
What does "xxi" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Aug 6, 2015 · The " XXI " in capitals mean 21 in Roman numerals, but I don't think the lower-case letters " xxi " here also refer to 21. It seems that the sentence is well understood if the "xxi" is removed. …
punctuation - What is the abbreviation for 'century'? - English ...
Dec 5, 2013 · 0 I was taught XXI or 21c. for twenty first century. The most important part being that the reader understands the writers intention.
What part of speech is 'really' when it is spoken in a sentence on its ...
Jun 2, 2024 · The word 'really' can be spoken in two ways, in a sentence on its own. Either in enthusiastic, and appreciative belief : You can run a hundred meters in 13 seconds. Really ? Or in …
Adjective that means ‘having agency’ - English Language & Usage ...
Oct 6, 2022 · False Philol. 60 To obtain an agential substantive complementing the verb photograph. 2003 L. K. Graham in J. N. Poling & C. C. Neuger Men's Work in Preventing Violence against …
What does 'turn of the century' mean? - English Language & Usage …
May 18, 2019 · I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around. …
'Coffee': American English pronunciation
Jul 31, 2025 · The preface to LPD (3rd ed., p.xxi) says: There is considerable variability in GenAm vowels in the open back area. LPD follows tradition in continuing to distinguish the vowel of lot lɑːt …
etymology - Darn and d—n, are they connected? - English Language ...
Dec 28, 2022 · The earliest record of the word is in 1781, in the Pennsylvania Journal of 20th of June -- In New England prophane swearing..is so far from polite as to be criminal, and …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
The word pussy is often used to mean "coward". This guy is a pussy. and I am wondering why. How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?
"By the way" in formal writing - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 20, 2012 · Can I say "By the way" in an official document or professional meeting and other important/formal times? I never saw any film which would include these words.
etymology - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a …
Details: Woodchuck is used as an alternative name for groundhogs. The etymology of woodchuck suggests that the word is not related with "wood" and "chucking" and I think the tongue twister …