2006年8月29日 · The symbol that is the opposite of a slash (or /) or stroke, in French, to my knowledge, is referred to as 'anti-slash', on the basis of the English word 'slash'. The symbol …

2006年6月21日 · The matter of youngsters calling unrelated adults 'uncle' etc. is not relevant here, I think. It's not a reversal of the kind we started talking about and in any case this practice is …

2019年7月8日 · It seems to be an intentional reversal of the standard idiom, the point of which is that you say it about someone other than yourself – typically an enemy, or at least someone …

2012年4月28日 · If we take the OED definition of the adjective 'transversal' ('cutting a system of lines'), and if we bear in mind that a system of lines may be viewed from different angles, or …

2014年2月19日 · This sort of thing requires that you have a very firm grasp of Latin (and occasionally Greek) roots. "Ig-" is a (fairly rare) prefix meaning "not"; it appears instead of "in-" …

2014年7月16日 · ), it's common practice in the US (and the UK) to insert a comma when names are reversed in administrative lists — which is about the only context in which reversal may be …

2009年10月6日 · Hola Foreros, How could I express the following in English? Tenía planeado viajar en el bus de las 6:00 , pero me cogió el día. My try: I had planned to travel on the bus …

2022年11月9日 · I don't think it sounds stilted. It sounds very polite, which is not a bad thing. Of course, is it true that a person could reply "Go ahead and ask" but that would be a bit mean of …