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 the 'u' …
"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 the best …
Why is "gauge" spelled with a 'u'? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
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 had soft g), the …
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 pig …
reestablish vs. re-establish - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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 …
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 little …
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 as the …
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 mainly the …
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 instrument …
"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 to the …