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- capitalization - To capitalize or not to capitalize southern . . .
The word "southern" is not part of the official name of California or any city or county, so I never capitalize it It only loosely defines a region of California and its border is not officially defined either However, I was recently advised by someone who I consider to be educated to capitalize "southern" in this context
- adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English Language . . .
Yet the West Midlands is to all intents a proper noun and always capitalised, as is East Anglia The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals I think I will compose a question on this –
- single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin between the . . .
@Doorknob - Elliot has named it correctly The upper lip is skin-covered, skin-colored, and hairy The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa
- More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . .
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- What do you call the land area around a pond?
I live adjacent to a pond in New England (specifically, Spy Pond in Arlington, MA) People around here commonly call the area around it the shore, and the border of the water specifically as the shoreline For instance, this article on a town-related website: Public input sought for Spy Pond shore protection
- Origin of the idiom go south - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
go south (also head south, take a turn south) 1 v phr by 1940s To disappear; fail by or as if by vanishing [examples omitted] 2 v phr by 1925 To abscond with money loot, etc [examples omitted] 3 v phr underworld by 1950 To cheat, esp to cheat at cards [examples omitted] 4 v phr by 1980s To lessen; diminish [examples omitted] Probably from the
- periphery and perimeter — are they the same? [closed]
The conceptual "periphery" of a city center may lie within or outside of the city's state border, or perimeter The NY Metro area, for example, includes peripheral suburbs in NJ and CT The "perimeter" of New York State is not related to the configuration of the Metro, nor is the state border a mere concept used to describe any place outside of
- word choice - “In the outskirts” versus “on the outskirts” - English . . .
"outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (q v ) Now only in plural Originally in Spenser and in this instance skirt means a border or edge If you live on the outskirts you live on the outer edge You can't live in an edge
- phrases - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Based on what I understand of the words, verge seems to suggest the border between two things or a line between two spaces Think of the word converge That means basically to come together at the verge So the verge has two sides
- grammar - Should have went vs Should have gone - English Language . . .
Yes, that's the way the paradigms seem to be falling out: either the participle is the same as the past regularly, or an irregular past participle becomes equivalent to past, like shrink, shrunk, shrunk, or an irregular past form becomes the participle, as here
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