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Bookmark or Share- word choice - "has gone by" or "has gone bye?" - English Language ...2. "So much time has gone by" is correct. This would be understood to mean "so much time has elapsed" or "so much time has passed". "So much time has gone bye" would be (at best) a sort of pun, based on the personification of the elapsed time. (picture time as a person, waving good-bye as it goes past. You would say that time has gone 'bye!').
- meaning - Where does the phrase "get a bye" come from? - English ...2. In the tournaments I've seen for other games and sports, a "bye" is simply advancing to the next round for lack of an opponent, with no obligation to play solitaire while waiting. – Karl Knechtel. Nov 20, 2011 at 8:35. @Karl: Exactly, this is basically a modified form of that meaning. – Hugo. Nov 20, 2011 at 8:53.
- In a tournament, do I get a "by", a "bye", or a "buy"?According to the OED, bye is correct word.. b. The position of an individual, who, in consequence of the numbers being odd, is left without a competitor after the rest have been drawn in pairs.
- "Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeUsing the word "bye" on it's own we will draw out the final "e" into almost its own syllable, like: by-eee, in sing-song fashion. Whereas at the end of "goodbye" it is clipped, like: good-by. I agree that "bye bye" is either baby talk or ironic, and if used incorrectly would be perceived as insulting; if you're unsure, don't use it.
- What is the origin of the phrase ‘By the by...’?Merriam-Webster's A Dictionary of the English Language (1864) notes that either by or bye (as a noun) could mean. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, and the like; as in on or upon the bye, in passing; indirectly; by implication.
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