Mar 12, 2019 · Wight is pronounced "white". Wight can be found as "wiht". I have heard people pronounce this as "wit". Is this mispronounced or for example dutch white = WIT?

Jul 10, 2018 · I can see both weigh and weight being applicable here, but unless you tell us what you're trying to say in other words, it is impossible for us to know which meaning is intended: …

May 29, 2021 · In the transcript of the debate between Russell and Copleston, I found the sentence I'd like to put the main weight on the metaphysical argument. Can the phrase …

I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index). The best I've been able to come up with so far are …

Dec 19, 2023 · Are you looking for the origins of that particular phrase only, or of the use of 'white' to signify 'honorable and/or pure, etc'?

Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used. He was a 6-foot 5-inch man. (Not: 6-foot-5-inch man, with three hyphens.) She gave birth to a 7-pound 11-ounce …

Jul 21, 2015 · Why is the past tense of may, might? When you see other past forms of auxiliary verbs, they usually have -ould, like should, could, and would. Unlike other forms, the past …

Apr 14, 2017 · The idiomatic expression to have "skin in the game" means to have incurred monetary risk by being involved in achieving a goal. In the phrase, "skin" is a synecdoche for …

Apr 10, 2015 · There are multiple versions of this saying: Weighing the pig doesn't make it [any] fatter. Weighing the pig doesn't make it grow [any faster]. Weighing the pig doesn't make it …

May 4, 2013 · In scientific publications, units of measurement are almost never pluralized when abbreviated. This should remain true for general use, as well. You should therefore never write …