IS IT COVID? OR COVID? COVID? HOW SHOULD THE WORD BE SPELLED?
Mar 24, 2020 This explains why the medical specialist was at odds with The Guardian writer/editor over the treatment of the acronym COVID-19. Newspaper guidelines for formatting of 'COVID-19'/'Covid-19' It's tempting to view preference for spelling acronyms as all-lowercase or initial-capped-only words as peculiar to British journalism. From english.stackexchange.com
TERMINOLOGY - WHY USE BCE/CE INSTEAD OF BC/AD? - ENGLISH …
Why do people use the latter terminology? For one thing, I find it confusing. It doesn't help that BCE is similar to BC. But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, whereas with BC and AD, the terms are clearly different and I find it easier to distinguish! Were BCE/CE established earlier than BC/AD? From english.stackexchange.com
WHY ARE POLICE PERSONNEL OF ALL RANKS CALLED OFFICERS?
Jul 24, 2025 14 Policemen and women are called police officers regardless of their rank. In other ranked systems, like the military or firefighting a military officer or a fire officer would be an individual who has achieved a certain rank or a certain position of authority in the organization. Why is is that all police personnel are called officers? From english.stackexchange.com
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WHY WAS "SPOOK" A SLUR USED TO REFER TO AFRICAN AMERICANS?
Jul 29, 2023 I understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during WWII; I also know Germans called black gunners Spookwaffe. What I don't understand is why. Spook seems to also mean 'ghos... From english.stackexchange.com
WRITING - WHY ARE NUMBERS SOMETIMES SPELLED OUT AND THEN …
Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals specified as well? [closed] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 4 months ago Modified 12 years, 10 months ago From english.stackexchange.com
ORIGIN OF FAG (MEANING A CIGARETTE IN BRITISH ENGLISH)
Dec 1, 2015 This appears to be speculative, and doesn't necessarily explain why this definition fell into common usage to indicate a cigarette. I'm looking for something more concrete indicating what caused it to be used in this context. What is the origin of this meaning of the word? From english.stackexchange.com
WHERE DOES THE USE OF "WHY" AS AN INTERJECTION COME FROM?
Mar 18, 2011 "why" can be compared to an old Latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how. Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something. From english.stackexchange.com
"WHY ...?" VS. "WHY IS IT THAT ... ?" - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE …
I don't know why, but it seems to me that Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" in that situation. From english.stackexchange.com
REASON FOR DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATIONS OF "LIEUTENANT"
Dec 6, 2014 While Americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as "loo-tenant", folks from the UK pronounce it as "lef-tenant". Why? From english.stackexchange.com
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