grammar - Three of which vs three of them? - English Language
Jul 14, 2017 · Four pits have been unearthed, (three of which/three of them) contained gold. I wasn't too sure which was which because I have heard "of which" in this type of context as …
The origin of "two is company, three is a crowd"
Apr 16, 2016 · The proverb was first recorded in the mid-19th century, in the form “Two is company but three is none,” (W.C. Hazlitt, English Proverbs [1869]) but the sentiment it …
Word for three times a year. Is "tri-quarterly" a real word?
Oct 2, 2022 · It is possible that whoever used the term wanted to convey the idea that the three issues are published in three-month intervals, i.e. quarterly (say, in March, June,and …
hyphenation - Three-times vs three times - English Language
Oct 12, 2022 · Three times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014. vs. Three-times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014. Is there …
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Aug 23, 2014 · 301 st: (three-hundred-) fir st (shouldn't that be 301 th?, I'm not going there). Of course, in general, we call all these superscripts 'ordinal indicators,' and "suffixes," 'ordinal …
Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)?
Sep 11, 2021 · There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly". In the same vein you would have a …
Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not ...
May 9, 2021 · The translators of the Authorized Version (KJV) must have decided to use the more poetic "three score years and ten" instead. Meanwhile, the famous Gettysburg Address by …
writing style - Why do we have both the word "three" and the …
Oct 3, 2024 · The number “345” has three digits, where the first digit is a “3”. The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3 . I leave as an exercise for the reader to decide whether …
word choice - Once/twice/thrice vs one/two/three times - English ...
Sep 9, 2011 · three tablets two times a day (medical prescriptions) the interval between these two times (where "times" is a noun) my salary rose two times last year (ugly, IMHO, but people do …
The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2023
Jan 1, 2024 · 2023 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. Some stories, though, …