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Bookmark or Share- "Can you please" vs. "Could you please" [duplicate]I disagree. I'd say they are for the most part equivalent. "Can you walk with me to my car" or, "Could you walk with me to my car" - equivalent.
- phrase request - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeThe modern-day trousers as middle class dress didn't really come about until sometime around the 18th century. Breeches would have been formal dress before then.The separate leg covering word you are looking for is "hose", knitted stockings that would cover the leg while the breeches stopped at the thigh (Tudor era) or, later on, the knee.
- word usage - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeUnto is obsolete in Present-Day English; in fact, it was already obsolescing in Early Modern English. Today it survives only in texts which try to reproduce the feel and authority of the King James Version of the Bible — which is why you find it employed in translating a religious text like the Bhagavad-Gita.
- archaic language - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeYou must use "has." "Hath" is never used in modern English. See these questions and their answers: Are archaic third person singular forms of verbs useful to English learners?, Verbs ending in -th –
- What is the difference between "all day" and "all the day"I believe both sentences are correct and mean the same thing. I assume that all day is a more common expression than all the day. Yes, Google Books confirms it. In addition, there is a very good answer on ELU given by @Sven Yargs. I will cite the paragraph which summarises the difference between these two in modern English.
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