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Bookmark or Share- grammar - "Is there" versus "Are there" - English Language & Usage ...Always use the plural "are" with a plural subject (e.g. "question"), and the singular "is" with a singular subject (e.g. "article"), or with an uncountable subject (e.g. "water").
- terminology - Meaning and etymology of the “ite” and “ine/ene” endings ...I don't know if this works like compounds, but compounds ending in -ite or -ate are relating to oxygen compounds. Compounds ending -ate are compounds with more oxygen than the other component, while -ite is when oxygen is less than the other component in the compound. Hope that helps somewhat.
- Eat lunch or have lunch - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeYesterday, one of my friend updated his status Eating lunch at a hotel. I thought that Having lunch at a hotel is correct. So, I did a quick search on Google and got mixed responses. Google fetc...
- etymology - What is the origin of the '7 8 9' joke? - English Language ...Because 7 ate 9.— Gina D'Amato, 9, Milltown. … As I'm of a certain age, I tend to blame all jokes like this on the anonymous geniuses at Dixie Cup Corporation, who produced a line of riddle cups in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s.
- verbs - The pronunciation of "ate" - English Language & Usage Stack ...I find the OED note puzzling, because the OED2 (and OED3—there was no change) article gives the pronunciation of ate as “/eɪt/ /ɛt/ /iːt/” and also makes it clear that /eɪt/ is the older form, with /εt/ being analogically formed based on similarly patterning strong verbs like read and lead (and also beat and heat in certain dialectal ...
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