What is the short form for 'little' ? Is it li'l or lil'?
Sep 2, 2014 · The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name). Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little". It is often spelled …
Is there any word for a person who gives the contract to murder to ...
May 1, 2014 · The crime is known as 'soliciting a murder' or 'conspiracy to commit murder'. The legal term for asking or paying someone to commit a crime is solicitation. I don't think there is …
Frozen rhyming binomials - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 25, 2025 · I’m a little confused… the question itself mentions two other rhyming binomials (hither and thither and high and dry), and comments adduce many more common ones, so …
Correct usage of "persons" (vs. "people")
Generally, persons is a decent substitute for individuals, and appears more in legal contexts that demand precision. People is the ordinary plural of person. Asking for a table for two or a table …
More eloquent idiom/expression for the phrase "cut it at the roots ...
Jul 22, 2016 · More eloquent idiom/expression for the phrase "cut it at the roots/source to prevent the problem from growing/escalating "
"unparseable" vs. "unparsable" [closed] - English Language
Jun 4, 2024 · What is the correct spelling of this word? See the discussion at (Codespell) false positive: unparseable.
Is there a rule for using commas with multiple adjectives?
Apr 21, 2017 · In "She had long black hair," I don't think commas are necessary by order of adjectives. However, with regard to commas with adjectives, I have also found that in all cases …
Origin of "I can haz"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 24, 2025 · I'm sure there is a good history, as it were, of the lolcats thing. "I can haz..." is something that the cats in these pictures often say. As to the strange grammar, that's the …
How did "muggins" come into use? - English Language & Usage …
Sep 1, 2021 · The origin is still unclear as suggested by the following article and its possible origin from “mug” appears to be inconsistent: Muggins appears as a family name several times in …
When to use un-, im-, or in-? [duplicate] - English Language
Jul 12, 2018 · Prefixes in-, im-, ir-, il- are all forms of the same thing, which to use depends on the beginning of the following word. Of course un- is different.