I am a bit unsure about how the word "motherload" should be seen – as a common mistake or slang word or both. I've encountered the word the first time in a recent Guardian article, but to my surpri...

Aug 16, 2011 · A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect. Should we only say at no cost instead?

Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?

Dec 7, 2024 · I'm looking for a term that encapsulates when someone does something without really doing anything. Take, for instance, when you are speaking to an unhelpful customer service …

Jul 10, 2014 · According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common. "To lay" is a transitive verb. It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an …

Jan 28, 2012 · What is the difference between at a hotel and in a hotel? The NYTimes seems to be using both of them. I looked up the ngram on google and it seems in a hotel is used more often than …

Jun 3, 2012 · What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.

Dec 9, 2022 · The important thing to note is that these abbreviations are much more common in handwritten correspondence than they are online. c/o is often used when addressing post to …

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 …

Oct 19, 2016 · The popular idiomatic expression the mother of all (something) means: an extreme example of something. Donny's car crash was the mother of all crashes. Hundreds will travel to …