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Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals specified as well? I have noticed that a few nouns can be significantly abbreviated with an x at the … · while americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as loo-tenant, folks from the uk pronounce it as lef-tenant. Im looking for something more concrete indicating … I dont know why, but it seems to me that bob would sound a bit strange if he said, why is it that you have to get going? in that situation. I also know germans called black gunners spookwaffe. But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, … What i dont understand is why. Today why is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something. For one thing, i find it confusing. · @josh61 yes, but americans have a knack for simplifying things, and there will always be exceptions, especially where language is concerned. But as for why, the ground is … [closed] ask question asked 14 years, modified 12 years, · i understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during wwii; · this explains why the medical specialist was at odds with the guardian writer/editor over the treatment of the acronym covid-19. Why do people use the latter terminology? · this appears to be speculative, and doesnt necessarily explain why this definition fell into common usage to indicate a cigarette. · why can be compared to an old latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how. It doesnt help that bce is similar to bc. This question is related, but is not a duplicate, of why do some words have x as a substitute?. Newspaper guidelines for formatting of covid …
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