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Bookmark or Share- verbs - What is the past tense of "sync"? - English Language & Usage ...I've always believed the past tense of sync ("I sync my phone with my computer") to be synced ("I synced my phone with my computer yesterday"). This question would seem to suggest either synced or
- Etymology of "div" meaning "a stupid or foolish person"Acting like a div yesterday: a stupid or foolish person I started to wonder how this term of abuse came about. Urban Dictionary has a quaint tale: Actually originates from prison slang in the UK...
- differences - "Lept" vs. "leapt" vs. "leaped" - English Language ...Almost ten years ago, I checked and recorded the relative popularity of leaped and leapt in Google results, because the following assertion in Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989) intrigued me:
- Is the correct usage to say "speed passed" or "speed past"I will speed past the cop. 'will speed' - is the verb phrase. 'past' - is an adverb meaning - 'to pass from one side to another'
- word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English Language ...A driving car makes a different sound than a car that is starting up. A driving car might purr if it's a good car, or hum or drone.
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