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28. März 2018 · The correct spelling is "crowd" for both the noun and the verb. Or at least that's how it is now. Wiktionary is correct that at one point in time it was spelled "croud". Because this spelling is no longer used, it will not be listed in regular dictionaries. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this spelling was used 1500-1800 (the exact ...
27. Apr. 2017 · 1. Three of my favorite words in the English language describe this: hubbub - a busy, noisy situation caused by a crowd of people. hullabaloo - a commotion; a fuss. brouhaha - a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. Out of them all hubbub is specifically a word that describes what you mean. Share.
13. Nov. 2013 · 1. The former goes with any word. "I could have gone with him" or "I would have gone with her." The latter is just adding a verb to the former, the past tense of to be, which is a linking verb. "I could have been a student" or "I would have been at this place." TL;DR: The former is just the auxiliaries.
16. Apr. 2016 · The common saying two is company, three's a crowd is often associated with a romantic context: Prov. A way of asking a third person to leave because you want to be alone with someone. (Often
9. Aug. 2017 · The correct usage would be "a huge crowd was present there." This is because crowd is singular. Although there are many people in the crowd, there is only one collective body that is the crowd. Share. Improve this answer. Follow. answered Aug 9, 2017 at 18:49.
30. Dez. 2013 · 86. There is a popular idiom in Russian for describing a really crowded place: "(there's) no room for an apple to fall" ("яблоку негде упасть"). I struggle to think of anything similar in English, and the dictionaries I consulted were of no help, simply translating it as "crowded" or not even including it at all.
29. Sept. 2020 · And Merriam-Webster acknowledges this: stand out from the crowd: to be unusual in a good way. As a teacher, he always stood out from the crowd. The high quality of these tools makes them stand out from the crowd. The 'from' variant, usually indistinguishable in meaning from the 'in' variant, is, as the ngrams show, more commonly used.
6. Sept. 2010 · I know the question is tagged “British English”, but for some historical perspective in American English, this kind of request, formulated as “Can I get”, is not exactly some new invention.
5. Feb. 2018 · 2 a: to be obedient or compliant—usually used with to < conform to another's wishes> b: to act in accordance with prevailing standards or customs <the pressure to conform >. —source Merriam-Webster. Or conformity as a noun: 3: action in accordance with some specified standard or authority < conformity to social custom>.
In a colloquial register, one often says “Hi guys”, and one uses this irrespective of the gender distribution in the group addressed. A more Southern-sounding version is “Hey y’all”. An extremely informal version is “Hello people”. In a more formal register, “Good morning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen” is the ...
