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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jul 8, 2020 · In most American elementary schools, the students do indeed stay in one class all day; however, they also keep the same teacher all day who will teach all subjects: math, …

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 …

"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, …

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 …

"The rest is history" is an easy enough idiom to parse. It means that the remainder of a story is so well known that it belongs to that part of the past which gets to be history: it doesn't need to...