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. …

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.

Jul 31, 2025 · The preface to LPD (3rd ed., p.xxi) says: There is considerable variability in GenAm vowels in the open back area. LPD follows tradition in continuing to distinguish the vowel of lot lɑːt …

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 …

The word pussy is often used to mean "coward". This guy is a pussy. and I am wondering why. How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?

May 18, 2019 · I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around. …

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 …

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 …

Oct 6, 2022 · False Philol. 60 To obtain an agential substantive complementing the verb photograph. 2003 L. K. Graham in J. N. Poling & C. C. Neuger Men's Work in Preventing Violence against …

When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral, should the th part be in superscript? 20th century 20th century