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Bookmark or Share- Etymology: The transition from "bellum" to "guerra/guerre", and how ...In modern eyes, that may a bit sexist, but then again in French there is a distinction, too. Further, would it be pushing the envelope to declare that the word beau is related to bon, bueno, buon, which means good, and next that this (particularly buon) is similar to the Germanic word won? While the word belle (as in bellum) is known in a ...
- more modern / moderner - WordReference ForumsHello, I wanted to know why in English, you don't say "moderner" but "more modern" while, according to the rules I have studied, with a short word (1 or...
- In Modern Time - WordReference ForumsI have always been using the phase “in modern time” to mean the same as the phrase “in modern times,” referring to the time since the 20th century or a few centuries earlier. My question was about the definite article. Should the definite article be used between the words “in” and “modern time”?
- modern times are or is - WordReference ForumsThe modern period is . . ., but modern times are . . .: 'times' is a plural word.
- punctuation for time [colon vs full stop] - WordReference ForumsThree other style manuals used in the U.S., those of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press (AP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA), are available on-line only for purchase of the paper edition or through an annual paid subscription.
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