in a non-scientific way
expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A talent knowledge vacuum is created as talent redundancy has been overlooked and nobody else knows how to do Sara's job, then that leg of the company experiences failure until a solution for Sara's absence is resolved
Idioms or phrases to answer to obvious (yes) questions? Is the pope catholic? Do vacuum cleaners suck? Is water wet? Is the hypotenuse the longest side of a triangle? Does a bear live in the woods? I’ll answer you with my favorite ‘Y’ word—Yes! Is the sky blue? I totally ‘scored’ getting asked by you Yes! How do you spell yes? Would you take ‘yes’ for an answer? I haven’t said no