Oct 28, 2025 · I wonder why the "!" symbol is called exclamation point instead of exclamation mark in American English. Is it American or British?

Aug 12, 2010 · I assume you are referring to the common abbreviation for the Latin id est, which is commonly translated as "that is to say". So, think of the English when you would use it, i.e. when …

Sep 27, 2013 · Don't you think notion might work, too? If one can say, "I second that proposal," or "I second that idea," then I suppose "I second that notion" would be acceptable, too. From Time …

May 4, 2019 · The second apostrophe is generally left out for aesthetic reasons, but yes, that’s it. Or shouldna If you prefer. Whether it’s ‘proper English’ depends entirely on whose definition of what’s …

Apr 12, 2022 · You've known each other for years. You've talked for hours at a time before. You regularly interact in person and/or online. It's not that you don't like them. You're just neutral to them. …

Mar 5, 2013 · Before World War II the word "holocaust" referred most often to a huge inferno. Who first used the term to describe the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews? When and where?

Dec 6, 2014 · It's simply an attempt for English speakers to pronunce French phonemes, I don't believe there's an additional reason. The word appeared in English as "lieutenant", and an alternative …

Feb 20, 2018 · ie. Filtering a list of events by venue, or filtering a list of events according to the venue Thank you. EDIT: I always used by as in a direct translation from French filtrer par; according to …

Dec 27, 2012 · My wife and I are playing a game where you roll dice and move so many spaces in a grid "vertically or horizontally". In the use of English it is very common to say, this or the other when it …

I think it's hard to argue that "Tel" is not correct given that a mobile phone is a telephone. The only reason it should even matter to the reader is if calls to mobile phones cost more than calls to landline …