Sep 13, 2014 · Banzai charges had some successes at the ends of battles by overcoming soldiers unprepared for such attacks. A human wave attack is an attack where masses of people attack, …

Aug 5, 2024 · I (Australian) have never heard "high-skilled", and on reading it I automatically wondered how it would differ from "highly skilled". As a result it suggested to me somebody who has learned …

Jul 7, 2015 · This is utterly incorrect. Using the most in the example in the question here is perfectly grammatical and exceedingly common. There is nothing ungrammatical or incorrect about it. The …

Apr 19, 2012 · Flipping seems pretty straightforward, so the real question here is, where did "the bird " come from? Here's one account: bird (3) "middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from …

Jun 11, 2016 · While true, banzai and the similar wànsui in Chinese are often used to indicate an arbitrarily large number, similar to the way English speakers would say "May you live a thousand …

Is there a word that describes someone who continually tries something but always fails? This isn't describing in the positive sense - as in someone who never gives up - but more about the negative...

Nov 4, 2018 · Using the example "to obtain similar to or similarly to," the latter sounds very strange even though similarly is definitely being used as an adverb. The sentence: "The fragments were obtained …

Sep 16, 2020 · I saw these lumps on a tree in a park near my house. What are they called?

Nov 8, 2010 · The rules are much more complicated, and I don't think it's a good idea to post them all here. Re: doubling of the final consonant in an unstressed syllable. Pam Peters (in "The Cambridge …

Oct 14, 2011 · I was recently reading a review of Donald Rumsfeld's autobiography. The reviewer cited one of his famous phrases; he quoted it as "unknown known." Now my memory was that the phrase …