Have you heard of the FLOSS rule? It’s one that we often teach beginning spellers. The floss rule says that we double the final consonant when three conditions are met: The word is one syllable. The word has a short vowel. The word ends in f, l, s, or z. It’s called the FL...
Well, it turns out, flossing routines might be in vain as the US health department has removed flossing from its dental recommendations list after an investigation by journalists in America found there was 'unreliable' evidence that daily flossing really prevents gum disease or stops cavities forming...
"rough silk," 1759, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Frenchfloche"tuft of wool" (16c.), from Old Frenchfloc"tuft, lock," from Latinfloccus"tuft of wool," a word of unknown origin. Or from a dialectal survival of an unrecorded Old English or Old Norse word from the root offleece(...
The section titled “Ideology” is perhaps the most challenging one to the cherished beliefs of open-source participants about themselves and their role in the political economy — Reagle tallies up a damning list of open-source idols (Stallman, Raymond, Wales…) and their Randian beliefs that w...
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not ready for this level of oral hygiene. I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999 Instead of realizing that picking a floss is an easy decision, I confuse the ar...
In fact, there are very few true exceptions to the rule as you have stated it. Words ending in "oll" I only know of one major class of exceptions: words ending in "oll" like the word "poll" mentioned in Astralbee's answer. Some have the LOT vowel (or in many or...
Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Flower Color: Blue Bloomtime: Spring/Fall Fragrant Flowers: Yes Synonyms: [Eupatorium coeruleum, Bartlettina sordida?] Height: 3-4 feet Width: 3-4 feet Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Irrigation(H2O Info): Medium Water Needs ...
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So, it’s no wonder that being the first baby born in a given year is a pretty big deal. And maybe that’s why some New Year’s babies have scored prizes, scholarships, and free meals for their parents. While it’s not a universal rule that the first baby born on January 1 gets...
Of all the words on the list, more than two dozen have commonmisspellingsrelated to double letters. For some of those entries, people seem to know there’s a double letter somewhere in the word, but they often choose the wrong letter to repeat—Caribbean, for example, is often spelledCarri...