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Bookmark or Share- etymology - What is the origin of the quote, “You can satisfy some of ...You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. It is is most often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but this is disputed: This is probably the most famous of apparently apocryphal remarks attributed to Lincoln.
- Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not ...I'm three score and thirteen years old, when I was young (in the UK) some still used the count of "score" - mainly for farm produce. The discussion about "score" and where the noun goes is really quite irrelevant as the root of the phrase comes from the Hebrew, changed to "score" thanks to a loose translation of the bible into English.
- Unusual words used to denote a specific length of time?I'm looking for unusual/uncommon words that refer to a period of time. Something like fortnight: (chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, dated in North America) A period of 2 weeks. But for various different amounts of time like a year, x number of years, x number of weeks, x number of days etc.
- idioms - Origins of the phrase “the best time to plant a tree was 30 ...The second best time is now. This article from Georgia Game and Fish was subsequently reprinted in full in the Congressional Record of November 25, 1969). From "If You're Going To, Better Get On with It," in Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin (March–April 1971): The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is now.
- grammaticality - Which one is correct, "favourite song of all time" or ..."Of all time" is correct because it means "of all of time" as in the whole of time throughout existence (or throughout one's existence). Time is singular. The only other problem in the sentence, "That is one of my favourite songs of all time," would only be a problem in the United States. In the U.S., the word is spelled "favorite."
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