Searches inAmericanandBritishcorpora show some of the many ways these expressions are used. The voluminousMerriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage(MWDEU) offers ahistorical surveyof both usage and commentary, and concludes that all three “have been in standard usage since the 16th and 17th cent...
I suspect this may be the case because written usage of them seems fairly recent.Momandmumappear to only date back to the 19th Century in written form. I’m curious if perhapsmamis the earliest of these, andmomandmumwere just different ways of rendering this. But that’s all I can say...
Of course, companies as corporate citizens have a duty to follow the law but they cannot blur the distinction between private and public in their eagerness to be seen to be doing the right thing. Such directives from the top cannot exceed the powers of the law unless vaccines are mandatory ...
Although there seem to be many different ways for cells to die, if we step back and look at cell death more distantly, from the viewpoints of the host tissue or organ or the host animal, we may not be so baffled. Even just looking at the cell per se will be less perplexing than a...
There are many ways to invoke loving responses from an intended lover and this is another variation on a candle spell to aid and assist in becoming a couple. Ingredients: 1 red 7-day candle in glass 4 pink 7-day candles in glass 4 photos of you (alone) 1 photo of your intended (alo...
characteristic elements of the Mona Lisa, and which may suggest that Raphael had seen a preparatory sketch for the latter, or perhaps a full-scale cartoon, during his own visit to Florence in 1505. Against this, there is anecdotal evidence (earlier and in some ways more authoritative than ...
10 WAYS TO FORCE YOUR EMPLOYEES TO VACCINATE Vaccinating drought victims in Burkina Faso against the cholera epidemic (Sygma via Getty Images) With the pandemic raging and ravaging our country, the news that government is at last allowing businesses to open up is a welcome relief. Our government...