Aug 8, 2012 · Neath or 'neath does have a standalone meaning, but as you will see here, it simply means beneath. It appears in poetry usually, I suspect, when beneath or underneath would add too …

Sep 7, 2018 · In terms of these two senses, is there any subtle difference between these four prepositions? Or one is most formal/informal than the rest. And what about their spelling pattern: If …

And Love to all men 'neath the sun! And love everyone on earth. As Alex pointed out, "'neath the sun" is borrowed from Ecclesiastes. It's a motif that appears many times throughout the book. A close …

Mar 10, 2012 · O.K. was probably the first spelling (and there are dozens of theories about its origin). OK is an obvious shortening, maybe by somebody who had only heard the phrase. But ok would be …

Oct 18, 2012 · Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.

Is there a single-word noun for an overwhelming feeling that uses overwhelm as its root? My first thought was to make a gerund, that is, overwhelming. Although overwhelming is normally used as an

Jan 30, 2012 · I ask for the difference in a sense of active quality rather than a stative quality of the verbs. E.g. in "the toy is sitting underneath/under table", the verb is stative. So we are dealing with a...

No, "underneath" does not imply a greater level of depth than either "beneath" or "below". underneath The under- indicates the subject of comparison is directly below the object or right "under its …

Jan 19, 2015 · The Chicago Manual, 16th edition, says that "mid" is followed by a hyphen only if a capitalized word (mid-Atlantic) or a number (mid-1950s) follows. That said, I believe that all of the …

Though somewhat synonymous, I find that 'speak' and its derivatives are somewhat more formal than 'talk', so that you may feel in the situations where you refer to another conversation, they are more …