How did “acker” come to mean friend in West Country English?
Jul 27, 2020 · 'Acker' in the wake of Mr. Acker Bilk There is very little to go on in trying to trace the origin of acker in the sense of "friend or mate" before the emergence of " [Mr.] Acker Bilk and His …
Is it always necessary to use "and" or "or" at the end of a list?
Jan 5, 2020 · Outside of math and primary classes, I have never seen anyone not used those with these words, unless you were to use "etc" or "...". I say math because if one needs to describe a set of …
grammar - Complete sentences with no subject? - English Language ...
Aug 21, 2017 · A question for an English class: Can you have a complete sentence without a subject? English professors have always told me no, but consider the following: "To check on those girls." …
Why is "t" sometimes pronounced like "d" in American English?
Feb 24, 2011 · First two questions: The pronunciation of some American English consonants can be quite different from British English, in particular for R and T. A t in the middle of a word can be …
Difference between etymologies of 'allocable' and 'allocatable'
There was a good deal in his [Mr. Acker's] testimony about the segregation of passenger and freight expenses—a good deal said about expenses on the Lehigh Valley road.