Apr 24, 2011 · 1 I grew up in the midwest—small town, rural area in the 1950's. The meal in the morning was always breakfast. The meal in the evening was always supper. The mid-day meal was either …

Feb 25, 2019 · The answer is 1. But please note that there is a basic syntax problem. You don't say both "of" and "’s", so the correct syntax is: We had Thanksgiving dinner at our neighbor’s house. Or: We …

Nov 25, 2010 · We also "gobble" down a lot of turkey on Thanksgiving. This is just a bit of idle musing, but are the two meanings of this word somehow related via the American & Canadian holidays?

Dec 31, 2014 · We have the word "eve" to mean the day before a specific day, like a holiday. The day before Christmas is "Christmas Eve". Is there a word that can be used to concisely say "the day after …

HALLoween, THANKSgiving, TEEvee, UMbrella, and JUly The THANKSgiving pronunciation is also covered in a Language Log post which also mentions ADult and UMbrella among others. The …

Thank God! is the correct way of expressing gratitute to God. It's one of the rare cases of legitimate use of the Subjunctive Mood. 'Thanks God' is possible in the Indicative Mood (3rd person) My sister …

I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject. The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and …

Jun 20, 2015 · I agree the original should be 'hold the fort' and 'hold down…' looks like an aberration. Is it too much to speculate that 'hold down…' could have come from a land-lubbers variation on …

Jul 30, 2015 · I see "Thank you for your time and looking forward to your response." in my co-workers emails. Is it correct? What about "Merry Christmas and wishing you well."

Dec 25, 2012 · I can find instances of “Thanksgiving Eve”, such as here on Wikipedia: “A traditional New England Thanksgiving, for example, consisted of a raffle held on Thanksgiving eve (in which the …