I've heard the phrase "dry run" being used with the meaning of rehearsal, experiment or test exercise in various contexts. For example: They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to ...

Jan 27, 2014 · Yes, it's an eggcorn. People are still saying dog eat dog world, but now they're writing it differently. As you'll note, doggy dog world and dog eat dog world are hard or impossible to …

Oct 1, 2013 · When using the phrase "including but not limited to", how should it be punctuated? When used in the following (no punctuation): There are many activities including but not limited to run...

Dec 19, 2024 · I watched part of a movie a very long time ago. In it, a lone Eastern Asian adult male of average height asks a very tall white man where the washroom is. The white man replies: Over …

Oct 17, 2015 · Suppose there are 3 options available to the President. He is going to choose to wear a blue tie, a red tie, or a green tie. Those options are "mutually exclusive", because he can only …

Feb 17, 2013 · Legal writing authority Bryan Garner says the following about “the said”: The said. As used in legal writing, the word said is a Middle-English sibling aforesaid, having the sense "above …

Apr 13, 2018 · A Rectified Linear Unit is a common activation function in deep neural networks and is often abbreviated as " ReLU ". I usually pronounce it as /rel-you/ (with the "e" as in "relative" or …

May 1, 2011 · Span is an older strong past tense form of spin — this is the past tense form that existed in the older Germanic ancestors of English. In German, for example, the past tense of spinnen is still …

Jan 16, 2013 · In Russian we have idiom/saying "To shoot out of cannon into sparrows" (literal translation) which is used to convey an idea of applying too drastic measures to small problems. I …

Jan 1, 2016 · A comparative of the form "word-er"/"word-est" can always be replaced with the form "more word"/"most word" if one wishes. There is thus no need to list the "more"/"most" forms in the …