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Words coined from the years 1901 to 2000. Most words will be classed by their respective decade they were coined in; this category is only to be used directly on an article if the decade the neologism was coined is uncertain.
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...
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The lowercase letters u and v: These letters have a common origin and were once written according to the location in the word rather than the sound. The v came first; the u originally had a loop extending to the left and was only used to start words.
After "nine", one can head straight back into the 10, 11, 12, etc., although some write out the numbers until "twelve". Example: "I have 28 grapes." (Preferred) Example: "I have twenty-eight grapes." Another common usage is to write out any number that can be expressed as one or two words, and use figures otherwise. Examples:
This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since.. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words.
Hyphenate all numbers under 100 that need more than one word. For example, $73 is written as “seventy-three,” and the words for $43.50 are “Forty-three and 50/100.”
The average length of a telegram in the 1900s in the US was 11.93 words; more than half of the messages were 10 words or fewer. [5] According to another study, the mean length of the telegrams sent in the UK before 1950 was 14.6 words or 78.8 characters. [6] For German telegrams, the mean length is 11.5 words or 72.4 characters. [6]