0 There is also a usage trend to use - tor when the intent is to emphasize that the agent is a person, while - ter is used when the agent is not necessarily a person. For example, ‘compu tor ’ the original …

Jun 23, 2021 · ter summat stronger if yeh've got it is used to show heavy accent or a dialect by writing words as they are pronounced (see Phonemic orthography). Here ter would be the phonemic …

Dec 27, 2022 · A clue to Hagrid’s regional background may come from the rhotocity implied by the post-vocalic ‘r’ in syllables where in the standard pronunciation variant the schwa should be present: ter, …

Aug 26, 2024 · What's the meaning of there of Hello there? I often see it used Hello there! as opening words, what's the difference between Hello and Hello there?

May 11, 2020 · If I want to say the first three months of the year in one word, I would say "the first quarter". Which word should I use to refer to a period of four months?

Regardless of which is more commonly used, I need to point out a potential issue with parallelism, which you've alluded to in your question. (I will bypass the issue of which pronoun to use, with or to, and …

Jun 10, 2025 · A preposition takes a noun-phrase. “After two o’clock”, "after lunch”, “after World War II”. A conjunction takes an entire clause, an expression that would make a legitimate sentence if it …

Jul 29, 2016 · I'm Italian and I have a pronunciation problem with the sound "ght". How could I pronounce it properly? I have a problem to pronounce this sound in the word "laughter" and other …

For the word terrible, there are two different ways to pronounce it on Merriam-Webster: ter· ri· ble | \\ ˈter-ə-bəl, ˈte-rə- \\ And this question has been confusing me for a very long time. When t...

May 30, 2014 · /ˈslɔtər/ vs /ˈlɑːftə (r)/ For those who don't read 'pronunciation': Slaw-ter vs Laff-ter Similarly: Homographs (words spelled identically but pronounced differently) run into the same issue …