differences - "gauging interest" or "gaging interest"? - English ...
Aug 7, 2015 · Which is the proper spelling? "I am just gaging interest" "I am just gauging interest" Google searching is giving me inconsistent results. Also: If the answer is "gaging", why does …
"Major", "Minor": Any words for gauging more importance or less?
Sep 18, 2014 · But I'm not sure about prime. We will have multiple items with the label prime, and I am not sure if prime should only be used with a singleton. Are prime, major, minor, and slight …
Why is "gauge" spelled with a 'u'? - English Language & Usage …
Aug 4, 2011 · Regarding the issue of whether the initial consonant is a soft or hard g, it is funny enough to note that while the English word, with it hard g, comes from the Old French (which …
Singular of "dice" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 30, 2014 · In the OED, the last listed usage of "dice" as a singular noun occurred in 1751. If that makes me a fashionista for looking down on "dice" as a singular noun, then so be it! It's a …
Where does the exclamation "F***ing Hell" originate?
Jan 4, 2017 · Hi didn't mean for you to heat it it, you hinfernal rogue you!" It seems to me extremely likely that the blushworthy "bloody hell" of the 1800s was rendered in some quarters …
What is the origin of "weighing the pig doesn't make it fatter"
Apr 10, 2015 · It seems fairly clear that the controversy over focusing on standardized testing as a means of gauging the quality of education that a school offers has caused this small geyser of …
reestablish vs. re-establish - English Language & Usage Stack …
Therefore and returning to the case of re-establish vs. reestablish, it comes down to a question of popular usage and somehow gauging if one spelling trumps the other. On ELU, we do this by …
What is the difference between "likeness" and "resemblance"?
Apr 18, 2020 · One way of gauging usage better if you do not live in an English-speaking country is (in general) to read or (specifically) to look at the examples in an online dictionary (I use …
What’s the origin and history of the phrase “ten foot pole”?
Jun 7, 2018 · To effect the same [gauging a means of conveying water over a distance of 1,000 yards] by the Water or Spirit-Level, you are to stand at the Spring-head, and having turn’d your …
"More so" or moreso? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 2, 2014 · Moreso and more so are both correct, but in different contexts. Example: Anna's performance was good, but Emma's more so. In this example, the "so" in more so relates back …