- What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil?
The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name) Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little"
- Origin of milady - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, milady emerged in 1778 that partially came from French: Partly < French milady , title used when addressing or speaking of an English lady of high rank (1727 in Voltaire; 1754 as milédi ) < English my lady (see lady n 3a), and partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my lady (see above)
- Using once upon a time in a present tense sentence?
@OldBrixtonian Of course! It's so obvious I was stuck trying to force the beginning of the story far into the past, yet allow the rest to be in the present, but historical present tense only really works if you have a narrator describing another story from within the story, otherwise it's just confusing and weird
- expressions - Usage of the more you squeeze, the more sand disappears . . .
Governor Tarkin: Princess Leia, before your execution, I'd like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this battle station operational No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now Princess Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers (from *Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope*)
- personal names - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Vice Admiral Sir T J H Laurence KCVO CB CSM ADC(P) HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL None of this precludes an ordinary "Mr Mrs J R Ewing", or (if he has a qualification and she doesn't) "Dr Mrs J R Ewing" The point is that if the couple has to be dealt with separately because the wife has stuff to be listed
- Can someone explain the phrase All is fair in love and war?
So, then, on Earth today, we have the hypocrisy of people who say that there are things that are "not fair" in war, but who routinely engage in them opportunistically anyways This reminds me of The Princess Bride "So I'll put down my sword, and you'll put down your rock, and we'll try to kill each other like civilized men?" –
- Tenses after as if - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
She dressed herself up as though she were a little princess She wishes she were a little princess He orders me about as if I were his wife (but I’m not) He wishes I were his wife, but I’m not For other verbs, you just use the pluperfect there by using had learned, as you have done He talks about Rome as though he had been there himself
- What is the name of this type of word: Mr. , Ms. , Dr. ?
@Marcin: Perhaps I am I know that there are times when "Mister" is either a portion of a style or a complete style, but in that case it is associated with some position (e g certain clergy positions, or some official government positions in the United states such as "Mr President", "Madam Speaker", etc), while the generic honorific we tend to say during conversation to anyone would not thus
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