Aug 20, 2012 · It comes from the American police show Hawaii Five-O; "five-o" has since become a slang term for police. In the show, "Five-O" is just a police unit, but the name itself doesn't …

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 …

Aug 23, 2011 · @Thuan: What you call "the structure to + v-ing" is not a structure. To is a preposition, and like all prepositions it can take a gerund object. Disposed to using, exhausted …

Sep 18, 2018 · Before you answer, please note: I'm only interested in when this usage was established in common (American) parlance. I know what the term means and I don't need it …

May 4, 2013 · Assuming it's not casual usage, I'd recommend "All items over five pounds are excluded," instead. Most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in …

Feb 29, 2012 · I like the word “quarticentennial” suggested by Ellie Kesselman above. Like the words decennial, every 10 years, and bicentennial, it’s a consistent pairing with the “ …

"Where are you going to" seems to be quite popular among foreign learners whose mother tongue is German. That's probably because in German, "Where are you going" (wo gehen Sie) would …

Jul 11, 2019 · Nobody would ever say “seek cheaper results inside the supermarket”. What is that even supposed to mean? “In compounds” means just what it says: when you make …

Jul 29, 2012 · Is "lustrum" (pl. lustra) an understandable (say, at least in academic publications) or valid/common term for a five year span, e.g. to use in a table summarizing data where space …

Dec 1, 2015 · @dngr193: what you always thought was always wrong. Years is plural, and so you use the plural verb. Forty cars have passed, forty people have passed, forty years have …