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  1. 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. …

  2. "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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. etymology - What is the origin and meaning of 'lookit'? - English ...

    Sep 8, 2019 · ["Song XXI"] In these instances—and in quite a few others that appear throughout the nineteenth century— lookit is simply a variant of looked, presumably spelled as it is to represent the …

  6. Should the verb "impact" be always followed by "on"?

    Dec 22, 2018 · Nowadays, we often see the word impact being used as a verb. It has been a verb since the 17th century. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny History of the World II. xx. xxi. 73 The seed of this hearbe …

  7. send you or send it to you? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 23, 2015 · Please, which phrase is correct: I have already finished the new recording; I will send you right now. I will send it to you right now.

  8. 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 …

  9. Is there a term for "non-words" like "ha", "ugh", "huh", etc?

    Jan 22, 2020 · OED example of ugh - 1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xxi It may have been a water-rat I speared, But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek. Does ^yuck" works with that one?

  10. Origin of "s--t-eating grin" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 9, 2011 · In Book XXI of his History of Rome, Livy describes a Carthaginian sect of coprophages, the risus faecivorus, or shit-eating grin, being commonly displayed by its adherents. Although, its …