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  1. "More Bored" Vs "Boreder" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their …

  2. capitalization - To capitalize or not to capitalize "southern ...

    Dec 28, 2017 · 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 …

  3. single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …

    Apr 29, 2014 · @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 …

  4. More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, …

    Aug 22, 2011 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

  5. phrases - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 4, 2012 · 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 …

  6. word usage - Encroach on/upon, encroach into - English …

    Nov 3, 2022 · I was wondering if someone could explain the difference between "encroach on/upon" and "encroach into". I cannot figure out the clear difference …

  7. 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. …

  8. Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 19, 2011 · 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. …

  9. grammar - Should have went vs Should have gone - English …

    Mar 15, 2017 · 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 …

  10. What do all capital letters typically refer to in writing?

    All caps are typically used for either of two reasons:. Visual Style. Capital letters are often used on covers of magazines, in logos and artsy-typography, usually to emphasise the visual style of …

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