Grammar question: s-apostrophe vs. s-apostrophe-s Hi folks! For anyone still around these parts, would you be willing to weigh in on a grammar question? The question: When doing the possessive form of a name that already ends in 's' (e.g. Remus), in British English, should one add...
Union Jack – the national flag of the United Kingdom, formed by combining the red and white crosses of St George, St Andrew, and St Patrick and retaining the blue ground of the flag of St Andrew Up the spout –slang term for “pregnant” ...
Anne. Mary's reign, though it saw an attempt to return England to Catholicism, was short, and when Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1558, she sought to mend the division in England with the Act of Supremacy, which
The mission civilisatrice, a French term which translates literally into English as civilising mission, is a rationale for intervention or colonization, purporting to contribute to the spread of civilization and used mostly in relation to the colonization and Westernization of indigenous peoples in the...
VS2008 Code Analysis will flag a spelling mistake in an identifier using the IdentifiersShouldBeSpelledCorrectly warning type. This process is using an American dictionary by default because words are being flagged that are correctly spelt using the British spelling. For example, words li...
Terminology: "Union Flag" or "Union Jack"? The issue of whether it is acceptable to use the term "Union Jack" is one that causes considerable controversy. Although it is often asserted that "Union Jack" should only be used for the flag when it is flown as a jack (a small flag flown...
I’m really pleased that both Semenya and Pistorius are participating in the 2012 games – I’m immensely proud that Semenyacarried South Africa’s flaginto the Olympic stadium – but their experiences, as well as the closely intertwined histories of food supplements and doping in sport, demons...
But two months after Mr Brown took over from Mr Blair in 2007 Sharia courts were set up in English cities. Perhaps Mr Brown thought he had received subliminal permission from the people to do this when he took over from Mr Blair in a subliminal non-election. What do YOU think? VOTE ...
(enter) into the English language. 答案(1)are confused.考查时态语态。句意:许多人被这些不同的名字所指的含义弄糊涂了,表示"被弄迷糊了",所以用被动语态,主语为复数名词,故填are confused。(2)was joined to.考查时态语态。句意:16世纪,邻近的威尔士 国加入英格兰王国。In the 16th cen...
ProfileFlag HEEDYearMeanMedianStd Dev (σ) Unrestricteda Non-HEED 2004 4272 3548 3304 n=9,212,105 2005 4311 3551 3359 2006 4231 3519 3233 2007 4163 3447 3230 HEED 2004 4023 3410 2865 n=7,362,544 2005 4027 3391 2894 2006 3957 3359 2790 2007 3888 3288 2770 Economy7a Non-HEED 2004 696...