Filling out forms that ask for “relationship with”
Oct 4, 2012 · Forgive me for being perhaps nitpicky here, but my guess is that those forms you fill for your son really mean "relationship to child" not "relationship with child". Your relationship to the child …
What do you call a person who started something that is later followed ...
Jan 14, 2013 · What do you call a person who started something that is later followed by everyone? For example, someone started to stay late at night till 8 p.m. and later everyone started to stay till 8 p.m..
Is there a specific name for that singular exhalation laugh that ...
Oct 21, 2023 · I'm betting that most people know exactly what I am talking about. It happens when you're scrolling through some social media and you see something that is only a little funny. It may …
What is a common word that describes men who don't attract women
Sep 9, 2012 · I voted to reopen this. The question is specific enough - we want a word that means "unlucky in love" or "involuntarily without a girlfriend". The OP specifically mentioned courtship, as …
adjectives - Is there a word that means 'deliberately ignorant ...
This is a cognitive bias tendencies to think in certain ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment, and are often studied in psychology and behavioral …
grammar - What is the correct way to say that the electricity has come ...
Aug 27, 2015 · PG&E, the utility that provides electricity in the San Francisco Bay Area, always announces after a blackout that "Service has been restored to the affected areas." But users usually …
pejorative language - Is there a word that describes a person who ...
Jun 13, 2012 · Is there a word that describes a person who constantly exaggerates? Exaggerating both facts and their emotions? Edit: the word should have a negative connotation, as if you are criticizing …
Possessive apostrophe at end of an acronym that ends in S
Aug 11, 2014 · A relevant question is Proper Apostrophe Usage with Initialisms: CCS' or CCS's? The answer there would indicate that not only should there be an apostrophe, but it should be apostrophe …
What's the correct way of saying that one is pursuing a degree?
Oct 25, 2016 · In Europe, it seems either are acceptable. In the US, I have almost never heard "study a Master's degree" used and it sounds incorrect to my ears. I would use "study for" to achieve broader …
Is there a sentence that begins with “them”?
Sep 8, 2019 · An online retail store is asking its customers to construct a sentence beginning with them in order to win a voucher. I just can't believe there's any such sentence, at least I don't know of any! ...