Description : People often misspell "losing" as "loosing". Has it always been so or is it a recent phenomenon?
Last Answer : Yes, it is an issue, along with a host of other misspellings, but the internet is not to blame, their lack of proper education is to blame.
Description : Why do so many people confuse the word "defiantly" with "definitely"?
Last Answer : What a GQ ! Two reasons I see right away: one reason people act out and two reasons for the spelling: Emotionally they are insecure so in definitely mode they act defiantly AND, my answer to your question specifically, scholastically they are either in a rush and/or they can not spell.
Description : Why is it so hard for people to use capitalization and punctuation!?
Last Answer : Lazy, maybe!
Description : Which of the following is most likely to be a response to the auditor's assessment that the risk of material misstatement due to fraud for the existence of inventory is high? a. Observe test counts ... be counted on different dates so as to allow the same auditor to be present at every count
Last Answer : Observe test counts of inventory at certain locations on an unannounced basis.
Description : "This is an interactive drama, so don’t be shy to participate." does this sentence make sense?
Last Answer : Idiomatically, it’s ”...don’t be shy about participating.”
Description : So ... how do you feel about "So"?
Last Answer : So, a needle pulling thread.
Description : Are the words philia (Greek) and filia (Latin) pronounced differently? And If so how?
Last Answer : Philia is pronounced FILL-ee-uh, whereas filia is pronounced FEE-lee-uh.
Description : What's so wrong with the passive voice?
Last Answer : Responsibilty is take by no one.
Description : Why is it so bad to end a sentence with a preposition?
Last Answer : I am not sure, but I know a great joke about that question.
Description : Lego is an adjective, so what's all this talk of Legos?
Last Answer : I think it might have something to do with this.
Description : What is the number of counters that can be counted ?
Last Answer : The number that the counter can count is called modulus.
Description : In which stage of cell division, number of chromosomes best counted:-
Last Answer : In which stage of cell division, number of chromosomes best counted:- A. Prophase B. Metaphase C. Telophase D. Interphase
Description : Which number is the tenth part of a quarter of the fifth part of half 12,000 ?
Last Answer : Basically, the the question is asking you to multiply over and over and over again. The of' just means that you'll have to continue multiplying the next number which appears with the value that was given ... not going to do the working for you. That's your job. Happy maths-doing! I hate maths
Description : How to properly write out a 3-digit number (250)
Last Answer : I would leave out the “and”, and no hyphens are necessary. At least, that’s how I’ve been taught.
Description : Why do people always put YOUR when they mean YOU'RE? Is it that difficult?
Last Answer : (Lack of (good)) education, coupled with the fact that they, phonetically, practically sound the same?
Description : How often do people need to refer to someone whose name they don't know?
Last Answer : I refer to people by their job title UNTIL I learn their name & I then call them by their name because they are often MORE than just their job title & I consider them a friend!!!
Description : Why can't people use the word "anymore" correctly anymore?
Last Answer : answer:I've been hearing this for many years (decades), and it still bugs me. The difference is that we expect to hear it used with a negative construction: I don't eat sweets any more. With ... absorb some very mistaken ideas. If I can ever post questions again, I have one on a related subject.
Description : When people see two rainbows together, why do they often call them a "double rainbow" instead of "double rainbows"?
Last Answer : Possibly because one is a ghost of the other, less brilliant and more smoky. Probably just because it developed as part of the vernacular, like many deer, moose and fish but several coyotes, wolves and eels.
Description : How long have people been saying,"where are you at?"?
Last Answer : answer:It's sort of a folksy way of saying what most people recognize as the proper way to express Where are you? My father used to quote the Newfoundlanders he was stationed with during the Second World ... come where you're to! I'm guessing it has an older origin than most of us would guess.
Description : Does it drive you nuts when people put apostrophe "S" at the end of plural words?
Last Answer : Sure doe’s.
Description : Why is it that people with poor grammar skills consistently confuse when to use 'I' and when to use 'me'?
Last Answer : answer:Technically, “This is I,” is correct. “He sent a telegram to my grandson and I” is not. The really easy way to prevent this is to separate the double subject or object into two parts. “Me went shopping.” “He sent a telegram to I.”
Description : People or Peoples?
Last Answer : answer:According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peoples , there are usages of peoples that are correct: ...plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a ... distinctions, whereas the above example could refer to the culturally distinct groups of people native to Siberia.
Description : Why is using proper grammar such a problem for some people?
Last Answer : answer:Because my brain is better at Quantum Physics than it ever was with grammar and punctuation. that's why but mostly I'm just too lazy to care. I actually had learning dissabilities that when ... can also screw up grammar and punctuation in a few languages so Not everyone can say that either.
Description : Why do people feel the need to capitalize things that aren't proper nouns?
Last Answer : answer:I have bad news for you….. There’s nothing you can do about it! People are going to write how they want to write. Maybe that’s their “signature” handwriting, something they’ve taken and personalized it to make it belong to them. Who knows?!
Description : Why do people often not use capital letters when writing modern English?
Last Answer : I believe it leaked over from computing where email addresses and URLs are lower case.
Description : Why are more and more people mixing up their possessives and plurals?
Last Answer : CNN does it as well. It’s no longer cool to be smart; ignorance is in.
Description : Why do people use the phrase "hate on" instead of just saying "hate?"?
Last Answer : Evolution of language, regional differences, cultural…the list goes on. Take your pick.
Description : Should adjectives that refer to people or cities be capitalized? "Live a Spartan life" "Life is Roman in its opulence."?
Last Answer : Proper nouns get a capital.
Description : Does it irritate you when people make small gramatical or semantical error?
Last Answer : Only when people misspell things. Like when people spell tomorrow as “tomarrow” and stuff like that.
Description : Is it "1 in 10 people are" or "1 in 10 people is"?
Last Answer : I do not know, but I am really curious to look into this.
Description : What does it mean when people write [sic]?
Last Answer : answer:Sic is a Latin word, originally sicut meaning thus , so , or just as that . In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized - [sic] - to indicate ... verbatim from the quoted original and is not a transcription error.[via Wikipedia Also heres its urban meaning
Description : Why do people feel the need to miss out the "Pod" in iPod Touch?
Last Answer : Thank you bluemukaki i noticed the large amount of users that called it the “itouch” and I completely agree.
Description : Why don't people know not to end sentences with prepositions?
Last Answer : Why does it matter?
Description : Will all our floridians stand and be counted?
Last Answer : If they stand , they’ll get their feet wet.
Description : Countries of the UK: counted separately in a list of countries?
Last Answer : answer:In your example, then she would have won matches in five countries, as all the countries compete as seperate entities, apart from in the olympics, where they compete together as Great Britain & ... you had been to three seperate countries, as they each have their own distinct way about them.
Description : Is AOL Explorer counted as Microsoft Internet Explorer in typical browser usage statistics?
Last Answer : You can assume that AOL Explorer is bunched in with the Internet Explorer group as it is essentially IE Optimized for AOL. You can check here the main difference between AOL and IE browsers
Description : Are embassies counted as part of the total land mass of a country?
Last Answer : I would think so. I would seriously doubt they would subtract that from the total mass.
Description : A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, 'A reward! A reward to the one ... of a leather bag lost and a leather bag found. He counted the coins; 100 gold coin -Riddles
Last Answer : The judge said 'Merchant, you said that the purse you lost contained 200 peices of gold. The purse this beggar found only contained 100 peices of gold. Therefore it cannot be the same purse'. With that the judge gave the purse to the beggar.
Description : Dreaming of apples on a wall. And dreaming often, dear. I dreamed that, if I counted all, How many would appear?How many? -Riddles
Last Answer : And dreaming of ten, dear.
Description : Gods' arrows cannot be counted -Riddles
Last Answer : rain
Description : There were two mothers and two daughters,and they all went fishing. All of them caught a fish but when they counted there were only three fish. -Riddles
Last Answer : there was only three because there was a grand mother a mother and a daughter. The mother was the daughter to the grand mother and she was the mother to the mother and the daughter was the daughter to the mother.
Description : The Kalachuri era counted from A -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'Andhra'
Description : The Kalachuri era counted from A.D. 248 what was mostly in currnet? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : answer:
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Description : Why aren't Maine Vermont counted in the thirteen colonies?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What is the Congress counted the votes for President the tally showed that the vote for George Washington was?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : What did the us constitution address the issue of how slaves would be counted in the population?
Description : What is part of a fraction above the line which tells how many parts are being counted?
Last Answer : It is the numerator and below the line is the denominator
Description : Why did the southern states not want slaves counted as residents in their states?
Last Answer : Actually it would have been helpful to have each slave countedas a full person because that would have meant more representativesin Congress. It was the northern colonies that didn't want theslaves counted as ... as 3/4ths of a person wasn't great, but better thancounting them as a whole person.
Description : Which agreement solved the disagreement over whether slaves be counted for the purpose of representaion?
Last Answer : It was counting slaves as 3/4 of a person when counting population.