What does NOOT mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 26, 2016 · “ Noot Noot ”: is the sound made by the titular character from the British-Swiss children’s TV series Pingu. Due to its frequent utterance throughout the series, the soundbite …
word order - "Why is this not" versus "why is not this" - English ...
Mar 16, 2011 · The usual order is "Why is this not [ready yet]?" Inverting it to "Why is not this [rose in bloom]?" might be possible in poetry, but it sounds awkward at best in everyday usage. …
Punctuation for the phrase "including but not limited to"
Oct 1, 2013 · When using the phrase "including but not limited to", how should it be punctuated? When used in the following (no punctuation): There are many activities including but not …
Use of wasn't vs was not in a formal sentence
Nov 14, 2020 · That use of "wasn't" sounds fine to me. What sounds a bit questionable is the idea that one could tell whether a person is blind just by looking at them. Also, "bespectacled" …
What's the difference between a "nook" and a "cranny"?
Many U.S. readers over 40, upon hearing the term "nooks & crannies," will immediately be reminded of an old tagline for Thomas' English muffins: with lots of nooks and crannies to hold …
"At hand" vs "on hand" vs "in hand" - English Language & Usage …
What's the difference between at hand, on hand and in hand? At hand seems to me as if you have something in reach. On hand is if you have something in stock. And in hand can be used …
Interpreting "not bad" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
"Not bad" means "not bad". It can be made to mean "good", but then again so can anything — including plain "bad" itself. Read up on litotes. I am certain your native language has a similar …
"We're not" vs. "we aren't" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 5, 2012 · Given these are primarily spoken forms, and that ordinarily we're only going to apply one of the two possible contractions, I imagine we tend to just apply the first one because it …
negation - Order of "not" with infinitive - English Language
The sentence with not between to and the verb (do in this case) is a special case of the split infinitive construction. According to CGEL, 2.3 Secondary verb negation, p. 803, these two …
What is the proper usage of "not only... but also"?
Sep 7, 2010 · In the bottom one, this is how I would form it: Thanks to his remarkable performance on the SAT, he was not only accepted into Harvard, but also given a full …