Does one say, give your best OR give of your best when it comes to effort?

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I need a new word or, even better, an old word that I don't know. This gets terribly meta (in a Hofstadter sense) and recursive, so I hope that this makes sense. The word I need is one that describes a word that embodies a concept. So, for example, a mouse is a small furry rat, but in a lab some...

I'm not exactly sure what you're after, so the best I can propose are generic terms describing words of a specific trade or branch of knowledge: terminology, lexicon, nomenclature... If you're looking for word coinage, I would suggest isology. It has some ground in reality, as it is (sometimes) ...

Are these sentences technically run on? How can I shorten them? should I? Sentence 1: Tolstoy’s metaphor from War and Peace uses the mathematical concept of integration in order to better explain the method by which we can understand a sociological concept that he calls the “laws o...

Are these sentences technically run on? How can I shorten them? should I? Sentence 1: Tolstoy’s metaphor from War and Peace uses the mathematical concept of integration in order to better explain the method by which we can understand a sociological concept that he calls the “laws of history”. ...

My understanding is that in its normal usage, it means "deadly." But the root word of "fatal" appears to be "fate," rather than anything that has to do with "death." In this regard, "fatal" resembles "fateful." Could "fatal" be a variant of "fateful," perhaps with the "deadly" connotations allu...

I tend to misuse commas in large way. Whenever I draft a professional mail, I get engrossed in the points, and somewhere along the way I get the feeling that this sentence is too long. I then start putting in commas to separate out thoughts. This often leads me to situations where I start usi...

The singular form is correct in this context: Bob and Alice held their breath is correct, as is The crowd held its breath But Bob tried to quiet his breaths would also be correct

After the therapy, eight children (43%) became able to crawl/move on their back. Or should I use "on their backs"? Singular because each child only has one back, or plural because we're dealing with eight backs?

In my life, I always confused with choosing plural or singular form to represent one-one correspondence notion. Only those who qualify will be awarded a certificate. or Only those who qualify will be awarded certificates. ? Another example, let us consider the following: "Each stud...

I was disappointed to see a favorite storybook from my childhood has been edited. (Harry, the Dirty Dog; ISBN-13: 978-0064430098) I distinctly remember the text written as follows: ...but everyone shook his head and said, "Oh, no, it couldn't be Harry." I was taught that the male gender f...

I think the short answer is "no." From the resources you provided, there is no equivalent concept of macroevolution in creationism, so there is no equivalent term. That is, it seems there is no "evolution of one 'kind' into another" in creationism. Think of it this way. Macroevolution is spec...