Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it …

The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times. Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the phrase. So, after a …

A Field Day is a result of the ROE for a training schedule. Each military organization MUST post a training schedule for the month which is adjusted weekly. The days needed to train not in Garrison …

Dec 22, 2012 · This question is a tad backwards, because looking at the etymology, it's rather clear that it's not a prefix that was added to form "history", but rather a part of the word was lost to form "story". …

Feb 21, 2011 · Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old …

These are probably the most used two words in our day-to-day conversations. We normally use superlative degrees all the time to emphasize something strongly. That being the case why we don't …

"The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early". To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, such as a month …

Nov 11, 2015 · The expression "all the livelong day" can be found as early as 1579, when it appeared in Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives, in the chapter on the "Life of Romulus" (you can find …

Dec 13, 2014 · “It’s like Groundhog Day every day,” Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak. What does this mean? Yes, I’ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a holiday that …

Interesting: In German there's "übermorgen" which literally translates to "overmorrow" and means "the day after tomorrow".