Sep 2, 2014 · The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name). Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little". It is often spelled with an …

May 1, 2014 · The crime is known as 'soliciting a murder' or 'conspiracy to commit murder'. The legal term for asking or paying someone to commit a crime is solicitation. I don't think there is a word …

Dec 25, 2025 · I’m a little confused… the question itself mentions two other rhyming binomials (hither and thither and high and dry), and comments adduce many more common ones, so how are there …

Jul 12, 2018 · Prefixes in-, im-, ir-, il- are all forms of the same thing, which to use depends on the beginning of the following word. Of course un- is different.

Aug 5, 2010 · Are there any concrete rules that say which words (parts of speech) in a title should start with a capital letter? What would be a correct capitalization for the title of this question?

Jul 22, 2016 · More eloquent idiom/expression for the phrase "cut it at the roots/source to prevent the problem from growing/escalating "

Jun 4, 2024 · What is the correct spelling of this word? See the discussion at (Codespell) false positive: unparseable.

Mar 25, 2015 · The description of pre-college education as "compulsory" is 1.) rather British (as is the word "compulsory" itself, imo); and 2.) not strictly correct in the US, since students may drop out …

May 3, 2011 · Where does the phrase "egg on my face" come from, and what is its meaning?

Jun 19, 2011 · I noticed that most of the times when the conjunction "so" is used at the beginning of a sentence, it is followed by a comma: So, this gets published but the fact that it is inaccurate gets …