the shortened “for (or to) all intents and purposes” evolved to become more popular than the initial phrase meaning “in every practical sense” or “virtually.” Even in those times, lawyers liked to cover all their bases!
D.Make (a word, phrase, or text) shorter 5.What is the meaning of ‘abbreviation’? A.The official name for something specific A name that is only used on official documents B.A long form of a name, phrase, or word The unabridged version of something C.A shortened form of a name,...
The main way we use the idiom today is to refer to something quite large reduced to something smaller, meaning just about the same as ‘to cut a long story short.’ It’s an explanation of something complex given in a simple, shortened way – the equivalent of saying, ‘in a few word...
Although we might think of -ite as a shortened version of eterei, Frutos (2016) argues that they are grammatically distinct: -ite is a (functional) head, whereas eterei is a (phrasal) adjunct. If this is indeed correct, it provides an indirect argument for the phrasal nature of the com...
To date, the detailed characteristics of an AP final L tone and its pragmatic meaning have not been elucidated. When an utterance is so fast that a pause cannot be recognized clearly, minor breaks are realized by tonal changes or segment lengthening of the final syllable. No break: The ...
The rule observed in this country is, that the man who receives that name [Yankee] must come from some part north of him who gives it. To compensate us for giving each other nicknames, John Bull "lumps us all together," and calls us all Yankees. ["Who is a Yankee?" Massachusetts Sp...
Using a platform project with more than one - hundred million lines of code is used as an example, the iteration period for these types of big projects was nine months. After going to the cloud, it soon turned into six months, and now it has been shortened to three months. Take the ...
The main way we use the idiom today is to refer to something quite large reduced to something smaller, meaning just about the same as ‘to cut a long story short.’ It’s an explanation of something complex given in a simple, shortened way – the equivalent of saying, ‘in a few word...