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Bookmark or Share- What can I call 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a competition?There are many awards I received from the sport I did. I thought to compress everything and write as 'Inter university and All island winner' but I have placed only 2nd and 3rd places.
- What is a word for getting an award in a competition or being one of ...Win, place, and show is limited to the horse racing (or dog racing possibly) context. There are multiple ways to express this in competitions: Winner, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up, etc. 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, 1st prize, 2nd prize, etc.
- What color is "puce", and why do different people give radically ...I always thought puce is purplish, perhaps because the Welsh word piws (pronounced "puce") means purple. The word entered English from the French, where it had become a fashionable colour amongst the French aristocracy.
- "Agree on" vs. "agree with" vs. "agree to" - English Language & Usage ...A quote from "A valency dictionary of English" (Herbst et al. 2004: 25), with some modifications: A.Agree can mean 'be of the same opinion'
- "At hand" vs "on hand" vs "in hand" - English Language & Usage Stack ...I tried to break down the usage of these three (four if you count "to hand"), hopefully I'm right about it, at least in part :) So here are my thoughts:
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