Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the …

In my opinion, it is considered a field day because the task at hand is uncomplicated and straightforward, requiring a minimal amount of skill in order to succeed. In combining those two …

The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times. Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the …

3 "The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early". To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, …

Dec 22, 2012 · That is why feminists, for example, rejected the word history and championed the notion of herstory during the 1970s, says Dictionary.com’s Jane Solomon, “to point out the fact …

Dec 13, 2014 · “It’s like Groundhog Day every day,” Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak. What does this mean? Yes, I’ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a …

0 The hyphenated word history-challenged (definition 2 below) or the phrase historically challenged (definition 1/2 below) should help here. dictionary.com: challenged adjective 1. a …

These are probably the most used two words in our day-to-day conversations. We normally use superlative degrees all the time to emphasize something strongly. That being the case why we …

Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old …

Feb 17, 2016 · Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar in 321 and designated Sunday and Monday as the first two days of the week. The other weekday …